• 17 minutes 11 seconds
    Skeptoid #1065: The Most Abused Logical Fallacies

    Some common logical fallacies frequently misused or misdefined — and how to use them properly.

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    3 November 2026, 10:00 am
  • 12 minutes 12 seconds
    Skeptoid #1064: Poisoned Halloween Candy

    Are all those stories you heard about razor blades hidden in Halloween candy true, or just more urban legends?

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    27 October 2026, 9:00 am
  • 17 minutes 19 seconds
    Skeptoid #1063: Multi-Cancer Detection: Panacea or Problem?

    These tests that promise to easily detect cancer with a blood test are fraught with profound accuracy errors.

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    20 October 2026, 9:00 am
  • 17 minutes 30 seconds
    Skeptoid #1062: The Floating Mob Bodies of Lake Mead

    Las Vegas mob lore clings thick to human remains found as Lake Mead's water level recedes. But is it truly mob secrets that are being revealed or perhaps something a bit more nuanced?


    The NamUs.gov profile for the Hemenway Harbor Doe is here.


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    13 October 2026, 9:00 am
  • 14 minutes 47 seconds
    Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast

    Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish standing stones — ever actually live?

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    6 October 2026, 9:00 am
  • 6 minutes 38 seconds
    Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid!

    In honor of Skeptoid's 20th birthday, today we're playing episode #1 from October 2006. Enjoy!

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    3 October 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 17 minutes 8 seconds
    Skeptoid #1060: AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic?

    Is the moral panic surrounding artificial intelligence justified?

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    29 September 2026, 9:00 am
  • 18 minutes 33 seconds
    Skeptoid #1059: Do You Have Cortisol Belly?

    Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way.

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    22 September 2026, 9:00 am
  • 15 minutes 55 seconds
    Skeptoid #1058: Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster

    Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana?

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    15 September 2026, 9:00 am
  • 43 minutes 24 seconds
    Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "How Conspiracy Theories Undermine Ethnic Studies!"

    Skeptoid Adventures "Mysteries of the Maya" guest expert Kurly Tlapoyawa was invited to speak at the inaugural SkeptiCamp New Mexico, and today we're sharing the lecture he gave, which covered the many ways that conspiracy theories and pseudoarchaeology undermine the goals of ethnic studies programs.

    Enjoy! And hear more from Kurly on the Tales From Aztlantis podcast:

    buzzsprout.com/1720405
    chimalli.org

    Learn more about "The Mysteries of the Maya" Skeptoid Adventure at skeptoid.org/adventures

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    12 September 2026, 9:00 am
  • 18 minutes 25 seconds
    Skeptoid #1057: The 1973 Mansfield UFO Encounter

    Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio.

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    8 September 2026, 9:00 am
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