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: Ghosts, curses and werewolf sightings: as archaeologists, we see human belief up close, by Paul Duncan McGarrity, from October 2020Central Bank Digital Currencies, and why conspiracists are urging each other to use cash, by Mark Horne, from April 2023Well-designed patient outreach can help tackle misinformation where it does the most harm, by Galina Limorenko, from January 2021A search for meming: fighting the mind-virus virus, by Blake Smith, from September 2024Find 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 #011
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: Meet the conspiracy theorists who believe Covid isn’t real… because viruses don’t exist, by Frank Visser, from January 2021Tree planting schemes look fantastic on paper, but they won't save us from climate change, by Sarah Hearne, from March 2023The Secret to a bland romance is: victim blaming, by Mark Horne, from December 2020Do dreams sometimes replay repressed memories of trauma experienced long ago?, by Chris French, from April 2023Find 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 #010
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: Plagues and Plots: COVID-19 and 5G, by Deborah Hyde, from November 2020It's easier to decry 'kids today' than it is to look honestly at the world we've made, by Brian Eggo, from November 2020Despite scare stories from holistic dentists, cavitations probably don't exist, by Shaun Sellars, from December 2020Do we really need supplements? A skeptic's guide to micronutrients, by Pixie Turner, from March 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 #009
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:Time Team's archaeologists showed us how experts can ruthlessly unpick a hoax, by Paul Duncan McGarrity, from November 2020The story of Phineas Gage's accident is well-known; what happened to him afterwards is not, by Kat Ford, from January 2024Have we seen the last of the vanishing phantom hitchhiker?, by Deborah Hyde, from January 2021The meaning crisis, and how we rescue young men from reactionary politics, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from November 2024Find 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 #008
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: How to spot medical misinformation in a pandemic, by Brian Eggo & Matt Kemp, from December 2020Therapy on tap: Thought Field Therapy offfers superficial solutions to deep disturbances, by Peter Panayi, from November 2020Could ASMR be a possible explanation for some new age and spiritual experiences?, by Mark Horne, from March 2024Real in what sense?, by Aaron Rabinowitz, from November 2020Find 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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