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EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026

Episode #055

from The Skeptic Podcast · host Merseyside Skeptics Society

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: The shaky evidence for medical cannabis, by Dave Hahn, from June 2023Paul McCartney and The Bates Method of eyesight restoration, by Mark Horne, from July 2021Brazil's bogus "Covid kit" represents a failure of private healthcare regulation, by Natália Pasternak, from April 2021From the archives: Fact checking the decibels at Wimbledon, by Wendy Grossman, from April 2012 Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

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