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: The conspiracy theorists scaremongering about UN Agenda 21 have obviously not read Agenda 21, by Mark Horne, from September 2021Electrician Sheds Light on Viral Birmingham Ghost Mystery, by Hayley Stevens, from September 2020An awareness of your body is useful, but the Alexander Technique probably isn't, by Alice Howarth, from August 2024Who runs the world According to conspiracy theorists, it’s Beyoncé, by Pai Jing Wen, from March 2025 Find 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 #014
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: Don't call me skeptic! Should we embrace the label, or focus on the work of being skeptical?, by Jack Lawrence, from March 2023Pandemic Prediction Problems, by Brian Eggo, from January 2021Tall tales: ancient British giants, by Mark Horne, from October 2022What's in Lake Champlain? Analysing historic sightings of the cryptid known as "Champ", by Floe Foxon, from June 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 #013
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:Is the US government in contact with an alien “galactic federation”?, by Chris French, from January 2021The graveyard of skeptical projects suggests it's funding, not talent, that we're lacking, by Jonathan Jarry, from January 2024Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil, by Carlos Orsi and Natália Pasternak, from January 2021The strange and deeply unlikely tale of Gef the talking mongoose, by Sean Slater, from March 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 #012
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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