The Skeptic Podcast

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:
As a teacher, I wish I'd handled the conspiracy theorist in my class differently by Brian Montgomery, from March 2023

Closed coffins and open coffers: the costs of Singaporean Chinese funeral practices by Ang Kai Randall, from July 2023

In an increasingly secular America, religious conservatives exert power via the culture wars by Aaron Rabinowitz, from March 2022

A Swift conspiracy: why almost all major celebrities get accused of being in the Illuminati by Dave Hahn, from November 2023

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

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:
Andrew Tate's misogynistic BRUV political party is a joke we should take seriously by Abi Kennedy from February 2025

The Truth of Skinwalker Ranch… probably won’t shock you by Nick Garratt from April 2025

Perspectives on Peer Review by Edzard Ernst from November 2020

The Better Way conspiracy conference went all-in on the moral panic around trans people by Aaron Rabinowitz from August 2023

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

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 Tartarian Conspiracy: a silly pseudo-archaeology for our serious times by Dave Hahn from April 2025

In the face of AI-driven encyclopedia, cherish Wikipedia - and original sources by Hayley Stevens from December 2025

Lytham's 'Beast of Green Drive': The Monster that almost certainly wasn’t by Andy Owens from October 2022

Understanding the origins of the 15-Minute City panic takes just 30 minutes by Tim Jokl from February 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

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:
Attempts to "bring back" the woolly mammoth distract us from vital conservationist goals by Sarah Hearne from November 2021

The anti-fluoridation movement is born of public health mistrust and misinformation by Elissar Gerges from January 2025

Auriculotherapy: why poking needles into your earlobe is, essentially, pointless by Edzard Ernst from December 2023

Patients with Alzheimer's deserve care and dignity - not false hope of miracle cures by Lena Bohman from January 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

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:
Conclave raises fascinating questions about hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church, by Gabriel Andrade, from January 2025

Coping with Death: Why the 5 stages of grief don’t tell the whole story, by Sarah Hearne, from May 2021

A brief history of radio-phobia: new technology is always met with fear and uncertainty, by Sean Slater, from February 2024

Brazil’s Covid-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial, by Natalia Pasternak, from June 2021

Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic