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bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4899"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4899.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4899" style="font-weight: bold;">Berberine: Thin Body, or Thin Evidence?</a> (Skeptoid #899) - This supplement is claimed by social media influencers to be Nature's Ozempic.<br><span class="grayital">August 29, 2023</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4863"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4863.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4863" style="font-weight: bold;">Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Woo</a> (Skeptoid #863) - The latest form of magnet therapy promises to cure everything from headaches to cancer.<br><span class="grayital">December 20, 2022</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4831"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4831.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4831" style="font-weight: bold;">Facilitated Communication Isn't</a> (Skeptoid #831) - This discredited technique deceives loved ones into believing non-communicative people are able to communicate just fine by hiring one of these facilitators.<br><span class="grayital">May 10, 2022</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4811"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4811.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4811" style="font-weight: bold;">Radon Therapy</a> (Skeptoid #811) - Trying to treat pain or cancer by exposing yourself to a radioactive carcinogen provides only risk without the benefit.<br><span class="grayital">December 21, 2021</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4807"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4807.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4807" style="font-weight: bold;">Huna: New Age on an Island</a> (Skeptoid #807) - Huna blends generic New Age spiritualism with a concocted version of Hawaiian tradition.<br><span class="grayital">November 23, 2021</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4780"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4780.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4780" style="font-weight: bold;">CBD for Everything</a> (Skeptoid #780) - Cannabidiol is sold as an additive to just about every kind of product you can imagine. Why?<br><span class="grayital">May 18, 2021</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4734"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4734.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4734" style="font-weight: bold;">The Stoned Ape Theory</a> (Skeptoid #734) - Some believe that psychedelic drugs played an irreplaceable role in the evolution of Homo sapiens.<br><span class="grayital">June 30, 2020</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4718"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4718.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4718" style="font-weight: bold;">Diagnosing Chronic Lyme Disease</a> (Skeptoid #718) - Often dismissed as purely pseudoscientific and nonexistent, chronic Lyme disease is not necessarily nothing.<br><span class="grayital">March 10, 2020</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4710"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4710.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4710" style="font-weight: bold;">Your Weirdest Thing, Vol. 4</a> (Skeptoid #710) - I give my thoughts trying to solve some of your weirdest experiences.<br><span class="grayital">January 14, 2020</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4611"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4611.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4611" style="font-weight: bold;">All About Grounding</a> (Skeptoid #611) - Some New Agers believe that you can heal virtually any ailment simply by taking off your shoes.<br><span class="grayital">February 20, 2018</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4608"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4608.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4608" style="font-weight: bold;">Palm Oil Facts and Fiction</a> (Skeptoid #608) - Is it a medical miracle, an environmental disaster, both, or neither?<br><span class="grayital">January 30, 2018</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4589"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4589.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4589" style="font-weight: bold;">The Big Pharma Conspiracy</a> (Skeptoid #589) - Popular claims of a Big Pharma Conspiracy don't stand up to any rational scrutiny.<br><span class="grayital">September 19, 2017</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4562"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4562.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4562" style="font-weight: bold;">Rhino Horn: Cure or Curse?</a> (Skeptoid #562) - Rhinos are still being killed for their horns, but probably not for the reasons you thought.<br><span class="grayital">March 14, 2017</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4495"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4495.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4495" style="font-weight: bold;">Updated: Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Web Sites</a> (Skeptoid #495) - The worst offending sites on the Internet for promoting bad misinformation.<br><span class="grayital">December 1, 2015</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4492"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4492.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4492" style="font-weight: bold;">Pouring Cold Water on Cryotherapy</a> (Skeptoid #492) - Questioning whether this new spa treatment provides all the medical benefits it claims.<br><span class="grayital">November 10, 2015</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4470"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4470.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4470" style="font-weight: bold;">Marijuana</a> (Skeptoid #470) - In the last 50 years, marijuana has gone from menace to medicine. Which is it?<br><span class="grayital">June 9, 2015</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4451"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4451.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4451" style="font-weight: bold;">Ideomotor Response</a> (Skeptoid #451) - The Ideomotor Response underlies a number of occult phenomena and alt-med practices.<br><span class="grayital">January 27, 2015</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4436"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4436.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4436" style="font-weight: bold;">Ionithermie</a> (Skeptoid #436) - Ionithermie is not effective for slimming or cellulite removal -- or, for anything, really.<br><span class="grayital">October 14, 2014</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4425"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4425.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4425" style="font-weight: bold;">Albinism Facts and Fiction</a> (Skeptoid #425) - Even in developed countries, myths persist about people who have albinism.<br><span class="grayital">July 29, 2014</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4411"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4411.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4411" style="font-weight: bold;">Your Body's Alleged Energy Fields</a> (Skeptoid #411) - There is no such thing as your body's energy field.<br><span class="grayital">April 22, 2014</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4409"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4409.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4409" style="font-weight: bold;">Oil Pulling</a> (Skeptoid #409) - This New Age alternative health fad is not, in fact, based on ayurveda.<br><span class="grayital">April 8, 2014</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4405"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4405.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4405" style="font-weight: bold;">Aromatherapy: Sniffing Essential Oils</a> (Skeptoid #405) - If you're expecting the pleasant aroma of certain flowers and herbs to be a medical treatment, you may be disappointed.<br><span class="grayital">March 11, 2014</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4383"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4383.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4383" style="font-weight: bold;">5 False Arguments for Raw Milk</a> (Skeptoid #383) - Some people who enjoy raw milk also make up false claims that regular milk is more dangerous.<br><span class="grayital">October 8, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4376"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4376.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4376" style="font-weight: bold;">Salt Therapies</a> (Skeptoid #376) - A new trend in spas is to let people relax in salt caves, and it's based on solid pseudoscience.<br><span class="grayital">August 20, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4374"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4374.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4374" style="font-weight: bold;">Listener Feedback: Alternative Medicine</a> (Skeptoid #374) - Skeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine.<br><span class="grayital">August 6, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4368"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4368.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4368" style="font-weight: bold;">Legislating Pseudoscience</a> (Skeptoid #368) - Lawmakers are often pressured by ideologues to pass laws based on bad science.<br><span class="grayital">June 25, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4366"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4366.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4366" style="font-weight: bold;">The Sedona Energy Vortex</a> (Skeptoid #366) - Vortexes of spiritual energy are claimed to exist in Sedona, but science suggests we remain skeptical.<br><span class="grayital">June 11, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4359"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4359.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4359" style="font-weight: bold;">Cupping for the Cure</a> (Skeptoid #359) - Some believe that bruise-causing suction on the skin provides a variety of health benefits.<br><span class="grayital">April 23, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4350"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4350.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4350" style="font-weight: bold;">Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra</a> (Skeptoid #350) - Skeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience.<br><span class="grayital">February 19, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4300"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4300.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4300" style="font-weight: bold;">The Secret of the Gypsy Queen</a> (Skeptoid #300) - A little girl saves her kingdom when she is the only one who does not fall for the pop pseudoscience of the day.<br><span class="grayital">March 6, 2012</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4283"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4283.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4283" style="font-weight: bold;">Top 10 Worst Anti-Science Websites</a> (Skeptoid #283) - My list of the worst offenders on the web in the promotion of scientific and factual misinformation.<br><span class="grayital">November 8, 2011</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4259"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4259.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4259" style="font-weight: bold;">Mao's Barefoot Doctors: The Secret History of Chinese Medicine</a> (Skeptoid #259) - Westerners' belief that Chinese have long relied on alternative medicine is due in part to clever book publishers.<br><span class="grayital">May 24, 2011</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4250"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4250.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4250" style="font-weight: bold;">The History of Knowledge</a> (Skeptoid #250) - A trip through the centuries to see how human knowledge is reflected through music.<br><span class="grayital">March 22, 2011</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4227"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4227.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4227" style="font-weight: bold;">Boost Your Immune System (or Not)</a> (Skeptoid #227) - Although a lot of products promise to boost your immune system, there is actually no such thing.<br><span class="grayital">October 12, 2010</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4206"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4206.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4206" style="font-weight: bold;">Morgellons Disease</a> (Skeptoid #206) - In this newly described condition, some patients report strange plastic fibers growing from their skin.<br><span class="grayital">May 18, 2010</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4203"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4203.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4203" style="font-weight: bold;">Therapeutic Touch</a> (Skeptoid #203) - Therapeutic touch is a pseudoscientific healing method that is neither therapeutic nor involves touch.<br><span class="grayital">April 27, 2010</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4200"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4200.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4200" style="font-weight: bold;">Buy It!</a> (Skeptoid #200) - Don't blindly turn to science when you need answers - instead, seek out those who want to sell you something.<br><span class="grayital">April 6, 2010</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4180"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4180.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4180" style="font-weight: bold;">Vaccine Ingredients</a> (Skeptoid #180) - The claims made about the dangerous chemicals in vaccines are all either false or misrepresented.<br><span class="grayital">November 17, 2009</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4174"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4174.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4174" style="font-weight: bold;">More Medical Myths</a> (Skeptoid #174) - More myths about the human body that you've always heard, and probably believe.<br><span class="grayital">October 6, 2009</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr><tr valign="top" align="left"><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="170"><a href="/episodes/4151"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4151.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4151" style="font-weight: bold;">The Placebo Effect</a> (Skeptoid #151) - 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