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Wicked fans talk good vs bad. Skeptics know it’s belief vs evidence.

Malorie Mackey + Michael Maldonado talk about what happens when a believer and a skeptic share a life + why changing minds is slower than any song.

Dec 4 • 7pm ET

Free livestream: https://ow.ly/3TQQ50Xz9pK
How Wicked Reflects Real-World Intersections Between Belief and Skepticism | Malorie Mackey and Michael Maldonado | Skeptical Inquirer Presents
Science has advanced enormously in the past 500 years, guided by experimental tests of theory and practice. In that same time, science teaching and education—guided primarily by tradition and dogma—has remained largely medieval. Carl Wieman will discuss research from university classrooms that reveals how traditional teaching fails to give students an understanding of scientific knowledge.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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The Ars Goetia: The Demonology Text That Inspired Every Occult Movie Ever
There’s something about forbidden books that has always fascinated me. You know that weird, almost magnetic pull some old texts seem to have, the ones
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November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Neuroscience of Gut Feelings: Why Your Stomach Has a “Mind” of Its Own
We’ve all had that gut feeling before: that strange, almost physical sense that something’s off before we can even explain why. Maybe it’s that uneasy
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November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Octopus Genome — And Why It’s Unlike Anything on Earth
I don’t know about you, but the more I learn about octopuses, the more I start questioning… everything. These creatures feel like they slipped through the
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November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Sumerian King List — Why Ancient Rulers Lived for Thousands of Years
If you’ve ever felt like your work week just never ends, imagine being one of the Sumerian kings. According to an ancient document called the Sumerian
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November 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Kingdom of Saguenay: The Canadian “City of Gold” That Never Was
There’s something about lost cities that gets under your skin. Maybe it’s the mix of hope, greed, and total delusion that makes them so addictive. We’ve
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November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The True Story of the Phoenicians — The Forgotten Masters of the Sea
Every empire loves to tell its own story. Rome had its legions, Greece had its philosophers, and Egypt had its pharaohs. But somewhere between all those
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November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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The Bloop: The Ocean Sound That Freaked Out Scientists for a Decade
There’s something about the ocean that feels… unknowable. Like no matter how much tech we throw at it, submarines, sensors, satellites, it’s still got the
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November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The Skeletons Holding Hands in a 5,000-Year-Old Grave
You've probably already heard some parts of the story: Researchers in Siberia dug up two skeletons lying side by side, their hands still clasped together
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November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Today's podcast has us celebrating Thanksgiving as we reflect on the weird history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!! Do you know how and why the Macy's parade was started??

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The Weird History of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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November 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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When Giants Fall: The Strange and Spectacular History of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Every Thanksgiving morning, millions of Americans tune in to watch enormous character balloons float through Manhattan's streets, flanked by elaborate
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Norse Seiðr: The Magic Women Who Shaped Fate
When people talk about the Vikings, they usually imagine ships, raids, and sword fights. So, you might be surprised to learn that Norse culture wasn’t all
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Trees That “Talk” to Each Other Underground
If you’ve ever walked through a forest and felt like it was alive — really alive — you weren’t wrong. Under all that moss and dirt is a massive hidden
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Truth About “Mad Honey” — The Hallucinogenic Nectar That Can Kill You
At first glance, it looks innocent — a jar of dark, ruby-red honey. But locals in Turkey call it deli bal, or “mad honey.” It’s been used for centuries as
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Great Fire of Rome: Accident or Imperial Conspiracy?
There are few stories in history that burn as long and as brightly as this one. In the summer of 64 CE, the heart of the Roman Empire, the largest,
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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The Alchemist Who Predicted Atomic Theory 300 Years Early
Daniel Sennert, was a 17th-century German physician, philosopher, and alchemist who didn’t just chase gold or immortality. He chased truth. In a world
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November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The Real-Life “Woolly Mammoth” Projects Bringing Extinct Animals Back
If someone told you scientists were trying to bring back the woolly mammoth, you’d probably assume it was just for funsies. But here’s the thing — they’re
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Fascinating Facts About the 1969 Blackout Baby Boom
Here’s a fun little myth that refuses to die: the 1969 Blackout Baby Boom. You’ve probably heard it in some form. The story goes that back in the late
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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The Cave That’s Been Sealed Off for 5 Million Years — And Has Its Own Ecosystem
There’s something weirdly cool about the idea of a place that’s been sealed off from the world for millions of years. No sunlight, no air from the
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November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The Monks Who Invented the First Mechanical Clock
Fun fact: the modern world runs on a system created by monks who just didn’t want to oversleep. These were people who dedicated their entire lives to
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November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The Real Story Behind Virginia’s Infamous Bunny Man Legend
Every small town in America has its monster. Somewhere it’s a woman in white. Elsewhere it’s a hairy figure crossing lonely backroads at night. But in
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November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Do Figs Really Have Dead Wasps in Them? The Weird, Fascinating Truth Behind the Myth
At some point in life, someone drops that bomb: “You know there are dead wasps inside figs, right?” Suddenly, your elegant fig toast doesn’t look so
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November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The Codex Gigas: The “Devil’s Bible” That May Have Been Written in a Single Night
Old books always feel a little supernatural, even when they’re not meant to be. The weight of time in the paper, the way the ink fades but never fully
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November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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The Forgotten Civilizations That Predate Recorded History
We like to think history starts with writing, with clay tablets, or maybe papyrus scrolls. But the truth is, humans were building, trading, worshipping,
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November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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The Most Radioactive Places on Earth You Can Still Visit
There’s something kind of mesmerizing about places that shouldn’t even exist for humans anymore. Places that are filled with radiation, disaster, and
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November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM