Skeptoid
Brian Dunning
Brian Dunning dissecting a single urban legend, medical fraud, or historical myth per episode with rigorous source notes.
Why we picked this
Skeptoid applies empirical method to cultural myths, urban legends, and discarded pseudosciences. Each weekly entry examines a single accepted claim, tracks its origins through primary sources, and measures it against actual evidence. The host bypasses polemics in favor of forensic history, documenting how bad ideas enter mainstream belief and what it takes to correct them. The back catalog serves as a durable reference library for anyone tracking the mechanics of public error.
Recent episodes
Skeptoid #1063: Multi-Cancer Detection: Panacea or Problem?
Oct 20, 202617 min
Skeptoid #1062: The Floating Mob Bodies of Lake Mead
Oct 13, 202617 min
Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast
Oct 6, 202614 min
Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid!
Oct 3, 20266 min
Skeptoid #1060: AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic?
Sep 29, 202617 min
Skeptoid #1059: Do You Have Cortisol Belly?
Sep 22, 202618 min
Skeptoid #1058: Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster
Sep 15, 202615 min
Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "How Conspiracy Theories Undermine Ethnic Studies!"
Sep 12, 202643 min
Skeptoid #1057: The 1973 Mansfield UFO Encounter
Sep 8, 202618 min
Skeptoid #1056: The Mystery of the Nazca Lines
Sep 1, 202616 min
Skeptoid #1055: Caught in the Feedback Loop
Aug 25, 202616 min
Skeptoid #1054: Let Yourself Get Scammed
Aug 18, 202615 min
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