Skeptoid

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Latest Episodes:

Skeptoid #1063: Multi-Cancer Detection: Panacea or Problem? Oct 20, 2026

Show notes

These tests that promise to easily detect cancer with a blood test are fraught with profound accuracy errors.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1062: The Floating Mob Bodies of Lake Mead Oct 13, 2026

Show notes

Las Vegas mob lore clings thick to human remains found as Lake Mead's water level recedes. But is it truly mob secrets that are being revealed or perhaps something a bit more nuanced?

The NamUs.gov profile for the Hemenway Harbor Doe is here.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1061: Hunting the Pictish Beast Oct 06, 2026

Show notes

Did this mysterious carved beast — the most common object on the Pictish standing stones — ever actually live?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Happy 20th Birthday Skeptoid! Oct 03, 2026

Show notes

In honor of Skeptoid's 20th birthday, today we're playing episode #1 from October 2006. Enjoy!

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1060: AI Psychosis: Is It a Moral Panic? Sep 29, 2026

Show notes

Is the moral panic surrounding artificial intelligence justified?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1059: Do You Have Cortisol Belly? Sep 22, 2026

Show notes

Wellness influencers promise to sell you supplements to reduce your cortisol, and thus reduce your weight — even though it doesn't work that way.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1058: Tracking the Honey Island Swamp Monster Sep 15, 2026

Show notes

Does a huge, hairy, ape-like creature roam the swamps of Louisiana?

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "How Conspiracy Theories Undermine Ethnic Studies!" Sep 12, 2026

Show notes

Skeptoid Adventures "Mysteries of the Maya" guest expert Kurly Tlapoyawa was invited to speak at the inaugural SkeptiCamp New Mexico, and today we're sharing the lecture he gave, which covered the many ways that conspiracy theories and pseudoarchaeology undermine the goals of ethnic studies programs.
Enjoy! And hear more from Kurly on the Tales From Aztlantis podcast:
buzzsprout.com/1720405
chimalli.org
Learn more about "The Mysteries of the Maya" Skeptoid Adventure at skeptoid.org/adventures

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1057: The 1973 Mansfield UFO Encounter Sep 08, 2026

Show notes

Four men in an Air National Guard helicopter had a terrifying UFO encounter in the skies above Ohio.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1056: The Mystery of the Nazca Lines Sep 01, 2026

Show notes

The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices