Category Archives: The Reality Check Episodes

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 →

For a very special 200th episode the TRC crew discuss their personal favourite, and least liked, segments of the past 100 episodes. They then go over any mistakes that were uttered over the previous 100 episodes. Finally, they do a … Continue reading →

In the first post-Jon episode, Elan took a shot at hosting the show. First, Darren talked about sunscreen myths, then Adam discussed why prices often end in .99, and Elan closed out the show with the myth that when you … Continue reading →