Today marks the 1000th Skeptoid episode. And it's time to raise the question: What are you going to do for it?

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Medieval tales of walking corpses reflect common misunderstandings of death and the era's blurred line between myth and reality.

Guest episode provided by Deborah Hyde

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What began as 19th-century mind-cure mysticism has morphed into a billion-dollar culture that may be hurting more minds than it helps.
- The Manifestation Trap: OCD and the Law of Attraction

Guest episode courtesy of Adrienne Hill

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Using real science to investigate the question of whether some people can "hear" the aurora.

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This weeks episode is brought to you by Blake Smith.

The 1928 murder of a folk healer ignited a media frenzy and moral panic, revealing how superstition and magical thinking can fuel real-world tragedy.

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Is there good science backing up the idea that you should eat based upon which of three body types you have?

This weeks guest episode brought to you by Ashley Hamer.

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Will our improvements to AI's voracious appetite for electricity keep pace with the exploding demand?

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Do you really need to pay quite so much attention to which foods you eat, and which you avoid?

Our episode this week comes from guest host Craig Good.

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Since psychic abilities do not exist outside the delusions of true believers, involving psychics in searches for missing persons is worse than useless.

Guest host Richard Saunders, co-host of “The Skeptic Zone” podcast.

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A roundup of all the biggest and scariest real sea monsters — from today and from prehistoric times.

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This weeks guest episode by Melanie Trecek-King

How one special moment redefined how a science teacher does her job.

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Their exciting nature, combined with the fact nobody's ever won one, make paranormal challenge prizes important educational tools.

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Here are many popular myths about chocolate. How many can you tell are true or not?

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Enjoy this week’s episode from guest host Kat McLeod!

She may have gotten her start as Houdini’s sidekick, but Rose Mackenberg became a giant of unmasking fraudulent mediums.

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Super mushrooms are claimed by some to provide vague health benefits beyond their known nutritional values.

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A roundup of the world’s riskiest volcanoes and fault zones - and they’re not necessarily the most hazardous.

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Some people try to feed their dogs the same alternative diet they eat themselves… not necessarily so good for the dog.

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Many of our preconceived notions about immigrants likely bear very little resemblance to the facts.

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All of the ways you’ve heard that deep space wants to kill us - and how plausible or likely each scenario is.

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Vaccines are history’s great medical success story, having saved more lives than anything else.

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Ten of the places where Atlantis true believers think the mythical city might actually be.

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Many of the Christian symbols created in the aftermath of the First Crusade have been adopted by White Nationalists. Why?

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A look at recent studies finding leaded gasoline caused 151 million mental health illnesses in the United States.

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“A Dingo Ate My Baby”

This catchphrase has become popular with comedians. Is that in line with its true origin?

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Some believe a fabulous Spanish treasure is buried on the slopes of Oregon’s Neahkahnie Mountain.

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A few of your favorite experts weigh in on how you can make sure your information comes from the very best sources.

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What really happened - and what didn’t - in the 2024 telecom cyberattack.

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Just as important as the question of how much the livestock industry contributes to global warming is whether your giving up meat will have any real impact.

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The newer the data, and the longer we’ve had to study the epidemiology, the less harm we find that Agent Orange caused.

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Here's a minor mystery. The only evidence of the Dover Demon was stories told by 4 teen acquaintances. Here's how I handled trying to solve it: skep.us/4965