Episode #070

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:Did earthquake guru Frank Hoogerbeets really foresee the disaster in Turkey and Syria? by Frank Visser, from February 2023Recovering memories: The Satanic Panic by Chris French, from May 2021Darling, you smell lovely: what role does body odour play in dating? by Ginny Smith, from July 2021The recent New Jersey drone scare tells us a lot about how panics spread by Dave Hahn, from January 2025Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic