Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition

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Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition brings the insightful articles from Skeptical Inquirer magazine directly to your ears. Covering topics in science, skepticism, and critical thinking, each episode features narrated versions of our most thought-provoking content. Perfect for those on the go, SI Audio Edition allows you to stay informed and inspired wherever you are. Support our work and subscribe to the print magazine at skepticalinquirer.org Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY.

Episode Date
A Closer Look at the Gambler’s Fallacy and the Hot Hand by Stuart Vyse
Aug 13, 2025
Houdini’s Lost Manuscript Discovered by Michelle E. Ainsworth
Aug 06, 2025
Consumer Magazines and the Fine Art of Pseudo-Skepticism by Nick Tiller
Jul 30, 2025
The ‘Direct Experience Fallacy’ in Psychedelics Research: Evaluating Ketamine and MDMA by Peter Barglow
Jul 23, 2025
Same Science, Different Reactions: Genetic Engineering in Medicine and Food by Andrea Love
Jul 16, 2025
Calling Out Quantum Woo by Taner Edis
Jul 16, 2025
Miracle Boy? The First Millennial Saint by Joe Nickell
Jul 09, 2025
Full Moon, Full Wards? How Science Craters That Lunar Link by Craig A. Foster and Kate Miller
Jul 09, 2025
Pseudo-Etymology: Do Words Have Hidden Meanings? by Talia Felix
Jul 02, 2025
The Force behind The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe by Jay Novella
Jul 02, 2025
Twenty Years of Health Scams and Wellness Trends by Cara Santa Maria
Jul 02, 2025
After Decades of Skepticism, How Are We Doing? by Steven Novella
Jun 25, 2025
Celebrating Our Skeptical Guides by Stephen Hupp
Jun 25, 2025
Triangle SkeptiCamp 2025 by Susan Gerbic
Jun 18, 2025
Five Things You Should Know Before Buying Fish Oil Supplements by Nick Tiller
Jun 11, 2025
The Telepathy Tapes Tries to Silence a Critic—and Fails by Stuart Vyse
Jun 04, 2025
The Seed Oil Gambit by Nick Tiller
May 28, 2025
Ecuadorian Equatorial Pseudoscience by Rob Palmer
May 21, 2025
The Demise of the American Society for Psychical Research
May 14, 2025
Joe Nickell Leaves a Legacy of Intrigue and Solved Mysteries by Stephen Hupp
May 07, 2025
Mysterious Drone Sightings: Give Me the DTLs (Dates, Times, Locations) by Mick West
May 07, 2025
Cancer Misinformation Kills; Chemotherapy Saves Lives by Andrea Love
May 07, 2025
Critical Thinking about Our Vulnerabilities to Misinformation by Bertha Vazquez and Melanie Trecek-King
Apr 30, 2025
Numerical Hygiene Lessons: Critical Thinking and the Central Tendency Fallacy by William Matthew London
Apr 30, 2025
Highly Effective Thinkers: Critical Thinking for Teens by Timothy J. Redmond
Apr 30, 2025
Bill Nye Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Stephen Hupp
Apr 30, 2025
Critical Thinking for Curious Minds by Stephen Hupp
Apr 23, 2025
Teaching Critical Thinking: An Introduction to the Special Section by David McRaney
Apr 23, 2025
Critikid: Critical Thinking and Mind Illusions for Kids by Stephanie Simoes
Apr 23, 2025
Media Masters Rock: Critical Thinking about Social Media for Kids by Steve Trash
Apr 23, 2025
Belief in Psychics: What’s the Harm and Who’s to Blame? by Rob Palmer
Apr 16, 2025
Was Lincoln a Spiritualist? Houdini Investigates by Stephen Hupp
Feb 26, 2025
Cosmic Love: Astrology Popularizes Stereotyping and Discrimination by Craig A. Foster
Feb 25, 2025
The Case of the Sketchy Study about Authentic Art by Benjamin Radford
Feb 25, 2025
mRNA Vaccines Aren’t Gene Therapy, but Gene Therapy Is Nothing to Fear by Andrea Love
Feb 25, 2025
The Realm of the Ridiculous: From Election Fraud to UFOs by Mick West
Feb 25, 2025
The Ideological Hijacking of Science Funding by Robyn E. Blumner
Feb 25, 2025
Is Biological Sex Binary or Multifactorial? by Stephen Hupp
Feb 25, 2025
Changing Minds through Critical Thinking by Kenny Biddle
Feb 25, 2025
Real World Harms from Pseudoscience and Science Denial by Bertha Vazquez
Feb 25, 2025
We Saw the Brightest Stars Shine at CSICon 2024 by Stephen Hupp
Feb 25, 2025
Why You Should Be More Skeptical the Next Time You Read a Health News Article by Rina Raphael
Feb 25, 2025
Harry Houdini Debunked Claims of Abraham Lincoln’s Spiritualism by Jason Emerson
Feb 25, 2025
The Cranky Uncle Game: A Way to Logic-Check Misinformation about Climate Change by John Cook
Dec 23, 2024
Unmasking the Claims of the Antinuclear Movement: Climate, Health, and Energy at the Crossroads by Amardeo Sarma
Dec 23, 2024
Fringe Zoology: The (In)Convenience of Disappearing Evidence by Floe Foxon
Dec 23, 2024
Beyond Belief: Raising a Skeptical Kid (in the Misinformation Age) by Ronald Crouch
Dec 23, 2024
It’s All Bullshit: The Common Ground between Pseudoscience and Pseudophilosophy by Massimo Pigliucci
Dec 23, 2024
Quick Guide to Modern Video Analysis Techniques for UAP (and UFOs) by Mick West
Dec 23, 2024
The Genetic Book of the Dead Masterfully Illustrates Science Is Brimming with Wonder and Curiosity by Bertha Vazquez
Dec 23, 2024
A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science by Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez
Dec 23, 2024
Bill Nye, the Climate Guy, Guest Edits a Special Section in Our 250th Issue by Stephen Hupp
Dec 23, 2024
The Berkshire UFO Abduction Incident by Benjamin Radford
Nov 07, 2024
The Harm of So-Called Alternative Medicine by Edzard Ernst
Nov 05, 2024
Semi-Fake News: A Data-Driven Approach by Massimo Pigliucci
Nov 05, 2024
The Cass Review: Are We Experimenting on Kids? by Robyn E. Blumner
Nov 05, 2024
Critical Thinking in the Classroom: How CFI’s Generation Skeptics Can Help by Bertha Vazquez
Nov 04, 2024
Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking: What Do We Really Mean? by Melanie Trecek-King
Nov 04, 2024
No Witches in Amityville? by Daniel Meyer
Nov 04, 2024
Is Science Progressive or Conservative? by Mathieu Beau
Nov 04, 2024
Where’s the Science in Campaign Buttons? by Stephen Hupp
Nov 01, 2024
Science over Party: Five Tips for the Left and Right by Timothy J. Redmond
Nov 01, 2024
Science and Pseudoscience in London: A Skeptic’s Tour by Stuart Vyse
Oct 07, 2024
Mysterious Mastermind: Conspiracy Theories and Taylor Swift by David Hahn
Sep 01, 2024
The Truth about Sallie Winchester and the Mystery House That Never Was by Adrienne Hill
Sep 01, 2024
Eye Movement Therapies, Purple Hats, and the Sagan Standard by Gerald M. Rosen and Loren Pankratz
Aug 21, 2024
Join Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia—and Help Us Find More Science Experts by Susan Gerbic
Aug 20, 2024
Critical Thinking Conference in Argentina by Stephen Hupp
Aug 20, 2024
Are Plants Conscious? by Massimo Pigliucci
Aug 20, 2024
Ancient Aliens, Now Extra Cringey by Craig A. Foster
Aug 20, 2024
The Useful Mandela Effect by Mick West
Aug 20, 2024
Skepticism Saves the Mystery House by Stephen Hupp
Aug 19, 2024
Progress in Treatment for Obesity by Reynold Spector
Jul 01, 2024
Curing with Charm: Folkloric Faith Healing and the Power of Belief by Daniel A. Reed
Jul 01, 2024
From Gods to Gurus: The Evolution of Olympic Superstition and Pseudoscience by Nick Tiller
Jul 01, 2024
The Eight-Cell Person, Religion, and the Legality of In Vitro Fertilization by Robyn E. Blumner
Jul 01, 2024
Skeptical Heroes Unite: CSICon 2023 by Stephen Hupp
Jul 01, 2024
Avoiding Conflict Avoidance by Mick West
Jul 01, 2024
Smoke and Mirrors: The 60 Minutes ‘Breakthrough’ on Havana Syndrome Exposed by Robert Bartholomew
Jul 01, 2024
Pseudoscience: Do We Know What We Are Talking About? by Massimo Pigliucci
Jul 01, 2024
Summer Shenanigans: Olympics, Sharks, Blockbusters, Breaks, and Trips by Stephen Hupp
Jul 01, 2024
Looking for the Bright Side of the AI Apocalypse by Guy P. Harrison
May 31, 2024
Disney’s Wish: A Century of Wishing on Stars by Carli Yingling
May 31, 2024
Witchcraft-Based Violence and Persecution in Malawi by Wonderful Mkhutche
May 31, 2024
Advocacy for Alleged Witches in Africa: 2023 Update by Leo Igwe
May 30, 2024
Astrology: Beast of No Burden by Craig A. Foster
May 30, 2024
Analyzing Conspiracies through Folklore, Epidemiology, and Artificial Intelligence by Benjamin Radford
May 30, 2024
Practical AI for Skeptics by Mick West
May 30, 2024
Paranormal Investigation, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future by Stephen Hupp
May 29, 2024
Some People Just Want to Believe by Rob Palmer
May 20, 2024
Why You Will Never Know What ‘Healthy Eating’ Is by Fred P. Abramson
Mar 01, 2024
The MH370 Teleport Hoax by Mick West
Mar 01, 2024
Stories That Should Be Handled with Care: The Subjects of Pseudoscience by Kendrick Frazier
Mar 01, 2024
Prophet of Oppenheimer’s Atomic Bomb by Brett Taylor
Mar 01, 2024
There Be Monsters! Is it True We’ve Only Explored 5 Percent of the Oceans? by Benjamin Radford
Mar 01, 2024
Fitspiration, Pseudo-Healthcare Professions, and the First Amendment by Katie Suleta and Emily Hemendinger
Mar 01, 2024
Come for the Speakers, Return for the Community by Susan Gerbic
Mar 01, 2024
Defending Science against Social Justice Dogmatism and Identitarianism by Robyn E. Blumner
Mar 01, 2024
What Happened to Chemtrails? by Mick West
Jan 01, 2024
When Pseudoscience Dies: A Biorhythm Case Study by Craig A. Foster, McKenna Duff, and Paige Hatfield
Jan 01, 2024
Whodunit? The ‘Murder’ of Edgar Allan Poe Solved at Last by Joe Nickell
Jan 01, 2024
The Freedom of Speech Does Not Protect Healthcare Grifters by
Jan 01, 2024
Child Rescue Group Used Psychic in (Not) Saving Children by Benjamin Radford
Jan 01, 2024
War on Cancer: An Updated Progress Report for Skeptics by Reynold Spector
Jan 01, 2024
A Skeptical Approach to Guilt and Innocence in the Judicial Realm by Matthew J. Sharps, Kyle Villarama, Frankie Rios, and Jana L. Price-Sharps
Jan 01, 2024
Is Bigfoot Dead? by Benjamin Radford
Jan 01, 2024
Bigfoot Is Dead! by Stephen Hupp
Jan 01, 2024
WNYT Channel 13 Promotes Psychic in Kidnapping Case by Kenny Biddle
Nov 24, 2023
Abraham-Hicks: Motivational Speaking Spirits by Adrienne Hill
Sep 01, 2023