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Brian Dunning

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Skeptoid Adventures Early Bird Special
2026/06/20 | 1 mins.
The early bird special ends this Monday for BOTH Skeptoid Adventures launching this December!

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Skeptoid #1045: Balanced Literacy and the Reading Wars
2026/06/16 | 17 mins.
What was the real cause of the drop in English-speaking literacy rates between 1980 and 2020?

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Skeptoid #1044: Red Light Therapy
2026/06/09 | 15 mins.
Usually, wellness therapies that claim to treat everything actually treat nothing.

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Skeptoid #1043: The Men Who Walk Through Walls
2026/06/02 | 17 mins.
The real story behind the CIA spending $20 million on PROJECT STARGATE to study psychics.

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Encore! "Finding the Black Olmec"
2026/05/30 | 17 mins.
Our final Skeptoid Adventure of 2026 takes us to the Yucatán coast to explore the Mysteries of the Maya. So, in anticipation of that, we're playing an episode from the archive that takes us to the heart of Mesoamerica: "Finding the Black Olmec" -- Enjoy!

And this Adventure takes place December 6th-13th and links up seamlessly with the New Orleans Escapade for those who are interested!

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The true science behind our most popular urban legends. Historical mysteries, paranormal claims, popular science myths, aliens and UFO reports, conspiracy theories, and worthless alternative medicine schemes... Skeptoid has you covered. From the sublime to the startling, no topic is sacred. Weekly since 2006.

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