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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026

Episode #060

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:Conclave raises fascinating questions about hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church, by Gabriel Andrade, from January 2025Coping with Death: Why the 5 stages of grief don’t tell the whole story, by Sarah Hearne, from May 2021A brief history of radio-phobia: new technology is always met with fear and uncertainty, by Sean Slater, from February 2024Brazil’s Covid-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial, by Natalia Pasternak, from June 2021Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Apr 17, 2026

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:Conclave raises fascinating questions about hypothetical scenarios within the Catholic Church, by Gabriel Andrade, from January 2025Coping with Death: Why the 5 stages of grief don’t tell the whole story, by Sarah Hearne, from May 2021A brief history of radio-phobia: new technology is always met with fear and uncertainty, by Sean Slater, from February 2024Brazil’s Covid-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial, by Natalia Pasternak, from June 2021Find 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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