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:
Natural" health influencers will tell you sunscreen is bad for you - are they right? (No), by Alice Howarth from June 2023
When shows like Pod Save America run psuedoscience ads, they undermine their credibility, by Michael Marshall from February 2021
Are there hidden messages in the Bible? Revisiting the claims of the Bible Code, by Klash Schmeh from October 2011
Blackpool's 'Chariots of the Gods' park is built on racist assumptions about the past, by Mark Horne from February 2021
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