Yesterday

The Secrets Twins Share & Subtle Money Mistakes to Avoid-SYSK Choice

Are women really attracted to men who can make them laugh? And if so, why does humor matter so much in attraction? This episode begins with what research and relationship experts say about laughter, mating, and why being funny can be a powerful social signal. https://amzn.to/496h ... Show More

50m 6s

Feb 12

How to Find True Love & Why Some People Pursue Impossible Goals

Ask frequent flyers what bothers them most about air travel and you might be surprised by the answer. It’s not turbulence, cramped seats, or bad food — it’s the other passengers. This episode begins by revealing which behaviors irritate fellow travelers the most and what people w ... Show More

49m 41s

Feb 10

Bonus: SYSK TRENDING - The Science of Sleeping, Breathing, and Hydration

Why would anyone need to be taught how to sleep, breathe, or drink water? Those are things you already do every day. And yet, it turns out most of us are doing them just wrong enough to undermine our health. In this SYSK Trending episode, I talk with Michael Breus, one of the wor ... Show More

26m 29s

Feb 2025

Urology Mythbusters: Truth vs. Myth with Dr. Brennan Lee and Dr. Irene Crescenze

We have two guests with us to debunk some urology mythbusters. Dr. Brennan Lee is a urology resident at the University of Oklahoma and Dr. Irene Crescenze is a urologist at Ohio State University. Want to know the truth behind these urologic mythbusters? Listen along and put your ... Show More

11m 23s

Nov 2023

Personality tests: the world's biggest scam?

Myers-Briggs Personality Tests costs 50 dollars a POP! Personality tests are a billion dollar industry, but is it a full scam? Myers-Briggs is under a lot of scrutiny lately. It is expensive and potentially pseudo-science, but do any other tests work? Today we talk about the p ... Show More

52m 9s

Oct 2025

Use Your Mind to Heal Your Body With the #1 Harvard Psychologist

What if everything you’ve been told about health, stress, and aging is wrong? Today, the legendary Dr. Ellen Langer – pioneering Harvard psychologist and global mindfulness legend, renowned for her 50+ years of groundbreaking research – joins Mel for the conversation of ... Show More

1h 18m

Oct 2021

Massage Therapy: Does It Do Anything?

Today we are talking about MASSAGE THERAPY. Is it helpful? Can it help you with physical pain? Can it help you to recover quicker after working out? All these reasons we might be doing it. Lets look at the science because BAM there's some controversy! https://link.ch ... Show More

54m 38s

Sep 2025

Tylenol and Autism, a Shark Threesome and a Typhoon

This week’s roundup breaks down the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to revise the safety label for acetaminophen (Tylenol) following the Trump administration’s misleading claims about a link between use of the drug during pregnancy and autism—which were made despite incon ... Show More

12m 15s

Feb 2025

The War on Science

U.S. science is in turmoil. Amid agency firings and confusion over federal funding, researchers are freaking out. Many can’t do their work, and they have no idea what the future holds. Plus, we’re hearing that all of this could jeopardize medical treatments for people in the U.S. ... Show More

34m 43s

Sep 2023

The Skeptics Guide #948 - Sep 9 2023

Interview with Anna Blakney; News Items: ChatGPT University Performance, Geothermal Energy, Failed Star, Doctor and NDEs; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

1h 44m

Sep 2024

Alison Fragale, "Likeable Badass: The New Science of Successful Women" (Doubleday Books, 2024)

Behavioral scientist Alison Fragale offers powerful new insights and a practical playbook for women to advance in any workplace, full of tips, tricks, and strategies to help secure that elusive corner office. Over decades of research, speaking engagements, and mentorship, psychol ... Show More

44m 23s

Oct 2024

Weekly: The gruesome story of the Viking skeleton found in a well

Episode 273 The mystery of “Well Man”, an ancient cold case, has just been solved. A Norse saga tells that in 1197, in the midst of a Viking raid, warriors dumped a body in a well inside a castle. Over 800 years later, archeologists recovered a body from that very well – but didn ... Show More

22m 17s

Jun 2025

1176: Earthing | Skeptical Sunday

Earthing claims walking barefoot cures diseases through electron transfer. <a href="https://jessicawynn.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jessica Wynn</a> debunks this $5 billion pseudoscience industry on Skeptic ... Show More

50m 32s

Science You Believe That Isn't True & T...