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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.

ScienceSociety12 episodes on Steadcast · Latest Oct 2026

Recent episodes

Skeptoid #1063: Multi-Cancer Detection: Panacea or Problem?

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Skeptoid #1062: The Floating Mob Bodies of Lake Mead

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Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast

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Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid!

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Skeptoid #1060: AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic?

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Skeptoid #1059: Do You Have Cortisol Belly?

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Skeptoid #1058: Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster

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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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