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Skepticality
The Official Podcast of Skeptic magazine
Listen to our free, bi-weekly podcast audio program! Skepticality — the pioneering original skeptics podcast — is a top-rated audio talk show dedicated to skeptical topics and interviews. Each episode, Skepticality hosts Derek & Swoopy enlighten listeners with interviews and information on science and skepticism. Previous episodes have included guests such as James Randi, Phil Plait, Marc Zimmer, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Michael Shermer, Seth Shostak, Benjamin Radford, Tom Flynn, Ann Druyan, Bob Carroll and Lawrence Krauss.
What is a “podcast”?
A podcast is an audio or video recording distributed over the internet. Most are like radio-on-demand: regularly released talk shows that can be downloaded as digital audio files onto your own computer, and then played using an appropriate application (such as Apple’s iTunes, which is available for free, for both Mac and Windows). Skepticality episodes are MP3 audio files, typically around 15–30 MB in size.
Many people transfer the downloaded audio file from their home computer to an Apple iPod or other portable MP3 player (the word “podcast” is abbreviated from “iPod” and “broadcasting”) to be enjoyed on the go. But no such extra hardware is necessary, and your computer’s own speakers are an excellent way to listen.
Listen through iTunes!
A convenient way for Windows and Mac users to get free Skepticality episodes is to subscribe to Skepticality using Apple’s iTunes music software. You can set your own preferences with iTunes, including the option to have new episodes download automatically! Subscribing to the podcast via iTunes also helps more people discover skepticism, as it moves the show even further up the iTunes ratings charts. If you have iTunes, click below to subscribe to Skepticality and get the latest episode! Don’t have iTunes yet? GET iTunes.
Can I use an RSS feed?
For those of you who prefer to receive your Skepticality updates through your RSS aggregator or other XML reader, you can subscribe to either the dedicated Skepticality RSS feed (for Skepticality updates) or to the generic Skeptic RSS feed (which includes Skepticality updates and other items).
More about the show…
At Skeptic.com, you will find the complete index to all the official Skepticality episodes (by year in the left side navigation). Visit www.Skepticality.com to also hear their casual shorts (that sometimes run in-between official episodes) and to participate in the Skepticality forum discussion area.