The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #041
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:
From scam product ads to conspiracy theories, misinformation always adapts to survive, by Michael Marshall from November 2020
From the archive: Explaining the Turin Shroud - the creation of a religious hoax, by Steve Donnelly from November 1988
How alternative medicine radicalises believers into Qanon conspiracy theories, by Dave Hahn from April 2021
The Lacerta Files and its reptilian hybrids show the persistence of appealing myths, by Mark Horne from November 2021
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