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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. Featuring stories from Sarah Hearne, Dave Hahn, and Aaron Rabinowitz.
Mike revisits the evidence for the Feliway cat pheromone diffuser products. Meanwhile, Alice manages to sustain an injury while driving.
Episode 54 of our satirical, skeptical comedy podcast recorded live at QED 2023. Appearing alongside host Andy Wilson are Jordan Holmes, Cara Santa Maria, and Michael Marshall.
Throughout the pandemic, writer Naomi Wolf fell from feminist icon and public intellectual, to conspiracy theorist and talking head of the right-wing media ecosystem
The post Who’s afraid for Naomi Wolf? The fall of a feminist icon into a conspiracist rabbithole appeared first on The Skeptic.
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