Skeptoid #1002: A Feast of Feedback

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Once again we go through some of your feedback to past episodes — all the good stuff that enhances and improves the presentation.

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0:00.0	Today we've got some more feedback and follow-ups for you.
0:07.0	Extra information on past shows that may or may not change the final conclusion, but is guaranteed to make each show better.
0:15.0	Today we're going to talk about dingoes eating babies, earthquake prediction technology, hyperbaric oxygen therapy,
0:24.0	the Loveland Frogman, and more. And all of this is coming up right now on Skeptoid.
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1:07.4	plus hidden gems that you won't find in any guidebook.
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1:37.1	with fellow adventurers at sceptoid.com slash discord. Death Valley is calling. Are you ready to answer?
1:49.5	You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com. A Feast of Feedback.
1:58.5	Welcome to the show that separates fact from fiction, science from pseudoscience, real history from fake history, and helps us all make better life decisions by knowing what's real and what's not.
2:10.4	If you're going to do a show like this, you're going to get feedback, everything ranging from praise to death threats and from constructive criticism
2:20.0	to rambling novel-length screeds. You're also going to get proper feedback, the pointing out
2:26.8	of actual mistakes, thoughts from people who were actually central characters in the stories
2:32.4	discussed, or descendants of theirs, and people
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