Squaring the Strange
Hosted by Ben and Celestia · Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero
4.7from 103 ratings
- 291
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 103
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
About Squaring the Strange
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.
- Publisher
- Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero
- Category
- science · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Apr 2017
- Latest episode
- 11 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 291 episodes have a transcript.
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 288 - Dragon Con, 9-11 and Sci-Fi Skepticism with Paul and Andy
29 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 287 - Roswell Rods, a.k.a. Skyfish
15 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 286 - Bob Nygaard, psychic-busting investigator
Inside a recent episode
Episode 288 - Dragon Con, 9-11 and Sci-Fi Skepticism with Paul and Andy
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But for a moment that I really liked was that I wanted to bring up in this little list we have here would be season five of The Next Generation. I'm sure you all know this episode just from one word. Darmok. Oh, yes, I do. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. And this was a neat little lesson in the evolution of language and nuance in communication and talking past each other. And every little community gets their own little in-jokes. But this alien race had its entire language was in-jokes. So the universal communicator that everybody used didn't work because they were essentially talking past each other. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Squaring the Strange
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- Paul Mattingly
- Andy Taylor
- Bob Nygaard
- Elizabeth Shreeve
- Susan Gerbic
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 92 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts Squaring the Strange?
Ben and Celestia host the show. Published by Ben Radford, Celestia Ward and Pascual Romero.
How often do new episodes come out?
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