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The Reality Check #60: Swine Flu Vaccine Fears + Brian Brushwood Interview + Coal Crushing Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. This week Adam looks at the scare surrounding an unpublished study that claims the seasonal flu vaccine increases the odds of getting the H1N1 flu, Jon and Adam interview Brian … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #59: HIV Myths + Steven Novella Interview + Cocaine Money Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. This week Darren covers the common myths about HIV/AIDS, Jon and Adam interview Dr. Steven Novella of the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and Adam covers the myth that money … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #58: Alternative Style Auctions + Interview with Tim Farley + Flamingo Colour Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. This week Jon discusses new websites that do auctions a bid differently, Jon and Adam interview Tim Farley of whatstheharm.net at TAM7, and Darren explores the ‘myth’ that flamingos get … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #57: Free Will/Determinism + Interview with Evan Bernstein + Baby Booms/Blackouts
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. Apologies for the poor audio quality in this episode. Due to a mysterious technical problem during recording, the track had too much noise to remove cleanly, resulting in lots of … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #56: Umami/MSG + Ray Hyman Interview + Baldness Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. Xander explains the origins of the 5th taste Umami and the safety of MSG, Jon interview Ray Hyman at TAM7, and Darren debunks the myth that baldness skips a generation. … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #55: Time Travel + Multitasking + Well Starseeing Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. On this week’s show, Adam explores that plausibility of time travel and how they appear in movies/television, Darren takes to task multitasking, and Jon debunks the myth that you can … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #54: Jurassic Park + Consciousness + 21 Grams
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. Jon explores the science and fiction of the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, Xander gives a primer on Consciousness, and Darren talks about the claim that the soul weighs 21 grams. … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #53: Pet Domestication + Joe Nickell Interview + Monkey Descent Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. Adam explains how pets like cats and dogs got domesticated and look soooo cute, we interview skeptical investigator Joe Nickell at TAM7, and Darren busts the myth that humans descended … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #52: Scifi vs UFO Reporting w/ David Clarke + Zombies! Study w/ Robert Smith?
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. This episode is a bit unusual. It consists of two interviews. The first is with Professor David Clarke about his recent discovery of a correlation between sci-fi film popularity and … Continue reading
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The Reality Check #51: What the Bleep Review + Richard Saunders Interview + Usa Myth
Subscribing here for free with iTunes Using this link in your browser, or other podcatching software. Darren review the pseudo-movie “What the Bleep Do We Know?”, Jon and Adam interview Richard Saunders at TAM 7, and Jon busts the myth that a town in Japan was … Continue reading
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