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TRC #306: Facebook Mood Manipulation Study + Steven Spielberg Dinosaur Hunter + Wage Gap Between Sexes
With Pat away for the second week in a row, the gang calls in the big guns in the form of public health and stats professional Dina Tsirlin to sub in. Darren leads off the show by answering if Facebook … Continue reading
TRC #305: Null Hypothesis Significance Testing + Racist Dogs + UFO Sighting Distribution
Pat’s away but the guys still pull off one of the greatest episodes of all time with #305. Elan starts off the show with an overview of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST). P-values galore! Next, Adam looks into whether some … Continue reading
TRC #304: Productivity Hacks + Name That Topical Edition + Sheng Long
Episode 304 of The Reality Check will likely break every podcast record ever set. Darren leads things off by analyzing some productivity hacks he read on the internet. Pat then leads a game of Name That, with a totally topical theme. … Continue reading
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TRC #303: Earlobe Creases + Is Venus The Cat A Chimera? + Why Do Our Fingers Prune?
Episode 303 of TRC is here. First, Pat takes a ‘frank’ look into whether earlobe creases are a sign of heart disease. Next, Adam purrrrrsues an answer to whether the beloved internet cat, Venus, is truly a chimera. Lastly, Elan … Continue reading
TRC #302: Female vs. Male Hurricanes + Airplane Food + Surgical Masks
The gang is fully recovered from the episode 300 celebration (301 was the hangover episode) and explodes which their best episode yet with number 302. Darren leads the way with a segment about some recent research on whether female-named hurricanes … Continue reading
TRC #301: Finish Your Plate + Fertility Game + Turing Test News
Episode 301 of The Reality Check is the pinnacle of audio media. The show begins with Adam looking into whether parents should tell their kids to “finish their plates”. Next, Elan hosts an exciting rendition of the classic TRC game, … Continue reading
TRC #300: Vanessa’s Law + Mistakes Were Made + Bad Student Writing + Best and Worst Segments
All four panelists are back together to celebrate 300 episodes of The Reality Check! Pat starts us off with a look a Vanessa’s Law. Adam then takes us through some mistakes that were made in the last 100 episodes. Darren … Continue reading
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TRC #299: Godzilla + Book Reviews + Snuff Films
Episode 299 has arrived! With Elan away, the rest of the crew still delivers. First Adam looks into whether on not Godzilla could exist. Darren then gives us not one, not two, not three but FOUR book reviews. Lastly Pat … Continue reading
TRC #298: China Study + Conscious After Decapitation + Asteroids vs Comets vs Meteoroids
With both Darren and Adam away, former host Jon Abrams steps up in style! First Elan takes a look at the book ‘The China Study.’ Next Jon asks whether someone decapitated by a guillotine might see their own body. Lastly … Continue reading
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TRC 297: Most Relaxing Song + “Dangerous” Beers + Paternal Mitochondria
TRC episode 297 would win the podcast equivalent of a Pulitzer if that kind of thing existed. Pat leads off the show with some investigative journalism into whether or not scientists really did discover the most relaxing song of all … Continue reading
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