Full Moon Myths

Brian Dunning· Host0:01

[gentle music] Ever since the beginning of human civilization, people have been looking up into the night sky and watching the spellbinding movements of celestial objects, among the only things in their environment that were animated, yet not living creatures. It must be magic, or those objects must have some cosmic importance. So we've been doing our best to interpret them for 100,000 years, and weaving narratives about them that satisfied our curiosity, and that practice hasn't changed. Even today, humans look up at the Moon and form some belief, and many of those beliefs have become persistent myths that remain widely believed. And in our extended content for premium members, one of the opposite, something that most people probably don't know about the Moon, and likely wouldn't believe even if they were told. That's coming up right now on Skeptoid. [gentle music] A quick reminder for everyone, you're listening to Skeptoid, revealing the true science and true history behind urban legends every week since 2006. With over 1,000 episodes, we're celebrating 20 years of keeping it focused and keeping it brief, and we couldn't have done it without your curiosity leading