Reality Check (podcast)
The Reality Check | |||
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Presentation | |||
Hosted by |
Adam Gardner Cristina Roach Darren McKee Pat Roach | ||
Genre | Skepticism | ||
Updates | Weekly | ||
Production | |||
No. of episodes | 430 | ||
Publication | |||
Original release | August 14, 2008 – present | ||
Website | www.trcpodcast.com | ||
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The Reality Check is a weekly, 45 minute podcast hosted by members of The Ottawa Skeptics.[1] The show is hosted by Darren McKee, Adam Gardner, Cristina Roach and Pat Roach.[2][3] The show was initially created and headed by Jonathan Abrams, the founder of The Ottawa Skeptics[4] until he left the show at episode 198.[5] Former co-hosts include Elan Dubrofsky, Xander Miller and Catherine LeBel.[6]
The show explores "Scientific controversies and curiosities" and the topics of discussion are varied and include the Moon landing hoax, Big Foot, Feng Shui and the treatment of hiccups. In keeping with the satirical nature of the show, the opening theme music is often a parody of a well-known melody and performed by the co-host Pat Roach and his wife, Cristina. By November 2012, the podcast was receiving between 4000 and 5000 weekly downloads and has reached the 1 million total download milestone.[7]
Episode List
Episodes are available for free from the Reality Check iTunes page, or the Reality Check website.
Year 2008
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #1 | Pilot | August 14, 2008 |
TRC #2 | August 21, 2008 | |
TRC #3 | Winged cats, Magnetic Cows, Measles/Mumps outbreak, FDA approves food irradiation, Myth of the Week: We only use 10% of our brain… | August 29, 2008 |
TRC #4 | Nutmeg overdosing, psychic fair, and new age ads | September 4, 2008 |
TRC #5 | Alt Med Primer, Aspartame, and Creatine | September 11, 2008 |
TRC #6 | The Placebo Effect, Science on TV, and the art of persuasion in politics | September 18, 2008 |
TRC #7 | Cancerous Cell Phones, Conspiracy Videos, and Ghosts with Rich Taste | September 24, 2008 |
TRC #8 | Ogopogo, Bigfoot vs Politicians, and Pond Scum | October 1, 2008 |
TRC #9 | Vitamin C + Chemotherapy, Maggie the Counting Dog, and Out of Body Study | October 9, 2008 |
TRC #10 | Islamic Doll, What Energy Is Essay, and Cognitive Dissonance | October 16, 2008 |
TRC #11 | Franken-foods, Acai Berries, and UK UFO Documents Revealed! | October 23, 2008 |
TRC #12 | Persinger's God Helmet and Halloween Dangers | October 30, 2008 |
TRC #13 | Calorie Restricted Diets, Wedding Superstitions, Bisphenol A, and Unlucky Numbers | November 5, 2008 |
TRC #14 | The Trouble With Astrology, Scientific Medical Preventions Under Attack, and "Yes Captain, I do" | November 13, 2008 |
TRC #15 | JFK Assassination, pesticides+cancer, and does the brain prove evolution? | November 20, 2008 |
TRC #16 | Mortality/Risk + Evidence/Falsifiability + Coriolis Effect/Toilets | November 26, 2008 |
TRC #17 | Zombies + Crime Stats + Moon Illusion | December 3, 2008 |
TRC #18 | Prayer + Safety Laws + Coke Tabs | December 4, 2008 |
TRC #19 | Pseudoegyptology + Feng Shui + The Rule of Thumb | December 18, 2008 |
TRC #20 | Xmas Origins + Is Santa Real? + Holiday Suicide Myth | December 18, 2008 |
Year 2009
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #21 | Angels + Celebrities + Spider Eating Myth | January 8, 2009 |
TRC #22 | Big Pharma Inconsistencies + Alien Faces + Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day | January 14, 2009 |
TRC #23 | Cancer Epidemic Fears + Acupressure + The Myth of Gum Digestion | January 21, 2009 |
TRC #24 | Social Class/Health + Chemophobia + Black Belt Myth | January 28, 2009 |
TRC #25 | Bear Armour + Evolution Book Reviews + Dream Myth | February 5, 2009 |
TRC #26 | Evolution's History + Carbon Dating + Vestigial Organs | February 11, 2009 |
TRC #27 | Scientific Progress + Money as Debt + Lemmings Myth | February 18, 2009 |
TRC #28 | The Sun's True Colour + Google Atlantis + Great Wall of China Myth | February 25, 2009 |
TRC #29 | The Nocebo Effect + Circumcision/AIDS + Chicken Eggs Myth | February 26, 2009 |
TRC #30 | Homosexuality/Natural? + Teaching 9/11 Truth + Friday 13th Accident Rates | March 15, 2009 |
TRC #31 | Evolution Acceptance + Zeitgeist + Staring at the Sun | March 19, 2009 |
TRC #32 | Cold Reading + Baby Einstein Videos + Shaving Myth | March 26, 2009 |
TRC #33 | Who has more sex? + King Tut's Curse + JFK Was a Donut? | April 2, 2009 |
TRC #34 | Pyramid Theory + Singularity + Frog Myth | April 19, 2009 |
TRC #35 | Climate Change + Plastic Bags + Ozone Depletion | April 24, 2009 |
TRC #36 | Japanese Horror + Bible Code + Soda Can Myth | May 3, 2009 |
TRC #37 | Skeptic Course + Pentawater + Swine Flu Myth | May 10, 2009 |
TRC #38 | Politics/Skepticism + Climate Change Questions + Red Bull Myth | May 15, 2009 |
TRC #39 | Wikipedia/Britannica + Homemade Pesticides + Dark Meat Myth | May 24, 2009 |
TRC #40 | Children's Cold Medicine + Ad Hominem + Pool Urine Dye | June 1, 2009 |
TRC #41 | Landfills + Chelation + Safety in Numbers | June 11, 2009 |
TRC #42 | Critical Thinking 101 + Psychic Dogs + Myopic Myth | June 12, 2009 |
TRC #43 | Real Vaccine Dangers + Cosmetics + Bilateral Symmetry | June 20, 2009 |
TRC #44 | Avro Arrow Conspiracy + Brain Drain + Beavertails | June 26, 2009 |
TRC #45 | BMI + Michael Jackson Skin Colour + Eskimo Words for Snow | July 5, 2009 |
TRC #46 | Wind Turbine Illness + Madoff & Ponzi Schemes + Post-Mortem Nail Growth Myth | July 8, 2009 |
TRC #47 | TAM7 + Adam Savage Interview + Twitter Popularity | July 17, 2009 |
TRC #48 | Moon Hoax + Interview with Bob and Jay Novella from the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe + Taste Myth | July 26, 2009 |
TRC #49 | Homeopathy 101 + Harriet Hall Interview + Sex on the Mind Myth | August 1, 2009 |
TRC #50 | Spot Reduction + Aquatic Ape Theory Interview + More People Alive Now Than In All History | August 8, 2009 |
TRC #51 | What the Bleep Review + Richard Saunders Interview + Usa Myth | August 15, 2009 |
TRC #52 | Scifi vs UFO Reporting Interview (David Clarke) + Zombies! Study Interview (Robert Smith?) | August 23, 2009 |
TRC #53 | Pet Domestication + Joe Nickell Interview + Monkey Descent Myth | August 29, 2009 |
TRC #54 | Jurassic Park + Consciousness + 21 Grams | September 6, 2009 |
TRC #55 | Time Travel + Multitasking + Well Starseeing Myth | September 13, 2009 |
TRC #56 | Umami/MSG + Ray Hyman Interview + Baldness Myth | September 20, 2009 |
TRC #57 | Free Will/Determinism + Interview with Evan Bernstein | September 27, 2009 |
TRC #58 | Alternative Style Auctions + Interview with Tim Farley + Flamingo Colour Myth | October 4, 2009 |
TRC #59 | HIV Myths + Steven Novella Interview + Cocaine Money Myth | October 11, 2009 |
TRC #60 | Swine Flu Vaccine Fears + Brian Brushwood Interview + Coal Crushing Myth | October 18, 2009 |
TRC #61 | Interview with Phil Plat, the Bad Astronomer | October 22, 2009 |
TRC #62 | Halloween Origins + Ghost Hunter Interview + Black Cat Myths | October 31, 2009 |
TRC #63 | Satanic Ritual Abuse + Animal Hybrids + Male vs Female Drivers | November 8, 2009 |
TRC #64 | Dark Side of the Moon + 2012 + Start of Spring | November 15, 2009 |
TRC #65 | False Pregnancy + Bill 179/Naturopathy Interview + Psychological Treatments for Cancer | November 22, 2009 |
TRC #66 | Cameron/Comfort's Origin of Species + Music Therapy + Alcohol Kills Brain Cells Myth | November 29, 2009 |
TRC #67 | ABO Blood Type Personality + Moral Consistency + Fortune Cookies | December 6, 2009 |
TRC #68 | Climategate + How To Be An Expert + Hand Sanitizers | December 13, 2009 |
TRC #69 | Santa Claus Origins + Festivus Origins + Snowflake Sameness | December 20, 2009 |
Year 2010
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #70 | Trepanation + Conspiracy Skeptic Interview + New Year Driving Risks | January 3, 2010 |
TRC #71 | Neurological/Moral Reactions + The G-Spot + Twinkie Shelf-Life | January 10, 2010 |
TRC #72 | Gambler's Fallacy + Cryonics + SuperFreakonomics Review | January 17, 2010 |
TRC #73 | Quantum Mechanics + Creation Movie Review + Drinking Myth | January 24, 2010 |
TRC #74 | Counterfeiting + Daniel Loxton Interview + Celery Myth | January 31, 2010 |
TRC #75 | Ginkgo Biloba + Audio Cables + Fugu (Puffer Fish) Myth | February 7, 2010 |
TRC #76 | Graphology/Handwriting Analysis + Kosher Food + Drinking/Pregnancy | February 14, 2010 |
TRC #77 | Chocolate/Strokes + Olympic Mascots + KFC Myth | February 21, 2010 |
TRC #78 | Chicken/Egg Precedent Problem + Weasle Words + Gutenberg | February 28, 2010 |
TRC #79 | Olympics Revisited + Euphemism Treadmill + Audiobooks vs Books | March 7, 2010 |
TRC #80 | IQ Correlations + Dr Yoni Freedhoff Interview + Trillium Myth | March 14, 2010 |
TRC #81 | Buying the Cosmos + TV Ratings + Head Heat Loss Myth | March 21, 2010 |
TRC #82 | Mike Duffy and Critical Thinking + HFCS Study + Frown Myth | March 28, 2010 |
TRC #83 | Easter Origins + Vitamin C for the Common Cold + Brain Calorie Loss | April 4, 2010 |
TRC #84 | Miracluin Tablets + Price Discrimination + Does Eating Late Cause Weight Gain? | April 11, 2010 |
TRC #85 | Do Violent Video Games Lead To Violence? + Alcohol in Soft Drinks + Hangover Cures | April 15, 2010 |
TRC #86 | Snakes + Shampoo + Michael Jackson vs Sonic the Hedgehog | April 25, 2010 |
TRC #87 | Boobquake + Brain Age + White Chocolate | May 2, 2010 |
TRC #88 | Stephen Hawking vs Aliens + Sky Mall Products + Printer Ink | May 9, 2010 |
TRC #89 | Shisha + 3D Technology + Toothpaste | May 16, 2010 |
TRC #90 | Why Sex? + Pigeon Head-bob + Dog Colour Vision | May 23, 2010 |
TRC #91 | OCD + Dr. Tim Valentine Interview + Wild West Violence Myth | May 30, 2010 |
TRC #92 | Denialism + Lotteries + Missing Dollar Riddle | June 6, 2010 |
TRC #93 | Nostradamus + Multiple Personality Disorder + Brain Food Myth | June 13, 2010 |
TRC #94 | Abiogenic Oil + Homosexuality and Evolution + Koala Bears | June 20, 2010 |
TRC #95 | Black Hole Pareidolia + Paul Ingraham Interview + Mice Love Cheese Myth | June 27, 2010 |
TRC #96 | Meat Healthiness + Premium Beer + Carrot Eyesight Myth | July 4, 2010 |
TRC #97 | TAM8 + Casino Odds + Slot Machines + Sport Incentives | July 12, 2010 |
TRC #98 | TAM8 Highlights + Psychic Jamming + DJ Grothe Interview + Elephants and Mice | July 18, 2010 |
TRC #99 | Census + He-Man vs Dynasty + Are Blondes Dumber? | July 25, 2010 |
TRC #100 | Don't Start Believin' + Mistakes Were Made By Us + Myth Recap | August 2, 2010 |
TRC #101 | Vitamin D + Brainstorming + Red Car Cost | August 8, 2010 |
TRC #102 | Deafness Leads to Supersight? + iDosing + Penny CN Tower Myth | August 15, 2010 |
TRC #103 | WiFi/BPA Fear + Allergies + Mars Size Myth | August 22, 2010 |
TRC #104 | Chiropractic Adventures + James Randi Interview + Internet Is For Porn? | August 29, 2010 |
TRC #105 | EMP + Ben Radford Interview + 215 Bones Myth | September 6, 2010 |
TRC #106 | Photo Analysis + The Bermuda Triangle + Was Hitler Jewish? | September 12, 2010 |
TRC #107 | Language and Thoughts + Danger and Cognitive Bias + Fruit Fly Myth | September 19, 2010 |
TRC #108 | Space Elevator + Ahmadinejad and 9/11 + Walt Disney Myth | September 26, 2010 |
TRC #109 | Science vs Dating Tips + NLP + Ostrich Myth | October 3, 2010 |
TRC #110 | Baldness + Chain Letters + Bread in the Fridge | October 11, 2010 |
TRC #111 | Framing + Peanut Allergy Risk + McDonalds Decompose Myth | October 17, 2010 |
TRC #112 | Wicca + Fear + Wolf Howls | October 24, 2010 |
TRC #113 | African Starvation Stats + Daylight Savings + Most Downloaded Woman | October 31, 2010 |
TRC #114 | Cesar Millan + John Titor + Alice in Wonderland Myth | November 7, 2010 |
TRC #115 | Moral Landscape Review + Nose Blowing + Sleep Requirements | November 14, 2010 |
TRC #116 | Multi-level Marketing + Electrocution + Bird Spoiling Myth | November 21, 2010 |
TRC #117 | Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare? + Does Money Leads to Happiness? + Mattresses | November 28, 2010 |
TRC #118 | Number Stations + Bart Farkas Interview + Do Men Notice High Heels? | December 5, 2010 |
TRC #119 | Benford's Law + Review of Whole Earth Discipline + Indestructible Titanium Rings | December 12, 2010 |
TRC #120 | Baby Sign Language + Real Toxins + Homosexuality and P********a | December 19, 2010 |
TRC #121 | Most Wonderful Time. + Kwanzaa + Chanukkah Myth | December 26, 2010 |
Year 2011
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #122 | Prosecutor's Fallacy + Queueing Theory + 2011 Predictions | January 3, 2011 |
TRC #123 | Biorhythms + Celebrity Sexcapades + Do Sharks Get Cancer? | January 16, 2011 |
TRC #124 | Will David Beckham Have a 4th Son? + Pleistocence Park + Are Pretty People Dumb? | January 23, 2011 |
TRC #125 | DNA Scam + Ex-gay + Do Bulls Hate Red? | January 30, 2011 |
TRC #126 | Future Babble Review + Ancient Number Systems + Camel Hump Myth | February 6, 2011 |
TRC #127 | Crystal Deodorant + Mermaids + Buttons | February 13, 2011 |
TRC #128 | Valentine's Day Origins + Chem Trails + Space Pen | February 21, 2011 |
TRC #129 | Stages of Grief + What Does Human Flesh Taste Like? + Fruit Juics vs Soda | February 27, 2011 |
TRC #130 | Taboo Topics + Do Video Games Lead To Rape? + Synchronization of Menstrual Cycles | March 6, 2011 |
TRC #131 | False Confessions + Heaven is for Real Review + Did Vikings Really Wear Horns? | March 13, 2011 |
TRC #132 | Do Earthquakes Mean The End Times? + Radiation Dangers + Is It Healthy To Looks At Women's Breasts? | March 20, 2011 |
TRC #133 | Destiny + Sara Mayhew Interview + Is Tommy Hilfiger a Racist? | March 27, 2011 |
TRC #134 | Suspicious Movie Goofs + Libyan HIV Trial + Vomitorium | April 3, 2011 |
TRC #135 | Brushing Teeth With Soap + Toyota Acceleration Hysteria + Drowning Myth | April 10, 2011 |
TRC #136 | Medical Science Reliability + Is The Cookie Monster a Vegetarian? + Does 1 = 0.9999...? | April 17, 2011 |
TRC #137 | e-cigarettes + Is Paul Dead? + Does Chocolate Have Caffeine? | April 24, 2011 |
TRC #138 | Cancer Dogs + Robot Sex + Tootsie Pop Wrapper Contest | May 1, 2011 |
TRC #139 | The Decline Effect + Birthers + MLK Jr Misquote | May 8, 2011 |
TRC #140 | Criminal Profiling + Happiness Book Reviews + Plane Crash Survival Rates | May 15, 2011 |
TRC #141 | Brazilian Labour Rights + DCA Cancer Cure Resurgence + The Five Senses | May 22, 2011 |
TRC #142 | Children's Toy Preferences + Interview with Jon Kay + Video Game Myths | May 29, 2011 |
TRC #143 | Speed Reading + Bitcoin + Can People Really Rip Phone Books? | June 5, 2011 |
TRC #144 | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and XMRV + Risk Compensation + Does Lightning Strike Twice? | June 12, 2011 |
TRC #145 | The Halo Effect + Hypnosis + Gold Fish Memory | June 19, 2011 |
TRC #146 | Micro-financing + Light Bulb Longevity + Cold Causes | June 26, 2011 |
TRC #147 | Asbestos + Fan Death + Exercise on an Empty Stomach Myth | July 3, 2011 |
TRC #148 | McDonalds Myths + Teething Necklaces + Long Weekend Fuel Prices | July 10, 2011 |
TRC #149 | Divorce Statistic Myths + Is Cheeze Whiz One Molecule Away From Plastic? | July 17, 2011 |
TRC #150 | Dreams + Mood Rings + Feet vs Penis Length | July 25, 2011 |
TRC #151 | Aspartame + Cryotherapy + Dentist Suicides | August 1, 2011 |
TRC #152 | Home Field Advantage + Talking YouTube Animals + Internet Explorer User IQ | August 8, 2011 |
TRC #153 | Anti-oxidants + Prisoner's Dilemma + Bert and Ernie Sexuality | August 14, 2011 |
TRC #154 | Four Letter Word Origins + Is TV Dangerous? + Mosquito Myths | August 21, 2011 |
TRC #155 | Meat Eating Arguments + Sleepwalking Safety | August 28, 2011 |
TRC #156 | Ape Language + Maraschino Cherry Digestion | September 4, 2011 |
TRC #157 | Uncanny Valley + Equilibrium Bandz + TRC Origins | September 11, 2011 |
TRC #158 | Movie Review Quotes + The Illuminati + Hudson's Bay Gravity | September 18, 2011 |
TRC #159 | Has Batman Ever Killed? + Hawthorne Effect + Pirate Myths | September 25, 2011 |
TRC #160 | Does Bisexuality Exist? + All About Hiccups + Should You Have Sex Before Playing Sports? | October 2, 2011 |
TRC #161 | Gaydar + Nonsense on Stilts Book Review + Moneybags | October 10, 2011 |
TRC #162 | Elvis + Interview with Dr Stu Farrimond + Hair vs Fur | October 16, 2011 |
TRC #163 | Consciousness + Stranger Danger + Gregorian Monks | October 23, 2011 |
TRC #164 | Black Cat Abuse On Halloween + Blue Blood + Vampire Ecology | October 30, 2011 |
TRC #165 | Global Corporate Conspiracy? + 7 Billion People! + Flushing Hot Flashes | November 6, 2011 |
TRC #166 | Fundamental Attribution Error + Self CPR + Green Poppy Centres | November 13, 2011 |
TRC #167 | Gamer Glasses + Radionics + Entrapment | November 20, 2011 |
TRC #168 | Quantum Jumping + Is Pizza a Vegetable? + Do Twins Skip a Generation? | November 27, 2011 |
TRC #169 | Comparing Animal Calories + Tourette Syndrome + Warm Water Prank | December 4, 2011 |
TRC #170 | Microexpressions + Child Homicide Stats Reporting + Let Them Eat Cake Myth | December 11, 2011 |
TRC #171 | Bad Stats in Science + Lay Lines + One-Word Answer on Exam | December 18, 2011 |
TRC #172 | War on X-mas + Christmas Shopping Science Fact or Science Fiction + Artificial Christmas Trees | December 26, 2011 |
Year 2012
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #173 | Pat + Cristina's End of Year Parody Spectacular! | January 2, 2012 |
TRC #174 | New Years Resolutions + Water Boiling + Past Year Predictions | January 8, 2012 |
TRC #175 | The Debunking Handbook + Alien Implants + Coloured Pencils | January 15, 2012 |
TRC #176 | Hockey Fights + The Paleo Diet + Does Alcohol Heat You Up? | January 22, 2012 |
TRC #177 | Vampires + Vacuum Survival + Rib Removal Myths | January 29, 2012 |
TRC #178 | Climate Change Redux + Groundhog Day + Cold Batteries | February 5, 2012 |
TRC #179 | Mouth Wash + The Dunning-Kruger Effect + New Climate Change Myth | February 12, 2012 |
TRC #180 | Thinking Fast and Slow Review + Mammoth Sighting + Einstein Math Failure? | February 20, 2012 |
TRC #181 | Spontaneous Human Combustion + Fukushima Fallout + Ben Franklin Kite Experiment | February 26, 2012 |
TRC #182 | Organic vs Conventional Farming + Leap Year + Kokomo | March 4, 2012 |
TRC #183 | Valium + Dog Years + Gravity | March 11, 2012 |
TRC #184 | Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs + Myers-Briggs Personality Tests + Oprah Book Club | March 18, 2012 |
TRC #185 | Life Expectancy + Box Office Math + Sad Onions | March 25, 2012 |
TRC #186 | Gas Boycotts + Chris Hassall + Mattress Tags | April 1, 2012 |
TRC #187 | The Turing Test + Does P = NP? + Double Jeopardy | April 8, 2012 |
TRC #188 | HIV Denial + Exodus Evidence + Titanic Myths | April 15, 2012 |
TRC #189 | Little Genius + Truth Serum + 420 | April 22, 2012 |
TRC #190 | Internet Piracy + Weird Pepsi Ingredients + Blue Moon | April 29, 2012 |
TRC #191 | Science Retractions + Expiry Dates + Oil Changes | May 6, 2012 |
TRC #192 | Geocentrism + Sky Mall Redux + Blackle | May 13, 2012 |
TRC #193 | Animal Pain + Energy Efficiency + Nicotine in Tim Hortons Coffee | May 20, 2012 |
TRC #194 | Slavery + Hollow Earth + Poppy Seeds | May 30, 2012 |
TRC #195 | Epigenetics + Sanctuary + Kiddie Colours | June 3, 2012 |
TRC #196 | Amelia Earhart + EA Cover Curse + Easter Island Bodies | June 10, 2012 |
TRC #197 | Male Lactation + Expanding Earth Theory + Vintage HD Movies | June 17, 2012 |
TRC #198 | Marijuana and Cancer + Kobe Beef + Start a Skeptic Group | June 24, 2012 |
TRC #199 | Sunscreen Myths + $0.99 + 1 Phone Call | July 2, 2012 |
TRC #200 | Favourite Segments + TRC Mistakes + Myth Recap | July 9, 2012 |
TRC #201 | Fuel Savers + Bug Repellent + Ice Diet | July 16, 2012 |
TRC #202 | Energy Drinks + Tommy Westphall + Microwaved Water | July 22, 2012 |
TRC #203 | Alkaline Diet + GDP + Counting Cards | July 30, 2012 |
TRC #204 | Water Fluoridation + Olympics SFSF + Turning Off Lights | August 5, 2012 |
TRC #205 | Allergy Tests + Bottled Water + Single Cause Fallacy + Adidas | August 12, 2012 |
TRC #206 | Violence Declining + Judge Shows + Steve Jobs Stole The Mouse | August 20, 2012 |
TRC #207 | POM Wonderful + Music SFSF + Birds Die From Gum | August 27, 2012 |
TRC #208 | Reproductive Pills and Mate Preference + Are We All Related + When the Dinosaurs Died | September 3, 2012 |
TRC #209 | Influencing Child Gender + Instant Noodles + Laser Sniper Rifles | September 10, 2012 |
TRC #210 | Dark Side of the Rainbow + Toxic School Supplies + Post Hoc Fallacy | September 16, 2012 |
TRC #211 | Walk or Run in the Rain + The Global Consciousness Project + A Year Supply | September 23, 2012 |
TRC #212 | Avogadro's Number + The Golden Ratio + The Astronomical Unit | September 30, 2012 |
TRC #213 | Sexism in Science + Blowing in Nintendo Cartridges + Do Canadians Say Zed | October 7, 2012 |
TRC #214 | Tattoo Removal + Eidetic Memory + All You Can Eat Buffet Strategies | October 14, 2012 |
TRC #215 | Schrödinger's Cat + Secret Shoppers + Furbies Are Spies | October 21, 2012 |
TRC #216 | Ghosts + Halloween SFoSF + Cloud Computing and Bad Weather | October 27, 2012 |
TRC #217 | Social Media and Isolation + Monsanto + Castoreum | November 3, 2012 |
TRC #218 | Price Gouging + Intentionally Deceptive Reporting + Does Captain Go Down With the Ship | November 10, 2012 |
TRC #219 | Can Men and Women be Friends + Foods With Animals + Van Halen M&Ms | November 17, 2012 |
TRC #220 | Plant Perception + Name That... + Tick Bites Leading to Red Meat Allergies | November 24, 2012 |
TRC #221 | Cell Phones and Driving + Cycling Helmets and Risk + Copyright, Privacy and Facebook | December 2, 2012 |
TRC #222 | The Simulation Argument + Breaking Bad SFoSF + Subliminal Advertising + Law of Averages (This episode was also video taped at the "Eschaton 2012" conference.) | December 8, 2012 |
TRC #223 | Planet X + Are Men Stronger Than Women + Canned Food Drives | December 15, 2012 |
TRC #224 | Working From Home + PZ Myers Interview + TRC Predictions | December 24, 2012 |
TRC #225 | Pat and Cristina Holiday Parody Spectacular | December 29, 2012 |
Year 2013
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #226 | Do Doctors Kill More Than Guns + Udo Schuklenk + Hydrogen Peroxide | January 5, 2013 |
TRC #227 | fMRI + High Heels + Sally Field | January 14, 2013 |
TRC #228 | Mind Projection Fallacy + Ian Cromwell + Do Rabbits Eat Carrots | January 20, 2013 |
TRC #229 | Cobra Effect + Christopher diCarlo + Radon | January 27, 2013 |
TRC #230 | Hibernation + Hockey Science Fact or Fiction + Beyonce Lip Sync | February 4, 2013 |
TRC #231 | Sex Drive + Skeptical Activism #dropjenny + Al Gore Invented Internet | February 11, 2013 |
TRC #232 | Happy Birthday Song + Lent SFoSF + Sex Cereal | February 18, 2013 |
TRC #233 | Asexuality + Name That + Does HAL=IBM? | February 23, 2013 |
TRC #234 | The Internet And Nuclear War + Was Kurt Cobain Murdered + Adam’s Apples | March 3, 2013 |
TRC #235 | Smarter Donating + Eye Colour + Roll Up the Rim | March 9, 2013 |
TRC #236 | Crying + Ghost Orbs + Napoleon | March 16, 2013 |
TRC #237 | Mandatory Minimum Sentences for crimes, Epilepsy misconceptions & are cattle more well fed than some people? | March 27, 2013 |
TRC #238 | Near Miss Bias + Internet and Nuclear War Part 2 + Missing Sex Tape | March 31, 2013 |
TRC #239 | Tea Health Effects + Urine SFoSF + Lions Most Deadly in Africa | April 6, 2013 |
TRC #240 | Water Purification Scams + Grass vs. Grain Fed Beef + Red Hair Extinction | April 14, 2013 |
TRC #241 | Breast Cancer Screening + Sweat + Pong | April 21, 2013 |
TRC #242 | Cosmetics Industry + Dinosaur Myths + Kitchen Sink vs. Toilet | April 28, 2013 |
TRC #243 | Detoxification + Health At Every Size + Jewish Burial And Tattoos | May 5, 2013 |
TRC #244 | Penis Theft + Atacama Humanoid + Brown vs. White Eggs | May 12, 2013 |
TRC #245 | Quinoa + Pain Relievers + Misattributed Paternity | May 19, 2013 |
TRC #246 | Where Does the Sun Rise and Set + Bodily Fluids Game + Shaving Dog in Summer | May 26, 2013 |
TRC #247 | Beardmore Relics + 1 Night Where Everything Is Legal + Bruce Lee Ping Pong | June 2, 2013 |
TRC #248 | Australia Myths + Moral Thought Experiments + Elevator Mirrors | June 8, 2013 |
TRC #249 | Oak Island Money Pit + Teddy Wilson + Do Cell Signals Go To Space? | June 15, 2013 |
TRC #250 | Alcohol & Breast Cancer + Coin Toss Odds + Viral Video Analysis | June 22, 2013 |
TRC #251 | Local Food + Aphrodisiacs + Most Recognized Symbols | June 29, 2013 |
TRC #252 | Washing Fruits + Wine Competitions + GIF Pronunciation | July 6, 2013 |
TRC #253 | MSM Blood Donations + Katy Perry Twitter Hoax + Swimming After Eating | July 13, 2013 |
TRC #254 | Barefoot Running + Darren’s Eurotrip + Barefoot Driving | July 19, 2013 |
TRC #255 | Canada Myths + Quirky Ways to Cool Down + Cesarean Section | July 25, 2013 |
TRC #256 | Gluten-Free Diet + Wedding Game + Is Toronto Dangerous | August 2, 2013 |
TRC #257 | Unreported Crime + Cat Declawing + A Red Sky Predicts Weather | August 10, 2013 |
TRC #258 | Five Year Anniversary Show | August 17, 2013 |
TRC #259 | Area 51 + Weather Forecasting Accuracy + Vector Cereal | August 24, 2013 |
TRC #260 | Wood Smoke + Sitting vs Squating + Cracking Knuckles and Arthritis | August 30, 2013 |
TRC #261 | Common Pregnancy Myths + Exercise and Hair Loss + Bra Burning | September 6, 2013 |
TRC #262 | Fukushima Effects + Stress and grey hair + Almond Joy’s got nuts | September 14, 2013 |
TRC #263 | Intimate Partner Violence + Polybius + General Tso’s Chicken | September 21, 2013 |
TRC #264 | Super Size Me + Skeptical Activism: Nosodes + Superman Coins and Catching Lois | September 28, 2013 |
TRC #265 | Motivated Numeracy + Does Cat Purring Heal Bones? + Chinese Food Hunger After an Hour | October 4, 2013 |
TRC #266 | Should You Let Your Kids Watch TV + Name That: Scientist Edition + What Is Killing Birds In Canada | October 12, 2013 |
TRC #267 | Supervised Injection Sites + Who Owns The Future + Are Refrigerators Death Traps? | October 19, 2013 |
TRC #268 | Krokodil + Oreos vs. Cocaine + Does Reading in Dark Damage Eyes | October 26, 2013 |
TRC #269 | Talking Calories w/ Stephan Guyenet + Money Game + 50 Shades of Twilight | November 1, 2013 |
TRC #269.5 | Darren On Ron Corbett Unscripted | November 2, 2013 |
TRC #270 | Effective Altruism + Drinking While Eating + Square on Toothpaste Tube | November 8, 2013 |
TRC #271 | Computer Use & Carpal Tunnel + Name That: Number Edition + Facebook Word Search | November 15, 2013 |
TRC #272 | Rob Ford + Sleeping Twice Per Night + Vaccine Myths + George Washington Wooden Teeth | November 23, 2013 |
TRC #273 | Krokodil + Effective Altruism + Homeopathy + Aspartame + Punting + Friends | November 30, 2013 |
TRC #274 | Cosmological Overview + Icelandic Elves + Marriage Annulment and Consummation | December 11, 2013 |
TRC #275 | Validity of Astrology + Effectiveness of Prayer + Holiday Suicide Rates | December 14, 2013 |
TRC #276 | Can Mice Inherit Fear + "Name That" Holiday Edition + Salvation Army Hoax | December 21, 2013 |
TRC #277 | The Third Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular | December 27, 2013 |
Year 2014
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #278 | This Will Make You Smarter + Predictions + Female Falsetto | January 4, 2014 |
TRC #279 | Infinity + Placebo Revisited + Was Canada Colder Than Mars | January 10, 2014 |
TRC #280 | Fahrenheit + Do Cats Care About Their Owners + Aloe vera | January 18, 2014 |
TRC #281 | Race In Biomedical Research + Is Reality TV Real? + Skeptical Newlywed Game | January 25, 2014 |
TRC #282 | Rice and Positive Thinking + Colour of Food + Adding Salt to Boiling Water | January 31, 2014 |
TRC #283 | Trees + Lying SFoSF + Lighters Burning Snow Videos | February 8, 2014 |
TRC #284 | Planning Your Own Death + Yawning + Does Chocolate Contain Insects | February 14, 2014 |
TRC #285 | Raelians and Clitoral Restoration + Planning Your Own Death 2 + Drinking Fluids For Cold | February 22, 2014 |
TRC #286 | Review Of ‘Moral Tribes’ + Bribing Kids and Grades + Three Felonies A Day? | March 1, 2014 |
TRC #287 | Open Concept Offices + Name That Smoking Edition + Alcohol to Sterilize Wound | March 7, 2014 |
TRC #288 | Is Andy Kaufman Dead + Fish Fridays + Sheri’s Berries | March 15, 2014 |
TRC #289 | Malaysian Flight 370 + Congruence Bias + Who is Dankey Kang? | March 22, 2014 |
TRC #290 | Smoking and Lung Cancer + Dogs Sensing Magnetic fields + Diet and Acne + Patterson Best Selling Author | March 29, 2014 |
TRC #291 | Mozi-Q + Does Rain Melt Snow + Cutting Boards | April 5, 2014 |
TRC #292 | Are Parents Less Happy? + Is AA Effective? + Books At Harvard Bound In Human Skin | April 12, 2014 |
TRC #293 | Jenny McCarthy Isn’t Anti Vax? + Blast Processing + Darren’s Charity Update + Are Bats Blind? | April 19, 2014 |
TRC #294 | Loch Ness Monster + Astronomy Name That Game + Can Elephants Jump | April 25, 2014 |
TRC #295 | Fraud And Facebook Likes + Fresh Vs. Frozen + Kansas Banning Cosmos? | May 2, 2014 |
TRC #296 | Did Life On Earth Begin On Another Planet? + Foreign Aid Myths + Drinking Beer With A Straw? | May 10, 2014 |
TRC #297 | Most Relaxing Song + "Dangerous" Beers + Paternal Mitochondria | May 17, 2014 |
TRC #298 | China Study + Conscious After Decapitation + Asteroids vs Comets vs Meteoroids | May 23, 2014 |
TRC #299 | Godzilla + Book Reviews + Snuff Films | May 31, 2014 |
TRC #300 | Vanessa’s Law + Mistakes Were Made + Bad Student Writing + Best and Worst Segments | June 7, 2014 |
TRC #301 | Finish Your Plate + Fertility Game + Turing Test News | June 14, 2014 |
TRC #302 | Female vs. Male Hurricanes + Airplane Food + Surgical Masks | June 21, 2014 |
TRC #303 | Earlobe Creases + Is Venus The Cat A Chimera? + Why Do Our Fingers Prune? | June 28, 2014 |
TRC #304 | Productivity Hacks + Name That Topical Edition + Sheng Long | July 5, 2014 |
TRC #305 | Null Hypothesis Significance Testing + Racist Dogs + UFO Sighting Distribution | July 13, 2014 |
TRC #306 | Facebook Mood Manipulation Study + Steven Spielberg Dinosaur Hunter + Wage Gap Between Sexes | July 19, 2014 |
TRC #307 | Bananas and Fishing + Deer Whistles + Air Bud + Alcohol in Ontario | July 26, 2014 |
TRC #308 | CrossFit + SETI + Dogs And Ice Water | August 2, 2014 |
TRC #309 | WWI Myths + Great Outdoors Game + Toasting to Avoid Poisoning | August 9, 2014 |
TRC #310 | Vanity Awards + Afghan 9/11 Awareness + Jackie Mitchell | August 15, 2014 |
TRC #311 | Suicide + Small vs. Big Meals + Sharks Smelling Blood | August 23, 2014 |
TRC #312 | Gamer Stats - Adult Women Vs Teenage Boys + Deer + Puff The Magic Dragon Is About Pot? | August 30, 2014 |
TRC #313 | Mashup Episode: Canned Food Drives + Blowing In Nintendo Cartridges + Van Halen M&Ms | September 5, 2014 |
TRC #314 | Parasites & Multiple Sclerosis + How Big Is The Universe + Tim Hortons Cup Sizes | September 13, 2014 |
TRC #315 | Grounding Mats + Sweetener vs. Cocaine + Tooth Colour | September 20, 2014 |
TRC #316 | Three-Breasted Woman + Name That: Cryptozoology Edition + Cow Tipping | September 27, 2014 |
TRC #317 | Programmer Productivity + Parody Websites + iPhone Bending | October 3, 2014 |
TRC #318 | Do Glasses Weaken Eyes? + Smoking in Movies = R-rating + Pluto A Planet Again? | October 11, 2014 |
TRC #319 | Mothers' Milk Vs Mothers' Guilt + Red Wine Health Benefits + Green Eggs And Ham Banned? | October 17, 2014 |
TRC #320 | Bradford Hill Criteria + Cold Reading + Does The Earth Orbit The Sun? | October 25, 2014 |
TRC #321 | Ebola + Google Traffic + Sexy Ebola Nurse Costume | November 1, 2014 |
TRC #322 | Fewer Kids Trick or Treating? + SFoSF: Coffee + BDSM Illegal? + Losing Elan | November 7, 2014 |
TRC #323 | Mashup Episode: SkyMall + Mattress Doubles In Weight + Almond Joy’s Got Nuts | November 14, 2014 |
TRC #324 | Serial Killer Myths + Name That: Weights and Measures + Is Chocolate Poison To Dogs? | November 22, 2014 |
TRC #325 | Cells On A Plane + Effective Donating Revisited + Sad Music | November 30, 2014 |
TRC #326 | Bates Method + Outlet Malls + Does Roomba Map a Room + Hope & Resurrection | December 6, 2014 |
TRC #327 | Racial Disparity + Perception Quiz + The Cheerleader Effect | December 12, 2014 |
TRC #328 | Superintelligence Overview + Guinness Two-Pour + Is Grumpy Cat a ‘100-millionaire’? | December 20, 2014 |
TRC #329 | Murder Down Under + Cake or Death + The Sitting Dead + #HomicideTheNorth | December 26, 2014 |
Year 2015
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #330 | The Fourth Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular | January 2, 2015 |
TRC #331 | Bad Luck & Cancer + Annual Predictions + Sushi & Wasabi | January 10, 2015 |
TRC #332 | Wind Chill + Bad Pharma Overview + Does Bottled Water Expire? | January 16, 2015 |
TRC #333 | Cali Causes Cancer? + Talking Transgender + The Most Bombed Country is… | January 23, 2015 |
TRC #334 | Blasphemy in Canada + Why Allergy Myths Persist + Does Cake Mix Really Need an Egg? | January 31, 2015 |
TRC #335 | Meditation + Name That: Anatomy Edition + V-Steam & Gwyneth Paltrow | February 6, 2015 |
TRC #336 | American Sniper + Brian Tomasik on Wild Animal Suffering + Rent-To-Own | February 13, 2015 |
TRC #337 | Women In Science + Brian Tomasik on Wild Animal Suffering Part 2 + Blue Blood | February 20, 2015 |
TRC #338 | Stradivarius Debate + SFoSF Inventions + How To Predict The Future On The Internet | February 28, 2015 |
TRC #339 | Was Everyone In The Middle Ages Drunk? + Lie Detection + Dressgate | March 6, 2015 |
TRC #340 | Interview With Thomas Clark From The Center For Naturalism | March 13, 2015 |
TRC #341 | Health Canada & Natural Remedies + Food Stereotypes + Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Much | March 20, 2015 |
TRC #342 | Talking Pluto with Dr. Stuart Robbins + Name That: Grade 9 Edition + Arsenic Levels in California Wines | March 27, 2015 |
TRC #343 | Voluntourism + Higher Thread Counts + Sleepwalking 101 | April 4, 2015 |
TRC #344 | Animal Memory + Name That: Random Technology Quiz + The Humidex | April 10, 2015 |
TRC #345 | Trigger Warnings + Food Labelling + Poland’s Enigma Code Breakers | April 18, 2015 |
TRC #346 | The Grape Ice Cream Debate + QRay Wellness Bracelets + Things Women Couldn’t Do Before The 70’s + Eye Floaters | April 25, 2015 |
TRC #347 | Nepal Disaster Relief + Fecal Transplants + Diamonds + Star Trek Red Shirts | May 2, 2015 |
TRC #348 | Earth-Sized Exoplanets + Name That: Which Came First + Israeli Stamps In Passports | May 9, 2015 |
TRC #349 | Dubious Health Bloggers + Crop Circles + Tax-Free Savings Account | May 16, 2015 |
TRC #350 | Ontario’s Sex-Ed Curriculum + Magic School Bus Meme + Medical Procedures You May Not Need | May 23, 2015 |
TRC #351 | DNR Revisited + Penile Duplication + Vulcan Salute & Death Grip | May 29, 2015 |
TRC #352 | doTerra Essential Oils + Tiananmen Square + Do Sunflowers Track The Sun? | June 6, 2015 |
TRC #353 | Perfect Pitch + Name That: Weather & Climate Edition + Is July 4 Really Independence Day? | June 13, 2015 |
TRC #354 | Caitlyn Jenner vs Noah Galloway + Bayesian Statistics 101 with Alex Demarsh + Biodynamic Farming | June 20, 2015 |
TRC #355 | Mashup Episode: Breast Cancer Screening + Sexism in Science + Jackie Mitchell | June 26, 2015 |
TRC #356 | Rachel Dolezal and Transraciality + Alternative Cancer Therapies for Pets + Did Stockbrokers Really Jump Out of Windows? | July 3, 2015 |
TRC #356 | Mobile Medical Apps + Sesame Street vs Preschool + Viral Nonsense: Confederate Flag Edition | July 11, 2015 |
TRC #358 | Guerrilla Skepticism + Foul-mouthed Minions + The Munchies | July 18, 2015 |
TRC #359 | High Fidelity Audio Players + Sunscreen Revisited + Catapult GPS | July 25, 2015 |
TRC #360 | Hydration + Donating Your Body To Science + Two-Way Mirrors | August 1, 2015 |
TRC #361 | Bullying + Shroud of Turin + Kanye vs Wheelchair Basketball Team | August 8, 2015 |
TRC #362 | Simpson’s Paradox + Name That: GMO Edition + Traveller’s Diarrhea Myths | August 14, 2015 |
TRC #363 | Talking New Horizons with Dr. Stuart Robbins + The Great Berenstain Bear Debate | August 22, 2015 |
TRC #364 | Can You Catch Up On Sleep? + Trickle-down Economics + Is An Asteroid Coming? | August 29, 2015 |
TRC #365 | Reproducibility of Psychological Science + Are Octopuses Aliens? + Happy Birthday TRC! | September 5, 2015 |
TRC #366 | Accent Bias + Electroshock Therapy + Did A Cat Take A Bullet For A Kid? | September 12, 2015 |
TRC #367 | Susan Gerbic of GSoW + Industry Funded Studies + Deaths From Heat and Cold | September 19, 2015 |
TRC #368 | Barcodes and 666 + Ahmed Mohamed’s Clock + Do Tax Cuts Cause Job Growth | September 26, 2015 |
TRC #369 | Follow Your Career Passion? + Farmer’s Almanac + Subway Becoming Halal? | October 4, 2015 |
TRC #370 | Antibacterial Soap + Maple Water + Anti-Vaxxers Funding Fail + Top CO2 Emitters | October 10, 2015 |
TRC #371 | Riveted With Jim Davies + Is Polling Effective? + Extraneous Factors & Judicial Decisions | October 16, 2015 |
TRC #372 | Knowledge Translation with Dr. Ken Milne + Name That: Nobel Edition + Ghost Weddings | October 24, 2015 |
TRC #373 | WHO Processed Meat Cancer Study + The Science of Gremlins + Do Bras Cause Cancer? | October 31, 2015 |
TRC #374 | Conversion Therapy + Did Booze Influence The Australian Accent? + Vampires Drunk On Blood? | November 7, 2015 |
TRC #375 | Supporting TRC + Immortality + Bloodletting | November 14, 2015 |
TRC #376 | Are Religious Children Less Altruistic + Are There Pets in Pet Food? | November 20, 2015 |
TRC #377 | Unethical Experiments Proven Useful + Game That + Photographs and Smiling | November 28, 2015 |
TRC #378 | Ethical Automated Cars? + Adult Colouring Books + The Halitosis Influence | December 5, 2015 |
TRC #379 | Charitable Giving + Premium vs Regular Gas + Elf On The Shelf | December 12, 2015 |
TRC #380 | Starbucks Hates X-mas? + When Is A Cold Contagious? + Kubrick Admits To Faking Moon Landings? | December 19, 2015 |
TRC #381 | The 5th Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular + Dr. Ken Milne’s SGEM vs SPIDES | December 26, 2015 |
Year 2016
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #382 | Dunning-Kruger Effect + Deep Learning + Do The British Have Bad Teeth? | January 2, 2016 |
TRC #383 | Lardass Autocorrect Kardashian? + Name That: Internet 2015 Edition + Last Year’s Fave Segments + 2016 Predictions | January 9, 2016 |
TRC #384 | Did Nikola Tesla Contact Aliens? + FTC vs Lumosity + Ugly Baby Lawsuit? | January 16, 2016 |
TRC #385 | Health & Fitness Myths + Name That: Game That + Why Can’t We See Apollo Mission Remnants With A Telescope? | January 23, 2016 |
TRC #386 | Planet Nine with Dr. Stuart Robbins + Lettuce Worse Than Bacon? + Cats vs Cucumbers | January 29, 2016 |
TRC #387 | Zika Virus + Wisdom Teeth Removal A Racket? + Battery Charging Myths | February 6, 2016 |
TRC #388 | Science vs “Resting Bitch Face” + Death By Super Bowl? + Gravity Of Melting Ice | February 13, 2016 |
TRC #389 | Left-Right Confusion + Cats Meow Only At Humans? + Superforecasting Review | February 20, 2016 |
TRC #390 | Is The Solar System A Vortex? + Peanut Butter vs Alzheimer's + Sitting Too Close To The TV | February 26, 2016 |
TRC #391 | Apple Retro 1970 Bug + Hitler's Micropenis? + Leap Year Revisited + Video Gaming's First Transgender Character | March 5, 2016 |
TRC #392 | Is 4K TV Worth It? + Is Trump Really A Good Businessman? | March 12, 2016 |
TRC #393 | Talking Mirrors with Barry Panas + Clinton Onion Conspiracy + Splenda vs Cancer | March 18, 2016 |
TRC #394 | Money & Happiness + An Evening With Neil deGrasse Tyson + How Is Easter Sunday Determined? | March 25, 2016 |
TRC #395 | Tribeca vs Vaxxed + Double-Dipping + Tay: Microsoft's AI "Racist" Chatbot + Energy-Infused Beauty Products | April 2, 2016 |
TRC #396 | French's Ketchup Better For Ontario? + Misleading Headlines + China Bans April Fools'? | April 8, 2016 |
TRC #397 | Star Wars Droids with Jim Davies + Misleading Terms In Psych Fields + Star Wars Myths | April 16, 2016 |
TRC #398 | The Physics of Superheroes + Name That: High School Edition + Green Moon | April 23, 2016 |
TRC #399 | Free Throw Distraction + Differentiating Science From Pseudoscience + Do Politicians Keep Promises | April 29, 2016 |
TRC #400 | Panel Questions + Do Dogs Hate Hugs? + Alberta Toddler Meningitis Case | May 7, 2016 |
TRC #401 | Did Apple Steal Your Music? + Disaster Relief + Catterbox | May 14, 2016 |
TRC #402 | Helping Or Hurting Wildlife? + Is Uber A Scam? + Did A Teen Find A Lost Mayan City? | May 20, 2016 |
TRC #403 | Lamb Of God Vs Joel Osteen + ElbowGate + Dogs Detect Low Blood Sugar? | May 27, 2016 |
TRC #404 | Lunar Effect + Name That: Apollo Missions + Are The Stars We See Dead? | June 3, 2016 |
TRC #405 | Spoon Bending 101 + Hillary vs. Bernie + Changing O Canada | June 11, 2016 |
TRC #406 | Solar System Mashup – Pluto A Planet? + Planet 9 Discovered | June 27, 2016 |
TRC #407 | Panelists Disagreeing Mashup – Geeks and glasses + 0.9999 = 1? + Bike Helmet Safety | July 4, 2016 |
TRC #408 | 8 Glasses Of Water A Day + 2016 Celebrity Deaths + Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? | July 25, 2016 |
TRC #409 | Melania Trump vs Science + Pokemon Go + Our Mathematical Universe | August 1, 2016 |
TRC #410 | Iraq Bans Bomb Detectors + Redheads and Pain + More Celebrity Medical Advice | August 8, 2016 |
TRC #411 | Olympic Medal Counts + Name That: Olympics + Is Air Conditioning Sexist? | August 20, 2016 |
TRC #412 | Do People Read Past A Headline? + Should You Floss? + Is Cancer A Modern Disease? | August 26, 2016 |
TRC #413 | Helium Infused Beer? + Stuart Robbins On Proxima B, SETI Signal, New Horizons + Scrooge McDuck’s Money Bin | September 2, 2016 |
TRC #414 | Talking To Dogs + How Saintly Was Mother Teresa? + Kids’ Dream Jobs Study | September 10, 2016 |
TRC #415 | 22 Push-up Challenge + Name That: Hoax Edition + Are Parents Naming Their Kids After Pokémon? | September 17, 2016 |
TRC #416 | Trisodium Phosphate in Kid’s Cereal? + Vicks VapoRub + Bottle Flip Physics | September 24, 2016 |
TRC #417 | Advertorial + Balance Eggs On Equinox + Is Psychology In Crisis? + Did NASA Change Your Zodiac Sign | September 30, 2016 |
TRC #418 | Should You Rake Your Leaves? + Name That: World Producers Edition + The Great Pitbull Debate | October 10, 2016 |
TRC #419 | Are Bees Endangered? + Peanut Butter Deadly To Dogs? + Transcendental Meditation | October 15, 2016 |
TRC #420 | Origin of 420 + Gem Newman of Bad Science Watch + History Of Halloween | October 21, 2016 |
TRC #421 | US Election Polls + Fake Academic Papers + Plain Cigarette Packaging | October 28, 2016 |
TRC #421.5 | Darren On Ron Corbett Unscripted | October 31, 2016 |
TRC #423 | Daylight Saving Time + Stopped Male Birth Control Study | November 11, 2016 |
TRC #424 | Harambe For President? + Moving To Canada + Trump Predictions | November 19, 2016 |
TRC #425 | Fake News, Facebook & The Election + FTC Vs Homeopathy + Ultrasound Determining Fetal Sex | November 25, 2016 |
TRC #426.5 | Effective Donating 2016 | December 6, 2016 |
TRC #426 | Measuring Pregnancy: Weeks Vs Months? + Name That: Canadian Citizenship + The 5 Second Rule | December 2, 2016 |
TRC #427 | Possession Is 9-10ths Of The Law? + Genes Predict Athletic Performance? + What Is Organic? | December 10, 2016 |
TRC #428 | Truffle Oil + The Science Of Idiocracy + Paid Sick Leave | December 16, 2016 |
TRC #429.5 | Programming Ethics Into A.I | December 27, 2016 |
TRC #429 | Is Barter The Origin Of Money? + More Trees Than Stars? + Snowflakes | December 23, 2016 |
TRC #430 | The 6th Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular | December 30, 2016 |
Year 2017
Episode | Content | Date |
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TRC #431 | Annual Prediction Game + Fave Segments of 2016 + Was 2016 Really The Worst Year? | January 6, 2017 |
TRC #432 | Winter Insects + Miracle Cream & Free Trials + Star Wars’ Old Republic Women’s Healthcare | January 13, 2017 |
TRC #433 | Fingerprint Theft From Selfies? + Revisiting Celebrity Death Stats + The Birthday Paradox | January 20, 2017 |
TRC #434 | Menstrual Synchrony + Name That: Internet 2016 + Have Your Cake And Eat It Too? | January 27, 2017 |
TRC #435 | Do We Live In A Black Hole + The Drake Equation + Solar Flares Vs Earth’s Magnetic Field With Dr. Stuart Robbins | February 3, 2017 |
TRC #436 | Applied Kinesiology + Japanese Tourists & Northern Lights? + Coconut Oil | February 11, 2017 |
TRC #437 | Tariffs Vs The Border Wall + Movie Myths + Statue Of Liberty: Muslim? | February 19, 2017 |
TRC #438 | Fossil Fuel Vs Dinosaurs + How Animals Survive Winter + Dry Cleaning Dry? | February 24, 2017 |
TRC #439 | Would Aliens Be Hostile? + Lunar Effect + Name That: Powers Of 10 | March 3, 2017 |
TRC #440 | Emotions You Don’t Feel? | March 10, 2017 |
TRC #441 | Nintendo Switch And Flavour Tripping + Gossip + School Buses And Seat Belts | March 17, 2017 |
TRC #442 | Implicit Association Test + Eiffel Tower Night Photos Illegal? + Irish Slaves A Myth? | March 24, 2017 |
TRC #443 | Theory Vs Scientific Theory + Pesticides In Canadian Water? + Cheerios: Bring Back The Bees | March 31, 2017 |
TRC #444 | Mashup: Breast Feeding And Lactivism + Are Parents Less Happy? | April 8, 2017 |
TRC #445 | Social Priming + Feral Girl Living With Monkeys? + Origin Of The Dollar Sign | April 14, 2017 |
TRC #446 | Is "Fearless Girl" Bull? + Name That: Baby Edition + Survival Of The Fittest | April 22, 2017 |
TRC #447 | March For Science + Is Witchcraft a Crime in Canada? + Does a Unicorn Frappuccino Contain Coffee? | April 28, 2017 |
TRC #448 | Justin Trudeau & Cupping + Ask An Astronomer ft Dr. Stuart Robbins + Duct Tape | May 6, 2017 |
TRC #449 | Why Use Stop In Telegrams? + Ask An Astronomer ft Dr. Stuart Robbins + Do Babies Look Like Dad To Avoid Abandonment? | May 13, 2017 |
TRC #450 | Save Knocked Out Teeth With Milk? + Physics Of Zelda Ft Barry Panas + Car Colour vs Insurance Rates | May 19, 2017 |
TRC #451 | Does Paper Burn at 451 Degrees Fahrenheit? + Did Humans Migrate To The Americas 130K Years Ago? + Does Wearing Red Make You More Attractive? | May 27, 2017 |
TRC #452 | Mount Everest The Tallest Mountain? + Does Music Calm Your Canine? + Avril Lavigne Death Conspiracy | June 3, 2017 |
TRC #453 | Sugar In The Gas Tank? + Conceptual Penis Hoax + Sailor Moon The Voice Of Wonder Woman? | June 10, 2017 |
TRC #454 | Gas Pump Icon + Himalayan Salt Lamps + Why Do We Cook At 350 Degrees? | June 17, 2017 |
References
- ↑ Grothe, D. J. "A Skeptic’s Guide to Podcasts". The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (Volume 33.6, November / December 2009). Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ Farrimond, Stuart. "‘Are you for real?’ Guru meets ‘The Reality Check’ podcast team...". Guru Magazine (Issue 3. October/November 2011). Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ "Hosts". The Reality Check Podcast. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ↑ Loxton, Daniel (2011-06-21). "Skepticism’s Oldest Debate: A Prehistory of "DBAD" (1838–2010)". SkepticBlog. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ↑ "TRC Episode 198 Show Notes". The Reality Check Podcast. 2012-07-02. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
This is the final episode with Jon as a regular co-host.
- ↑ Puffin Watch (2010-01-19). "The Reality Check Podcast". The Skeptical Review. Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
Former co-hosts include Xander Miller and Catherine LeBel.
- ↑ Bustos, Alejandro (2012-11-28). "Eschaton 2012: for those that haven’t drank the Kool-aid". Retrieved 2012-12-04.