Best Skeptical Inquiry Podcasts (2025)

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Please Proceed to Conspiracy Gate C 33:46

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Send us a text In this episode, I dig into the long, strange lore surrounding America’s most suspicious airport. Denver International has been accused of being a New World Order headquarters, a Nazi occult project, a FEMA death camp, an alien transit hub, and possibly the world’s most elaborate art prank. And through it all, the airport’s official …

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041: Dating in the Church: Blessing or Burden? With Stefan and Andy 57:53

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Send us a text "Has church ruined dating?" That's the provocative question at the heart of this raw, unfiltered conversation between three friends navigating the complex intersection of faith and romance. The guys jump right into the tension between biblical ideals and real-life application in Christian relationships. They share how church teaching…

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ENCORE: What It Means to be Moral with Phil Zuckerman 1:10:13

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PfI is on hiatus for the summer, so we're bringing you some of our favourite episodes from our back catalogue. New shows will resume in September. Phil Zuckerman is a professor of Secular Studies at Pitzer College. Phil describes what the Secular Studies program entails from philosophical, political, and sociological perspectives. Phil is the autho…

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Max Headroom Predicted TikTok, Sorry 28:21

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Send us a text In this episode, I rewind to the birth of one of the strangest, most prescient characters to ever appear on television, Max Headroom. Originally conceived as a satirical jab at media culture in the 1980s, Max quickly became something more: a glitchy, rubber-faced oracle who accidentally predicted the world we live in today. In this s…

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SIO485: It's Not Rocket Science 44:05

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Part 2: The Data Dr. Jenessa Seymour continues her breakdown of the supposed voting discrepancies that a New York organization has "discovered". Her expertise in statistics gets the spotlight in this episode! Be sure to check out the graphs! Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! This content is CAN credentialed, whi…

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SIO484: Lawsuit Alleges Voting Irregularities in 2024. Is There Any There There? 46:41

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Part 1: The Legal Stuff Dr. Jenessa Seymour is here to break down something that even our moms are spreading on social media: a group in New York claims to have uncovered discrepancies in the vote count for the 2024 election, and they're suing over it! Dr. Seymour hits ALL of the expert boxes for this one - statistics, voting rights, the law, and N…

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The Sovereign Origin Story of TIEP 46:33

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Send us a text This episode starts with a courtroom, a traffic stop, and a guy insisting that he’s "traveling" not "driving" because his vehicle is a private conveyance and the law doesn’t apply to him. That moment, that bizarre blend of internet confidence and legal gibberish, is what launched this entire podcast. Not because I believed it but bec…

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Will Potter 52:44

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A century and a half ago, one out of every five Americans lived on a farm. Today, it’s closer to one out of every fifty, even though the population has increased more than tenfold. The industrial-scale farm and livestock business that we depend on today feeds hundreds of millions every day, but at what cost? In this episode of Point of Inquiry, Jim…

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Aaron Devor explains the ABCs of the Trans+ community 1:42:58

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Leslie speaks with Aaron about many issues related to transgender people, or the Trans+ community. They discuss how the perceived binaries of sex, sexual preference, gender, and gender expression are more complicated and nuanced in reality. Aaron details how many people identify as transgender and nonbinary in Canada, and provides insights into man…

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Who Are You and What Have You Done with My Dog? 33:54

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Send us a text What if the person you love most looked exactly the same but suddenly felt like a stranger? In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, Jimmy dives into the unsettling world of Capgras Delusion, a rare but fascinating neurological disorder where people become convinced that their loved ones have been replaced by impostors. We…

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You are a good mother. You will not feel pain. You are a good mother… 32:35

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Send us a text In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, we dive headfirst into the CIA’s most disturbing covert experiments: Project MKUltra. Specifically, we break down two of its darkest chapters --- Subproject 68, where psychiatrist Ewen Cameron used electroshock therapy, LSD, and drug-induced comas to forcibly erase and reprogram psy…

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Is nuclear energy low carbon, cost efficient, and sustainable? Jason Donev has the answers. 1:13:08

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If uranium in a nuclear power plant emits so much radiation it boils tons of water, how safe is it for workers? Given the huge facilities required and massive mining efforts, is nuclear truly carbon neutral? Is there enough uranium in the earth for nuclear energy to be a long term source of electricity? If we build more nuclear plants, will we reti…

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Steven Kubacki: The Man Who Vanished 27:13

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Send us a text In 1978, college student Steven Kubacki vanished while skiing along Lake Michigan. His footprints led out onto the frozen lake… and then stopped. No broken ice. No body. No explanation. Fifteen months later, he woke up in a field 700 miles away—with no memory of where he’d been, wearing someone else’s clothes, and carrying a bag of m…

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SIO483: Jordan Peterson Debated a Bunch of Atheists. So... How Did That Go? Part 2 40:51

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We're going to take a look at Jordan Peterson's debate techniques and his arguments for God and have some fun along the way!

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SIO482: Jordan Peterson Debated a Bunch of Atheists. So... How Did That Go? 57:02

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We're going to take a look at Jordan Peterson's debate techniques and his arguments for God and have some fun along the way!

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SIO481: Ok What Was the Deal With the Direwolves 53:20

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Was that whole thing legitimate? Was it BS? Or something in between? Dr. Eric Jaffe is the perfect expert to give us the objective facts on this and help us understand everything going on!

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Foreign Accent Syndrome: When your voice betrays you 26:31

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Send us a text What if a bump on the head could completely change your voice and make the world think you're from another country? In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, we explore the strange and fascinating world of Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes people to suddenly speak with a foreign-sounding acc…

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BONUS: BAHACON 4 in Sarnia Ontario, August 8-10, 2025 16:55

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The fourth BAHACON is coming in a little over two month’s time. Leslie speaks with Jeff Brooks about the conference’s location, speakers, and other attractions that makes the Bluewater Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics conference so popular for attendees from across North America. Learn more and register at https://bahacon.com/ Podcast for Inquiry…

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Project Blue Beam: Apocalypse as a Service 31:10

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Send us a text What if the end of the world wasn’t fire and brimstone... but a high-tech holographic light show designed to trick the entire planet? In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, we explore Project Blue Beam, a famous conspiracy theory that claims NASA, the United Nations, and global elites are secretly planning to fake a worl…

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New clear nuclear news, with Jason Donev 1:26:54

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Prof. Jason Donev is tenured at the University of Calgary. He leads the world’s largest and most used energy resource for adults, www.EnergyEducation.ca. As a reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Prof. Donev works to help people understand nuclear power's role in providing reliable energy without emitting greenhouse gases. Ja…

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Alternate Cut: Home Alone 1:00:01

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Send us a text This week on The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, Jimmy does something a little different—he hands over the reins to his good buddy, Cliff Hanger, who takes us on a wild ride through the world of Alternate Cut, where classic films get reimagined in entirely new genres. Cliff’s pick? None other than Home Alone—but this isn’t the holiday h…

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040: The Road To Discipleship. With Connor Bucy 38:04

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Send us a text What if everything we've been told about Gen Z's relationship with faith is wrong? This eye-opening conversation with a passionate young missionary flips the script on conventional wisdom, suggesting that rather than being "post-Christian," today's youth might actually be "pre-revival." The journey begins with raw stories from the mi…

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Unlocking your DNA with sound! 34:03

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Send us a text In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, Jimmy finally delivers on his promise from the Sun Gazing episode and dives into the bizarre world of DNA activation through sound therapy. What starts as a reflection on a late-night moment of desperation quickly spirals into a hilarious breakdown of how pseudoscientific claims tak…

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SIO480: Abortion Legislation Gets Embryonic Terminology and Facts All Wrong 1:02:03

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Inspired by an Opening Arguments episode during the heartbeat bills, Dr. Nathan Thompson and soon-to-be-Dr. Rachel Feltman embarked on research where they collated "facts" from abortion legislation across the country and examined its medical/anatomical accuracy and misleadingness. Their work was published (read it here!) in the February 2025 issue …

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039: Religious Liberty. With Lawrence Williams 1:02:53

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Send us a text How did religious liberty in America become so entangled with political identity? This raw, thought-provoking conversation examines the troubling disconnect between Christian values and political actions. We begin by exploring how religious liberty has been weaponized to defend policies that contradict biblical teaching. The case of …

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A little less livestock, a lot more action - with Mark Lynas 59:22

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Mark Lynas is the author of several environmental books, including Seeds of Science (2018), Our Final Warning (2020), and the forthcoming Six Minutes to Winter. Until 2024 he was research and climate lead with the Alliance for Science at the Boyce Thompson Institute, an affiliate of Cornell University. Mark is now the policy lead with the pro-scien…

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Why Bigfoot Loves Camping Gear 30:12

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Send us a text In this episode, Jimmy welcomes back John Fike, a podcaster and YouTuber who’s spent years immersed in the Bigfoot community, interviewing people who claim to have had encounters. But this isn’t a debate about whether Bigfoot exists—John already believes he does. Instead, we’re diving into something even bigger: the culture of Bigfoo…

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SIO479: Does Speaking Your Partner's "Love Language" Foster a Happier Relationship? 36:30

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Gary Chapman's model of five love languages has been well-embraced by people as they navigate dating, marriage, and other relationship moments. Dr. Sharon Flicker joins the show to discuss what exactly they are, how Chapman came up with them, and her research in evaluating whether your partner's ability to "speak" your love language actually result…

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038: Beyond the Scale: When Physical Discipline Transforms Your Life. With Stefan Hansen 37:18

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Send us a text Stefan shares his remarkable journey of losing 70 pounds, transforming from approaching 300 pounds to his current weight of 230 pounds. His story reveals how physical discipline in fitness has translated to greater confidence, improved social skills, and better overall health. • Starting with small changes like cutting back on sugary…