Episodes

  • Skeptoid Adventures Sets Sail! Malaga, Spain to Nice, France 2026
    Oct 1 2025

    Skeptoid Adventures will set sail on the world's largest sailing vessel, the SV Royal Clipper, from Malaga, Spain, to Nice, France this April. We'll have a mini-conference aboard and we'll stop at amazing ports of call -- all while on the coolest full-rigged sailing ship you've ever seen. Take a look at skeptoid.com/adventures.

    Please note: This ship often sells out by the end of October, so reserve your cabin soon. All deposits are fully refundable.

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    3 mins
  • Skeptoid #1008: Facts and Fiction of Polynesian Navigation, Part 1
    Sep 30 2025

    Nearly as much mythology as science surrounds the wayfinder techniques used by early Polynesians to navigate the South Pacific.

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    16 mins
  • Skeptoid #1007: The Pilots Who Landed at Area 51
    Sep 23 2025

    True stories of the pilots who have tried to land at Area 51 — and what happened to them.

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    19 mins
  • Skeptoid #1006: Deconstructing Structured Water
    Sep 16 2025

    We all enjoy a nice crisp glass of water when we're feeling dehydrated — which makes sense, because our bodies need it most of all, so enjoying it is an evolved behavior. However, some people — notably wellness influencers — have determined that good old H2O is actually not a good thing at all (who knew?); and that what you really need is their own concoction that's actually an entirely different molecule: structured water.

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    18 mins
  • Skeptoid #1005: Debugging Done Diligently
    Sep 9 2025

    Another round of corrections of errors from past episodes, keeping your Skeptoid archive tidy and accurate.

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    15 mins
  • Skeptoid #1004: Dating the White Sands Footprints
    Sep 2 2025

    Ancient footprints in New Mexico are forcing scientists to rewrite the story of when humans first set foot in the Americas, and the debate is shaking paleoanthropology to its core.

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    18 mins
  • Skeptoid #1003: History's Weirdest Science Findings
    Aug 26 2025

    Fourteen of the most unexpected and counterintuitive science findings.

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    18 mins
  • Skeptoid #1002: A Feast of Feedback
    Aug 19 2025

    Once again we go through some of your feedback to past episodes — all the good stuff that enhances and improves the presentation.

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    16 mins