The Reality Check

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This week we discuss whether or not we should worry about a cancer epidemic, what the deal is with acupressure, and we debunk the myth that it takes 7 years to digest chewing gum. If you would like to see this episode’s show notes, with links to websites or articles we discuss, please visit ottawaskeptics.org. While your there, send us an email, we’d love to hear from you.
We apologize for our tardiness in the uploading of this week’s episode, as payback, we shall upload next week’s episode early!

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_23_-_2009-01-22.mp3

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This week we discuss he discrepancies between Pharmaceutical submissions to the FDA and to medical journals, the plausibility of intelligent aliens looking like us, and the myth that people need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. If you would like to see this episode’s show notes, with links to websites or articles we discuss, please visit ottawaskeptics.org. While your there, send us an email, we’d love to hear from you.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_22_-_2009-01-15.mp3

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Back for the new year, the gang discusses a supposed Christmas miracle involving an angel, pseudoscience promoted by celebrities, and the myth that people who sleep with their mouth open ingest 8 spiders a year.

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For our inaugural X-mas episode, the gang discusses the true origins of Christmas, discuss with a mom the dilemma of telling kids that Santa Claus is real, and we dispel the myth that suicides rates are higher in the holiday season.

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This week we dig up Graham Hancock’s theories about lost continents and their evidence in Egypt, we discuss how Feng Shui controls flow of money (rather than chi), and we place a finger on the origin of the term “Rule of Thumb”.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_19_-_2008-12-18.mp3

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This week we take a look at whether there is any evidence that prayer can heal, debate whether or not our safety laws are justified, and if there’s is any point to collecting tabs from soda cans.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_18_-_2008-12-04.mp3

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This week we discuss the plausibility of a zombie apocalypse, whether or not crime is as bad as ‘they’ say, and why the moon seems bigger some nights.

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This week we discuss fear of mortality vs actual risk, the nature of scientific evidence, and the myth that toilets work differently in Australia.

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This week the crew discuss the 45th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination (and the lingering conspiracy theories), the science of pesticides and cancer (should you worry?), and the inaugural episode of “as if you need more evidence for evolution”.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_15_-_2008-11-20.mp3 
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This week the regular crew discuss the trouble with astrology, the double standard applied to scientific medicine with respect to prevention, and we reexamine the claim that sea captains can perform marriages. This episode we’re trying a shorter format, please let us know what you think.

Listen now: http://media.libsyn.com/media/therealitycheck/The_Reality_Check_Ep_14_-_2008-11-13.mp3 

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