{"podcast":{"title":"Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition","slug":"skeptical-inquirer-audio-edition-7055829","podcast_index_feed_id":7055829,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/510088/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/510088","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/2/c/1/e2c18d0a25479752d959afa2a1bf1c87/SIAE_Space.png","author":"Center for Inquiry","episode_count":196,"summary":"Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition brings the insightful articles from Skeptical Inquirer magazine directly to your ears. Covering topics in science, skepticism, and critical thinking, each episode features narrated versions of our most thought-provoking content. Perfect for those on the go, SI Audio Edition allows you to stay informed and inspired wherever you are. Support our work and subscribe to the print magazine at skepticalinquirer.org Skeptical Inquirer Audio Edition is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T04:18:13.552804+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptical-inquirer-audio-edition-7055829"},"episode":{"title":"The Rise and Fall of Parapsychology by Alejandro Borgo","slug":"the-rise-and-fall-of-parapsychology-by-alejandro-borgo","published_at":"2026-03-25T20:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptical-inquirer-audio-edition-7055829/the-rise-and-fall-of-parapsychology-by-alejandro-borgo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptical-inquirer-audio-edition-7055829","url":"https://3e64cc12-0a9b-49a7-be84-de7d280b7a8c.libsyn.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-parapsychology-by-alejandro-borgo","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/3e64cc12-0a9b-49a7-be84-de7d280b7a8c/Alejandro_Borgo_-_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Parapsychology_-_Read_by_AI_Oscar_en_v2.mp3?dest-id=4375028","summary":"Alejandro Borgo traces the history of parapsychology, from its origins with the Fox sisters and the spiritualist movement to the formalization of research by Joseph Banks Rhine, who attempted to study telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis using experimental protocols and statistical analysis. Despite decades of experimentation worldwide, including rigorous attempts at replication, no repeatable evidence for psi phenomena has been found, leaving parapsychology in decline and its claims unproven, with most supposed effects now explained by psychology or chance rather than a new form of energy or ability. Read this article and find accompanying references at: https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-rise-and-fall-of-parapsychology/ About the Author: Alejandro Borgo is director of the Center for Inquiry Argentina and a journalist, writer and musician. He has written two books about pseudoscience and critical thinking. He is editor of Pensar magazine ( pensar.org ) and has been a speaker at several skeptics congresses and conferences. Subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer: https://skepticalinquirer.org/subscribe/","meta_description":"Alejandro Borgo traces the history of parapsychology, from its origins with the Fox sisters and the spiritualist movement to the formalization of research…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":540,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/skeptical-inquirer-audio-edition-7055829/episodes/the-rise-and-fall-of-parapsychology-by-alejandro-borgo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/skeptical-inquirer-audio-edition-7055829/the-rise-and-fall-of-parapsychology-by-alejandro-borgo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}