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This week Jon discusses new websites that do auctions a bid differently, Jon and Adam interview Tim Farley of whatstheharm.net at TAM7, and Darren explores the ‘myth’ that flamingos get their colour from eating shrimp

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Apologies for the poor audio quality in this episode. Due to a mysterious technical problem during recording, the track had too much noise to remove cleanly, resulting in lots of digital artifacts. The interview with Evan Bernstein at 13:50 sounds fine though.

This week Darren discusses “free will” and its implications, Jon interview Evan Bersntein of the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast, and Adam explores the myth that blackouts cause baby booms.

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Xander explains the origins of the 5th taste Umami and the safety of MSG, Jon interview Ray Hyman at TAM7, and Darren debunks the myth that baldness skips a generation.

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On this week’s show, Adam explores that plausibility of time travel and how they appear in movies/television, Darren takes to task multitasking, and Jon debunks the myth that you can see stars from the bottom of a well during the day.

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Jon explores the science and fiction of the 1993 movie Jurassic Park, Xander gives a primer on Consciousness, and Darren talks about the claim that the soul weighs 21 grams.

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Adam explains how pets like cats and dogs got domesticated and look soooo cute, we interview skeptical investigator Joe Nickell at TAM7, and Darren busts the myth that humans descended from monkeys.

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This episode is a bit unusual. It consists of two interviews. The first is with Professor David Clarke about his recent discovery of a correlation between sci-fi film popularity and UFO reporting frequency. The second is with Professor Robert Smith about his recent published study about Zombies.

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Darren review the pseudo-movie “What the Bleep Do We Know?”, Jon and Adam interview Richard Saunders at TAM 7, and Jon busts the myth that a town in Japan was named “Usa” so that goods could be marked “Made in Usa”.

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Darren examines whether or not working a spot on the body will make it lose fat faster, Jon interviews Jim Moore about the Aquatic Ape theory, and Adam tackles the myth that there are more people alive now than ever before.

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Adam explains homeopathy, we interview Harriet Hall (the Skepdoc), and Darren busts the myth that men think of sex every 7 seconds.

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