# The Reality Check

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Official site: http://www.trcpodcast.com
Author: Pat Roach
Episodes: 350

## Resource

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

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## Episodes
- [TRC #733: What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like? + Book Review: Chokepoints by Edward Fishman](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-733-what-did-dinosaurs-sound-like-book-review-chokepoints-by-edward-fishman) — 2026-06-02T03:43:00+00:00
- [TRC #732: Our Windy Solar System + Classroom Windows on the Left Side](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-732-our-windy-solar-system-classroom-windows-on-the-left-side) — 2026-05-15T17:41:00+00:00
- [TRC #731: Movie Franchise "Use It Or Lose It" Clauses + Anthropic's Mythos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-731-movie-franchise-use-it-or-lose-it-clauses-anthropic-s-mythos) — 2026-04-30T04:57:00+00:00
- [TRC #730: How Old Are Sharks? + Jim Carrey: Clone, Doppleganger or Mask?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-730-how-old-are-sharks-jim-carrey-clone-doppleganger-or-mask) — 2026-04-04T03:53:00+00:00
- [TRC #729: Digital Devices in Schools + Books Reviews: Enshittification & Breakneck](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-729-digital-devices-in-schools-books-reviews-enshittification-breakneck) — 2026-03-21T00:03:00+00:00
- [TRC #728: Does Moltbook AI Matter? + Family Feud Surveys](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-728-does-moltbook-ai-matter-family-feud-surveys) — 2026-03-05T01:29:00+00:00
- [TRC #727: Things Your Parents Said Were Illegal + Canada's Apology Laws](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-727-things-your-parents-said-were-illegal-canada-s-apology-laws) — 2026-02-19T03:32:00+00:00
- [TRC #726: Are Orange Cats Weird? + What Kind of Cat is Garfield?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-726-are-orange-cats-weird-what-kind-of-cat-is-garfield) — 2026-01-29T00:47:00+00:00
- [TRC #725: Infant Simulator Programs + Book Reviews: The Thinking Machine, The Philosopher in the Valley & Peak Human](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-725-infant-simulator-programs-book-reviews-the-thinking-machine-the-philosopher-in-the-valley-peak-human) — 2026-01-15T00:38:00+00:00
- [TRC #724: Mistletoe + Christmas Tree Lights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-724-mistletoe-christmas-tree-lights) — 2025-12-18T23:46:00+00:00
- [TRC #723: The Introduction to Darren McKee's Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-723-the-introduction-to-darren-mckee-s-uncontrollable-the-threat-of-artificial-superintelligence-and-the-race-to-save-the-world) — 2025-12-05T03:40:00+00:00
- [TRC #722: Effective Giving + The Mona Lisa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-722-effective-giving-the-mona-lisa) — 2025-12-02T19:42:00+00:00
- [TRC #721: Our 2023 Interview with Yoshua Bengio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-721-our-2023-interview-with-yoshua-bengio) — 2025-11-21T00:49:00+00:00
- [TRC #720: Diabetes and DKA + Name That: Spot The Fake](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-720-diabetes-and-dka-name-that-spot-the-fake) — 2025-11-17T03:24:00+00:00
- [TRC #719: The Disney Point and Smoking + Book Reviews: Shadow Cell and Algospeak](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-719-the-disney-point-and-smoking-book-reviews-shadow-cell-and-algospeak) — 2025-11-05T04:53:00+00:00
- [TRC #718: Philosophical Zombies + Vampires and Tuberculosis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-718-philosophical-zombies-vampires-and-tuberculosis) — 2025-10-21T02:39:00+00:00
- [TRC #717: Air Conditioning in Europe + Book Reviews: Privacy and Surveillance and Quantum Mechanics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-717-air-conditioning-in-europe-book-reviews-privacy-and-surveillance-and-quantum-mechanics) — 2025-10-07T03:59:00+00:00
- [TRC #716: Depicting Intelligence in Fiction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-716-depicting-intelligence-in-fiction) — 2025-09-22T23:52:00+00:00
- [TRC #715: Mashup: Trees](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-715-mashup-trees) — 2025-09-09T03:36:00+00:00
- [TRC #714: Superman Movie Discussion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-714-superman-movie-discussion) — 2025-08-15T20:34:00+00:00
- [TRC #713: Testosterone Replacement Therapy + Book Review Roundup: Apple in China, An Immense World, Canada Alone, Pronoun Trouble, Rise Above](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-713-testosterone-replacement-therapy-book-review-roundup-apple-in-china-an-immense-world-canada-alone-pronoun-trouble-rise-above) — 2025-07-30T05:03:00+00:00
- [TRC #712: AI Make Brain Dumb? + Mentalism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-712-ai-make-brain-dumb-mentalism) — 2025-07-09T23:54:00+00:00
- [TRC #711: Are Dire Wolves Back? + Book Review Roundup: Nexus, Stoicism, CBT Made Simple, Philosophers in 90 Minutes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-711-are-dire-wolves-back-book-review-roundup-nexus-stoicism-cbt-made-simple-philosophers-in-90-minutes) — 2025-06-06T18:23:00+00:00
- [TRC #710: Remembering Dr. Stuart Farrimond](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-710-remembering-dr-stuart-farrimond) — 2025-05-27T14:23:00+00:00
- [TRC #709: 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla + Evidence of Alien Life on an Exoplanet?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reality-check-509868/trc-709-100-men-vs-1-gorilla-evidence-of-alien-life-on-an-exoplanet) — 2025-05-20T02:59:00+00:00

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