TRC #667: Special Intro + A Chat With Karl Mamer
Pat puppeteers a delicious intro. Finally, what took us so long? We had a chat with Canadian podcast pioneer and author Karl Mamer. Karl has a new book out called "The Skeptics Book of Lists". He's a ...
24 Apr 202336min
TRC #666: The Number Of The Beast Origins + Name That: Spot The Fake
Welcome to episode 6-6-6! Darren does a deep dive on the digits steeped in the Book of Revelation and why some historically associate it with the 'number of the beast'. Pat challenges the crew to a fr...
11 Apr 202330min
TRC #665: Is It Safe To Stand In Front of Microwave Ovens? Interview with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy About The Simulation Hypothesis
Cristina investigates a pervasive belief that standing in front of a microwave oven poses health risks. Darren and Adam have another fascinating discussion with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy. This time it's ab...
26 Mars 202330min
TRC #664: Thundersnow + Customer Always Right? + A Look At "The Metaverse"
Cristina digs into the rare weather occurrence called thundersnow after witnessing lightning and thunder during a recent snowstorm. Adam checks the origins of 'the customer is always right in matters ...
5 Mars 202324min
TRC #663: Interview with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy About The Threat Of Advanced AI
Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a computer scientist at the University of Louisville where he is the director of the Cyber Security Laboratory in the department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science. H...
18 Feb 202357min
TRC #662: Annual Prediction Show - 2023 Edition
In what has become a yearly ritual to highlight the futility of 'predictions', Adam, Producer Pat, and Cristina guess at what might happen in 2023 and revisit the panel's 2022 predictions to see how t...
4 Feb 202335min
TRC #661: Isaac Asimov's Laws Of Robotics + The Apple Logo = The Fall Of Man?
Happy New Year, Checkers! Darren lays out the Three Laws of Robotics, as devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, and why they are seemingly reasonable yet flawed. Adam bites into a segment abo...
15 Jan 202326min
TRC #660: Did Coca-Cola Conceive Modern Santa? + Eight Billion People?
'Twas the night before Christmas so Cristina asks the proverbial question…did Coca-Cola really invent the now ubiquitous image of Santa Claus? Adam rounds out the show checking claims that the world's...
24 Dec 202225min
