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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: Climate change deniers set Net Zero as the new target for their misinformation, by Michael Marshall from January 2022 Science can be a candle in the dark, as long as you're not actively trying to avoid the light, by David Weinberg from June 2022 When The Skeptic came of age: a 2011 reflection on the first 21 years of the magazine, by Wendy Grossman from January 2011 The real story behind those crystal skulls Indiana Jones went looking for, by Sean Slater from July 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
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