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**Skeptoid**

The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes… Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.

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Listeners Have a Say Jul 04, 2014

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Giving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say.

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Skeptoid #421: Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma Cosmology Jul 01, 2014

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Skeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world.

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Skeptoid #420: Hillary vs. Mallory: The First to Everest Jun 24, 2014

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From the evidence we have, it seems clear there's no way Mallory could have beaten Hillary to the summit of Everest.

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Skeptoid #419: Slacktivism: Raising Awareness Jun 17, 2014

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Clicking a "Like" button on a web site is not only useless, it may actually be counterproductive.

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Skeptoid #418: Left Brained, Right Brained, or Hare Brained? Jun 10, 2014

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Pop psychology tells us we're all either left brain or right brain dominant, a concept with no scientific support.

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Skeptoid #417: The Riddle of Flight 19 Jun 03, 2014

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The 1945 disappearance of five fighter planes in the Bermuda Triangle was real, but hardly how it's portrayed.

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Skeptoid #416: 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe? May 27, 2014

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Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found.

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Skeptoid #415: In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error Personified May 20, 2014

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Skeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes.

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Skeptoid #414: Killing Princess Diana May 13, 2014

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Some say the death of Princess Diana in 1997 was actually a murder plotted by her government.

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Skeptoid #413: 3-7-77: The Montana Vigilance Code May 06, 2014

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This mysterious code representing vigilante justice has a history steeped in mystery.

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