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: Spending time outdoors is healthy and great - we don't need to sell it as "forest bathing"!, by Brian Eggo from August 2022Cognitive dissonance - the mental gymnastics that help us rationalise our sloppy thinking', by Lee Traynor from April 2006From the archives: Hear our prayers - the Northern Irish prayer efficacy study, by Wendy Grossman from October 1989The "purebloods": how the unvaccinated came to see themselves as superior, by Thiago Vahia from March 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 #032
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:If anal sex injuries really are on the rise, it's not a question of anatomy, but of education, by Kat Ford from March 2023From the archives: The Demise of Parapsychology, 1850-2009, by Ray Hyman from April 2012How and why to set up and run your own Skeptics in the Pub group: top 10 tips, by Brian Eggo from September 2022Why I now believe parapsychology is a science not a pseudoscience, by Chris French from September 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 #031
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: In modern-day Scotland, there should be no mandatory acts of worship in schools, by Brian Eggo from May 2022 From the archives: Going to great lengths - long-hair pseudoscience, by Wendy Grossman from January 2011January 8th, and the insurrectionist riot provoked by Bolsonaro and the Brazilian army, by Thiago Vahia from February 2023The writing’s been on the wall for decades, but still the graphology persists, by Mark Horne from September 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 #030
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: Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?, by Clio Bellenis from March 2024Walking the alt-med tightrope when a loved one has a terminal diagnosis, by Brian Eggo from January 2024From the archives: The day I met w orld renowned psychic, Shirley Ghostman, by Chris French from April 2012From the archives: Mrs Gaskell’s Elephant - the true story of a hoax, by Chris Willis from January 2002Find 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 #029
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: In Search of Monsters? A defence of cryptozoology, by Charles Paxton from July 2002Huge social media accounts glorify ancient architecture, while whitewashing the past, by Mark Horne from December 2024While Artemis was heading to the moon, moon landing deniers were busy doubling down, by Brian Eggo from January 2023Eurabia, the Kalergi Plan, and the Great Replacement, by Thiago Vahia from September 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic
The official podcast of The Skeptic, the UK’s longest-running publication offering skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal.
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