Jon takes a skeptical look at mainstream over the counter cold medicine for kids, Darren gets his hands dirty with the Ad Hominem fallacy, and Adam debunks a myth involving pools, urine, and red dyes.
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Darren debates Wikipedia vs Brtiannica accuracy, Adam warns against the dangers of using home made pesticides, and Xander defends the health, and honour, of dark meat.
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Jon leads a discussion on how much politics can be influenced by science, Darren answers some listeners questions on climate change, and Adam goes nutty for Red Bull.
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A friend of mine at CKCU has sacrificed his spot today for The Reality Check to have its broadcast premiere. Currently, it’s only a one-time thing, but we’re still working to get it on the air on a regular basis.
So tune in at 1pm to 93.1 fm. If you’re a regular listener, it’ll be episode 37 (the one with Lee Graham and Greg Winslow). On the other hand, it’s a good opportunity to get your non-podcast downloading friends and family to listen.
Enjoy!
Lee Graham returns this week, along with his friend Greg Winslow (Skeptic/Magician). Lee talks about his annual course on skepticism for high school students, Greg explains the problems with Pentawater’s claims, and Darren debunks a popular myth about the latest H1N1 Swine Flu.
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Xander compares Japanese horror movies to their American counterparts, special guest Lee Graham explains the Bible Code, and Jon takes the fizz out of the soft drink can myth.
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In celebration of Earth day, we take a look at some environmental issues. Darren explains the basics of climate change, Xander covers the plastic bags debate, and Adam takes a second look at the ozone layer.
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This week Jon explores the latest theory on how the Great Pyramid was built, Darren warns us of the upcoming singularity, and Xander debunks a myth involving frogs and pots of slowly warming water.
Note: There was an error in the editing process resulting in the show’s outtakes being overlayed with the beginning of the episode. We apologize and will fix the episode as soon as possible.
Note 2: The fixed episode has been uploaded. If you downloaded the bad one you’ll know right from the beginning when listening. Just download the episode again, and it should work ok. I apologize again for the inconvenience.
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Darren tackles the ‘is homosexuality natural?’ controversy, Xander debunks ‘9/11 truth’ claims made by some Canadian professors, and Jon examines whether or not people have more car accidents on Friday the 13th.
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This week Jon delivers the pain by discussing the ‘nocebo effect’, Darren cuts to the point by discussing whether circumcision helps prevent HIV transmission, and Adam demystifies breakfast by debunking the myth that eggs are chicken fetuses.
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