Episode #076

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: BTS = Bow to Satan? How Satanic, Illuminati conspiracies travelled from West to East by Marnell Esmilla, from June 2021 The radicalisation of "Joan": a true-life account of one colleagues slide into conspiracism by Anonymous, from November 2023 When predictions fail: UFO cults, QAnon and cognitive dissonance by Chris French, from February 2021 Could AI generated summaries of scientific consensus help tackle disinformation? by Alfie Hoar, from March 2023 Find more from The Skeptic at skeptic.org.uk, or to support the show, take out a small voluntary donation at patreon.com/theskeptic