Skeptoid #619: Alcohol Myths

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

We point the skeptical eye at five popular beliefs about alcoholic beverages.

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0:00.0	I don't usually do this, but I recommend that for this episode you pull your favorite
0:08.3	cork and enjoy your favorite adult beverage.
0:12.1	Actually enjoy two or even three of them, because I want you in a state that you do badly
0:17.6	on this factor fiction episode.
0:20.2	Why?
0:21.2	Simple.
0:22.2	It's about alcohol myths.
0:24.5	The things people believe about alcoholic drinks that may or may not be true.
0:30.3	Let's see what you think you know after you've had a few.
0:34.4	Ready?
0:35.4	Let's go right now on Skeptoid.
0:43.2	You're listening to Skeptoid.
0:44.8	I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
0:49.0	Alcohol myths.
0:52.0	Not long ago I asked on social media for the best alcohol myths.
0:56.7	Apparently, there are more than a few of you out there who pull a cork now and then,
1:01.0	but not you kids, you stay in school.
1:03.6	Because my feed was rendered quite useless for a day and a half due to being clogged up
1:08.2	by all the suggestions.
1:09.6	Today, we're going to talk about whether it's actually useful to let wine breathe.
1:14.8	Whether it's true that it's possible to go blind from bad liquor.
1:18.5	Whether the shape of the glass actually matters at all, whether drinking through a straw
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