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Squaring the Strange

Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero

Not just another "skeptical" podcast, it's a show about critical thinking and evidence-based analysis, using science and critical thinking to examine the world around us, from the mysterious and paranormal to the mundane.

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Episodi

299 episodi

  1. Episode 292 - "TV folklorist" Lynne McNeill on fakelore, folklorism and the folkloresque 1:35:28
  2. Episode 291 - Ru Marshall's American Trickster: The Hidden Lives of Carlos Castaneda 1:48:17
  3. Episode 290 - Monsters and Cryptozoology Today, with Darren Naish and Sharon Hill 1:46:56
  4. Episode 289 - The Ethics and Worries of AI Writing, with Amy Frushour Kelly 1:12:42
  5. Episode 288 - Dragon Con, 9-11 and Sci-Fi Skepticism with Paul and Andy 1:43:06
  6. Episode 287 - Roswell Rods, a.k.a. Skyfish 1:29:17
  7. Episode 286 - Bob Nygaard, psychic-busting investigator 1:50:13
  8. Episode 285 - Grab Bag! Jimothy and Dr. Fauci walk into a bar... 1:10:00
  9. Episode 284 - Author Elizabeth Shreeve on Dinosaurs to Dragons 1:27:04
  10. Episode 283 - A skeptical look at Americana 1:29:42
  11. Episode 282 - CSI Con in Buffalo: 50 years of skepticism... plus a folklore con! 1:03:27
  12. Episode 281 - Glowing Aerial Jellyfish? Ben revisits the Pachacamac Video mystery 1:27:30
  13. Episode 280 - Conspiracy rumors about Trump staging his assassination attempts 1:40:59
  14. Episode 279 - SkeptiCamps and Mini-Cons, a breakdown and how-to 1:16:49
  15. Episode 278 - WTF is up with Bigfoot?! With Matt Crowley and Sharon Hill 1:35:12
  16. Episode 277 - Your Brain on Caricature, with Jacob Shaw 1:54:33
  17. Episode 276 - Micronation Machinations 1:10:34
  18. Episode 275 - Bigfoot Bombshell and Leo Igwe on fighting witchcraft accusations in Africa 1:42:58
  19. Episode 274 - Houses after the haunting, with Kenny Biddle 1:34:13
  20. Episode 273: Grab Bag! Ugly Veggies, Elk Death Conspiracy Redux & Inspirational Glurge 1:29:05
  21. Episode 272 - The Data Drought with Kyle Polich 1:25:51
  22. Episode 271 - What can the Taos Hum teach us? 1:35:15
  23. Episode 270 - Listener Questions and Looking Back at 2025 1:24:47
  24. Episode 269: Fluoride fallacies and dentistry weirdness with Dr. Grant Ritchey, DDS 1:30:33
  25. Episode 268 - Daniel Reed on Vegetable Man and Gray Barker 1:23:05
  26. Episode 267 - Billionaire Boogeymen with Brian Dunning 1:37:22
  27. Episode 266 - Jon Michael visits, plus corporate lore and legends! 1:45:58
  28. Episode 265 - The Alleged ghosts of the Territorial House, with Cody Polston 1:23:53
  29. Episode 264 - SCAMPOCALYPSE with Brian Brushwood 1:31:18
  30. Episode 263 - The Tylenol Presser and Sailing Stones with Brian Dunning 1:20:06
  31. Episode 262 - Bigfoot Tracks with Matt Crowley 1:34:25
  32. Episode 261 - Hobos, Swingers and Masons: Secret Signs in Plain Sight 1:24:29
  33. Episode 260 - Food History and Flavor Myths with Sarah Lohman 1:33:18
  34. Episode 259 - The Columbus poltergeist case, with Kenny Biddle 1:30:11
  35. Episode 258 - A ship of skeptics in the Bermuda Triangle! 1:28:28
  36. Episode 257 - A Skepticism Chat with Susan Gerbic 1:34:12
  37. Episode 256 - Look Into My Eyes with Richard Saunders 1:30:19
  38. Episode 255 - Phantom Attackers with Robert Bartholomew 1:40:56
  39. Episode 254 - Grimoires with Owen Davies 1:36:54
  40. Episode 253 - Pascual's farewell and the Berkshire UFO Abduction Incident 1:30:27
  41. Episode 252 - Acronyms, Bacronyms and Questionable Etymologies 1:41:04
  42. Episode 251 - Incredible tales of survival! 1:35:00
  43. Episode 250 - Cryptids go Pop! with Sharon Hill 1:24:28
  44. Episode 249 - Grab bag: Remembering Joe Nickell, real-time folklore, "transgender mice," and RFK Jr. vs. measles 1:03:31
  45. Episode 248 - Furries with Gail De Vos 1:18:48
  46. Episode 247 - Love Lies and Potions 1:40:45
  47. Episode 246 - Pop psych, superstitions, and luck with Stuart Vyse 1:36:22
  48. Episode 245 - Maligning the BMI: What is Body Mass Index for? 1:18:12
  49. Episode 244 - New Year's Day rituals, our yearly wrap-up, and some minor castration confusion 1:12:25
  50. Episode 243 - Drones and Christmas Folklore 1:18:03