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The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #033Featuring articles from Brian Eggo (August 2022), Lee Traynor (April 2006), Wendy Gros...
10/10/2025

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #033

Featuring articles from Brian Eggo (August 2022), Lee Traynor (April 2006), Wendy Grossman (October 1989), and Thiago Vahia (March 2023).

Featuring articles from Brian Eggo (August 2022), Lee Traynor (April 2006), Wendy Grossman (October 1989), and Thiago Vahia (March 2023).

Controversial German virologist Stefan Lanka challenged scientists to prove that viruses are real, which made it all the...
10/10/2025

Controversial German virologist Stefan Lanka challenged scientists to prove that viruses are real, which made it all the way to the German courtroom....

Controversial German virologist Stefan Lanka challenged scientists to prove that viruses are real, which made it all the way to the German courtroom.

A preliminary study suggests a correlation between ultramarathons and higher bowel cancer risk, but we should be cautiou...
08/10/2025

A preliminary study suggests a correlation between ultramarathons and higher bowel cancer risk, but we should be cautious about what it means...

A preliminary study suggests a correlation between ultramarathons and higher bowel cancer risk, but we should be cautious about what it means

Wendy Grossman remembers the late TV presenter John Stapleton | Wendy Grossman
07/10/2025

Wendy Grossman remembers the late TV presenter John Stapleton | Wendy Grossman

After the death of TV presenter John Stapleton, former editor of The Skeptic Wendy Grossman reflects on meeting Stapleton on air in 1992

Claims that we have found "Planet Nine" – and that it might be Niburu, home of the mystical Anunnaki – owe more to scien...
06/10/2025

Claims that we have found "Planet Nine" – and that it might be Niburu, home of the mystical Anunnaki – owe more to science fiction than to reality...

Claims that we have found “Planet Nine” – and that it might be Niburu, home of the mystical Anunnaki – owe more to science fiction than to reality

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #032Featuring articles from Kat Ford (March 2023), Ray Hyman (April 2012), Brian Eggo (Sep...
03/10/2025

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #032

Featuring articles from Kat Ford (March 2023), Ray Hyman (April 2012), Brian Eggo (September 2022), and Chris French (September 2021).

Featuring articles from Kat Ford (March 2023), Ray Hyman (April 2012), Brian Eggo (September 2022), and Chris French (September 2021).

Charlie Kirk was a poster boy for a movement that pays lip service to the importance of free speech while bullying and i...
03/10/2025

Charlie Kirk was a poster boy for a movement that pays lip service to the importance of free speech while bullying and intimidating critics into silence...

Charlie Kirk was a poster boy for a movement that pays lip service to the importance of free speech while bullying and intimidating critics into silence

March for Life's 2025 "pro-life" conference sought to send the message that they're confident abortion will not be decri...
01/10/2025

March for Life's 2025 "pro-life" conference sought to send the message that they're confident abortion will not be decriminalised in the UK...

March for Life’s 2025 “pro-life” conference sought to send the message that they’re confident abortion will not be decriminalised in the UK

From the archives in 1992, Ole Henningsen explains how "The silver man", a famous picture of an ‘alien', is a simple pho...
30/09/2025

From the archives in 1992, Ole Henningsen explains how "The silver man", a famous picture of an ‘alien', is a simple photographic hoax....

From the archives in 1992, Ole Henningsen explains how “The silver man”, a famous picture of an ‘alien’, is a simple photographic hoax.

Influential Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been increasingly talking about the Antichrist, but is he just be...
29/09/2025

Influential Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been increasingly talking about the Antichrist, but is he just being metaphorical?...

Influential Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been increasingly talking about the Antichrist, but is he just being metaphorical?

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #031Featuring articles from Brian Eggo (May 2022), Wendy Grossman (January 2011), Thiago V...
26/09/2025

The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #031

Featuring articles from Brian Eggo (May 2022), Wendy Grossman (January 2011), Thiago Vahia (February 2023) and Mark Horne (September 20223).

Featuring articles from Brian Eggo (May 2022), Wendy Grossman (January 2011), Thiago Vahia (February 2023) and Mark Horne (September 20223).

Ground News promises to help us get to truth by accessing a wider set of viewpoints – but truth isn't always found at th...
26/09/2025

Ground News promises to help us get to truth by accessing a wider set of viewpoints – but truth isn't always found at the mid-point of two extremes...

Ground News promises to help us get to truth by accessing a wider set of viewpoints – but truth isn’t always found at the mid-point of two extremes

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