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:
Are the claims for using coffee waste in the garden well grounded? by Sarah Hearne, from September 2021

The Overton window of conspiracy theories has shifted toward the extreme - we need to drag it back by Dave Hahn, from February 2022

The March for Life conference showed the US influence on UK anti-abortion groups by Abi Kennedy, from October 2025

The Quantified Self: technological gimmick or genuine game changer? By Al Isthifah Bin Mazlan, from July 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:
Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal by Serdar Basegmez, from February 2025

Don't Be A Dick: revisiting Phil Plait's 2010 advice to skeptics by Sean Slater, from February 2025

The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division by Dave Hahn, from May 2022

Bill Cooper: the conspiracy theorist who links afrofuturist "Hoteps" with Alex Jones by Aaron Rabinowitz, from April 2021

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:
Conspiracy theorists cry betrayal at Trump's selective approach to immigration by Dave Hahn, from February 2025

Cannibalism: The long history of a modern propaganda tool by James Williams, from April 2025

Project Blue Beam is finally happening... as long as you cherry pick very carefully by Nick Garratt, from February 2025

JD Vance is right - for anti-intellectuals like him, the professors are the enemy by Edzard Ernst, from September 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:
Netflix's Seaspiracy, and how to spot misinformation in glossy documentaries by Sarah Hearne, from June 2021

John Robison, the Illuminati, and the beginnings of a global superconspiracy theory by Dave Hahn, from October 2022

Del Bigtree's Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers by Aaron Rabinowitz, from June 2022

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:
The American Culture War: Coming to a politics near you by Aaron Rabinowitz, from June 2021

Time to ‘drop the crop’ - why cutting off the tips of dogs' ears is never right by Robyn Lowe, from March 2023

Spontaneous Human Combustion: The truth behind the myth of Mary Carpenter by Matt Mills, from May 2021

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