It is natural to be intrigued by mysteries and entertained by colorful stories, but those instincts betray us when we end up preferring fact-free stories to the truth. The decay of traditional media into machines programmed to feed us stories we’re entertained by has caused a crisis of misinformation that human societies are still struggling to fix. Skeptoid is a paragon of how to report facts concisely, carefully, and honestly. How many other podcasts or news sources feature corrections (even though they’re almost all minor details that don’t affect the main takeaways) as prominently as Skeptoid does? I can’t think of any. That is just one obvious sign of Brian’s scrupulous, responsible approach to his podcast. I taught logic and critical thinking for 26 years and Skeptoid is a model of how we should all conduct ourselves when listening to and evaluating fanciful stories and dubious claims of all kinds.

Mr Dunning, thank you so much for shouting out the truth to everyone that listens to your podcast. I have a suggestion for your podcast if you’ll take it. Could you please do more myth-debunking episodes on Skeptoid. Thanks it will make my day! And again, Thank you!

I find almost all of these episodes to be interesting, informative, and fun. But when Brian got into sneering at people about preferences for organic and non-GMO foods, he really annoyed me. But his podcast is well researched and well thought out.

There are way too many advertisements and discussions about the Skeptoid Store and the Premium Show. Perhaps we should tone it down a bit to avoid skewing the subject.

Your best ally in the never ending battle against magical-thinking, conspiracy theory peddlers and all manner of irrational nonsense. Thank you, Mr. Dunning.

Instead of gathering evidence against whatever topic they are “debunking”, they just use labels and name calling like “pseudoscience” and “fake history” as to why we shouldn’t believe them. They don’t give actual reasons as to why we shouldn’t. To me it doesn’t seem any different than what the pseudoscience groups are doing, just saying “don’t believe them because they are pseudoscientists. We are smart!” I’m no believer, but I would appreciate more depth. Seems more like they are more worried about selling their merch than anything else. Like a quarter of the length of the podcast is telling us about their store. It’s pretty pathetic.

Sceptoid used to be very short presentations of beliefs, controversies, and ideas about which many people are in error. Now the show seems much longer with what seems like a third of the program advertising and self promotion. I disagree that ads and hyping a podcast to those who are already listening to it is effective. In fact, it is insulting. And I particularly dislike the ending when someone from Santa Fe (?) or somewhere I don’t care about continues the promotion with his own endorsement.

The whole truth and nothing but the truth! Fabulous!

In a world where so many look to leverage our inherent and necessary skepticism is too often weaponized and monetized in the form of conspiracy theories, this is guiding light on how to not simply believe information regardless of sources, but to apply critical thought to validate or invalidate important information or opinions. Keep up the great work!

This is wonderful! We need all the help we can get to combat the wackos.