TRC #541.5: First Image Of A Black Hole With Dr. Stuart Robbins
A little extra content for all you checkers this week! Given the recent headlines about the first image of a black hole, Pat and Cristina give our favourite astronomer a call to help us understand wha...
11 Apr 201910min
TRC #541: Shen Yun & Falon Gong + Is Disney On Ice? + Bad Astronomy
This week Adam looks at Shen Yun Performing Arts and investigates its ties to the Falon Gong, the Chinese Government, Communism and organ harvesting. Next, Cristina examines a longstanding notion that...
6 Apr 201933min
TRC #540: What We Learned This Week Ft Greg & Mitch of AsapSCIENCE & Sidenote + Name That: Spot The Fake
This week, Greg Brown and Mitch Moffit, the dynamic duo behind the hugely successful AsapSCIENCE YouTube channel and Sidenote podcast, grace TRC's studio for a fun and fact-filled show! Mitch kicks th...
29 Mar 201931min
TRC #539: The Centrifuge Brain Project + Damaged Egyptian Sculpture + Police and DNA Databases
Happy Spring, Checkers! Pat kicks off the show with one of his fun deep dives and looks into a suspicious online video of an amusement park ride that has gone viral to the tune of over 100 million vie...
22 Mar 201931min
TRC #538: Ancient Egypt + J.D. Power Awards + Hocus Pocus
The whole crew is back on the cast this week! Fresh from his trip to Egypt and Jordan, Darren digs into some fascinating ancient Egyptian myths. After seeing car commercials lauding J.D. Power & Assoc...
16 Mar 201930min
TRC #537: Food Allergies with Dr. David Stukus
We are thrilled to have Dr David Stukus back on TRC! He tells us what the science has to say about introducing allergenic foods into an infant's diet plus he answers some checker's questions. Dave i...
8 Mar 201927min
TRC #536: Food Science with Dr. Stuart Farrimond
Dr. Stuart Farrimond is back and we are chuffed! Specializing in food science, Stuart is a former medical doctor turned science and medical writer, presenter, and educator who makes regular appearance...
2 Mar 201950min
TRC #535: Border Walls In History with Professor Buzzkill
With Darren and Adam away, Pat and Cristina have a chat with historian and author Joe Coohill. Better known as Professor Buzzkill from the podcast of the same name, Joe recently put out an interesting...
22 Feb 201925min
