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In this episode, we being a series of deep dives into chiropractic therapy and its myths, origins, and efficacy. We also take a moment to discuss the late Stephen Hawking, and provide a deep take.

SHOW NOTES

Deep Takes:

Nathan J. Robinson’s The Intellectual We Deserve.

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It’s the end of the month, so we break down news articles, name our Skeptical Hero of the Month, and of course, we give Astrology another chance to prove itself.

SHOW NOTES

Crisis Actor conspiracy theories. 1 | 2

America needs to admit that it has a gun problem.

Lawrence Krauss and the #MeToo movement.

Mother arrested for feeding her autistic child industrial bleach.

Russian anti-GMO propaganda.

New meta-analysis shows that GMO corn is safer than non-GMO corn.

Skeptical hereo

David Stephan dropped from wellness expo, Sobey’s pulls sponsorship.

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In this episode, we briefly discuss the tragic school shooting that occurred recently in Florida, take a deep dive into flu vaccine myths, and announce our monthly dose of stupid.

SHOW NOTES

Tragic details come to light about the Florida school shooter’s mother.

Publications on flu vaccine effectiveness from the CDC.

Gizmodo debunks flu vaccine myths.

Jordan Peterson continues to be an idiot.

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SHOW NOTES:

Stephen Colbert sells out for Goop and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Donald Trump appears to be Superman in a very clever disguise.

Raw water is…ugh…why? WHY?!

GenderSense pee tests are a scam.

The end of single-use plastic in the EU.

Skeptical Hero of the Month: Britt Hermes

You can help Britt’s legal battle and take a stand against pseudo-medicine by donating here.

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In this episode, we take a hard look at the alleged dangers of offgassing, and whether or not your furniture is trying to kill you. We also have a very stupid person to discuss, in case you were feeling good about the world and need to be taken down a peg!

SHOW NOTES:

Ryan Armstrong’s blog, Post-Truth Health

DEEP TAKES

Joe Heim: Hate Groups Make Unprecedented Push to Recruit on College Campuses

Rae Paoletta examines so-called medical medium Anthony Williams

MAIN SEGMENT LINKS

National Post: That New Home Smell May Be Harmful Gases

The Pediatric Insider: Die, Rumor, Die! Offgassing is not the cause of SIDS

MONTHLY DOSE OF STUPID

Peter Sweden is this months featured idiot.

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Our final episode of the year! Unfortunately the holidays were crazy for both of us, so the episode is a few days late. As we wrap up our year, we look back on some of our more prominent news articles and discuss updates. We also give Astrology it’s final test of 2017, and award our inaugural Skeptical Hero of the Year!

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In this episode, we celebrate Republican senate candidate Roy Moore losing the election in Alabama, discuss a couple of deep takes, then dive into the recent news of SXSW appointing Kelly Brogan to their wellness advisory board. We’ll cap it off with our Monthly Dose of Stupid.

SHOW NOTES:

Deep Takes:

David Gorski’s article on the rise of institutionally supported pseudo-medicine.

Gleb Tsipursky’s article on talking to a science denier without arguing.

Main Article:

Articles from Science Based Medicine and Forbes on the problem with SXSW and Kelly Brogan.

Monthly Dose of Stupid:

Carl “Sargon of Akkad” Benjamin reveals his alt-right tendencies, mocks Heather Heyer.

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We switch things up a bit for this end-of-the-month episode and take a dive into the real story behind Lindsay Shepherd and how she tricked the media into attacking Wilfrid Laurier University, plus 2 news stories, our Skeptical Hero of the Month, and the most fun you’ll have this retrograde, Astrology!

SHOW NOTES

10/12 UK water firms still use divining rods to find pipes.

Paolo Zamboni realizes he’s a liar, comes clean about Liberation Therapy.

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In this episode, Mark and Jody discuss Food Evolution. Yeah, okay, it’s not exactly new, but we’re hoping it can gain more traction against such nonsense as What The Health, which is a steaming pile garbage.

Your Monthly Dose of Stupid  is 2 scoops of crazy with Roy Moore. Ugh.

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SHOW NOTES:

Study finds no evidence of publication bias in over 1,000 climate science papers.

Catholic priest blesses hotel room of Las Vegas shooter. Because reasons?

30,000 studies could be wrong due to contaminated cell lines.

Researching why people believe conspiracy theories.

Google’s new AI surpasses human ability to create machine learning systems.

Skeptical Hero of the Month: Thomas Smith of Serious Inquiries Only.