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

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  1. TRC #740: Predicting the Impact of AI + Why Do People Run Counterclockwise?

    Episode 74034 min

  2. TRC #739: Is Space Fake? + Book Reviews: The Unthinkable and Moral Economics

    Episode 73940 min

  3. TRC #738: Hugging Face Attack and AI Risk + Are Your Moon Photos Fake?

    Episode 73839 min

  4. TRC #737: The Odyssey Movie Review

    Episode 7371 h 9 min

  5. TRC #736: Book Review: Death in a Shallow Pond by David Edmonds + The Decoy Effect

    Episode 73638 min

  6. TRC #735: Why Is Superman Dressed Like That? + Europe Heat Deaths vs. US Gun Deaths

    Episode 73538 min

  7. TRC #734: AI Privacy Threats + Goodhart's Law and Fast Food Order Status Screens

    Episode 73429 min

  8. TRC #733: What Did Dinosaurs Sound Like? + Book Review: Chokepoints by Edward Fishman

    Episode 73325 min

  9. TRC #732: Our Windy Solar System + Classroom Windows on the Left Side

    Episode 73220 min

  10. TRC #731: Movie Franchise "Use It Or Lose It" Clauses + Anthropic's Mythos

    Episode 73134 min

Show 40 older episodes

  1. TRC #730: How Old Are Sharks? + Jim Carrey: Clone, Doppleganger or Mask?

    Episode 73022 min

  2. TRC #729: Digital Devices in Schools + Books Reviews: Enshittification & Breakneck

    Episode 72934 min

  3. TRC #728: Does Moltbook AI Matter? + Family Feud Surveys

    Episode 72825 min

  4. TRC #727: Things Your Parents Said Were Illegal + Canada's Apology Laws

    Episode 72728 min

  5. TRC #726: Are Orange Cats Weird? + What Kind of Cat is Garfield?

    Episode 72623 min

  6. TRC #725: Infant Simulator Programs + Book Reviews: The Thinking Machine, The Philosopher in the Valley & Peak Human

    Episode 72527 min

  7. TRC #724: Mistletoe + Christmas Tree Lights

    Episode 72419 min

  8. TRC #723: The Introduction to Darren McKee's Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World

    Episode 72343 min

  9. TRC #722: Effective Giving + The Mona Lisa

    Episode 72225 min

  10. TRC #721: Our 2023 Interview with Yoshua Bengio

    Episode 7211 h 0 min

  11. TRC #720: Diabetes and DKA + Name That: Spot The Fake

    Episode 72045 min

  12. TRC #719: The Disney Point and Smoking + Book Reviews: Shadow Cell and Algospeak

    Episode 71930 min

  13. TRC #718: Philosophical Zombies + Vampires and Tuberculosis

    Episode 71827 min

  14. TRC #717: Air Conditioning in Europe + Book Reviews: Privacy and Surveillance and Quantum Mechanics

    Episode 71728 min

  15. TRC #716: Depicting Intelligence in Fiction

    Episode 71628 min

  16. TRC #715: Mashup: Trees

    Episode 71528 min

  17. TRC #714: Superman Movie Discussion

    Episode 71459 min

  18. TRC #713: Testosterone Replacement Therapy + Book Review Roundup: Apple in China, An Immense World, Canada Alone, Pronoun Trouble, Rise Above

    Episode 71346 min

  19. TRC #712: AI Make Brain Dumb? + Mentalism

    Episode 71246 min

  20. TRC #711: Are Dire Wolves Back? + Book Review Roundup: Nexus, Stoicism, CBT Made Simple, Philosophers in 90 Minutes

    Episode 71132 min

  21. TRC #710: Remembering Dr. Stuart Farrimond

    Episode 7104 h 4 min

  22. TRC #709: 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla + Evidence of Alien Life on an Exoplanet?

    Episode 70939 min

  23. TRC #708: The Telepathy Tapes + AI Cheating At Chess?

    Episode 70830 min

  24. TRC #707: Is Tim Hortons Canadian? + Mysterious Structures Under The Great Pyramid

    Episode 70729 min

  25. TRC #706: An AI Generated Podcast by NotebookLM

    Episode 70620 min

  26. TRC #705: Book Round Up: Family Unfriendly and One Billion Americans + Is The 401 The Busiest Highway In The World?

    Episode 70540 min

  27. TRC #704: Remembering Joe Nickell

    Episode 70432 min

  28. TRC #703: Jevons' Paradox + American vs. Canadian ingredients in food

    Episode 70334 min

  29. TRC #702: Talking Close Relationships with Dr. Cheryl Harasymchuk

    Episode 70239 min

  30. TRC #701: How Many Birds Do Cats Kill? + Book Review Roundup

    Episode 70142 min

  31. TRC #700: The Rise of Podcasts + Are False Beliefs More Common?

    Episode 70038 min

  32. TRC #699: Was Lamarck That Wrong? + What Do Animals See On A TV?

    Episode 69941 min

  33. TRC #698: Converting Office Space to Housing + Book Review: The Singularity is Nearer

    Episode 69827 min

  34. TRC #697: Did Hedy Lamarr Invent Wi-Fi? + Name That: Spot the Fake

    Episode 69731 min

  35. TRC #696: Did Sakana AI Change Its Own Code? + Who is Margaret Hello?

    Episode 69632 min

  36. TRC #695: The Science of Sharknado + Book Review: Invisible Rulers by Renée DiResta

    Episode 69538 min

  37. TRC #694: Can Meditation Be Harmful? + Did Cavemen Live in Caves?

    Episode 69433 min

  38. TRC #693: When Is Soap Not Really Soap? + Book Review: Determined

    Episode 69330 min

  39. TRC #692: Cultivating Critical Thinking + Letting Food Cool Before Refrigerating It

    Episode 69237 min

  40. TRC #691: Why Can't AI Do Laundry and Dishes?

    Episode 69119 min

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