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: Patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a crucial part of showing compassion for conspiracy theorists, by Michael Marshall from May 2023The 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 2022An 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 2024From the archive: Forgive us our trespasses - Rendlesham and diplomacy, by Peter Brookesmith from April 2006Mas Sajady: the Get Well quantum guru who just wants to know if he makes sense, by Michael Marshall from October 2022Christmas as we know it is appropriated, co-opted, bastardised… and thoroughly magical, by Paul Duncan McGarrity from December 2020Find 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 2022Rhyme and Reason: a Rael expert takes a look at the Raelian movement, by Steve Donnelly from April 2002Echo chambers create an illusion of consensus around medical misinformation, by Michael Marshall from March 2022The many traditions of Christmas that are now lost to history, by Toby Howard from December 1989Find 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: Why I called for the Brazilian Senate to impeach President Bolsanaro over our Covid crisis, by Natalia Pasternack from July 2021From the archives: Why Do People Believe in the Paranormal? Skeptical happenings in Lowestoft, by Jean Dorricott from May 1990When we talk about the scientific consensus, we need to be clear what we mean, by Michael Marshall from February 2022When it comes to conservation, cat-fights only hurt our communication efforts, by Ada McVean from September 2022Find 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: From scam product ads to conspiracy theories, misinformation always adapts to survive, by Michael Marshall from November 2020From the archive: Explaining the Turin Shroud - the creation of a religious hoax, by Steve Donnelly from November 1988How alternative medicine radicalises believers into Qanon conspiracy theories, by Dave Hahn from April 2021The Lacerta Files and its reptilian hybrids show the persistence of appealing myths, by Mark Horne from November 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic