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: Patience isn't just a virtue, it's a crucial part of showing compassion for conspiracy theorists, by Michael Marshall from May 2023 The mosaic of memory: how we constantly rewrite our memories of our past, by Chris French from January 2004 A visit to Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, the UK's only explicitly creationist tourist attraction, by Sarah Hearne, from January 2022 An Unhealthy Dose of Viral Conspiracy, by Hayley Stevens from October 2020 Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic
More from The Skeptic Podcast
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: Black Pope, Bad Omen? Apocalyptic fears, Nostradamus, and the Papal succession by Gabriel Andrade, from April 2025
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: "It's in our DNA": the clichés that only confuse the public about genetics and essentialism by Carlos Orsi from March 2024
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: MSG and the Chinese Restaurant Syndrome: the persistence of a nutritional myth by Elissar Gerges from August 2022
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: Joe Nickell, legendary skeptical investigator, dies at the age of 80 by Blake Smith from March 2025
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 Beecher story, the origin of the placebo effect myth, likely didn't happen, by Mike Hall from February 2025