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
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Episode #040
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: Closing the information gap on GM technology means addressing fear, as well as ignorance, by Natalia Pasternak from September 2021Is the pandemic turning young people to god? Don't believe the prayer PR, by Michael Marshall from October 2021Distinguishable from intelligence? Don't mistake technology with superiority, by Wendy Grossman from January 2003Sine Missione, and the conspiracy theorists who use graffiti to spread pseudoscience, by Mark Horne from May 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic
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Episode #039
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: Misleading propaganda from 'Care Not Killing' is designed to poison the well on assisted dying, by Brian Eggo from September 2021Everything you ever wanted to know about astrology – for free, by Chris French from November 2024A historical Dutch UFO hunt - How one phone call roused all Amsterdam, by Marcel Hulspas from September 1988Nikola Tesla and the Cult of the Mysterious Genius, by Mark Horne from June 2022Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic
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Episode #038
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: Natural" health influencers will tell you sunscreen is bad for you - are they right? (No), by Alice Howarth from June 2023 When shows like Pod Save America run psuedoscience ads, they undermine their credibility, by Michael Marshall from February 2021Are there hidden messages in the Bible? Revisiting the claims of the Bible Code, by Klash Schmeh from October 2011 Blackpool's 'Chariots of the Gods' park is built on racist assumptions about the past, by Mark Horne from February 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic
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Episode #037
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: David Icke’s 2018 live tour sowed the seeds for his move back to the mainstream, by Michael Marshall from April 201810 persistent HIV myths we need to move past to break the stigma of the disease, by Alice Howarth from February 2021Technophobia: Facebook and computers cause cancer; typewriters apparently don’t, by Mark Williams from January 2011(35:59) 2019’s ‘The Mandela Effect’ is a stylish, shallow exploration of a rather silly conspiracy theory, by Mark Horne from April 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic
The official podcast of The Skeptic, the UK’s longest-running publication offering skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal.
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