Brian@skeptoid.com (Brian Dunning)

Shows

Skeptoid A Brief Shake-Up at SkeptoidYou're going to get to enjoy some new guest hosts for a month or two on Skeptoid. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2025-05-0601 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Adventures: Bermuda Triangle 2025Join us for our 2nd Annual Skeptoid Adventure, this time to the Bermuda Triangle! Early bird pricing ends this Friday, don't miss the boat! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2025-01-2901 min

Skeptoid Report from Death Valley, and the Bermuda TriangleA report from the recent Skeptoid Adventures trip to Death Valley, including how many brave souls we lost in the desert and how they met their fate; and announcing the next Skeptoid Adventures trip to the Bermuda Triangle! Reserve your spot now at https://skeptoid.com/events/30285 Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2024-11-0603 min

Skeptoid It's Skeptoid's 18th Birthday!It's Skeptoid's 18th birthday! Won't you help us celebrate by giving us a little birthday present? Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2024-10-1101 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024Join the Skeptoid Flash Mob at CSICon 2024 in Las Vegas. Visit skeptoid.com/store to get your shirts. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2024-09-1101 min

Skeptoid Death Valley for StudentsSkeptoid's Death Valley Adventure is holding 5 tickets for students and active duty military. To apply to get one, visit skeptoid.com/deathvalley Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2024-06-2501 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024Come join the Skeptoid Adventures trip for 2024, a journey of exploration in Death Valley! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2024-05-0203 min

Skeptoid Snazzy New Store ItemsGet the snazzy new Skeptoid Hydro Flask tumbler or radical new Skeptoid coffee mug. Both are engraved so they’ll never fade. Now available at the Skeptoid store at Skeptoid.com. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2024-04-2600 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Flashmob!If you're going to be at CSICon 2023, join the Skeptoid Flashmob! skeptoid.com/store Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2023-09-2501 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: Religious SymbolismHow well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on questions drawn from episodes about world religions. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2022-08-0216 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Is Hiring a DeveloperSkeptoid is hiring a web developer. For complete details, see skeptoid.org/jobs Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2022-06-3001 min

Skeptoid Falling Fish FollowupSome feedback and followups to a raft of previous Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2022-06-2114 min

Skeptoid Science Friction now available on streamingSkeptoid Media's first full-length feature documentary movie, Science Friction, is now available to stream on Prime Video. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2022-05-1902 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Is HiringSkeptoid is hiring an operations manager. Check out the full posting at skeptoid.org/jobs

2021-12-2300 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: 15 for 15It's 15 trivia questions from 15 Skeptoid episodes, to celebrate our 15th anniversary! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2021-10-1916 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Whistle-Stop Tour in Your Town!The Skeptoid Whistle-Stop Tour 2021 is here! October 10th through the 23rd, I'll be visiting listener groups all across the United States, all events are free and open to the public! Visit skeptoid.com/events for details.

2021-10-0101 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid's 15th Birthday Celebration!Skeptoid invites you to help us celebrate our 15th birthday at skeptoid.com/birthday

2021-09-0804 min

Skeptoid Your Turn Yet AgainSkeptoid gives our take on some spooky experiences sent in by listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2021-08-1713 min

Skeptoid Podcast Awards: [Insert Call to Action Here]Please bring Skeptoid to a larger audience by taking just a moment to nominate us for the Podcast Awards.

2021-07-1602 min

Skeptoid Whistle-Stop Tour 2021To celebrate crawling out of our pandemic cocoons, I am doing a tour of the continental US with free events in as many cities as I can reach. To sign up and get more info come to skeptoid.com/tour.

2021-06-2402 min

Skeptoid In God We Lust podcast previewA woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. Go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw them all into the international spotlight. And that’s because the couple is none other than Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki, two of the most powerful figures in Evangelical America. Wondery presents In God We Lust, hosted by Brooke Siffrin and Aricia Skidmore-Williams of Even the Rich. A story of an alluring sex scandal, power, money and a ve...

2021-04-2006 min

Skeptoid The Year's Best of SkeptoidMy personal favorite Skeptoid episodes from each and every year of its production. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2021-02-1616 min

Armor Goes Clank!Armor Goes Clank 024 December 27, 2020 (John Holland and Thomas Edison Talk Inventions) (52:06)From the hottest place on Earth to the far reaches of space to the depths of the ocean. This episode is a veritable travelogue of awesomeness!--Download mp3 ( 31.4 MB)Show linksDeath ValleySailing StonesSkeptoid episode about the Sailing StonesThe MandalorianJohn P. HollandAGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!Mark: Champions Now (Hero Games)Brian: Tales From The Loop (Free League Publishing)Purchasing through our Affiliate Links help support the show and future AGC Studios projects!Email: armorgoesclank@gmail.comFacebook...

2020-12-2700 min

Skeptoid You're Listening to Skeptoid...You ever wonder about the truth behind popular urban legends? Or how about the craziest conspiracy theories you hear about online, chemtrails, the Flat Earth, the Hollow Earth, is there anything to them at all? Famous mysteries like what happened to Amelia Earhart, what's up with the Bermuda Triangle, who was Jack the Ripper? What about famous ghost stories, like the Amityville Horror, or the Warrens? What was really going on with that? Or this stuff they show on television: Ancient Aliens, Hunting Hitler, the Curse of Oak Island? You know that junk isn't true but how do you...

2020-12-1101 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback Live: Outpost 2020Skeptoid answers some... interesting feedback LIVE at the Outpost 2020 con. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2020-11-0320 min

Skeptoid Error Correction: Tokyo DriftSkeptoid corrects another round of errors sent in by listeners just like you. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2020-09-2214 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Yellow Glasses and Nuclear Waste for TomorrowSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2020-08-1114 min

Armor Goes Clank!Armor Goes Clank 022 May 9, 2020 (A Scientist, An Explorer, and A Diplomat) (1:04:29)A Nobel winner, a bunch of awesome games, and a desert monster walk into a bar...--Download mp3 ( 21.6 MB)Show linksFridtjof NansenBattle CryCarcassonneDungeon TwisterMemoir '441960: The Making of the PresidentPandemicBlue Moon CityBetrayal at House on the HillTicket to RideDiana Jones AwardMongolian Death WormSkeptoid: Mongolian Death WormAGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!Mark: Esoteric Enterprises (Dying Stylishly Games)Brian: A Rude Awakening (Onyx Path)Purchasing through our Affiliate Links help support the show and future AGC Studios projects!Email: armorgoes...

2020-05-1000 min

Skeptoid Full of Hot ErrorSkeptoid corrects another round of errors found in past episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2020-05-0513 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: Astonishing Tales of the SeaHow well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on tales of the sea. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2020-04-2816 min

TORCOM TALK Feat. Brian Dunning Host of Skeptoid Podcast | Torcom Talk #25Believe it or not, I sat down with the host of the popular science misinformation and urban legends Skeptoid podcast, Brian Dunning. His podcast is awesome. He is awesome. This episode is awesome. In it, we delve into: 👽 How to find the truth 👽 The truths on why big pharma is so expensive 👽 Why cell phone cells DO NOT harm people 👽 What the hell moral foundations theory is 👽 The correlation between autism rates & organic food 👽...

2020-02-271h 39

Space Cave 207 – Skeptoid with Brian Dunning pt. 2Part two of a throughly enjoyable conversation with a true gentleman, Brian Dunning (@briandunning) of the Skeptoid Podcast. Music at the end From Zero 7 with Swimmers.

2019-12-091h 12

Space Cave 206 – Skeptoid with Brian Dunning pt. 1Brian Dunning (@briandunning) started the Skeptoid Podcast way back before podcasting was cool. Now with over 700 episodes available, he stops by to share some California Chill Pilsner from Mikkeler Brewing and talk about his passion for the show, how it started, how it morphed into a non-profit, and lots more. A chat with Chris … 206 – Skeptoid with Brian Dunning pt. 1 Read More »

2019-12-021h 14

Skeptoid Playing Error GuitarSkeptoid corrects another round of errors in previous episodes caught by you amazing listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2019-09-2415 min

Skeptoid Your Phavorite PhollowupsUpdates and newer information to some of the conclusions in your favorite Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2019-08-1314 min

Skeptoid What the FeedbackMore updates and additional information for some recent Skeptoid episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2019-06-0414 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Drinking Urine and Studying to MusicSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2019-05-0713 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: History and PseudohistoryTest your knowledge on these subjects, all covered by Skeptoid, on false history claims. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2019-04-0216 min

DEEKAST #56. Brian Dunning (Skeptoid.com)Brian Dunning is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism. He has hosted a weekly podcast, Skeptoid, since 2006, and he is an author of a series of books on the subject of scientific skepticism, some of which are based on the podcast. Skeptoid has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the Parsec Award. Dunning has also created the Skeptoid.org spin-off video series, inFact, and The Feeding Tube both available on YouTube. Brian's website: http://www.Skeptoid.com Brian's upcoming documentary...

2019-03-1157 min

Skeptoid Feedback and FollowupsA handful of updates to past Skeptoid episodes... eyebrow raising to say the least. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2019-01-2914 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: Consumer RipoffsHow well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on consumer ripoffs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-12-1816 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: Aliens and UFOsHow well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on aliens and UFOs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-11-0616 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: Ancient MysteriesHow well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on ancient mysteries. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-10-1615 min

Skeptoid Pop Quiz: Cryptozoology!How well do you know your Skeptoid? Today's pop quiz focuses on cryptozoology. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-09-2514 min

Skeptoid An Exorbitance of EmendationsOnce again, Skeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-09-0414 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Death of the LeftiesSkeptoid gets some interesting letters from listeners pertaining to radioactive skeletons and lefties. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-07-1014 min

Unstructured Brian Dunning: Author and host of SkeptoidBrian Dunning of Skeptoid Media discusses the world of Skepticism, science, filmmaking and his career. Listen to find out how to get a free book. Be sure to check out the award-winning Skeptoid Podcast. Brian's links Web: https://www.briandunning.com/ & https://skeptoid.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianDunning & https://twitter.com/skeptoid Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/briandunningpublic & https://www.facebook.com/skeptoidpodcast And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing, reviewing, and sharing. —> Review Unstructured Unstructured Links: Web: https://unstructuredpod.com/ Facebook: htt...

2018-06-051h 10

Skeptoid Your Weird TurnWe try to figure out some of the creepiest stories ever sent in by Skeptoid listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2018-05-2912 min

Skeptoid A Musical RetrospectiveEverything you didn't know about ten years of Skeptoid musical episodes, including the reason. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2017-12-0519 min

Ditching Hourly Donations As A Revenue Stream with guest Brian DunningFormer software consultant Brian Dunning talks about transitioning from hourly billing for dev work to donation supported content production. Description My guest today is Brian Dunning. Brian is an old friend who I met back when we were both building FileMaker solutions for clients who we billed on an hourly basis. Over the years, Brian has transitioned away from trading time for money to the most purely value-based model I've ever encountered: he now runs a donation supported non-profit called Skeptoid Media. As a former dev, I wanted to have Brian to hopefully...

2017-11-1726 min

Skeptoid The Wisdom of the FutureSkeptoid corrects a round of past errors, that they might become the wisdom of the future. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2017-11-1414 min

Skeptoid Fate of the FeedbackSkeptoid responds to some listener feedback, updating a few episodes and clarifying some others. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2017-08-0813 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Bitters, Gas, and Diet WooSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2017-07-0412 min

Skeptoid Into Thin ErrorSkeptoid issues another round of corrections to past episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2017-03-2813 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Electric BoogalooSkeptoid answers another round of listener feedback, keeping the show on the straight and narrow. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2017-02-1411 min

Skeptoid Wrongy McWrongfaceSkeptoid corrects another batch of errors from previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2016-07-2613 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Denial and AliensSkeptoid answers some feedback sent in by listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2016-05-1012 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Multiple Intelligences and the Gender Pay GapSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2016-03-1512 min

Skeptoid You've Got to Be Wrong to Be RightSkeptoid corrects another round of errors from past episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2016-02-0913 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Killing the CommentsYour comments on our decision to remove the comments from Skeptoid episode transcript pages. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2016-01-1913 min

Skeptoid A Little CuriosityIf you haven't yet found your curiosity in the first 500 episodes of Skeptoid, find it here. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2016-01-0506 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid: Bad SkepticismA new live show from Skeptoid Media: Bad Skepticism! Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2015-12-0401 min

Skeptoid Listeners Have Another SaySkeptoid supporters reveal the reason they decided to join the team. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2014-08-0104 min

Skeptoid Listeners Have a SayGiving the Skeptoid listeners a chance to have their say. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2014-07-0404 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Internet Tracking and Plasma CosmologySkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2014-07-0113 min

Skeptoid 5 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to Be True... Maybe?Skeptoid listeners are always asking for conspiracy theories that turned out to be true. Here are the best I found. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2014-05-2714 min

Skeptoid In Which I Am the Very Picture of Error PersonifiedSkeptoid corrects another round of mistakes made in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2014-05-2012 min

Skeptoid Skeptoid Media is a 501(c)(3) Public CharityDonations to Skeptoid Media are now fully tax deductible. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2014-04-0401 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Food Woo, Food Woo, and More Food WooSkeptoid answers questions sent in by students, all of them this week pertaining to popular food pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-12-3112 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Consumer RipoffsSkeptoid responds to comments sent in by listeners who don't accept that they've been ripped off. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-12-1013 min

Skeptoid I Think, Therefore I ErrSkeptoid corrects a bunch of errors made in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-09-1012 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Hangovers, Manuka Honey, and ProbioticsSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-08-2711 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Alternative MedicineSkeptoid answers a raft of listener emails pertaining to alternative medicine. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-08-0614 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Magic Wristbands, Laser Danger, and ManBearPigSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-07-0213 min

Skeptically Yours with Emery Emery and Heather Henderson - Premium Content Episode 043 - Brian "Skeptoid" Dunning Brings The LogicGuests - Brian Dunning / Grae Drake / Steve Gelder

2013-06-241h 30

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: ConspiraciesSkeptoid answers questions sent in by listeners pertaining to conspiracy theories. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-05-2813 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Aliens and UFOsSkeptoid digs into the feedback mailbag and answers questions about aliens and UFOs. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-04-1610 min

Skeptoid Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak ChopraSkeptoid interviews three of the most popular and controversial figures in modern pseudoscience. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-02-1907 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Me and My Terrible ArgumentsSkeptoid responds to another round of listener feedback. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2013-01-2213 min

Skeptoid Setting the Bloop StraightThe solution to the Bloop mystery sound is finally revealed, and Skeptoid corrects some errors from other episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-12-0413 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Dancing Plague and the Cinnamon ChallengeSkeptoid answers another round of student questions sent in from all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-10-2313 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: That Darned ScienceSkeptoid responds to some listener emails that question the validity of the scientific method. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-08-2113 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Food Woo and Iron Man at the AirportSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-07-1711 min

Skeptoid New Skeptoid BooksSkeptoid announces two new paperbacks: "Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men" plus "The Secret of the Gypsy Queen". Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-06-2801 min

Skeptoid Botches and BunglesSkeptoid goes back and corrects some errors from previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-06-1211 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Marauding Mammoths and Queen Elizabeth the ManSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-05-2912 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback XXSkeptoid dips into the feedback mailbag to respond to comments from listeners. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-04-1712 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Free Energy and Faster-than-Light NeutrinosSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all over the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-02-2113 min

Skeptoid Frequent Listener FeedbackSkeptoid answers some listener emails that present common flaws in scientific thinking. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2012-01-2412 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Dorothy and Her Straw ManSkeptoid responds to some feedback emails notable for their dependence on straw man arguments. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-11-2911 min

Skeptoid Slips and GoofsSkeptoid corrects another round of errors found in previous episodes. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-11-2212 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: A Few Good MythsSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-09-2712 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Energy Shots and SunscreenSkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-07-2612 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Supermoons and an Apple a DaySkeptoid answers another round of questions sent in by students from around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-05-0312 min

Skeptoid Listener Feedback: Nobody Ever Posts TwiceSkeptoid answers more listener feedback. Recorded live at the 250th Episode party. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-03-2915 min

Skeptoid Student Questions: Airport X-Rays, Shampoo, and the MoonSkeptoid answers another round of science questions sent in by students all around the world. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

2011-03-1512 min $Geek\'s Guide to the Galaxy$

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Skeptoid’s Brian Dunning Debunks Crystal Skulls and Bigfootology in Episode 5 of The Geek’s Guide to the GalaxyBrian Dunning, host of the Skeptoid podcast, joins us to discuss critical thinking and its application in everything from alien abductions to medicine in the movies.

2010-02-011h 01

Lab Out Loud Episode 27 - Questions with SkeptoidShow notes at: http://www.laboutloud.com

2009-02-2326 min