Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #skeptoidpodcast, aggregated by home.social.
Partly the current actions of the state of Israel, partly my values about information being free.
I know that journalists need to get paid. I support news sources where my contribution leads to others getting most of their content for free. At various times I've supported #NewsLaundry #SkeptoidPodcast #Vox and #Meduza aka #Медуза
But I don't support the mostly behind a paywall model. In this scenario particular it verges on, or possibly is, war profiteering.
Skeptoid #344: Olgoi-Khorkhoi: The Mongolian Death Worm by Brian Dunning #cryptid #cryptozoology #deathworm #olghoi-khorkhoi #allgoi-khorkhoi #mongolia #ivanmackerle #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Mongolian tradition holds that a strange and deadly worm lives beneath the sands of the Gobi desert.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4344
Skeptoid #139: Alkaline Water Systems: Change Your Water, Change Your Bank Balance by Brian Dunning #kangen #ionizedwater #alkalinewater #changeyourwaterchangeyourlife #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Sellers of new-age water treatment products charge outrageous prices for a product with zero plausibility.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4139
Skeptoid #138: Is He Real, or Is He Fictional? by Brian Dunning #sherlockholmes #kingarthur #pocahontas #robinhood #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Guess whether these popular characters from history were real or fictional.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4138
Skeptoid #137: The Angel of Mons by Brian Dunning #angelofmons #angelsatmons #angels #angelworship #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4137
Skeptoid #136: Student Questions: Light Therapy, the Bermuda Triangle, and Isaac Newton by Brian Dunning #bermudatriangle #vaccination #autism #environmentalestrogens #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Skeptoid answers another round of questions submitted by students.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4136
Skeptoid #135: The Rendlesham Forest UFO by Brian Dunning #rendleshamforest #coverup #ufo #aliens #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Hard to believe, but it wasn't space aliens that caused blinking lights in Rendlesham Forest in 1980.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4135
Skeptoid #134: Who Is Closed Minded, the Skeptic or the Believer? by Brian Dunning #closedminded #skeptics #skepticism #logicalfallacy #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Skeptics and believers both tend to accuse each other of closed-mindedness in their thinking.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4134
Skeptoid #133: Chasing the Min Min Light by Brian Dunning #minminlight #ghostlight #australia #ufo #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot The Australian outback's mysterious jack o' lantern has sparked some good stories, but some even better science.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4133
Skeptoid #132: The Sargasso Sea and the Pacific Garbage Patch by Brian Dunning #sargassosea #pacifictrashvortex #pacificgarbagepatch #eastgarbagepatch #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot We cast our skeptical eye upon two vast hazards to navigation said to lurk in the centers of the two great oceans.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4132
Skeptoid #131: The Bohemian Club Conspiracy by Brian Dunning #bohemiangrove #bohemianclub #moloch #molech #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Wealthy and powerful men gather annually at the mysterious Bohemian Grove -- but not to plot global domination.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4131
Skeptoid #130: Space Properties for Sale by Brian Dunning #lunarembassy #internationalstarregistry #starnames #asteroids #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot If they're offering extraterrestrial real estate or star-naming rights for sale, chances are it's a ripoff.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4130
Skeptoid #129: The Oak Island Money Pit by Brian Dunning #oakislandmoneypit #captainkidd #buriedtreasure #moneypit #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot This mysterious treasure pit on a Nova Scotia island has a fascinating natural explanation.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4129
Skeptoid #128: Student Questions: the Mozart Effect, Quantum Theory, and AIDS by Brian Dunning #themozarteffect #thesecret #whatthebleepdoweknow #recycling #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4128
Skeptoid #127: The Truth about Aspartame by Brian Dunning #aspartame #donaldrumsfeld #russellblaylock #nancymarkle #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot The artificial sweetener aspartame is falsely accused of being the cause of nearly every disease.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4127
Skeptoid #126: The Incorruptibles by Brian Dunning #hambolamaitigelov #incorrupt #padrepio #saintbernadette #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4126
Skeptoid #125: Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience by Brian Dunning #oprahwinfrey #jennymccarthy #princecharles #billmaher #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4125
Skeptoid #124: Betty and Barney Hill: The Original UFO Abduction by Brian Dunning #bettyandbarneyhill #ufo #alien #abduction #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot A critical look at the original UFO abduction story, that so many people take for granted.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4124
Skeptoid #123: Listener Feedback Reloaded by Brian Dunning #geneticallymodifiedfood #monavie #911 #oilcrisis #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot More fun from the inbox, responding to listener feedback.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4123
Skeptoid #122: HAARP Myths by Brian Dunning #haarp #darpa #onr #tesla #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot A close look at HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, and the claim that it's a superweapon.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4122
Skeptoid #121: Scalar Weapons: Tesla's Doomsday Machine? by Brian Dunning #tesla #thomasbearden #scalarweapon #superweapon #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot No, Nikola Tesla did not design a superweapon capable of vaporizing whole parts of the earth.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4121
Skeptoid #120: The World According to Conservapedia by Brian Dunning #conservapedia #youngearth #christian #creation #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4120
Skeptoid #119: Student Questions: Body Searches and Theta Healing by Brian Dunning #thetahealing #marijuana #bodysearch #homosexuality #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Skeptoid answers some more questions from students. Send yours in today!
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4119
Skeptoid #118: Demystifying the Bell Witch by Brian Dunning #bellwitch #blairwitch #andrewjackson #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot An exploration of the best way to evaluate an old, unsubstantiated folk legend like The Bell Witch.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4118
Skeptoid #117: How Dangerous Is Cell Phone Radiation? by Brian Dunning #cellphonedanger #popcornvideo #cellphoneradiation #cellularphones #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot There is neither evidence nor plausible hypothetical foundation for cell phone signals to be at all dangerous.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4117
Skeptoid #116: How to Be a Skeptic and Still Have Friends by Brian Dunning #skeptic #skepticism #skeptical #criticalthinking #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Being known as a skeptic is not necessarily good for your social life. Here's how to overcome the difficulties.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4116
Skeptoid #115: Search for the Missing Cosmonauts by Brian Dunning #achilleandgiovannijudica-cordiglia #yurigagarin #vladimirilyushin #lostcosmonauts #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot A pair of young Italian brothers probably didn't uncover evidence of Soviet cosmonauts dying in space.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4115
Skeptoid #114: Student Questions: Fish Oil, Charities, and Rumors by Brian Dunning #fishoil #rumors #osteopathy #charityfraud #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Skeptoid answers some questions sent in by students.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4114
Skeptoid #113: The Most Effective Homeopathy Podcast Ever by Brian Dunning #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot For the first time ever, the active ingredients in homeopathic preparations are revealed.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4113
Skeptoid #112: Genetically Modified Organisms: Jeopardy or Jackpot? by Brian Dunning #gmo #monsanto #geneticengineering #geneticallymodifiedorganisms #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Despite the popular fearmongering, GMO technologies promise a boon to agriculture and humanity.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4112