Skeptoid - A Brief Shake-Up at Skeptoid
Aired: 2025-05-05
Duration: 03:57


=== Celebrating Twenty Years of Skeptoid (02:48) ===

[00:00:02]  A quick reminder for everyone, you're listening to Skeptoid, revealing the true science and true history behind urban legends every week since 2006.
[00:00:13]  With over a thousand episodes, we're celebrating 20 years of keeping it focused and keeping it brief.
[00:00:20]  And we couldn't have done it without your curiosity leading the way.
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[00:01:03]  Hey everyone, Brian from Skeptoid here.
[00:01:06]  I want to tell you about something very cool you're going to notice in the next few episodes.
[00:01:11]  In my 19-year career as a skeptical podcaster, I've met a lot of people, a lot of extraordinary people, including many of you listening right now.
[00:01:21]  I've been to a lot of super cool places.
[00:01:23]  I've become friends with a lot of the best in the business, in half a dozen countries, in exotic locations, and places where I needed a security clearance, even to places where I had to sign a non-disclosure so I can't even tell you.
[00:01:36]  And yes, that is actually true.
[00:01:38]  The bottom line here is I've felt a tiny bit guilty that I haven't been able to share everything Skeptoid has done for me with all of you.
[00:01:47]  So, what you're going to hear over the next couple months are a lot of new guest hosts interspersed with my own regular Skeptoid episodes.
[00:01:56]  Not one of these guest hosts is an unknown Rando.
[00:02:00]  Every one of them is a much-beloved, much-trusted colleague in this shared mission we all have of moving the world population away from anti-facts and toward facts.
[00:02:11]  From fake history toward real history.
[00:02:14]  From anti-science toward real science.
[00:02:18]  Please enjoy these good friends spreading the same message we all care about so much.
[00:02:24]  Each of them, at the end of their guest presentation, will tell you where to find and follow them.
[00:02:31]  Take them up on it.
[00:02:32]  And above all, enjoy.
[00:02:35]  You're listening to Skeptoid.
[00:02:37]  I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

=== From Fake History to Real Science (01:06) ===

[00:02:51]  Hello, everyone.
[00:02:52]  This is Adrian Hill from Skookum Studios in Calgary, Canada, the land of maple syrup and moose.
[00:03:00]  And I'm here to ask you to consider becoming a premium member of Skeptoid for as little as $5 per month.
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[00:03:13]  And that's Canadian for coffee with double cream and sugar.
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[00:03:40]  Remember that skepticism is the best medicine.
[00:03:44]  Next to giggling, of course.
[00:03:46]  Until next time, this is Adrienne Hill.
[00:03:56]  From PRX.