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Expert skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal, since 1987. Reason with compassion.

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The BBC's NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV - The Skeptic
West Country comedy siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's Nightwatch shows how mundane ghost-hunting actually is, when you're not faking it
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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From the archives: Premanand, Scourge of the Indian Godmen - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1992, Lewis Jones reports from Indian skeptic and rationalist Premanand's public talk in London, about his life's work
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November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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A forgotten sceptic: William M. Knox, the one-eyed atheist of Belfast - The Skeptic
Writing in the late 1800s, Irish atheist William M. Knox took aim at the emerging trend of spiritualism, séances, and communicating with the dead
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November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Schrödinger’s Client List: why the Epstein conspiracy theory will not go away |
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Schrödinger’s Client List: why the Epstein conspiracy theory will not go away - The Skeptic
Donald Trump's team has spent years cultivating a conspiracist base - it won't be so easy for him to move on from his close associations with Jeffrey Epstein
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November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #038 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (Feb 2021), Alice Howarth (June 2023), Klaus Schmeh (Oct 2011), and Mark Horne (Feb 2021).
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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J.D. Vance, religious conversion, and the battle over identity - The Skeptic
J.D. Vance has been criticised for hoping his Hindu wife might become Catholic, but does that differ from skeptics and atheists spreading doubt?
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Exploring the limits of skepticism. Part 2: The plot thickens - The Skeptic
Lucid dreaming is a much-tested paranormal claim, never reliably showing positive results - so why did this new experiment seem to bear fruit?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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From the archives: examining the Creationists' Argument from Design - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1992, philosophy professor and author Antony Flew reviews the Creationist argument for a designer deity
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November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Polylaminin: a miracle cure for spinal injuries, or another media hype story? - The Skeptic
Polyamin was hyped as a miracle cure for spinal injuries in the media - despite no published scientific papers presenting the evidence
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Why are heart attacks in women so often misdiagnosed? | Alice Howarth

Coronary heart disease remains the largest cause of death in women, yet women suffering heart attacks often have their symptoms missed, or ignored.

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Why are heart attacks in women so often misdiagnosed? - The Skeptic
Coronary heart disease remains the largest cause of death in women, yet women suffering heart attacks often have symptoms missed, or ignored.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #037 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (April 2018), Alice Howarth (February 2021), Mark Williams (January 2011), and Mark Horne (April 2021).
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November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Phantom Time Hypothesis - the supposedly 'missing' fortnight in 1752 - The Skeptic
When the calendar skipped two weeks in 1752, the cause wasn't 'phantom time', but the incompatibility of the Julian and Gregorian calendars
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November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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From the archives: the ‘Synchro-Energiser' – a pseudoscientific panacea? - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1992, psychiatrist Mike Heap looks at the Synchro-Energiser, a high-tech computer-driven 'brain balancer'.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The Grim Rea-purr? The cats claimed to be able to predict death - The Skeptic
Two feline care home residents have been claimed to be able to tell when elderly patients will die – so, are cats actually psychic?
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Halloween for Skeptics: ‘Monsters on the Couch’ by Brian Sharpless - The Skeptic
Horror stories, as well as being entertaining, give us clues about the human experience, as 'Monsters on the Couch' by Brian Sharpless explores
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October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Reform UK Just Won Britain's Least-Prestigious Award – For 'Promoting Pseudoscience'
Nigel Farage's party was recognised for “widespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation”
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October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Predictive Programming: why conspiracists scour pop culture for sinister clues - The Skeptic
Predictive programming is the belief that those in power signal their nefarious intent via films and pop culture to normalise their schemes
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October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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From the archives: Brainwashing a skeptic – escaping from a frightening cult - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1992, Arthur Chappell tells us how he fell into, and later escaped from, the Divine Light Mission cult.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Are nanoparticles a turning point for homeopathy? Don't count on it - The Skeptic
A new paper posits the nanoparticle theory of homeopathy in an ongoing quest to find a mechanism of action for the pseudoscientific treatment
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October 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Reform UK win 2025 Rusty Razor award for worst psuedoscience of the year - The Skeptic
Nigel Farage's political party, Reform UK, has been named The Skeptic's 'Rusty Razor' award winner for worst pseudoscience of 2025
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October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Dr Cyriac Abby Philips wins 2025 Skeptical Activism Ockham award - The Skeptic
Dr Cyriac Abby Philips, an Indian doctor who exposes the harms of alternative medicine, wins the 2025 Ockham Award for Skeptical Activism.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Unpacking the fear and panic around ultra-processed foods | Maeve Hanan

Scaremongering claims about ultra-processed food fill make for eye-catching media headlines - but is fear of the dreaded UPF really evidence-based?

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Unpacking the fear and panic around ultra-processed foods - The Skeptic
Scaremongering claims about ultra-processed food fill make for eye-catching headlines - but is fear of the dreaded UPF really evidence-based?
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #035 - The Skeptic
Featuring articles from Michael Marshall (Nov 2020), Mark Horne (Dec 2021), Toby Howard (Nov 1988), and Thiago Vahia (Sept 2023).
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October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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There are serious ethical implications to sexualising AI chatbots - The Skeptic
As AI becomes more complex, more and more people are reporting romantic – and even sexual – relationships with chatbots
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October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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From the archives: The medium is not the message - fighting crime with psychics - The Skeptic
From the archives in 1992, The Freethinker's Terry Sanderson examines claims that psychics were used to solve crimes.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM