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Jon looks into the pairing of the Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon with The Wizard of Oz. Adam takes on reports of toxic school supplies and Darren discusses the Post Hoc Fallacy. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/TRC_210-13_09_2012.mp3 Download direct: mp3 file … Continue reading →

Jon rejoins the gang this week as the guest host.   Elan discusses whether you can influence the gender of your baby while conceiving, Pat takes on whether instant noodles or noodle containers are coated in harmful wax and Adam looks … Continue reading →

Chris Hassall joins the show one last time (before moving to England) to discuss reproductive pills and mate preferences.   Adam connects the dots on whether or not we are all related and Darren asks whether you know how long ago … Continue reading →

Elan discusses health claims made by POM Wonderful. Pat joins the crew again this week to lead a music themed Science Fact or Science Fiction (TM) game. Finally, Adam explores whether or not birds die from eating gum. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_207_-_2012-08-16.mp3 Download … Continue reading →

In this week’s episode Pat Roach joins in as a guest. Darren starts things off with a discussion on whether violence is declining; a review of Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature. Adam passes judgment on courtroom television … Continue reading →

The gang was once again joined by Chris who led the show off with a segment about allergy tests. Adam then kept his promise from last week and looked into bottled water and how it compares to tap water. Darren … Continue reading →

In this week’s episode, Chris Hassall dropped by and joined the gang as a special guest. Chris started things off by presenting a completely uncontroversial segment about water fluoridation. Next, Elan led a Science Fact or Science Fiction (TM) game … Continue reading →

Adam arrived without a voice for this week’s episode but we decided to record anyway. First, raspy voice Gardner talked about alkaline diets. Next, Darren gave a brief tutorial of GDP. To finish off the show, Elan discussed the myth … Continue reading →

Darren explores the claims made by various popular sports energy drink manufacturers. Elan finds flaws in the logical assumptions that were made by the nerds who created the Tommy Westphall Universe. Adam discusses whether plants die when given microwaved water. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_202_-_2012-07-19.mp3 … Continue reading →

Special guest Dana Peters joins the show to discuss Fuel Savers.  Adam buzzes about bug repellent and Darren offers up the chilling facts about losing weight by eating ice. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_201_-_2012-07-12.mp3 Download direct: mp3 file If you like the show, please leave us … Continue reading →