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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2026

Episode #079

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: Regulators take action against dentist offering applied kinesiology and cranial osteopathy by Shaun Sellars, from May 2022From the archives: A look at paranormal trends in the Soviet Union by Tim Axon, from January 1992When it comes to research, so-called alternative medicine is hostile to progress by Edzard Ernst, from August 2021Romance in the stones? The power of crystals vs the power of suggestion by Chris French, from April 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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