Show Notes
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: A Rotten Apple Spoils the Barrel: Debunking the Fad of Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar to Lose Weight by Claire George, from January 2022
Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar shows the shameless reality of Belle Gibson's fraud by Abi Kennedy, from March 2025
We can understand the effect of privilege better when we consider it in terms of moral luck by Aaron Rabinowitz, from September 2021
Back-masking: You can't always hear what you want by Sean Slater, from April 2025
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