Category Archives: The Reality Check Episodes

This week’s show is all about numbers. Pat Roach faces his fears regarding Avogadro’s number, Elan Dubrofsky tells us about the Golden Ratio and Darren McKee explains the Astronomical Unit. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/TRC_212__27-09-2012.mp3 Download direct: mp3 file If you like the show, … Continue reading →

Darren McKee asks whether it is better to walk or run in the rain. Adam Gardner looks into the Global Consciousness Project and Elan Dubrofsky explains what winning a year or lifetime supply of something actually means. http://traffic.libsyn.com/therealitycheck/TRC_211__20-09-2012.mp3 Download direct: … Continue reading →

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 →