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Skeptoid #1056: The Mystery of the Nazca Lines

The true origin and purpose of Peru's famous Nazca Lines. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1055: Caught in the Feedback Loop

We dive into the Skeptoid mailbag to find your best listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1054: Let Yourself Get Scammed

It turns out that having zero fraud in society is not necessarily a goal that would serve the general good. Why not? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-cho

Skeptoid #1053: Recovered Memory Therapy

Some say you might have repressed memories that you know nothing about — but that might be discovered and recovered therapeutically. Is this a real thing? Learn about yo

Skeptoid #1052: Is CERN Altering Reality?

What's really behind CERN's Large Hadron Collider's third planned shutdown? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1051: The Humble Pie Report

Once again, we issue your corrections to errors made in previous Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1050: Does Torture Work?

The question of whether torture is ever justified must take a back seat to the more important question: Is it effective at producing useful intelligence? Learn about you

Skeptoid #1049: The Many Worlds of Reality Shifting

Is this new technique to move your consciousness into another world anything more than just vivid imagination? Maybe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-ch

Skeptoid #1048: Are Seed Oils Poisoning Our Food Supply?

Seed oils seem to be the newest food villain. Are they something you truly need to avoid? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1047: The Pirates of Cozumel

Popular tales claim that pirates used the island of Cozumel as a base of operations. History tells us pretty much the exact opposite. Learn about your ad choices: doveta

Feed Drop! Tales From Aztlantis and "Remembering the Maya Apocalypse"

As a thoughtful primer for our Skeptoid Adventure through the Maya World of the Yucatán coast this December, we're dropping an episode from our good friends at the Tales

Skeptoid #1046: The Case of the Impossible Satellites

Are alien spacecraft truly the best explanation for "transient" dots found on old telescope photographs? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid Adventures Early Bird Special

The early bird special ends this Monday for BOTH Skeptoid Adventures launching this December! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1045: Balanced Literacy and the Reading Wars

What was the real cause of the drop in English-speaking literacy rates between 1980 and 2020? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1044: Red Light Therapy

Usually, wellness therapies that claim to treat everything actually treat nothing. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Skeptoid #1043: The Men Who Walk Through Walls

The real story behind the CIA spending $20 million on PROJECT STARGATE to study psychics. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Encore! "Finding the Black Olmec"

Our final Skeptoid Adventure of 2026 takes us to the Yucatán coast to explore the Mysteries of the Maya. So, in anticipation of that, we're playing an episode from the ar

Skeptoid #1042: On the Trail of the Rougarou

From 17th century France to Nova Scotia and all the way to the bayous of Louisiana, one particular cryptid has had a far longer run than most. The rougarou is said to be

Encore! "The Voodoo Ax Murders"

In preparation for our Skeptoid Adventure to New Orleans, we’re playing an encore edition of an episode that takes us to the heart of the Big Easy and dives into Louisian

Skeptoid #1041: Full Moon Myths

A round-up of plausible-sounding myths about the Moon, most of which you've probably heard, and some of which you might believe. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.pr