The Skeptic Podcast

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
On this episode:
The 'Cryptoterrestrial Hypothesis' that wants us to believe aliens have always been among us, by Dave Hahn, from August 2024

The story of the Satanic Panic is a tale of religious and cultural paranoia in America, by Deborah Hyde, from June 2021

Moms for Liberty: serving moral panic with a side of BASIC cannibalism, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from April 2022

From the archives: Homeopathy and the 10:23 campaign, by Mark Williams, from July 2012

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From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
On this episode:
Are you skeptical About Free Will? Prove it!, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from December 2020

We all need good hand hygiene, but antibacterial soaps are a waste of time, by Alice Howarth, from December 2020

From the archives: Korean fan death, the curiously-local mass killer, by Deborah Hyde, from January 2011

How to engage with arguments rationally, respectfully, and with humility, by Michael Marshall, from May 2024

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
On this episode:
Patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a crucial part of showing compassion for conspiracy theorists, by Michael Marshall from May 2023

The mosaic of memory: how we constantly rewrite our memories of our past, by Chris French from January 2004

A visit to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, the UK's only explicitly creationist tourist attraction, by Sarah Hearne, from January 2022

An Unhealthy Dose of Viral Conspiracy, by Hayley Stevens from October 2020

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
On this episode:
Whisper it quietly and go heavy on the caveats, but David Icke is right, by Dave Hahn from March 2024

From the archive: Forgive us our trespasses - Rendlesham and diplomacy, by Peter Brookesmith from April 2006

Mas Sajady: the Get Well quantum guru who just wants to know if he makes sense, by Michael Marshall from October 2022

Christmas as we know it is appropriated, co-opted, bastardised… and thoroughly magical, by Paul Duncan McGarrity from December 2020

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

From the pages of The Skeptic magazine, this is The Skeptic podcast, bringing you the best of the magazine’s expert analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal since its relaunch as online news source in September 2020.
On this episode:
Gerson Support Group cancer 'cure' charity removed from register by Charity Commission, by Michael Marshall from March 2022

Rhyme and Reason: a Rael expert takes a look at the Raelian movement, by Steve Donnelly from April 2002

Echo chambers create an illusion of consensus around medical misinformation, by Michael Marshall from March 2022

The many traditions of Christmas that are now lost to history, by Toby Howard from December 1989

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic