Reality Check (podcast)

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The Reality Check
The Reality Check Podcast Logo.jpg
Presentation
Hosted by
  • Adam Gardner
  • Cristina Roach
  • Darren McKee
  • Pat Roach
GenreSkepticism
UpdatesWeekly
Production
No. of episodes614
Publication
Original releaseAugust 14, 2008 (2008-08-14) – present
Websitewww.trcpodcast.com

The Reality Check (TRC) is a weekly podcast hosted by members of The Ottawa Skeptics.[1] The show is hosted by Darren McKee, Adam Gardner, Cristina Roach and Pat Roach.[2][3] The show was initially created and headed by Jonathan Abrams, the founder of The Ottawa Skeptics,[4] until he left the show at episode 198.[5] Former co-hosts include Elan Dubrofsky, Xander Miller and Catherine LeBel.[6]

The show explores "Scientific controversies and curiosities" and the topics of discussion are varied and include the Moon landing hoax, Bigfoot, Feng Shui and the treatment of hiccups. In keeping with the satirical nature of the show, the opening theme music is often a parody of a well-known melody and performed by the co-host Pat Roach and his wife, Cristina.[clarification needed] By November 2012, the podcast was receiving between 4000 and 5000 weekly downloads and has reached the 1 million total download milestone.[7]

TRC won the 2018 "Mixcloud Radio Online Award" ("MORA") in the "Best Online Talk Show" of "Science/Technology" category.[8][9][10] It was referred to as one of the "five science podcasts to expand your mind" by Global News.[11]

Episodes[]

2008[]

Episode Content hideDate
TRC #1 Pilot August 14, 2008
TRC #2 August 21, 2008
TRC #3 Winged cats, Magnetic Cows, Measles/Mumps outbreak, FDA approves food irradiation, Myth of the Week: We only use 10% of our brain... August 29, 2008
TRC #4 Nutmeg overdosing, psychic fair, and new age ads September 4, 2008
TRC #5 Alt Med Primer, Aspartame, and Creatine September 11, 2008
TRC #6 The Placebo Effect, Science on TV, and the art of persuasion in politics September 18, 2008
TRC #7 Cancerous Cell Phones, Conspiracy Videos, and Ghosts with Rich Taste September 24, 2008
TRC #8 Ogopogo, Bigfoot vs Politicians, and Pond Scum October 1, 2008
TRC #9 Vitamin C + Chemotherapy, Maggie the Counting Dog, and Out of Body Study October 9, 2008
TRC #10 Islamic Doll, What Energy Is Essay, and Cognitive Dissonance October 16, 2008
TRC #11 Franken-foods, Acai Berries, and UK UFO Documents Revealed! October 23, 2008
TRC #12 Persinger's God Helmet and Halloween Dangers October 30, 2008
TRC #13 Calorie Restricted Diets, Wedding Superstitions, Bisphenol A, and Unlucky Numbers November 5, 2008
TRC #14 The Trouble With Astrology, Scientific Medical Preventions Under Attack, and "Yes Captain, I do" November 13, 2008
TRC #15 JFK Assassination, pesticides+cancer, and does the brain prove evolution? November 20, 2008
TRC #16 Mortality/Risk + Evidence/Falsifiability + Coriolis Effect/Toilets November 26, 2008
TRC #17 Zombies + Crime Stats + Moon Illusion December 3, 2008
TRC #18 Prayer + Safety Laws + Coke Tabs December 4, 2008
TRC #19 Pseudoegyptology + Feng Shui + The Rule of Thumb December 18, 2008
TRC #20 Xmas Origins + Is Santa Real? + Holiday Suicide Myth December 18, 2008

2009[]

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TRC #21 Angels + Celebrities + Spider Eating Myth January 8, 2009
TRC #22 Big Pharma Inconsistencies + Alien Faces + Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day January 14, 2009
TRC #23 Cancer Epidemic Fears + Acupressure + The Myth of Gum Digestion January 21, 2009
TRC #24 Social Class/Health + Chemophobia + Black Belt Myth January 28, 2009
TRC #25 Bear Armour + Evolution Book Reviews + Dream Myth February 5, 2009
TRC #26 Evolution's History + Carbon Dating + Vestigial Organs February 11, 2009
TRC #27 Scientific Progress + Money as Debt + Lemmings Myth February 18, 2009
TRC #28 The Sun's True Colour + Google Atlantis + Great Wall of China Myth February 25, 2009
TRC #29 The Nocebo Effect + Circumcision/AIDS + Chicken Eggs Myth February 26, 2009
TRC #30 Homosexuality/Natural? + Teaching 9/11 Truth + Friday 13th Accident Rates March 15, 2009
TRC #31 Evolution Acceptance + Zeitgeist + Staring at the Sun March 19, 2009
TRC #32 Cold Reading + Baby Einstein Videos + Shaving Myth March 26, 2009
TRC #33 Who has more sex? + King Tut's Curse + JFK Was a Donut? April 2, 2009
TRC #34 Pyramid Theory + Singularity + Frog Myth April 19, 2009
TRC #35 Climate Change + Plastic Bags + Ozone Depletion April 24, 2009
TRC #36 Japanese Horror + Bible Code + Soda Can Myth May 3, 2009
TRC #37 Skeptic Course + Pentawater + Swine Flu Myth May 10, 2009
TRC #38 Politics/Skepticism + Climate Change Questions + Red Bull Myth May 15, 2009
TRC #39 Wikipedia/Britannica + Homemade Pesticides + Dark Meat Myth May 24, 2009
TRC #40 Children's Cold Medicine + Ad Hominem + Pool Urine Dye June 1, 2009
TRC #41 Landfills + Chelation + Safety in Numbers June 11, 2009
TRC #42 Critical Thinking 101 + Psychic Dogs + Myopic Myth June 12, 2009
TRC #43 Real Vaccine Dangers + Cosmetics + Bilateral Symmetry June 20, 2009
TRC #44 Avro Arrow Conspiracy + Brain Drain + Beavertails June 26, 2009
TRC #45 BMI + Michael Jackson Skin Colour + Eskimo Words for Snow July 5, 2009
TRC #46 Wind Turbine Illness + Madoff & Ponzi Schemes + Post-Mortem Nail Growth Myth July 8, 2009
TRC #47 TAM7 + Adam Savage Interview + Twitter Popularity July 17, 2009
TRC #48 Moon Hoax + Interview with Bob and Jay Novella from the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe + Taste Myth July 26, 2009
TRC #49 Homeopathy 101 + Harriet Hall Interview + Sex on the Mind Myth August 1, 2009
TRC #50 Spot Reduction + Aquatic Ape Theory Interview + More People Alive Now Than In All History August 8, 2009
TRC #51 What the Bleep Review + Richard Saunders Interview + Usa Myth August 15, 2009
TRC #52 Scifi vs UFO Reporting Interview (David Clarke) + Zombies! Study Interview (Robert Smith?) August 23, 2009
TRC #53 Pet Domestication + Joe Nickell Interview + Monkey Descent Myth August 29, 2009
TRC #54 Jurassic Park + Consciousness + 21 Grams September 6, 2009
TRC #55 Time Travel + Multitasking + Well Starseeing Myth September 13, 2009
TRC #56 Umami/MSG + Ray Hyman Interview + Baldness Myth September 20, 2009
TRC #57 Free Will/Determinism + Interview with Evan Bernstein September 27, 2009
TRC #58 Alternative Style Auctions + Interview with Tim Farley + Flamingo Colour Myth October 4, 2009
TRC #59 HIV Myths + Steven Novella Interview + Cocaine Money Myth October 11, 2009
TRC #60 Swine Flu Vaccine Fears + Brian Brushwood Interview + Coal Crushing Myth October 18, 2009
TRC #61 Interview with Phil Plat, the Bad Astronomer October 22, 2009
TRC #62 Halloween Origins + Ghost Hunter Interview + Black Cat Myths October 31, 2009
TRC #63 Satanic Ritual Abuse + Animal Hybrids + Male vs Female Drivers November 8, 2009
TRC #64 Dark Side of the Moon + 2012 + Start of Spring November 15, 2009
TRC #65 False Pregnancy + Bill 179/Naturopathy Interview + Psychological Treatments for Cancer November 22, 2009
TRC #66 Cameron/Comfort's Origin of Species + Music Therapy + Alcohol Kills Brain Cells Myth November 29, 2009
TRC #67 ABO Blood Type Personality + Moral Consistency + Fortune Cookies December 6, 2009
TRC #68 Climategate + How To Be An Expert + Hand Sanitizers December 13, 2009
TRC #69 Santa Claus Origins + Festivus Origins + Snowflake Sameness December 20, 2009

2010[]

Episode Content hideDate
TRC #70 Trepanation + Conspiracy Skeptic Interview + New Year Driving Risks January 3, 2010
TRC #71 Neurological/Moral Reactions + The G-Spot + Twinkie Shelf-Life January 10, 2010
TRC #72 Gambler's Fallacy + Cryonics + SuperFreakonomics Review January 17, 2010
TRC #73 Quantum Mechanics + Creation Movie Review + Drinking Myth January 24, 2010
TRC #74 Counterfeiting + Daniel Loxton Interview + Celery Myth January 31, 2010
TRC #75 Ginkgo Biloba + Audio Cables + Fugu (Puffer Fish) Myth February 7, 2010
TRC #76 Graphology/Handwriting Analysis + Kosher Food + Drinking/Pregnancy February 14, 2010
TRC #77 Chocolate/Strokes + Olympic Mascots + KFC Myth February 21, 2010
TRC #78 Chicken or the egg + Weasle Words + Gutenberg February 28, 2010
TRC #79 Olympics Revisited + Euphemism Treadmill + Audiobooks vs Books March 7, 2010
TRC #80 IQ Correlations + Dr Yoni Freedhoff Interview + Trillium Myth March 14, 2010
TRC #81 Buying the Cosmos + TV Ratings + Head Heat Loss Myth March 21, 2010
TRC #82 Mike Duffy and Critical Thinking + HFCS Study + Frown Myth March 28, 2010
TRC #83 Easter Origins + Vitamin C for the Common Cold + Brain Calorie Loss April 4, 2010
TRC #84 Miracluin Tablets + Price Discrimination + Does Eating Late Cause Weight Gain? April 11, 2010
TRC #85 Do Violent Video Games Lead To Violence? + Alcohol in Soft Drinks + Hangover Cures April 15, 2010
TRC #86 Snakes + Shampoo + Michael Jackson vs Sonic the Hedgehog April 25, 2010
TRC #87 Boobquake + Brain Age + White Chocolate May 2, 2010
TRC #88 Stephen Hawking vs Aliens + Sky Mall Products + Printer Ink May 9, 2010
TRC #89 Shisha + 3D Technology + Toothpaste May 16, 2010
TRC #90 Why Sex? + Pigeon Head-bob + Dog Colour Vision May 23, 2010
TRC #91 OCD + Dr. Tim Valentine Interview + Wild West Violence Myth May 30, 2010
TRC #92 Denialism + Lotteries + Missing Dollar Riddle June 6, 2010
TRC #93 Nostradamus + Multiple Personality Disorder + Brain Food Myth June 13, 2010
TRC #94 Abiogenic Oil + Homosexuality and Evolution + Koala Bears June 20, 2010
TRC #95 Black Hole Pareidolia + Paul Ingraham Interview + Mice Love Cheese Myth June 27, 2010
TRC #96 Meat Healthiness + Premium Beer + Carrot Eyesight Myth July 4, 2010
TRC #97 TAM8 + Casino Odds + Slot Machines + Sport Incentives July 12, 2010
TRC #98 TAM8 Highlights + Psychic Jamming + DJ Grothe Interview + Elephants and Mice July 18, 2010
TRC #99 Census + He-Man vs Dynasty + Are Blondes Dumber? July 25, 2010
TRC #100 Don't Start Believin' + Mistakes Were Made By Us + Myth Recap August 2, 2010
TRC #101 Vitamin D + Brainstorming + Red Car Cost August 8, 2010
TRC #102 Deafness Leads to Supersight? + iDosing + Penny CN Tower Myth August 15, 2010
TRC #103 WiFi/BPA Fear + Allergies + Mars Size Myth August 22, 2010
TRC #104 Chiropractic Adventures + James Randi Interview + Internet Is For Porn? August 29, 2010
TRC #105 EMP + Ben Radford Interview + 215 Bones Myth September 6, 2010
TRC #106 Photo Analysis + The Bermuda Triangle + Was Hitler Jewish? September 12, 2010
TRC #107 Language and Thoughts + Danger and Cognitive Bias + Fruit Fly Myth September 19, 2010
TRC #108 Space Elevator + Ahmadinejad and 9/11 + Walt Disney Myth September 26, 2010
TRC #109 Science vs Dating Tips + NLP + Ostrich Myth October 3, 2010
TRC #110 Baldness + Chain Letters + Bread in the Fridge October 11, 2010
TRC #111 Framing + Peanut Allergy Risk + McDonalds Decompose Myth October 17, 2010
TRC #112 Wicca + Fear + Wolf Howls October 24, 2010
TRC #113 African Starvation Stats + Daylight Savings + Most Downloaded Woman October 31, 2010
TRC #114 Cesar Millan + John Titor + Alice in Wonderland Myth November 7, 2010
TRC #115 Moral Landscape Review + Nose Blowing + Sleep Requirements November 14, 2010
TRC #116 Multi-level Marketing + Electrocution + Bird Spoiling Myth November 21, 2010
TRC #117 Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare? + Does Money Leads to Happiness? + Mattresses November 28, 2010
TRC #118 Number Stations + Bart Farkas Interview + Do Men Notice High Heels? December 5, 2010
TRC #119 Benford's Law + Review of Whole Earth Discipline + Indestructible Titanium Rings December 12, 2010
TRC #120 Baby Sign Language + Real Toxins + Homosexuality and P********a December 19, 2010
TRC #121 Most Wonderful Time. + Kwanzaa + Chanukkah Myth December 26, 2010

2011[]

Episode Content hideDate
TRC #122 Prosecutor's Fallacy + Queueing Theory + 2011 Predictions January 3, 2011
TRC #123 Biorhythms + Celebrity Sexcapades + Do Sharks Get Cancer? January 16, 2011
TRC #124 Will David Beckham Have a 4th Son? + Pleistocence Park + Are Pretty People Dumb? January 23, 2011
TRC #125 DNA Scam + Ex-gay + Do Bulls Hate Red? January 30, 2011
TRC #126 Future Babble Review + Ancient Number Systems + Camel Hump Myth February 6, 2011
TRC #127 Crystal Deodorant + Mermaids + Buttons February 13, 2011
TRC #128 Valentine's Day Origins + Chem Trails + Space Pen February 21, 2011
TRC #129 Stages of Grief + What Does Human Flesh Taste Like? + Fruit Juics vs Soda February 27, 2011
TRC #130 Taboo Topics + Do Video Games Lead To Rape? + Synchronization of Menstrual Cycles March 6, 2011
TRC #131 False Confessions + Heaven is for Real Review + Did Vikings Really Wear Horns? March 13, 2011
TRC #132 Do Earthquakes Mean The End Times? + Radiation Dangers + Is It Healthy To Looks At Women's Breasts? March 20, 2011
TRC #133 Destiny + Sara Mayhew Interview + Is Tommy Hilfiger a Racist? March 27, 2011
TRC #134 Suspicious Movie Goofs + Libyan HIV Trial + Vomitorium April 3, 2011
TRC #135 Brushing Teeth With Soap + Toyota Acceleration Hysteria + Drowning Myth April 10, 2011
TRC #136 Medical Science Reliability + Is The Cookie Monster a Vegetarian? + Does 1 = 0.9999...? April 17, 2011
TRC #137 e-cigarettes + Is Paul Dead? + Does Chocolate Have Caffeine? April 24, 2011
TRC #138 Cancer Dogs + Robot Sex + Tootsie Pop Wrapper Contest May 1, 2011
TRC #139 The Decline Effect + Birthers + MLK Jr Misquote May 8, 2011
TRC #140 Criminal Profiling + Happiness Book Reviews + Plane Crash Survival Rates May 15, 2011
TRC #141 Brazilian Labour Rights + DCA Cancer Cure Resurgence + The Five Senses May 22, 2011
TRC #142 Children's Toy Preferences + Interview with Jon Kay + Video Game Myths May 29, 2011
TRC #143 Speed Reading + Bitcoin + Can People Really Rip Phone Books? June 5, 2011
TRC #144 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and XMRV + Risk Compensation + Does Lightning Strike Twice? June 12, 2011
TRC #145 The Halo Effect + Hypnosis + Gold Fish Memory June 19, 2011
TRC #146 Micro-financing + Light Bulb Longevity + Cold Causes June 26, 2011
TRC #147 Asbestos + Fan Death + Exercise on an Empty Stomach Myth July 3, 2011
TRC #148 McDonalds Myths + Teething Necklaces + Long Weekend Fuel Prices July 10, 2011
TRC #149 Divorce Statistic Myths + Is Cheeze Whiz One Molecule Away From Plastic? July 17, 2011
TRC #150 Dreams + Mood Rings + Feet vs Penis Length July 25, 2011
TRC #151 Aspartame + Cryotherapy + Dentist Suicides August 1, 2011
TRC #152 Home Field Advantage + Talking YouTube Animals + Internet Explorer User IQ August 8, 2011
TRC #153 Anti-oxidants + Prisoner's Dilemma + Bert and Ernie Sexuality August 14, 2011
TRC #154 Four Letter Word Origins + Is TV Dangerous? + Mosquito Myths August 21, 2011
TRC #155 Meat Eating Arguments + Sleepwalking Safety August 28, 2011
TRC #156 Ape Language + Maraschino Cherry Digestion September 4, 2011
TRC #157 Uncanny Valley + Equilibrium Bandz + TRC Origins September 11, 2011
TRC #158 Movie Review Quotes + The Illuminati + Hudson's Bay Gravity September 18, 2011
TRC #159 Has Batman Ever Killed? + Hawthorne Effect + Pirate Myths September 25, 2011
TRC #160 Does Bisexuality Exist? + All About Hiccups + Should You Have Sex Before Playing Sports? October 2, 2011
TRC #161 Gaydar + Nonsense on Stilts Book Review + Moneybags October 10, 2011
TRC #162 Elvis + Interview with Dr Stu Farrimond + Hair vs Fur October 16, 2011
TRC #163 Consciousness + Stranger Danger + Gregorian Monks October 23, 2011
TRC #164 Black Cat Abuse On Halloween + Blue Blood + Vampire Ecology October 30, 2011
TRC #165 Global Corporate Conspiracy? + 7 Billion People! + Flushing Hot Flashes November 6, 2011
TRC #166 Fundamental Attribution Error + Self CPR + Green Poppy Centres November 13, 2011
TRC #167 Gamer Glasses + Radionics + Entrapment November 20, 2011
TRC #168 Quantum Jumping + Is Pizza a Vegetable? + Do Twins Skip a Generation? November 27, 2011
TRC #169 Comparing Animal Calories + Tourette Syndrome + Warm Water Prank December 4, 2011
TRC #170 Microexpressions + Child Homicide Stats Reporting + Let Them Eat Cake Myth December 11, 2011
TRC #171 Bad Stats in Science + Lay Lines + One-Word Answer on Exam December 18, 2011
TRC #172 War on X-mas + Christmas Shopping Science Fact or Science Fiction + Artificial Christmas Trees December 26, 2011

2012[]

Episode Content hideDate
TRC #173 Pat + Cristina's End of Year Parody Spectacular! January 2, 2012
TRC #174 New Years Resolutions + Water Boiling + Past Year Predictions January 8, 2012
TRC #175 The Debunking Handbook + Alien Implants + Coloured Pencils January 15, 2012
TRC #176 Hockey Fights + The Paleo Diet + Does Alcohol Heat You Up? January 22, 2012
TRC #177 Vampires + Vacuum Survival + Rib Removal Myths January 29, 2012
TRC #178 Climate Change Redux + Groundhog Day + Cold Batteries February 5, 2012
TRC #179 Mouth Wash + The Dunning-Kruger Effect + New Climate Change Myth February 12, 2012
TRC #180 Thinking Fast and Slow Review + Mammoth Sighting + Einstein Math Failure? February 20, 2012
TRC #181 Spontaneous Human Combustion + Fukushima Fallout + Ben Franklin Kite Experiment February 26, 2012
TRC #182 Organic vs Conventional Farming + Leap Year + Kokomo March 4, 2012
TRC #183 Valium + Dog Years + Gravity March 11, 2012
TRC #184 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs + Myers-Briggs Personality Tests + Oprah Book Club March 18, 2012
TRC #185 Life Expectancy + Box Office Math + Sad Onions March 25, 2012
TRC #186 Gas Boycotts + Chris Hassall + Mattress Tags April 1, 2012
TRC #187 The Turing Test + Does P = NP? + Double Jeopardy April 8, 2012
TRC #188 HIV Denial + Exodus Evidence + Titanic Myths April 15, 2012
TRC #189 Little Genius + Truth Serum + 420 April 22, 2012
TRC #190 Internet Piracy + Weird Pepsi Ingredients + Blue Moon April 29, 2012
TRC #191 Science Retractions + Expiry Dates + Oil Changes May 6, 2012
TRC #192 Geocentrism + Sky Mall Redux + Blackle May 13, 2012
TRC #193 Animal Pain + Energy Efficiency + Nicotine in Tim Hortons Coffee May 20, 2012
TRC #194 Slavery + Hollow Earth + Poppy Seeds May 30, 2012
TRC #195 Epigenetics + Sanctuary + Kiddie Colours June 3, 2012
TRC #196 Amelia Earhart + EA Cover Curse + Easter Island Bodies June 10, 2012
TRC #197 Male Lactation + Expanding Earth Theory + Vintage HD Movies June 17, 2012
TRC #198 Marijuana and Cancer + Kobe Beef + Start a Skeptic Group June 24, 2012
TRC #199 Sunscreen Myths + $0.99 + 1 Phone Call July 2, 2012
TRC #200 Favourite Segments + TRC Mistakes + Myth Recap July 9, 2012
TRC #201 Fuel Savers + Bug Repellent + Ice Diet July 16, 2012
TRC #202 Energy Drinks + Tommy Westphall + Microwaved Water July 22, 2012
TRC #203 Alkaline Diet + GDP + Counting Cards July 30, 2012
TRC #204 Water Fluoridation + Olympics SFSF + Turning Off Lights August 5, 2012
TRC #205 Allergy Tests + Bottled Water + Single Cause Fallacy + Adidas August 12, 2012
TRC #206 Violence Declining + Judge Shows + Steve Jobs Stole The Mouse August 20, 2012
TRC #207 POM Wonderful + Music SFSF + Birds Die From Gum August 27, 2012
TRC #208 Reproductive Pills and Mate Preference + Are We All Related + When the Dinosaurs Died September 3, 2012
TRC #209 Influencing Child Gender + Instant Noodles + Laser Sniper Rifles September 10, 2012
TRC #210 Dark Side of the Rainbow + Toxic School Supplies + Post Hoc Fallacy September 16, 2012
TRC #211 Walk or Run in the Rain + The Global Consciousness Project + A Year Supply September 23, 2012
TRC #212 Avogadro's Number + The Golden Ratio + The Astronomical Unit September 30, 2012
TRC #213 Sexism in Science + Blowing in Nintendo Cartridges + Do Canadians Say Zed October 7, 2012
TRC #214 Tattoo Removal + Eidetic Memory + All You Can Eat Buffet Strategies October 14, 2012
TRC #215 Schrödinger's Cat + Secret Shoppers + Furbies Are Spies October 21, 2012
TRC #216 Ghosts + Halloween SFoSF + Cloud Computing and Bad Weather October 27, 2012
TRC #217 Social Media and Isolation + Monsanto + Castoreum November 3, 2012
TRC #218 Price Gouging + Intentionally Deceptive Reporting + Does Captain Go Down With the Ship November 10, 2012
TRC #219 Can Men and Women be Friends + Foods With Animals + Van Halen M&Ms November 17, 2012
TRC #220 Plant Perception + Name That... + Tick Bites Leading to Red Meat Allergies November 24, 2012
TRC #221 Cell Phones and Driving + Cycling Helmets and Risk + Copyright, Privacy and Facebook December 2, 2012
TRC #222 The Simulation Argument + Breaking Bad SFoSF + Subliminal Advertising + Law of Averages
(This episode was also video taped at the "Eschaton 2012" conference.)
December 8, 2012
TRC #223 Planet X + Are Men Stronger Than Women + Canned Food Drives December 15, 2012
TRC #224 Working From Home + PZ Myers Interview + TRC Predictions December 24, 2012
TRC #225 Pat and Cristina Holiday Parody Spectacular December 29, 2012

2013[]

Episode Content hideDate
TRC #226 Do Doctors Kill More Than Guns + Udo Schuklenk + Hydrogen Peroxide January 5, 2013
TRC #227 fMRI + High Heels + Sally Field January 14, 2013
TRC #228 Mind Projection Fallacy + Ian Cromwell + Do Rabbits Eat Carrots January 20, 2013
TRC #229 Cobra Effect + Christopher diCarlo + Radon January 27, 2013
TRC #230 Hibernation + Hockey Science Fact or Fiction + Beyonce Lip Sync February 4, 2013
TRC #231 Sex Drive + Skeptical Activism #dropjenny + Al Gore Invented Internet February 11, 2013
TRC #232 Happy Birthday Song + Lent SFoSF + Sex Cereal February 18, 2013
TRC #233 Asexuality + Name That + Does HAL=IBM? February 23, 2013
TRC #234 The Internet And Nuclear War + Was Kurt Cobain Murdered + Adam's Apples March 3, 2013
TRC #235 Smarter Donating + Eye Colour + Roll Up the Rim March 9, 2013
TRC #236 Crying + Ghost Orbs + Napoleon March 16, 2013
TRC #237 Mandatory Minimum Sentences for crimes, Epilepsy misconceptions & are cattle more well fed than some people? March 27, 2013
TRC #238 Near Miss Bias + Internet and Nuclear War Part 2 + Missing Sex Tape March 31, 2013
TRC #239 Tea Health Effects + Urine SFoSF + Lions Most Deadly in Africa April 6, 2013
TRC #240 Water Purification Scams + Grass vs. Grain Fed Beef + Red Hair Extinction April 14, 2013
TRC #241 Breast Cancer Screening + Sweat + Pong April 21, 2013
TRC #242 Cosmetics Industry + Dinosaur Myths + Kitchen Sink vs. Toilet April 28, 2013
TRC #243 Detoxification + Health At Every Size + Jewish Burial And Tattoos May 5, 2013
TRC #244 Penis Theft + Atacama Humanoid + Brown vs. White Eggs May 12, 2013
TRC #245 Quinoa + Pain Relievers + Misattributed Paternity May 19, 2013
TRC #246 Where Does the Sun Rise and Set + Bodily Fluids Game + Shaving Dog in Summer May 26, 2013
TRC #247 Beardmore Relics + 1 Night Where Everything Is Legal + Bruce Lee Ping Pong June 2, 2013
TRC #248 Australia Myths + Moral Thought Experiments + Elevator Mirrors June 8, 2013
TRC #249 Oak Island Money Pit + Teddy Wilson + Do Cell Signals Go To Space? June 15, 2013
TRC #250 Alcohol & Breast Cancer + Coin Toss Odds + Viral Video Analysis June 22, 2013
TRC #251 Local Food + Aphrodisiacs + Most Recognized Symbols June 29, 2013
TRC #252 Washing Fruits + Wine Competitions + GIF Pronunciation July 6, 2013
TRC #253 MSM Blood Donations + Katy Perry Twitter Hoax + Swimming After Eating July 13, 2013
TRC #254 Barefoot Running + Darren's Eurotrip + Barefoot Driving July 19, 2013
TRC #255 Canada Myths + Quirky Ways to Cool Down + Cesarean Section July 25, 2013
TRC #256 Gluten-Free Diet + Wedding Game + Is Toronto Dangerous August 2, 2013
TRC #257 Unreported Crime + Cat Declawing + A Red Sky Predicts Weather August 10, 2013
TRC #258 Five Year Anniversary Show August 17, 2013
TRC #259 Area 51 + Weather Forecasting Accuracy + Vector Cereal August 24, 2013
TRC #260 Wood Smoke + Sitting vs Squating + Cracking Knuckles and Arthritis August 30, 2013
TRC #261 Common Pregnancy Myths + Exercise and Hair Loss + Bra Burning September 6, 2013
TRC #262 Fukushima Effects + Stress and grey hair + Almond Joy's got nuts September 14, 2013
TRC #263 Intimate Partner Violence + Polybius + General Tso's Chicken September 21, 2013
TRC #264 Super Size Me + Skeptical Activism: Nosodes + Superman Coins and Catching Lois September 28, 2013
TRC #265 Motivated Numeracy + Does Cat Purring Heal Bones? + Chinese Food Hunger After an Hour October 4, 2013
TRC #266 Should You Let Your Kids Watch TV + Name That: Scientist Edition + What Is Killing Birds In Canada October 12, 2013
TRC #267 Supervised Injection Sites + Who Owns The Future + Are Refrigerators Death Traps? October 19, 2013
TRC #268 Krokodil + Oreos vs. Cocaine + Does Reading in Dark Damage Eyes October 26, 2013
TRC #269 Talking Calories w/ Stephan Guyenet + Money Game + 50 Shades of Twilight November 1, 2013
TRC #269.5 Darren On Ron Corbett Unscripted November 2, 2013
TRC #270 Effective Altruism + Drinking While Eating + Square on Toothpaste Tube November 8, 2013
TRC #271 Computer Use & Carpal Tunnel + Name That: Number Edition + Facebook Word Search November 15, 2013
TRC #272 Rob Ford + Sleeping Twice Per Night + Vaccine Myths + George Washington Wooden Teeth November 23, 2013
TRC #273 Krokodil + Effective Altruism + Homeopathy + Aspartame + Punting + Friends November 30, 2013
TRC #274 Cosmological Overview + Icelandic Elves + Marriage Annulment and Consummation December 11, 2013
TRC #275 Validity of Astrology + Effectiveness of Prayer + Holiday Suicide Rates December 14, 2013
TRC #276 Can Mice Inherit Fear + "Name That" Holiday Edition + Salvation Army Hoax December 21, 2013
TRC #277 The Third Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular December 27, 2013

2014[]

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TRC #278 This Will Make You Smarter + Predictions + Female Falsetto January 4, 2014
TRC #279 Infinity + Placebo Revisited + Was Canada Colder Than Mars January 10, 2014
TRC #280 Fahrenheit + Do Cats Care About Their Owners + Aloe vera January 18, 2014
TRC #281 Race In Biomedical Research + Is Reality TV Real? + Skeptical Newlywed Game January 25, 2014
TRC #282 Rice and Positive Thinking + Colour of Food + Adding Salt to Boiling Water January 31, 2014
TRC #283 Trees + Lying SFoSF + Lighters Burning Snow Videos February 8, 2014
TRC #284 Planning Your Own Death + Yawning + Does Chocolate Contain Insects February 14, 2014
TRC #285 Raelians and Clitoral Restoration + Planning Your Own Death 2 + Drinking Fluids For Cold February 22, 2014
TRC #286 Review Of 'Moral Tribes' + Bribing Kids and Grades + Three Felonies A Day? March 1, 2014
TRC #287 Open Concept Offices + Name That Smoking Edition + Alcohol to Sterilize Wound March 7, 2014
TRC #288 Is Andy Kaufman Dead + Fish Fridays + Sheri's Berries March 15, 2014
TRC #289 Malaysian Flight 370 + Congruence Bias + Who is Dankey Kang? March 22, 2014
TRC #290 Smoking and Lung Cancer + Dogs Sensing Magnetic fields + Diet and Acne + Patterson Best Selling Author March 29, 2014
TRC #291 Mozi-Q + Does Rain Melt Snow + Cutting Boards April 5, 2014
TRC #292 Are Parents Less Happy? + Is AA Effective? + Books At Harvard Bound In Human Skin April 12, 2014
TRC #293 Jenny McCarthy Isn't Anti Vax? + Blast Processing + Darren's Charity Update + Are Bats Blind? April 19, 2014
TRC #294 Loch Ness Monster + Astronomy Name That Game + Can Elephants Jump April 25, 2014
TRC #295 Fraud And Facebook Likes + Fresh Vs. Frozen + Kansas Banning Cosmos? May 2, 2014
TRC #296 Did Life On Earth Begin On Another Planet? + Foreign Aid Myths + Drinking Beer With A Straw? May 10, 2014
TRC #297 Most Relaxing Song + "Dangerous" Beers + Paternal Mitochondria May 17, 2014
TRC #298 China Study + Conscious After Decapitation + Asteroids vs Comets vs Meteoroids May 23, 2014
TRC #299 Godzilla + Book Reviews + Snuff Films May 31, 2014
TRC #300 Vanessa's Law + Mistakes Were Made + Bad Student Writing + Best and Worst Segments June 7, 2014
TRC #301 Finish Your Plate + Fertility Game + Turing Test News June 14, 2014
TRC #302 Female vs. Male Hurricanes + Airplane Food + Surgical Masks June 21, 2014
TRC #303 Earlobe Creases + Is Venus The Cat A Chimera? + Why Do Our Fingers Prune? June 28, 2014
TRC #304 Productivity Hacks + Name That Topical Edition + Sheng Long July 5, 2014
TRC #305 Null Hypothesis Significance Testing + Racist Dogs + UFO Sighting Distribution July 13, 2014
TRC #306 Facebook Mood Manipulation Study + Steven Spielberg Dinosaur Hunter + Wage Gap Between Sexes July 19, 2014
TRC #307 Bananas and Fishing + Deer Whistles + Air Bud + Alcohol in Ontario July 26, 2014
TRC #308 CrossFit + SETI + Dogs And Ice Water August 2, 2014
TRC #309 WWI Myths + Great Outdoors Game + Toasting to Avoid Poisoning August 9, 2014
TRC #310 Vanity Awards + Afghan 9/11 Awareness + Jackie Mitchell August 15, 2014
TRC #311 Suicide + Small vs. Big Meals + Sharks Smelling Blood August 23, 2014
TRC #312 Gamer Stats - Adult Women Vs Teenage Boys + Deer + Puff The Magic Dragon Is About Pot? August 30, 2014
TRC #313 Mashup Episode: Canned Food Drives + Blowing In Nintendo Cartridges + Van Halen M&Ms September 5, 2014
TRC #314 Parasites & Multiple Sclerosis + How Big Is The Universe + Tim Hortons Cup Sizes September 13, 2014
TRC #315 Grounding Mats + Sweetener vs. Cocaine + Tooth Colour September 20, 2014
TRC #316 Three-Breasted Woman + Name That: Cryptozoology Edition + Cow Tipping September 27, 2014
TRC #317 Programmer Productivity + Parody Websites + iPhone Bending October 3, 2014
TRC #318 Do Glasses Weaken Eyes? + Smoking in Movies = R-rating + Pluto A Planet Again? October 11, 2014
TRC #319 Mothers' Milk Vs Mothers' Guilt + Red Wine Health Benefits + Green Eggs And Ham Banned? October 17, 2014
TRC #320 Bradford Hill Criteria + Cold Reading + Does The Earth Orbit The Sun? October 25, 2014
TRC #321 Ebola + Google Traffic + Sexy Ebola Nurse Costume November 1, 2014
TRC #322 Fewer Kids Trick or Treating? + SFoSF: Coffee + BDSM Illegal? + Losing Elan November 7, 2014
TRC #323 Mashup Episode: SkyMall + Mattress Doubles In Weight + Almond Joy's Got Nuts November 14, 2014
TRC #324 Serial Killer Myths + Name That: Weights and Measures + Is Chocolate Poison To Dogs? November 22, 2014
TRC #325 Cells On A Plane + Effective Donating Revisited + Sad Music November 30, 2014
TRC #326 Bates Method + Outlet Malls + Does Roomba Map a Room + Hope & Resurrection December 6, 2014
TRC #327 Racial Disparity + Perception Quiz + The Cheerleader Effect December 12, 2014
TRC #328 Superintelligence Overview + Guinness Two-Pour + Is Grumpy Cat a '100-millionaire'? December 20, 2014
TRC #329 Murder Down Under + Cake or Death + The Sitting Dead + #HomicideTheNorth December 26, 2014

2015[]

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TRC #330 The Fourth Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular January 2, 2015
TRC #331 Bad Luck & Cancer + Annual Predictions + Sushi & Wasabi January 10, 2015
TRC #332 Wind Chill + Bad Pharma Overview + Does Bottled Water Expire? January 16, 2015
TRC #333 Cali Causes Cancer? + Talking Transgender + The Most Bombed Country is... January 23, 2015
TRC #334 Blasphemy in Canada + Why Allergy Myths Persist + Does Cake Mix Really Need an Egg? January 31, 2015
TRC #335 Meditation + Name That: Anatomy Edition + V-Steam & Gwyneth Paltrow February 6, 2015
TRC #336 American Sniper + Brian Tomasik on Wild Animal Suffering + Rent-To-Own February 13, 2015
TRC #337 Women In Science + Brian Tomasik on Wild Animal Suffering Part 2 + Blue Blood February 20, 2015
TRC #338 Stradivarius Debate + SFoSF Inventions + How To Predict The Future On The Internet February 28, 2015
TRC #339 Was Everyone In The Middle Ages Drunk? + Lie Detection + Dressgate March 6, 2015
TRC #340 Interview With Thomas Clark From The Center For Naturalism March 13, 2015
TRC #341 Health Canada & Natural Remedies + Food Stereotypes + Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Much March 20, 2015
TRC #342 Talking Pluto with Dr. Stuart Robbins + Name That: Grade 9 Edition + Arsenic Levels in California Wines March 27, 2015
TRC #343 Voluntourism + Higher Thread Counts + Sleepwalking 101 April 4, 2015
TRC #344 Animal Memory + Name That: Random Technology Quiz + The Humidex April 10, 2015
TRC #345 Trigger Warnings + Food Labelling + Poland's Enigma Code Breakers April 18, 2015
TRC #346 The Grape Ice Cream Debate + QRay Wellness Bracelets + Things Women Couldn't Do Before The 70's + Eye Floaters April 25, 2015
TRC #347 Nepal Disaster Relief + Fecal Transplants + Diamonds + Star Trek Red Shirts May 2, 2015
TRC #348 Earth-Sized Exoplanets + Name That: Which Came First + Israeli Stamps In Passports May 9, 2015
TRC #349 Dubious Health Bloggers + Crop Circles + Tax-Free Savings Account May 16, 2015
TRC #350 Ontario's Sex-Ed Curriculum + Magic School Bus Meme + Medical Procedures You May Not Need May 23, 2015
TRC #351 DNR Revisited + Penile Duplication + Vulcan Salute & Death Grip May 29, 2015
TRC #352 doTerra Essential Oils + Tiananmen Square + Do Sunflowers Track The Sun? June 6, 2015
TRC #353 Perfect Pitch + Name That: Weather & Climate Edition + Is July 4 Really Independence Day? June 13, 2015
TRC #354 Caitlyn Jenner vs Noah Galloway + Bayesian Statistics 101 with Alex Demarsh + Biodynamic Farming June 20, 2015
TRC #355 Mashup Episode: Breast Cancer Screening + Sexism in Science + Jackie Mitchell June 26, 2015
TRC #356 Rachel Dolezal and Transraciality + Alternative Cancer Therapies for Pets + Did Stockbrokers Really Jump Out of Windows? July 3, 2015
TRC #356 Mobile Medical Apps + Sesame Street vs Preschool + Viral Nonsense: Confederate Flag Edition July 11, 2015
TRC #358 Guerrilla Skepticism + Foul-mouthed Minions + The Munchies July 18, 2015
TRC #359 High Fidelity Audio Players + Sunscreen Revisited + Catapult GPS July 25, 2015
TRC #360 Hydration + Donating Your Body To Science + Two-Way Mirrors August 1, 2015
TRC #361 Bullying + Shroud of Turin + Kanye vs Wheelchair Basketball Team August 8, 2015
TRC #362 Simpson's Paradox + Name That: GMO Edition + Traveller's Diarrhea Myths August 14, 2015
TRC #363 Talking New Horizons with Dr. Stuart Robbins + The Great Berenstain Bear Debate August 22, 2015
TRC #364 Can You Catch Up On Sleep? + Trickle-down Economics + Is An Asteroid Coming? August 29, 2015
TRC #365 Reproducibility of Psychological Science + Are Octopuses Aliens? + Happy Birthday TRC! September 5, 2015
TRC #366 Accent Bias + Electroshock Therapy + Did A Cat Take A Bullet For A Kid? September 12, 2015
TRC #367 Susan Gerbic of GSoW + Industry Funded Studies + Deaths From Heat and Cold September 19, 2015
TRC #368 Barcodes and 666 + Ahmed Mohamed's Clock + Do Tax Cuts Cause Job Growth September 26, 2015
TRC #369 Follow Your Career Passion? + Farmer's Almanac + Subway Becoming Halal? October 4, 2015
TRC #370 Antibacterial Soap + Maple Water + Anti-Vaxxers Funding Fail + Top CO2 Emitters October 10, 2015
TRC #371 Riveted With Jim Davies + Is Polling Effective? + Extraneous Factors & Judicial Decisions October 16, 2015
TRC #372 Knowledge Translation with Dr. Ken Milne + Name That: Nobel Edition + Ghost Weddings October 24, 2015
TRC #373 WHO Processed Meat Cancer Study + The Science of Gremlins + Do Bras Cause Cancer? October 31, 2015
TRC #374 Conversion Therapy + Did Booze Influence The Australian Accent? + Vampires Drunk On Blood? November 7, 2015
TRC #375 Supporting TRC + Immortality + Bloodletting November 14, 2015
TRC #376 Are Religious Children Less Altruistic + Are There Pets in Pet Food? November 20, 2015
TRC #377 Unethical Experiments Proven Useful + Game That + Photographs and Smiling November 28, 2015
TRC #378 Ethical Automated Cars? + Adult Colouring Books + The Halitosis Influence December 5, 2015
TRC #379 Charitable Giving + Premium vs Regular Gas + Elf On The Shelf December 12, 2015
TRC #380 Starbucks Hates X-mas? + When Is A Cold Contagious? + Kubrick Admits To Faking Moon Landings? December 19, 2015
TRC #381 The 5th Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular + Dr. Ken Milne's SGEM vs SPIDES December 26, 2015

2016[]

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TRC #382 Dunning-Kruger Effect + Deep Learning + Do The British Have Bad Teeth? January 2, 2016
TRC #383 Lardass Autocorrect Kardashian? + Name That: Internet 2015 Edition + Last Year's Fave Segments + 2016 Predictions January 9, 2016
TRC #384 Did Nikola Tesla Contact Aliens? + FTC vs Lumosity + Ugly Baby Lawsuit? January 16, 2016
TRC #385 Health & Fitness Myths + Name That: Game That + Why Can't We See Apollo Mission Remnants With A Telescope? January 23, 2016
TRC #386 Planet Nine with Dr. Stuart Robbins + Lettuce Worse Than Bacon? + Cats vs Cucumbers January 29, 2016
TRC #387 Zika virus + Wisdom Teeth Removal A Racket? + Battery Charging Myths February 6, 2016
TRC #388 Science vs "Resting bitch face" + Death By Super Bowl? + Gravity Of Melting Ice February 13, 2016
TRC #389 Left-Right Confusion + Cats Meow Only At Humans? + Superforecasting Review February 20, 2016
TRC #390 Is The Solar System A Vortex? + Peanut Butter vs Alzheimer's + Sitting Too Close To The TV February 26, 2016
TRC #391 Apple Retro 1970 Bug + Hitler's Micropenis? + Leap Year Revisited + Video Gaming's First Transgender Character March 5, 2016
TRC #392 Is 4K TV Worth It? + Is Trump Really A Good Businessman? March 12, 2016
TRC #393 Talking Mirrors with Barry Panas + Clinton Onion Conspiracy + Splenda vs Cancer March 18, 2016
TRC #394 Money & Happiness + An Evening With Neil deGrasse Tyson + How Is Easter Sunday Determined? March 25, 2016
TRC #395 Tribeca vs Vaxxed + Double-Dipping + Tay: Microsoft's AI "Racist" Chatbot + Energy-Infused Beauty Products April 2, 2016
TRC #396 French's Ketchup Better For Ontario? + Misleading Headlines + China Bans April Fools'? April 8, 2016
TRC #397 Star Wars Droids with Jim Davies + Misleading Terms In Psych Fields + Star Wars Myths April 16, 2016
TRC #398 The Physics of Superheroes + Name That: High School Edition + Green Moon April 23, 2016
TRC #399 Free Throw Distraction + Differentiating Science From Pseudoscience + Do Politicians Keep Promises April 29, 2016
TRC #400 Panel Questions + Do Dogs Hate Hugs? + Alberta Toddler Meningitis Case May 7, 2016
TRC #401 Did Apple Steal Your Music? + Disaster Relief + Catterbox May 14, 2016
TRC #402 Helping Or Hurting Wildlife? + Is Uber A Scam? + Did A Teen Find A Lost Mayan City? May 20, 2016
TRC #403 Lamb Of God Vs Joel Osteen + ElbowGate + Dogs Detect Low Blood Sugar? May 27, 2016
TRC #404 Lunar Effect + Name That: Apollo Missions + Are The Stars We See Dead? June 3, 2016
TRC #405 Spoon Bending 101 + Hillary vs. Bernie + Changing O Canada June 11, 2016
TRC #406 Solar System Mashup – Pluto A Planet? + Planet 9 Discovered June 27, 2016
TRC #407 Panelists Disagreeing Mashup – Geeks and glasses + 0.9999 = 1? + Bike Helmet Safety July 4, 2016
TRC #408 8 Glasses Of Water A Day + 2016 Celebrity Deaths + Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? July 25, 2016
TRC #409 Melania Trump vs Science + Pokémon Go + Our Mathematical Universe August 1, 2016
TRC #410 Iraq Bans Bomb Detectors + Redheads and Pain + More Celebrity Medical Advice August 8, 2016
TRC #411 Olympic Medal Counts + Name That: Olympics + Is Air Conditioning Sexist? August 20, 2016
TRC #412 Do People Read Past A Headline? + Should You Floss? + Is Cancer A Modern Disease? August 26, 2016
TRC #413 Helium Infused Beer? + Stuart Robbins On Proxima B, SETI Signal, New Horizons + Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin September 2, 2016
TRC #414 Talking To Dogs + How Saintly Was Mother Teresa? + Kids' Dream Jobs Study September 10, 2016
TRC #415 22 Push-up Challenge + Name That: Hoax Edition + Are Parents Naming Their Kids After Pokémon? September 17, 2016
TRC #416 Trisodium Phosphate in Kid's Cereal? + Vicks VapoRub + Bottle Flip Physics September 24, 2016
TRC #417 Advertorial + Balance Eggs On Equinox + Is Psychology In Crisis? + Did NASA Change Your Zodiac Sign September 30, 2016
TRC #418 Should You Rake Your Leaves? + Name That: World Producers Edition + The Great Pitbull Debate October 10, 2016
TRC #419 Are Bees Endangered? + Peanut Butter Deadly To Dogs? + Transcendental Meditation October 15, 2016
TRC #420 Origin of 420 + Gem Newman of Bad Science Watch + History Of Halloween October 21, 2016
TRC #421 US Election Polls + Fake Academic Papers + Plain Cigarette Packaging October 28, 2016
TRC #421.5 Darren On Ron Corbett Unscripted October 31, 2016
TRC #423 Daylight Saving Time + Stopped Male Birth Control Study November 11, 2016
TRC #424 Harambe For President? + Moving To Canada + Trump Predictions November 19, 2016
TRC #425 Fake News, Facebook & The Election + FTC Vs Homeopathy + Ultrasound Determining Fetal Sex November 25, 2016
TRC #426.5 Effective Donating 2016 December 6, 2016
TRC #426 Measuring Pregnancy: Weeks Vs Months? + Name That: Canadian Citizenship + The 5 Second Rule December 2, 2016
TRC #427 Possession Is 9-10ths Of The Law? + Genes Predict Athletic Performance? + What Is Organic? December 10, 2016
TRC #428 Truffle Oil + The Science Of Idiocracy + Paid Sick Leave December 16, 2016
TRC #429.5 Programming Ethics Into A.I December 27, 2016
TRC #429 Is Barter The Origin Of Money? + More Trees Than Stars? + Snowflakes December 23, 2016
TRC #430 The 6th Annual Holiday Parody Spectacular December 30, 2016

2017[]

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TRC #431 Annual Prediction Game + Fave Segments of 2016 + Was 2016 Really The Worst Year? January 6, 2017
TRC #432 Winter Insects + Miracle Cream & Free Trials + Star Wars' Old Republic Women's Healthcare January 13, 2017
TRC #433 Fingerprint Theft From Selfies? + Revisiting Celebrity Death Stats + The Birthday Paradox January 20, 2017
TRC #434 Menstrual Synchrony + Name That: Internet 2016 + Have Your Cake And Eat It Too? January 27, 2017
TRC #435 Do We Live In A Black Hole + The Drake Equation + Solar Flares Vs Earth's Magnetic Field With Dr. Stuart Robbins February 3, 2017
TRC #436 Applied Kinesiology + Japanese Tourists & Northern Lights? + Coconut Oil February 11, 2017
TRC #437 Tariffs Vs The Border Wall + Movie Myths + Statue Of Liberty: Muslim? February 19, 2017
TRC #438 Fossil Fuel Vs Dinosaurs + How Animals Survive Winter + Dry Cleaning Dry? February 24, 2017
TRC #439 Would Aliens Be Hostile? + Lunar Effect + Name That: Powers Of 10 March 3, 2017
TRC #440 Emotions You Don't Feel? March 10, 2017
TRC #441 Nintendo Switch And Flavour Tripping + Gossip + School Buses And Seat Belts March 17, 2017
TRC #442 Implicit Association Test + Eiffel Tower Night Photos Illegal? + Irish Slaves A Myth? March 24, 2017
TRC #443 Theory Vs Scientific Theory + Pesticides In Canadian Water? + Cheerios: Bring Back The Bees March 31, 2017
TRC #444 Mashup: Breast Feeding And Lactivism + Are Parents Less Happy? April 8, 2017
TRC #445 Social Priming + Feral Girl Living With Monkeys? + Origin Of The Dollar Sign April 14, 2017
TRC #446 Is "Fearless Girl" Bull? + Name That: Baby Edition + Survival Of The Fittest April 22, 2017
TRC #447 March For Science + Is Witchcraft a Crime in Canada? + Does a Unicorn Frappuccino Contain Coffee? April 28, 2017
TRC #448 Justin Trudeau & Cupping + Ask An Astronomer ft Dr. Stuart Robbins + Duct Tape May 6, 2017
TRC #449 Why Use Stop In Telegrams? + Ask An Astronomer ft Dr. Stuart Robbins + Do Babies Look Like Dad To Avoid Abandonment? May 13, 2017
TRC #450 Save Knocked Out Teeth With Milk? + Physics Of Zelda Ft Barry Panas + Car Colour vs Insurance Rates May 19, 2017
TRC #451 Does Paper Burn at 451 Degrees Fahrenheit? + Did Humans Migrate To The Americas 130K Years Ago? + Does Wearing Red Make You More Attractive? May 27, 2017
TRC #452 Mount Everest The Tallest Mountain? + Does Music Calm Your Canine? + Avril Lavigne Death Conspiracy June 3, 2017
TRC #453 Sugar In The Gas Tank? + Conceptual Penis Hoax + Sailor Moon The Voice Of Wonder Woman? June 10, 2017
TRC #454 Gas Pump Icon + Himalayan Salt Lamps + Why Do We Cook At 350 Degrees? June 17, 2017
TRC #455 Mashup: Talking To Dogs + Dogs and Peanut Butter + Do Dogs Hate Hugs? June 23, 2017
TRC #456 Anonymous vs NASA + The Matilda Effect + Wonder Woman Pay Gap? July 1, 2017
TRC #457 Perception Of Force + Name That: Food Edition + Does It Always Rain On Canada Day? July 8, 2017
TRC #458 Wine Tasting Bias? + Activated Charcoal Food Trend + Did Amelia Earhart Survive Crash? July 14, 2017
TRC #459 Mashup: High Fidelity Music Players + Puff The Magic Dragon Vs Pot + Perfect Pitch July 21, 2017
TRC #460 Sam Harris vs Scott Adams On Trump + Highway Signs + Consequences Of Animal Activism July 29, 2017
TRC #461 Online Harassment Research + Arcade Fire vs Fake News + How Far Away Is Lightning? August 5, 2017
TRC #462 Sophomore Slump + Name That: Darren Edition + Do Millennials Cheat Less? August 12, 2017
TRC #463 Google Memo + Eclipse Myths + Do Twins Run In the Family Or Skip A Generation? August 19, 2017
TRC #464 Glyphosate In Food? + Average Female & Male Interests Differ? + Is Laughter The Best Medicine? August 26, 2017
TRC #465 Hurricanes, Typhoons & Cyclones + Climate Change vs Hurricanes + Hurricane Evacuation September 3, 2017
TRC #466 Science Of Summer + Biased Algorithms + Lord Of The Flies Plausibility? September 9, 2017
TRC #467 Truth In Advertising Vs Goop + Boil Hot Or Cold Water? + Cuba And Classic Cars September 16, 2017
TRC #468 Human Swallowed By Whale? + Breast Thermography + The Voynich Manuscript September 27, 2017
TRC #469 Can A Computer Program Tell If Someone Is Gay? + Name That: World's Largest + Nuclear Myths October 7, 2017
TRC #470 Vegas Shooting Conspiracies + Britt Wray & Rise Of The Necrofauna + Enchroma Glasses October 15, 2017
TRC #471 McGurk Effect + Britt Wray & Rise Of The Necrofauna 2 + Sharks Vs Vending Machines October 20, 2017
TRC #472 Blue Moonlight In Movies? + Halloween Myths + Fake Melania Trump? October 27, 2017
TRC #473 Does Sugar Cause Diabetes? + Allergy Doc Dave Stukus Pt. 1 + SGEM Hang With Dr. Jen Gunter November 4, 2017
TRC #474 Buffett Challenge: Hedge Vs Index Funds + Allergy Doc Dave Stukus Pt. 2 November 11, 2017
TRC #475 Age Of Consent + Elections Signs + 'Allah' Found At Viking Burial Site? November 19, 2017
TRC #476 MAGA Transformers Toy? + Name That: Spot The Fake + Tilapia and Omega-6 November 25, 2017
TRC #477 Wedding Night Sex? + Game Farm Photography + Effective Giving December 2, 2017
TRC #478 Mashup: Skeptical Newlywed Game + Ghost Weddings December 9, 2017
TRC #479 Dowsing + Violence Decreasing? + #1 Restaurant Fake? December 17, 2017
TRC #480 Aluminum Christmas Trees + Habitable Zones + Baby, It's Cold Outside December 28, 2017

2018[]

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TRC #480 Aluminum Christmas Trees + Habitable Zones + Baby, It's Cold Outside December 28, 2017
TRC #481 Fave Segments of 2017 + Name That: Year In Review + Annual Predictions January 6, 2018
TRC #482 Coffee Enemas + The Physics Of Curling + Did The CDC Ban 7 Words? January 13, 2018
TRC #483 Mailbag + Raw Water + Do Bears Hibernate? January 20, 2018
TRC #484 Contact Lenses + Vegetarianism Rates + Plastic vs Reusable Bags January 28, 2018
TRC #485 Neurons + YouTube Copyright Claims + Why Does February Only Have 28 Days? February 3, 2018
TRC #486 Valentine's Day Myths + Name That: V-Day Edition + The Heartc February 11, 2018
TRC #487 Solar Eclipse Fallout + The Bicameral Mind + eHarmony Backed By Science? February 18, 2018
TRC #488 Urine-Based Test For Sex Of Fetus + How Many Neurons? February 24, 2018
TRC #489 Busting History Myths With Professor Buzzkill March 3, 2018
TRC #490 Mashup: Brian Tomasik on Wild Animal Suffering March 17, 2018
TRC #491 Hawaiian Islands + Euthanasia Drugs In Dog Food + Amelia Earhart's Bones March 25, 2018
TRC #492 Gun Violence In Canada Increasing? + Name That: 'Easter' + Fake Passport Website April 1, 2018
TRC #493 Cadbury's War On Easter? + Jordan Peterson + Lebron Gained 7lbs During A Game? April 8, 2018
TRC #494 Talking Clean Meat With Paul Shapiro April 15, 2018
TRC #495 Treason Tags + The Atacama Mummified Skeleton + Godwin's Law April 23, 2018
TRC #496 Snake Bites + Are Nature Documentaries Fake? + Vasectomies April 29, 2018
TRC #497 Mosquitoes Choosy Biters? + Humboldt: Value Of Life + Streisand's Cloned Dogs May 6, 2018
TRC #498 Bulverism Fallacy + Dr. Oz + Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness May 13, 2018
TRC #499 Yanny vs Laurel + Video Compression ft Dr. Stuart Robbins + Do You Have Genghis Khan DNA? May 19, 2018
TRC #500 Segments That Were True + Name That: Spot The Fake May 25, 2018
TRC #501 Mail Bag + Einstein Rejection Letter + Grapefruit and Drugs Don't Mix? + U.S. Lost 1500 Migrant Children? June 9, 2018
TRC #502 Mashup: Dunning-Kruger Effect + Matilda Effect + McGurk Effect June 16, 2018
TRC #503 Implicit Bias Training + Mexican World Cup Fans Cause Earthquake? + Saudi Arabia Drone Fashion Show? June 25, 2018
TRC #504 IV Therapy + Baby Foreskin Beauty Cream? + Adult & Youth Correctional Stats June 30, 2018
TRC #505 Memory Palaces + Donating Used Clothing July 7, 2018
TRC #506 Open Plane Door Mid Flight? + 5MWaA: Parallax + The U.S Is 10th Most Dangerous Country For Women? July 14, 2018
TRC #507 Review: Stumbling On Happiness + 5MWaA: Lagrangian Points + Ingesting Collagen Has Skin Benefits? July 22, 2018
TRC #508 Politicians Use Songs Without Permission? + Plastic Straws and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch + Wear Sunscreen July 29, 2018
TRC #509 Mashup: Food Labeling + Trisodium Phosphate In Cereal? + What Is Organic? August 5, 2018
TRC #510 Alex Jones & Free Speech + Winnie The Pooh China Ban? + Kombucha Health Claims August 12, 2018
TRC #511 Checker Mail Bag + Name That: Water Edition August 18, 2018
TRC #512 Does Cough Medicine Work? + Mosquito Prevalence + Amelia Earhart Distress Signals August 25, 2018
TRC #513 Mashup: Boil Hot Or Cold Water? + Maple Water + Does Bottled Water Expire? September 2, 2018
TRC #514 Flat Earth with Dr. Stuart Robbins September 9, 2018
TRC #515 GOOP Lawsuit + Hot Dog Vs Bun Ratio Conspiracy? + Sex Ed + Sitcom Surprise September 15, 2018
TRC #516 Fundamental Value Differences + Apple Ends Music Downloads? + Did Sony Release Fake MJ Songs? September 23, 2018
TRC #517 Science of Cooking With Dr. Stuart Farrimond + Name That: Spot The Fake + Flu Shot Timing September 30, 2018
TRC #518 Abortion Law In Canada + I Before E, Except After C? + Does Twitter Shadowban Users? October 8, 2018
TRC #519 Is Justin Trudeau Fidel Castro's Son? + O Cannabis + Book Review: The Big Picture October 15, 2018
TRC #520 Did We Get Banksied? + UN Climate Change Report + Did Taylor Swift Increase Voter Registration? October 20, 2018
TRC #521 Brief History Of Early Earth + Hoax Academic Papers + Does Exposing Kids To Alcohol Mitigate Dependence? October 27, 2018
TRC #522 Recent Anti-Vax Article + Errors In Textbooks with Barry Panas + Passwords November 3, 2018
TRC #523 Anti-Vax Article Update + Beauty Product Claims + Brief History Of Early Life + Trump's Offspring US Citizens? November 12, 2018
TRC #524 Science Behind The Perfect Roast Turkey Ft. Dr. Stuart Farrimond + Cigar-shaped 'Oumuamuau' An Alien Spacecraft? November 17, 2018
TRC #525 Turkey Cooking Temps + Skepticism & The Tourism Industry With András Pinter + Name That: Europe Edition November 24, 2018
TRC #526 Effective Donating + Dr. Stuart Robbins Vmail + How Does Citizenship Work If You're Born In The Air Or At Sea? December 2, 2018
TRC #527 Baby It's Cold Outside December 8, 2018
TRC #528 The Science Of Reindeer December 22, 2018

2019[]

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TRC #529 The Neuroscience Of Addiction with Dr. Kim Hellemans January 5, 2019
TRC #530 Favourite Segments 2018 + Name That January 21, 2019
TRC #531 Lincoln Memorial Incident + Puffery + Bohemian Rhapsody & Brian May January 25, 2019
TRC #532 Super Bowl Myths + Canada’s Food Guide + Are Noise Meters Fake? February 2, 2019
TRC #533 Wipers February 9, 2019
TRC #534 Measles vs Anti-Vax Parents + Canada’s Forests & Carbon Emissions + Quebec Politician Falls Flat? February 16, 2019
TRC #535 Border Walls In History with Professor Buzzkill February 22, 2019
TRC #536 Food Science with Dr. Stuart Farrimond March 2, 2019
TRC #537 Food Allergies with Dr. David Stukus March 8, 2019
TRC #538 Ancient Egypt + J.D. Power Awards + Hocus Pocus March 16, 2019
TRC #539 The Centrifuge Brain Project + Damaged Egyptian Sculpture + Police and DNA Databases March 22, 2019
TRC #540 What We Learned This Week Ft Greg & Mitch of AsapSCIENCE & Sidenote + Name That March 29, 2019
TRC #541 Shen Yun & Falon Gong + Is Disney On Ice? + Bad Astronomy April 6, 2019
TRC #541.5 First Image Of A Black Hole With Dr. Stuart Robbins April 11, 2019
TRC #542 Social Influencers Vs The FDA + Critical Thinking In Practice + Closest Planet To Earth? April 14, 2019
TRC #543 The Dr. Katie Bouman Narrative + Another Segment About Cats + Measles Parties April 19, 2019
TRC #544 Notre Dame & Ubisoft + Planetary Pictures with Stuart Robbins + Nature Doc Suffering April 26, 2019
TRC #545 What Gaslighting Is & Isn’t + So-Called Facts + Loch Ness Monster Effect May 4, 2019
TRC #546 Aura Readings + Stand-up Comedy NDAs + Who’s Tracking Your Browsing History? May 11, 2019
TRC #547 What Is A SIN? + Global Population Growth + Sonic Doll Made Of Human Skeleton? May 18, 2019
TRC #548 Presidential War On Press? + Science Proves Hip Hop Is Most Influential Genre? + Energy Costs Vs Waste May 25, 2019
TRC #549 Forever Fries & Onion Tears With Dr. Stuart Farrimond + Name That June 2, 2019
TRC #550 Did NBA’er Manute Bol Coin ‘My Bad’? + Unmarried People Happier? + Fortnite Vs The Doppler Effect June 8, 2019
TRC #551 Talking Brain Tumours With Dr. Stuart Farrimond June 14, 2019
TRC #552 Surprising Loch Ness Proof? + Drake Curse + Where Does Space Begin? June 21, 2019
TRC #553 Talking Germs with Jason Tetro June 29, 2019
TRC #554 Talking Flat Earth With Stuart Robbins And Ed Robertson July 5, 2019
TRC #555 Quantum Uncertainty + Lost NASA Tapes? + Storming Area 51 July 20, 2019
TRC #556 Talking Irish Famine Myths With Professor Buzzkill July 27, 2019
TRC #557 Mercury Retrograde + Is All Table Salt Sea Salt? + ‘Why We Sleep’ August 4, 2019
TRC #558 Can Hippos Swim? + Neil deGrasse Tweetstorm + Mona Lisa True Colours August 9, 2019
TRC #559 NY Times Best Seller List + Epstein Suicide? + The Secret Of Our Success August 17, 2019
TRC #560 Mail Bag + Dr. Stuart Robbins And Retrograde + Name That August 25, 2019
TRC #561 How IKEA Names Stuff + Absolute Zero + Amazon Fires September 8, 2019
TRC #562 The Earth’s Lungs + The Gay Gene + Canadian Election September 14, 2019
TRC #563 Citations And Science Reporting + Swearing Makes You Stronger + Evolution Of Skin Colour September 21, 2019
TRC #564 Catching Up With Dr. Stuart Farrimond September 27, 2019
TRC #565 Plant-based Burgers Healthier? + Bruce Lee Death Conspiracies + OK Sign A Hate Symbol? October 5, 2019
TRC #566 Are Federal Election Votes Counted Equally? + Name That October 12, 2019
TRC #567 Longest Word + Shag Harbour UFO Coin + OK Hate Symbol Pt. 2 October 19, 2019
TRC #568 Halloween THC Candy + Blob With 720 Sexes + Hillary Clinton NASA Denial Letter October 26, 2019
TRC #568.5 Halloween Debate On Ron Corbett Unscripted October 30, 2019
TRC #569 Did Eagles Rack Up Roaming Charges? + Kids These Days + Peter Singer’s Practical Ethics November 2, 2019
TRC #570 Lead In Canada’s Water + Flu Shot + Windshield Egg-Throwing Thugs? November 10, 2019
TRC #571 Did China Ban Video Games After 10PM? + Did Portugal Solve Its Drug Crisis? + Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking To Strangers November 16, 2019
TRC #572 Blue Light Lens Mania + Donating Effectively + Marie Kondo’s Store December 1, 2019
TRC #573 Arizona Vortex + Home Alone Booby Traps + ‘The Devastating Consequences Of Urban Violence’ Overview December 22, 2019

2020[]

Episode Content hideDate
TRC #574 Year End Wrap Up January 11, 2020
TRC #575 Impeachment + Future Of Work + Placenta-eating? January 19, 2020
TRC #576 10,000 Steps? + Transgender Violence A U.S. Epidemic? + The Master Algorithm January 31, 2020
TRC #577 Talking Close Relationships with Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk February 12, 2020
TRC #578 Does 9-1-1 need 9-1-1? + Why Is Bagged Milk A Canadian Thing? + Keeping Up With Coronavirus February 29, 2020
TRC #579 Mad Mike’s Rocket Crash + Mercury Precession x General Relativity + Revealed Preferences March 14, 2020
TRC #580 COVID-19 Vs Flu + WHO COVID-19 Mythbusting + Toilet Paper Shortage? March 21, 2020
TRC #581 Should You Try DIY Sanitizer? + Science x Sonic The Hedgehog + Naming COVID-19 March 30, 2020
TRC #582 COVID-19 Risk Of Death + Tom Nook Greedy Capitalist? April 4, 2020
TRC #583 Planning A Mission To Pluto With Dr. Stuart Robbins April 10, 2020
TRC #584 Why Didn’t We Quarantine Pre-COVID-19? + How Is Your Phone Tracked? + Overview Of The Precipice By Toby Ord April 19, 2020
TRC #585 Talking Food and Space with Drs. Robbins and Farrimond April 24, 2020
TRC #586 Effective Giving During COVID-19 + Does Your Stomach Shrink? + Cats And COVID-19 May 4, 2020
TRC #587 Is Beta Male Body Language A Thing? + The Perfect Weapon + McMindfulness May 17, 2020
TRC #588 Evidence Of A Parallel Universe? + Cruise Industry Booming? May 24, 2020
TRC #589 Copper Face Masks Better? + Is Bill Gates Evil? + Do Anime Characters Look White? May 30, 2020
TRC #590 Talking About Race, Police, Anything? + Yellowstone Eruption Overdue? + Is Luke Skywalker Human? June 9, 2020
TRC #591 COVID-19 Temperature Checks? + Evidence & Context + Mayans Doomsday Prediction 2020 Edition June 21, 2020
TRC #592 Trump COVID-19 Coins? + Flushable Wipes + SpongeBob Gay? + Life In North Korea June 28, 2020
TRC #593 36 Alien Civilizations In Our Galaxy? + Modern Slavery July 4, 2020
TRC #594 Mashup Mania July 11, 2020
TRC #595 Can The Oura Ring Detect COVID-19? + LSA vs Steven Pinker July 18, 2020
TRC #596 Bricks For Protesters? + Pre COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories + Closest Galaxy July 29, 2020
TRC #596.5 Voluntourism August 1, 2020
TRC #597 Cans and Coins During The Pandemic + Talking Craters With Dr. Stuart Robbins August 7, 2020
TRC #598 Does Anonymous Hiring Work? + What Happens To Plastic Bottles? August 16, 2020
TRC #599 Trust Online Reviews? + USPS Conspiracy? + Checkout Donations August 22, 2020
TRC #600 Does Cancel Culture Exist? + Name That September 5, 2020
TRC #601 Essential Oils Safe For Kids? + Colour In Hubble Photos + Can Former Presidents Drive? September 12, 2020
TRC #602 Life On Venus? + David Bowie Art Hoax? + Book Reviews September 19, 2020
TRC #603 Call To Cancel Netflix Over ‘Cuties’ + Is Jeff Bezos Too Rich? September 25, 2020
TRC #604 The ‘Benadryl Challenge’ + The Moon’s Luminosity October 3, 2020
TRC #605 Calculating The Mass Of Earth + Subway Bread Isn’t Bread? October 9, 2020
TRC #606 James Randi October 22, 2020
TRC #607 Trust U.S. Election Polls? + What Is The Red Pill + Skill Testing Questions October 26, 2020
TRC #608 Is ‘Sexual Preference’ Offensive? + Book Reviews October 31, 2020
TRC #609 COVID-19 Testing in Canada + 2000 Year Old Cat Carving in Peru? + Coke in Coke? November 8, 2020
TRC #610 Who ‘Caused’ Biden to Win? + Rules Around Naming Babies Worldwide November 21, 2020
TRC #611 Why Are Albums So Long Now? + Antarctica Pyramids? + Donating Effectively November 29, 2020
TRC #612 ‘The Village Effect’ + Is There A Loneliness Epidemic? December 5, 2020
TRC #613 Brussel Sprouts + 12 Days Of Christmas Christian Code? + Books, Books, Books! December 12, 2020
TRC #614 Why 2 High Tides? + Dangers Of Double Male End Plugs + Life On Venus Update December 20, 2020

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