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EPISODE · Jul 3, 2026

Episode #071

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: History is written by the victors, and the losers, and by everyone else as well by Victoria Stiles, from December 2020Recovering memories: Could the Satanic Panic happen again? by Chris French, from July 2021Fictional impressions: the shaky foundations of many common forensic science techniques by Dave Hahn, from March 2023Going cashless may be the future, but we can’t afford to leave vulnerable people behind by Alif Yahya, from July 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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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: History is written by the victors, and the losers, and by everyone else as well by Victoria Stiles, from December 2020Recovering memories: Could the Satanic Panic happen again? by Chris French, from July 2021Fictional impressions: the shaky foundations of many common forensic science techniques by Dave Hahn, from March 2023Going cashless may be the future, but we can’t afford to leave vulnerable people behind by Alif Yahya, from July 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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