Cara Santa Maria joins us for an riveting conversation on the science and pseudoscience of mental health and therapy in the context of the book she and Stephen Hupp recently compiled and edited called Pseudoscience in Therapy.

Cara is a science communicator and is now a clinical psychologist working with cancer patients. She is the host of her podcast called Talk Nerdy and also a co-host on the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe

Dr Jonathan Stea is a clinical psychologist in Alberta, Canada, and has recently written a book called Mind the Science. We talk about how the wellness industry and its many pseudoscientific practices are exploiting your mental health to make money off you. If you have ever wondered about reiki, energy healing, accupuncture, Goop and others and how legitimate their claims are, you need to watch this video.

I don't want to forbid homoeopathy. I don't want to forbid anything. I want people to be well informed and make up their own choices. And that's precisely what we did. And eventually, the message was received at the level of the NHS, and they said, “Okay, we better stop that.” And as I said, today we don't have a single homoeopathic hospital.

This dynamism and this treatment methodology are related to what was common to multiple other treatment methodologies. So Hanman brought this idea into homoeopathy, and he clubbed it with this similia similibus, that is, like cures like.

Today, I am here with Pranav. He created the channel Science is Dope on Youtube, and he's got a second channel going now that’s also seeing quite a bit of success where he is debating people left, right, and centre, live-streaming it. And he's been a big inspiration for me to get back into the YouTube business. So thank you for coming on, Pranav.

Janyce Boynton used to be a facilitator who helped non-verbal autistic people communicate in a method called facilitated communication. She soon discovered that facilitated communication was a horrible scam taking advantage of these vulnerable people and their families. Now, it also goes by names like Rapid Prompting Method, Assisted Typing, Spelling to Communicate, and many more. So she set to work exposing the whole deal. This is her story.

Dr Cyriac Abby Philips reveals some shocking truths about Ayurveda and how it can hurt you.

Dr Haryax Pathak, MBBS, was kind enough to join Rationable to dispel myths about the vaccines and help us understand which one to choose, what the dosage interval should be, and lots more.

I've scienced the hell out of the claims made by Evocus H2O black alkaline water and found it to be a complete scam.

The government is allowing Ayurvedic practitioners to perform certain types of surgery. Is that wise?

In the final part of my interview with Dr Sumaiya Shaikh, we discuss her work as a science communicator. She founded Altnews Science to challenge pseudoscience in India.

In a way, you can boost your immunity, but not in the way the promoters of alternative medicine want you to think. However, there are ways to keep your immune system healthy and functioning optimally.

Our first edition of Rationable Interviews features Dr Shantanu Abhyankar, a gynaecologist and a sceptic activist. We speak about his journey from homoeopathy to mainstream medicine, the relationship between Ayurveda and homoeopathy, and his work as an activist.

These messages claim that vitamin C, homeopathy and blowing hot air up your nose with a hairdryer can prevent getting infected by the coronavirus. Oh, and apparently raw onions can cure COVID-19 100%! How I wish these were true.

A forward has been appearing on WhatsApp and Facebook claiming drinking water and keeping garlic in your mouth can offer coronavirus protection.

Of course, all this information is completely false. No evidence has been found to confirm any of these claims. Let’s fact-check each claim one by one and see why these claims are wrong.

Meet Doh Driver. She grew up believing in a whole slew of pseudoscience, including the idea that vaccines weren’t necessary and may even be harmful. Through her journey, she began to think more critically of her beliefs until she finally shed them. This is her story.

I proved myself wrong so many times, I became a sceptic.

The answer to this question is already taking lives.

You need to stop spending money on detoxes and cleanses.