The Reality Check

Canada's weekly podcast that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities using science and critical thinking.

TRC #687: Remembering Daniel Dennett 04/22/2024

TRC #686: The Stanford Prison Experiment + Is AI Taking Over Creative Jobs? 04/14/2024

TRC #685: AI More Creative Than Humans? + Safe Solar Eclipse Viewing 03/31/2024

TRC #684: Aliens in Mexican Congress? + Book Review: Outlive by Peter Attia 03/17/2024

TRC #683: AI News: Sora, Gemini 1.5 and Implications + Jailbreaks by Hiding Files in Cakes 03/02/2024

TRC #682: Oppenheimer Movie Discussion 02/18/2024

TRC #681: Are Poinsettias Poisonous? + Mickey Mouse and the Public Domain 02/04/2024

TRC #680: Annual Predictions: 2024 Edition + Down Syndrome Strength + A Special Message From Pat and Cristina 01/25/2024

TRC #679: A Chat With Author Darren McKee: Uncontrollable 12/23/2023

TRC #678: Darren's AI Book is Out! 11/26/2023

TRC #677: Interview with Yoshua Bengio 11/21/2023

TRC #676: Phenylephrine Ineffective? + Bees Are Doing Fine 10/23/2023

TRC #675: Mashup: The Centrifuge Brain Project + Avril Double + V-Steaming 10/03/2023

TRC #674: How Does AI Image Generation Work? + Why Is A Bug Called A Bug? 08/29/2023

TRC #673: UFO Whistleblower? + Will We Make Great Pets For An Artificial Super Intelligence? 08/09/2023

TRC #672: Are Fingerprints Really Unique? + What’s A Buttload? + Why AI Researchers Don’t Quit 07/15/2023

TRC #671: Uncertainty And AI Risk + Spot The Fake 06/25/2023

TRC #670: Mashup: Fire and Smoke 06/10/2023

TRC #669: Coronal Mass Ejection + The Technology Trap 05/29/2023

TRC #668: Dark Chocolate Has Heavy Metals? + What Happened To The Dinosaurs? 05/15/2023

TRC #667: Special Intro + A Chat With Karl Mamer 04/24/2023

TRC #666: The Number Of The Beast Origins + Name That: Spot The Fake 04/11/2023

TRC #665: Is It Safe To Stand In Front of Microwave Ovens? Interview with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy About The Simulation Hypothesis 03/26/2023

TRC #664: Thundersnow + Customer Always Right? + A Look At “The Metaverse” 03/05/2023

TRC #663: Interview with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy About The Threat Of Advanced AI 02/18/2023

TRC #662: Annual Prediction Show - 2023 Edition 02/04/2023

TRC #661: Isaac Asimov's Laws Of Robotics + The Apple Logo = The Fall Of Man? 01/15/2023

TRC #660: Did Coca-Cola Conceive Modern Santa? + Eight Billion People? 12/24/2022

TRC #659: Chatting ChatGPT + LED Masks Worth The Hype? + Play Along With Spot The Fake 12/11/2022

TRC #658: Iran Protest Misinfo + Medieval Peasants Worked Less + What Is A Slug? 11/27/2022