Q: How do current anti-war protests compare to other, earlier protests in this country? 

TELLER: Vietnam anti-war protests were sexier than the ones operating nowadays.  Nowadays it's all reason and compassion and economics and common sense.  The Anti-Vietnam people were hot and everybody fucked all the time.  That made their protests more eye-catching and engaging.  Now the sexiest protestor is Ron Paul. 

Anti-war protester Gail Murphy talks about her trouble with the law as a result of her work with the Code Pink activists.  See more of Gail in the World Peace episode!

What could Penn and Teller possibly do with an inflatable birthday party castle? Tune into the World Peace episode to find out.

A white dove, the international of symbol of peace, meets a horrible end on the World Peace episode of Bullshit. Calm down! It's not real....  take a look.

Danielle is a guest star on the World Peace episode.   As you'll see in the clip, the "role" was perfect for her.  Turns out, she considers herself to be a little bit of a hippie.

Sure, we can visualize it, but is World Peace actually attainable?  Join us as we take a look at activists from Sheen to Sheehan.

We wondered exactly how effective the UN is, so we sent our crack investigation team there.  They’ll take you behind the secretive walls of the United Nations in NYC, and then tear them down (metaphorically, of course).

We also drop in on some Code Pink anti-war activists for some…some chicken enchiladas?  Weird.  But at least they didn’t serve a side order of whirled peas.  We’ll also speak to a “was is necessary” Code Pink hater, whose probably just mad she wasn’t invited over for the enchiladas. And we armed 9-year-old Nikki with some hard-hitting questions for the “man on the street.” 

So if you think you know your Sheen from Shinola, check out "World Peace."

Ep. 609: Stranger Danger

What!?  You let your 9 year-old ride the subway in New York City?  Alone!?  Are you crazy!?!?  Or maybe you’re just being a good parent?  Join us for a look at the “our children are in danger!” hysteria gripping our country.  We’ll talk to overprotective moms and street smart kids, and also hear a heartbreaking account from Samantha Runnion’s mom.

We’ll also put some old wive’s tales (or more accurately, old mother’s tales) to the test, like “don’t go swimming after you eat, wear a jacket or you’ll catch a cold, and the ever-popular “five-second rule.”  We didn’t include the “don’t put a knife in the toaster” one because it turns out that one’s true.

And don’t miss our Mommy Cage Match between two mothers with polar opposite points of view on 'stranger danger'.

Izzy, the star of the Stranger Danger episode, is a really nice kid.  Take a look:

Q: As a kid, I was told to wait an hour before swimming after a meal.  Do you remember anything like this from your childhood?

TELLER: "Stay away from 'that man.'"  There was a poor old schmo who used to take walks in the neighborhood I grew up in.  My guess now is he was a widower on a low budget, since his clothes looked a bit frayed.  He wore a Brooklyn cap and a raincoat.  This proved to all the parents of the neighborhood that he was a child killer and we kids all loved to scream and run from him, on the assumption that he would catch and eat us.  I suppose he must have enjoyed that, since he made the same rounds every day.  Or maybe he never noticed.