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 dinosaurs went extinct.
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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.
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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 shows and Pat explores the myth that Steve Jobs stole the mouse from Xerox Parc.
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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 then did a quick rant about the single cause fallacy, and Elan closed out the show exploring what ADIDAS really stands for.
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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 about Olympics and sport (during which Darren complained the whole time). Finally, Darren discussed whether or not it is better to leave a light on or turn it off and then on again.
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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 of whether or not it is illegal to count cards in blackjack.
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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.
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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.
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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 recap of all the myths debunked over the previous 100 episodes.
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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 get arrested you only get 1 phone call.
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