The Skeptic Podcast: Episode #086

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

• The 'raw feeding' fad can cause real harm to your pets - and to you by Danny Chambers & Robyn Lowe from March 2022

• The UK's plan to please India by promoting Ayurvedic medicine puts politics ahead of science by Edzard Ernst from July 2021

• Papaya and milk – the traditional Asian solution to breast augmentation by Rachel Ooi from August 2024

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