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too many for a prosaic explanation.<br><span class="grayital">January 23, 2024</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/4919"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4919.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4919" style="font-weight: bold;">Looking Back on the Chronovisor</a> (Skeptoid #919) - A Benedictine monk is said to have built a device allowing him to see and hear historical events.<br><span class="grayital">January 16, 2024</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/4906"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4906.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4906" style="font-weight: bold;">Unraveling the Myth of Nazareth</a> (Skeptoid #906) - Did the village of Nazareth exist at the time of Jesus, making it possible for there to have been a Jesus of Nazareth?<br><span class="grayital">October 17, 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/4896"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4896.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4896" style="font-weight: bold;">The Treasures of the Copper Scroll</a> (Skeptoid #896) - This greatest of all imaginable treasures from the Dead Sea Scrolls probably never existed.<br><span class="grayital">August 8, 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/4894"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4894.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4894" style="font-weight: bold;">The Klerksdorp Spheres</a> (Skeptoid #894) - Are these remarkable stones natural, or proof of an ancient advanced civilization?<br><span class="grayital">July 25, 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/4887"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4887.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4887" style="font-weight: bold;">The Hard Fall of the Nephilim</a> (Skeptoid #887) - Did giants really walk the Earth in our recent past?<br><span class="grayital">June 6, 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/4871"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4871.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4871" style="font-weight: bold;">7 Valentine's Day Myths</a> (Skeptoid #871) - See if you can tell whether each of these popular beliefs about Valentine's Day are true or false.<br><span class="grayital">February 14, 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/4843"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4843.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4843" style="font-weight: bold;">Pop Quiz: Religious Symbolism</a> (Skeptoid #843) - How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on questions drawn from episodes about world religions.<br><span class="grayital">August 2, 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/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/4795"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4795.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4795" style="font-weight: bold;">What Made the Shroud of Turin Immortal</a> (Skeptoid #795) - A close look at what true science and true history can tell us about this most sacred Catholic relic.<br><span class="grayital">August 31, 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/4766"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4766.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4766" style="font-weight: bold;">Illuminating Our Lady of Zeitoun</a> (Skeptoid #766) - This Marian apparition from Egypt has some science fiction explanations and a sound one.<br><span class="grayital">February 9, 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/4729"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4729.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4729" style="font-weight: bold;">The LUCIFER Telescope Conspiracy</a> (Skeptoid #729) - A popular conspiracy theory claims the Vatican uses a telescope named LUCIFER to find an alien savior.<br><span class="grayital">May 26, 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/4723"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4723.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4723" style="font-weight: bold;">Draining the Holy Grail</a> (Skeptoid #723) - The true history of the Holy Grail, the most precious of all artifacts.<br><span class="grayital">April 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/4579"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4579.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4579" style="font-weight: bold;">Measuring the Age of the Grand Canyon</a> (Skeptoid #579) - The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, not thousands; despite the efforts of Young Earthers.<br><span class="grayital">July 11, 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/4471"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4471.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4471" style="font-weight: bold;">Male Circumcision</a> (Skeptoid #471) - Infant male circumcision remains common in the United States. Today we look at the reasons and the implications.<br><span class="grayital">June 16, 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/4466"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4466.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4466" style="font-weight: bold;">5 Answers for Creationists</a> (Skeptoid #466) - Creationists have presented 5 questions they don't think 'evolutionists' can answer. Here are some answers.<br><span class="grayital">May 12, 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/4393"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4393.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4393" style="font-weight: bold;">The Hair of Samson</a> (Skeptoid #393) - Hold onto your hats: Growing your hair long will not confer super strength or vitality upon you.<br><span class="grayital">December 17, 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/4353"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4353.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4353" style="font-weight: bold;">Pope Joan</a> (Skeptoid #353) - This apocryphal Middle Ages pope said to be a woman in disguise probably never existed.<br><span class="grayital">March 12, 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/4343"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4343.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4343" style="font-weight: bold;">The Hollow Earth Theory</a> (Skeptoid #343) - Throughout history there have been a number of different beliefs that the Earth might be hollow.<br><span class="grayital">January 1, 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/4338"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4338.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4338" style="font-weight: bold;">The Flat Earth Theory</a> (Skeptoid #338) - The Flat Earth Theory has its origins not in alt-science but in Christian Fundamentalism.<br><span class="grayital">November 27, 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/4327"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4327.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4327" style="font-weight: bold;">Raiding the Ark of the Covenant</a> (Skeptoid #327) - The true history of the most famous holy relic from Biblical times.<br><span class="grayital">September 11, 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/4316"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4316.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4316" style="font-weight: bold;">Al-Ghazali and Arab-Islamic Science</a> (Skeptoid #316) - Some say that Persian theologian al-Ghazali was solely responsible for the end of the Golden Age of science.<br><span class="grayital">June 26, 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/4307"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4307.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4307" style="font-weight: bold;">The Siberian Hell Sounds</a> (Skeptoid #307) - Russian scientists are said to have drilled a borehole that broke into hell and released the screams of the damned.<br><span class="grayital">April 24, 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/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/4278"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4278.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4278" style="font-weight: bold;">Brainwashing and Deprogramming</a> (Skeptoid #278) - Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.<br><span class="grayital">October 4, 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/4271"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4271.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4271" style="font-weight: bold;">The Zionist Conspiracy</a> (Skeptoid #271) - There is no plausible reason to think a conspiracy of Jews plans to take over the world's banks and governments.<br><span class="grayital">August 16, 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/4265"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4265.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4265" style="font-weight: bold;">Curing Gays</a> (Skeptoid #265) - Therapies intended to help gays become straight don't work.<br><span class="grayital">July 5, 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/4262"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4262.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4262" style="font-weight: bold;">The Haitian Zombies</a> (Skeptoid #262) - A look at the possibility that legends of Haitian zombies may have a grain of truth.<br><span class="grayital">June 14, 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/4261"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4261.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4261" style="font-weight: bold;">Near Death Experiences</a> (Skeptoid #261) - A comparison of the effects of hypoxia to the reports of a brush with the afterlife.<br><span class="grayital">June 7, 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/4248"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4248.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4248" style="font-weight: bold;">The Exorcism of Anneliese</a> (Skeptoid #248) - Exorcisms are a brutal torture ritual with no hope of actually helping a person who believes themselves possessed.<br><span class="grayital">March 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/4247"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4247.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4247" style="font-weight: bold;">The Miracle of Calanda</a> (Skeptoid #247) - This famous story of God once healing an amputee falls apart under historical scrutiny.<br><span class="grayital">March 1, 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/4242"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4242.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4242" style="font-weight: bold;">Scientology</a> (Skeptoid #242) - The real facts behind the most notorious religion on Earth and its space opera backstory.<br><span class="grayital">January 25, 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/4201"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4201.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4201" style="font-weight: bold;">The Virgin of Guadalupe</a> (Skeptoid #201) - Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe played an important role in the Catholic colonization of the Americas.<br><span class="grayital">April 13, 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/4199"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4199.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4199" style="font-weight: bold;">Cargo Cults</a> (Skeptoid #199) - Some native religious groups in the South Pacific hope to recreate WWII's influx of material goods.<br><span class="grayital">March 30, 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/4198"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4198.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4198" style="font-weight: bold;">The Georgia Guidestones</a> (Skeptoid #198) - Dubbed "America's Stonehenge", this granite monument in Georgia appeals to all sorts of conspiracy theorists.<br><span class="grayital">March 23, 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/4196"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4196.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4196" style="font-weight: bold;">Zeitgeist: The Movie, Myths, and Motivations</a> (Skeptoid #196) - The Internet movie Zeitgeist uses dishonesty to make an ideological point that could have easily been made ethically.<br><span class="grayital">March 9, 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/4191"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4191.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4191" style="font-weight: bold;">Did Jewish Slaves Build the Pyramids?</a> (Skeptoid #191) - It's a popular story, but all the evidence tells us that no Jews were in Egypt at the time of the Pyramids.<br><span class="grayital">February 2, 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/4164"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4164.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4164" style="font-weight: bold;">What's Up with the Rosicrucians?</a> (Skeptoid #164) - Believed by many to be an ancient mystical order, but really just a mail-order New Age literature business.<br><span class="grayital">July 28, 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/4150"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4150.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4150" style="font-weight: bold;">Screwed!</a> (Skeptoid #150) - A secret recording of an actual meeting of the Illuminati.<br><span class="grayital">April 21, 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/4146"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4146.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4146" style="font-weight: bold;">How Old Is the Mount St. Helens Lava Dome?</a> (Skeptoid #146) - Young Earthers point to an infamous dating error as evidence that the Earth is only as old as the Bible says.<br><span class="grayital">March 24, 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/4137"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4137.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4137" style="font-weight: bold;">The Angel of Mons</a> (Skeptoid #137) - The facts behind the story that a heavenly host saved a small group of British from a large German force in WWI.<br><span class="grayital">January 20, 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/4126"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4126.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4126" style="font-weight: bold;">The Incorruptibles</a> (Skeptoid #126) - We turn our skeptical eye on claims of incorruptibility - bodies that do not decay after death.<br><span class="grayital">November 4, 2008</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/4125"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4125.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4125" style="font-weight: bold;">Ten Most Wanted: Celebrities Who Promote Harmful Pseudoscience</a> (Skeptoid #125) - A critical look at the pseudoscientific antics of some of today's celebrities.<br><span class="grayital">October 28, 2008</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/4120"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4120.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4120" style="font-weight: bold;">The World According to Conservapedia</a> (Skeptoid #120) - A new Young Earth Fundamentalist online encyclopedia rears its ugly head.<br><span class="grayital">September 23, 2008</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/4110"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4110.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4110" style="font-weight: bold;">Illuminating the Fatima Miracle of the Sun</a> (Skeptoid #110) - The pope canonized them, but these three children didn't actually predict anything in 1917.<br><span class="grayital">July 22, 2008</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/4082"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4082.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4082" style="font-weight: bold;">What Do Creationists Really Believe?</a> (Skeptoid #82) - Creationism is not one set of beliefs - it is a battleground of dramatically conflicting world views.<br><span class="grayital">January 8, 2008</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/4076"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4076.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4076" style="font-weight: bold;">Who Kills More, Religion or Atheism?</a> (Skeptoid #76) - Neither religion nor atheism been responsible for a greater death toll throughout human history.<br><span class="grayital">November 27, 2007</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/4069"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4069.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4069" style="font-weight: bold;">Ann Coulter, Scientist</a> (Skeptoid #69) - Conservative pundit Ann Coulter should stick to politics; her science is too screwed up for words.<br><span class="grayital">October 9, 2007</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/4065"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4065.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4065" style="font-weight: bold;">How to Debate a Young Earth Creationist</a> (Skeptoid #65) - Learn the basic arguments against science made by Young Earthers, and how to rebut them.<br><span class="grayital">September 11, 2007</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/4059"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4059.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4059" style="font-weight: bold;">Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked?</a> (Skeptoid #59) - The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.<br><span class="grayital">August 4, 2007</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/4048"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4048.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4048" style="font-weight: bold;">The Bible Code: Enigmas for Dummies</a> (Skeptoid #48) - Despite claims of divine origin, "Bible Codes" are found in every long manuscript, even random text.<br><span class="grayital">June 5, 2007</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/4043"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4043.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4043" style="font-weight: bold;">A Mormon History of the Americas</a> (Skeptoid #43) - The Book of Mormon's history of the Americas is full of irreconcilable errors and false archaeology.<br><span class="grayital">May 6, 2007</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/4023"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4023.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4023" style="font-weight: bold;">Paganism: A Naked Rebellion</a> (Skeptoid #23) - A look at paganism, its affinity for nudity, and how it differs from mainstream religions.<br><span class="grayital">January 23, 2007</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/4012"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4012.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4012" style="font-weight: bold;">Killing Faith: Deconstructionist Christians</a> (Skeptoid #12) - Proving the literal truth of the Bible is counterproductive to Christianity.<br><span class="grayital">December 7, 2006</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/4010"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4010.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4010" style="font-weight: bold;">An Evolution Primer for Young Earth Creationists</a> (Skeptoid #10) - Evolution 101 for Young Earth Creationists who want to know better.<br><span class="grayital">November 30, 2006</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/4009"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4009.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4009" style="font-weight: bold;">Sin: What's It Good For?</a> (Skeptoid #9) - There seems to be very little point to classifying some wrong actions as sins.<br><span class="grayital">November 26, 2006</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/4001"><img loading="lazy" src="/eps200x124/4001.jpg" width="150" height="93" border="0"></a></td><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="/episodes/4001" style="font-weight: bold;">Religion as a Moral Center</a> (Skeptoid #1) - Religion is not necessary for a good moral center.<br><span class="grayital">October 3, 2006</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> </td></tr> </table></td> <td width="40" class="nomobile noprint"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="250" class="nomobile noprint"><p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="right-sidebar">  <div id="funding-title">Show Your Support</div> <div id="funding-box"><img src="/images/1400.png" width="125" height="125" alt="Skeptoid Episode Guide: Religion" style="border: solid black 1px;"> <p class="smaller">The <em>Skeptoid</em> weekly science podcast is a free public service from Skeptoid Media, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit.</p> <p class="smaller">This show is made possible by financial support from listeners like you. 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