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: Recovering memories: The truth is, the Satanic Panic never really went away by Chris French, from August 2021The climate change deniers spreading misinformation... with charitable status by Alfie Hoar, from January 2022The Bewilder Gambit: a conspiracy theorist tactic designed to distract by Dave Hahn, from August 2021No end of faith: How do religions survive a devastating truth bomb? By Tim Jokl, from August 2025Find 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: History is written by the victors, and the losers, and by everyone else as well by Victoria Stiles, from December 2020Recovering memories: Could the Satanic Panic happen again? by Chris French, from July 2021Fictional impressions: the shaky foundations of many common forensic science techniques by Dave Hahn, from March 2023Going cashless may be the future, but we can’t afford to leave vulnerable people behind by Alif Yahya, from July 2021Find 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:Did earthquake guru Frank Hoogerbeets really foresee the disaster in Turkey and Syria? by Frank Visser, from February 2023Recovering memories: The Satanic Panic by Chris French, from May 2021Darling, you smell lovely: what role does body odour play in dating? by Ginny Smith, from July 2021The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread by Dave Hahn, from January 2025Find 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: Are the claims for using coffee waste in the garden well grounded? by Sarah Hearne, from September 2021The Overton window of conspiracy theories has shifted toward the extreme - we need to drag it back by Dave Hahn, from February 2022 The March for Life conference showed the US influence on UK anti-abortion groups by Abi Kennedy, from October 2025 The Quantified Self: technological gimmick or genuine game changer? By Al Isthifah Bin Mazlan, from July 2024 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: Contorium: how a conspiracy narrative embraced a Turkish parody crystal by Serdar Basegmez, from February 2025Don't Be A Dick: revisiting Phil Plait's 2010 advice to skeptics by Sean Slater, from February 2025The Russian Game: the conspiracy mongering propaganda techniques designed to stoke division by Dave Hahn, from May 2022Bill Cooper: the conspiracy theorist who links afrofuturist "Hoteps" with Alex Jones by Aaron Rabinowitz, from April 2021Find 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: Conspiracy theorists cry betrayal at Trump's selective approach to immigration by Dave Hahn, from February 2025Cannibalism: The long history of a modern propaganda tool by James Williams, from April 2025Project Blue Beam is finally happening... as long as you cherry pick very carefully by Nick Garratt, from February 2025JD Vance is right - for anti-intellectuals like him, the professors are the enemy by Edzard Ernst, from September 2024 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: Netflix's Seaspiracy, and how to spot misinformation in glossy documentaries by Sarah Hearne, from June 2021John Robison, the Illuminati, and the beginnings of a global superconspiracy theory by Dave Hahn, from October 2022Del Bigtree's Better Way conference seeks to turn Covid conspiracists into full-on anti-vaxxers by Aaron Rabinowitz, from June 2022Find 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 American Culture War: Coming to a politics near you by Aaron Rabinowitz, from June 2021Time to ‘drop the crop’ - why cutting off the tips of dogs' ears is never right by Robyn Lowe, from March 2023Spontaneous Human Combustion: The truth behind the myth of Mary Carpenter by Matt Mills, from May 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

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 2023Closed coffins and open coffers: the costs of Singaporean Chinese funeral practices by Ang Kai Randall, from July 2023In an increasingly secular America, religious conservatives exert power via the culture wars by Aaron Rabinowitz, from March 2022A Swift conspiracy: why almost all major celebrities get accused of being in the Illuminati by Dave Hahn, from November 2023Find 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 2020The 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