Episode #051

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: Understanding conspiracy theory tactics: moving the goalposts, by Dave Hahn, from December 2021How many young people deny the Holocaust? The truth might actually surprise you, by Michael Marshall, from July 2024ASMR: the emerging scientific quest to understand brain 'tingles', by Sarah Hearne, from October 2021From the archives: Romancing the Stone - The lure of alchemy continues, by Tom Ruffles, from January 1990Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic