Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition

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.orgSkeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY.

Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is a society podcast hosted by Center for Inquiry, with 217 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Center for Inquiry hosts Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition, a society show with 217 episodes published.

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  The Enhanced Games: A Commercial Legacy

  Sep 30, 202612 minS50

  Nick Tiller examines the Enhanced Games as less a revolutionary new frontier in human performance than a commercial venture designed to funnel customers toward the Enhanced Group's testosterone, peptide, supplement, and telehealth businesses. He argues that the Games' failure to produce significant new records exposed the limits of drug-based optimization, while the event's financial filings reveal a strategy in which elite athletes and extraordinary performances function primarily as marketing for a much larger wellness enterprise. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-enhanced-games-a-commercial-legacy/ About the Author: Dr. Nick Tiller is an exercise physiologist, researcher, and writer covering health, performance, and wellness misinformation. He's been a Skeptical Inquirer columnist since 2021 and is an elected fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. His new book, The Health and Wellness Lie , is an unflinching exposé of the trillion-dollar wellness machine. Visit www.nbtiller.com for more. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/

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  Tips for Your Psychic Reading

  Sep 25, 202613 minS50

  Susan Gerbic provides five tips for getting a psychic reading. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/tips-for-your-psychic-reading/ About the Author: Affectionately called the Wikipediatrician, Susan Gerbic is the cofounder of Monterey County Skeptics and a self-proclaimed skeptical junkie. Susan is also founder of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project. She is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and writes for her column, Guerilla Skepticism, often. You can contact her through her website . Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/

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  One Man's Midlife Crisis in a NatGeo Docuseries

  Sep 18, 20269 minS50

  Brian Kerby reviews Limitless: Live Better Now. National Geographic Docuseries, 2025, arguing that the National Geographic docuseries is less a serious exploration of science than a celebrity's "midlife crisis" built around Chris Hemsworth's personal experiments with brain health, chronic pain, and risk-taking. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2026/08/one-mans-midlife-crisis-in-a-natgeo-docuseries/ About the Author: Brian Kerby is producer and host of the nationally syndicated public access show 502 Conversations . He has an MMus as well as an MEd in Science and the Public. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/

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  Sounding the Alarm about Medical Misinformation

  Sep 16, 20264 minS50

  Katie Suleta reviews Everyone Else Is Lying to You: How Our Medical Establishment Weaponized Doubt to Spread COVID, Normalize Quackery, and Undermine Public Health by Jonathan Howard. Redhawk Publications, 2025. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2026/08/sounding-the-alarm-about-medical-misinformation/ About the Author: Katie Suleta is a public health researcher and science writer. Suleta is known for her work in countering medical misinformation and pseudoscience within the wellness industry. Her research and writing often focus on health literacy, clinical research, and policy and regulation. She holds a doctorate of health sciences from George Washington University, an MS in health informatics from Boston University, and an MPH from DePaul University. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/

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  The Ghost in the iPhone

  Sep 14, 20269 minS50

  Christopher B. Steiner traces the history of nineteenth-century "spirit photography," focusing on William H. Mumler's famous photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln with the supposed ghost of Abraham Lincoln. By having students recreate the image using an iPhone long-exposure app, Steiner demonstrates how photographic effects and digital technology can reproduce seemingly supernatural images, highlighting the continuity between Victorian photographic trickery and modern digital manipulation. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2026/08/the-ghost-in-the-iphone/ About the Author: Christopher B. Steiner is the Lucy C. McDannel '22 Professor of Art History and Anthropology at Connecticut College, where he teaches courses on the history of photography, the anthropology of secrecy, and the visual culture of the invisible. He is currently writing Hustling Pictures: An Economy of Photographs , a history of American vernacular photography told through the entrepreneurs, hustlers, and wheelers-and-dealers who transformed photographs into one of America's most successful consumer products. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/

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