StS Episode 88: Bad Cryptozoological Arguments and What They Can Teach Us
Episode Summary: We take a long walk through a dozen or so arguments put forth by cryptid advocates, and see which ones (if any) make reasonable points. If you want…
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StS Episode 87: Momo and The Ballad of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Part 2)
Episode Summary: This week we take a quick look at the Momo challenge’s resurgence and surprisingly mainstream fall; then for our main segment we dive back into the strange, sketchy…
Read MoreStS Episode 86:
Episode Summary: First we chat with Susan Gerbic about the recent buzz surrounding her soon-to-be published expose in the New York Times Magazine, describing the undercover stings she and Mark…
Read MoreStS Episode 85:
Episode Summary: This week we start with a discussion of assumptions, as Ben brings two outrage-provoking news stories that turned out to not be what was originally assumed. Then we…
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StS Episode 84: Hyman’s Proper Criticism
Episode Summary: This week Ben and Celestia start by looking at a Newsweek headline that’s been circulating again recently, implying that one-third of Americans doubt the death toll of the…
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StS Episode 83: Ogopogo-a-go-go
Episode Summary: First, Ben brings us an interesting dustup from the BFRO involving some paranormal researcher snubbing. Then we do a deep, murky, cold-water dive into Ogopogo. This mysterious Canadian…
Read MoreStS Episode 82: Grab Bag 2018
Episode Summary: Ben, Celestia, and Pascual take a romp through a bunch of 2018’s more memorable skeptical moments. From a new iteration of the Mechanical Turk to deadly rumors in…
Read MoreStS Episode 81: But Won’t Someone Think of the Children?
Episode Summary: This episode deals with various aspects of kids and woo . . . First, a look at that jolly old “identified flying object” often seen on Christmas eve,…
Read MoreStS Episode 80: Harold Camping’s Apocalypse Countdown
Episode Summary: Pascual is back, and we discuss a free-roaming placenta found in the Canadian woods last week. Then we bring in award-winning filmmaker Erik Kristopher Myers to discuss one…
Read MoreStS Episode 79: Challenges of the Million Dollar Challenge
Episode Summary: First, Ben and Celestia discuss an interesting bit of fan base fakery with a surprise guest. Then we are joined by the Skeptic Zone’s Richard Saunders for a…
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