-
-
-
Subscribe to RSS Feed Social Media
Category Archives: The Reality Check Episodes
TRC #286: Review Of ‘Moral Tribes’ + Bribing Kids and Grades + Three Felonies A Day?
Episode 286 is here! First the gang discusses the book ‘Moral Tribes’ by Joshua Greene. Next Elan looks into whether bribing kids leads to better school grades. Lastly Adam looks into whether we commit three felonies a day. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/TRC_286.mp3 Download … Continue reading
Posted in The Reality Check Episodes
3 Comments
TRC #285: Raelians and Clitoral Restoration + Planning Your Own Death 2 + Drinking Fluids For Cold
With the full crew in attendance, episode 285 of The Reality Check delivers some top notch skeptical content. Adam starts things off by looking into the Raelian movement and their clitoral restoration efforts. Next, Pat brings us the second half of … Continue reading
TRC #284: Planning Your Own Death + Yawning + Does Chocolate Contain Insects
With Adam away the gang is short-staffed for episode 284 but still deliver the goods! Pat leads things off with a very interesting segment about planning for your own death. Elan then answers a listener question about yawning. Darren ends the … Continue reading
TRC #283: Trees + Lying SFoSF + Lighters Burning Snow Videos
With Adam away, the rest of the crew is joined by Owen Clarkin who knows an awful lot about trees. Next Elan hosts a game of ‘SFoSF’ all about lying. Lastly Darren takes on videos which have been surfacing lately … Continue reading
TRC #282: Rice and Positive Thinking + Colour of Food + Adding Salt to Boiling Water
The core TRC gang is back together for episode 282 of The Reality Check. Darren starts things off by looking into a recent viral Facebook post regarding positive thinking and its effect on rice. Next, Adam talks about the effect … Continue reading
TRC #281: Race In Biomedical Research + Is Reality TV Real? + Skeptical Newlywed Game
It’s ladies’ night at The Reality Check! With Darren away, the rest of the crew is joined by Cristina Roach and Dina Tsirlin. First Dina discusses the role of race in biomedical research. Cristina then looks at whether reality TV … Continue reading
TRC #280: Fahrenheit + Do Cats Care About Their Owners + Aloe Vera
With Darren away getting hipper, former TRC host Jon Abrams fills in to ensure that your weekly dose of skepticism is delivered. Jon starts off the show with a segment on the interesting history of the Fahrenheit temperature scale. Next Adam … Continue reading
Posted in The Reality Check Episodes
Leave a comment
TRC #279: Infinity + Placebo Revisited + Was Canada Colder Than Mars
Episode #279 of TRC arrives with a whole bunch of numbers. First Elan tries to explain infinity and why it is important to skeptics. Next, Darren revisits placebo and finally Adam looks at whether Canada was recently colder than Mars. … Continue reading
TRC #278: This Will Make You Smarter + Predictions + Female Falsetto
The gang (minus Elan) rings in the new year with episode 278 of The Reality Check. Darren starts things off by reviewing the book “This Will Make You Smarter”. This is followed by an analysis of the predictions the guys … Continue reading
TRC #277: The Third Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular
With most of the regular crew enjoying a week off, Pat and Cristina hijack the show for a third year to revisit some of the best parodies of the last 12 months. Listener and host favourites are highlighted while counting … Continue reading
