Episode 239 of The Reality Check is the best podcast you will ever listen to. Adam leads off the show by looking into the supposed health effects of different teas. Elan then leads a game of Science Fact or Science Fiction: urine edition. Darren closes out the show by answering the question of whether or not lions are the most deadly animal in Africa.
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Did you nearly miss downloading this week’s episode of TRC? If that’s the case, you better make sure to listen or you may end up engaging in risky activities that could lead you to actually miss an episode! Darren has you covered on that. You definitely don’t want to miss an episode because you’d miss Pat’s hard hitting reporting in segments like this week’s where he digs deeper into whether the internet was created to withstand a nuclear attack. Adam closes out the show by looking into whether anyone has actually ever accidentaly returned a sex tape to the video store.
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Episode 237 is here and we’re gonna drop some facts. The crew is joined by a special guest, Ariel Herscovitch, who discusses mandatory minimum sentences. Elan then brings us an interview with Jamie Williams who tells us about some common misconceptions related to epilepsy. Lastly Darren mooves into the question of whether US cattle are fed better than many people in third world nations.
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Episode 236 starts off with a Taylor Swift inspired parody and then skepticises all the way until the last outtake is complete. Pat leads off the show with a TRC exclusive regarding crying and which eye tears first. Adam then explores the supposed ghost orbs that sometimes appear in photographs. Elan ends the show by looking into whether Napoleon was short.
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Episode 235 of The Reality Check brings the skepticism in a big way with 3 sizzling segments. Darren starts of the show by discussing how one can optimize their charity giving. Elan then looks into eye colour and whether or not it is true that two blue eyed parents cannot have a brown eyed child. Adam closes things out with whether or not some Roll Up The Rim to Win cups sizes have higher chances of winning.
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Episode 234 coming at you! Pat responds to a couple of listeners who wrote in to set him straight about the internet, Adam gets Pat back for doing a computer segment by exploring a music related segment about whether Kurt Cobain really committed suicide and Elan rounds out the show with an exploration of Adam’s apples in men and women.
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A new episode of TRC is here! The show starts off with Darren responding to a listener request to examine asexuality. Pat then leads the second installment of his new game, “Name That.” Adam closes out the show with some analysis of whether HAL 9000 from “2001: A Space Odyssey” was meant to represent IBM.
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Darren and Adam dropped into CBC’s Ottawa Morning for a chat about the podcast and the upcoming Ottawa Skepticamp. Have a listen.
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If you thought episode 231 of The Reality Check was good, wait until you hear 232! The show starts off with Elan talking about the Happy Birthday Song and copyright. Adam then leads a spirited game of Science Fact or Science Fiction, Lent edition. Darren closes out the show by sharing his research on whether or not there is a cereal that helps improve sex drive.
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Episode 231 of The Reality Check has it all: science, sex, celebrities, technology… you name it, this episode’s got it! The show starts off with Darren looking into various comparisons of sex drives between men and women. Pat then introduces a story of successful skeptical activism in Ottawa and interviews Ottawa Skeptics big wig Chris Hebbern to tell us about it. Elan closes out the show by looking into whether Al Gore invented the internet.
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