Web Links of worldwide skeptical organizations
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_skeptical_organizations - A long list of worldwide skeptical organizations maintained by Wikipedia.
- http://www.csicop.org/resources/international_organizations - The Center for Inquiry's list of skeptical resources.
Podcasts about skeptical topics
- The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
- https://www.theskepticsguide.org/
Official podcast of the New England Skeptical Society Weekly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skeptics%27_Guide_to_the_Universe - The Reality Check - http://www.trcpodcast.com/
A Canadian podcast on science and critical thinking. Weekly.
- StarTalk - https://startalkmedia.com/
Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, a comedic co-host, and often a guest researcher on the specific topic. There are also parallel episodes covering science issues in sports. Weekly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_deGrasse_Tyson - Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - https://timharford.com/articles/cautionarytales/
Economist and journalist Tim Harford covers stories of failures in understandings of data and statistics. Seasonal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harford - Science Magazine Podcast - https://www.science.org/podcasts
The podcast of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Weekly.
- World's Greatest Con
- https://worldsgreatestcon.fireside.fm/
Magician Brian Brushwood covers historical con games, from Operation Mincemeat to game show scams. He also did a series teaching magic tricks that challenge your perception in "Scam School". Seasonal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Brushwood
- You are Not So Smart - https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/
Science journalist David McRaney covers topics in psychology and critical thinking.
Biweekly. - Captain Disillusion's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion
Captain Disillusion guides children of all ages through the maze of visual fakery to the open spaces of reality and peace of mind - Mark Rober's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkRober
More interesting/fun engineering (like obstacle course for squirrels) but similar in thought
Books on skeptical topics
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17349.The_Demon_Haunted_World - Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
by Martin Gardner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17798.Fads_and_Fallacies_in_the_Name_of_Science - Worlds of Their Own: A Brief History of Misguided Ideas: Creationism,
Flat-Earthism, Energy Scams, and the Velikovsky Affair
Robert J. Schadewald
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3720297-worlds-of-their-own - The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a
World Increasingly Full of Fake
Steven Novella
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38485991-the-skeptics-guide-to-the-universe - How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers,
Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
Lee McIntyre
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56199020-how-to-talk-to-a-science-denier - Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science
John Grant
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2302116.Corrupted_Science - Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time...
John Grant
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164240.Discarded_Science - The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense
Michael Shermer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83584.The_Borderlands_of_Science - Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other
Confusions of Our Time
Michael Shermer, Stephen Jay Gould (Foreword)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89281.Why_People_Believe_Weird_Things - The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics
Tim Harford
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53733086-the-data-detective - The Rocks Don't Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah's Flood
(Young earth creationism)
by David R. Montgomery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13707583-the-rocks-don-t-lie - The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design
Ronald L. Numbers
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/516607.The_Creationists - Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction
Eugenie C. Scott, Niles Eldredge (Foreword)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/352957.Evolution_vs_Creationism - Scientists Confront Velikovsky
by Donald Goldsmith (editor)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3034436-scientists-confront-velikovsky - The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern
Fringe
by Michael D. Gordin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13593185-the-pseudoscience-wars
