The BEST episodes written by John Mclaughlin
#1 - The Bible: Fact or Fiction?
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 6
We take on the most sacred of sacred cows: The Bible! We'll reveal the many discrepancies and contradictions in THE GOOD BOOK. Why all the confusion? Shouldn't anything that is "divinely inspired" be crystal clear? Did Noah build an ark big enough to hold all those animals? Did Moses part the Red Sea? Did Jesus even exist? Tune in to find out!
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#2 - P.E.T.A.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 1
P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is against all forms of medical testing involving animals - regardless of the potential benefits to human beings. P.E.T.A. supports banning the ownership of pets and advocates releasing them into the wild. It's enough to make a vegetarian eat meat!
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#3 - Talking to the Dead
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 1
A look into the practices of popular psychics of today reveals how those who claim to be in contact with the dead are actually performing an age-old trick called "cold reading."
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#4 - ESP
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 10
We'll attend a class in "remote viewing," a form of ESP that is all the rage. We'll test the teacher and the students to reveal that the "hits" they get are so vague, it's all nonsense.
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#5 - 12-Stepping
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 2 - Episode 11
There's no proof that AA or any other 12-Step program is any more effective than going cold turkey, doing things in moderation or getting medical help. And there's a debate raging whether alcoholism is even a disease! The quasi-religious 12-step groups have America brainwashed into believing that a higher power will take care of everything. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?!
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#6 - Self-Helpless
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 9
Motivational speakers, books, videos, relationship seminars, do they really help? We'll take a look. Also, the popular motivational activity of firewalking - which is no more dangerous than walking across hot sand at the beach - is debunked.
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#7 - Eat This!
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 11
Penn & Teller will try to prove that many diet products and diet claims are complete nonsense. Also, a look at the obsession with products that claim to be healthier for you such as organic foods, fat free foods, etc.
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#8 - Feng Shui & Bottled Water
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 7
Penn & Teller put three Feng Shui home consultants to the test and feature a visit to a Feng Shui hairstylist. Also, the craze of bottled water is a national obsession but tap water is usually safer for you, and often better tasting too. Using a hidden camera, we'll take a look at the obsession.
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#9 - Ouija Boards & Near Death Experiences
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 12
There's a physiological explanation that debunks it all. We'll switch the letters around on the board and see how the "spirits" like that! Also, the "tunnel of light" and what it really is when coupled with a look at the Oklahoma centrifuge study that created NDE-like results.
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#10 - Creationism
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 8
This episode takes a look into a Georgia school board debate about whether or not they should teach what's in the Bible about the creation of living things.
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#11 - Sex, Sex, Sex
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 6
This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.
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#12 - End of the World
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 4
A look at "The Sky is Falling" people from Nostradamus and his misinterpreted quatrains, to the "Left Behind" publishing phenomenon, to various crackpot rapture groups. Also featured is a survivalist who has converted 40 school buses into an elaborate underground compound that he and his friends will escape to when the bombs start dropping.
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#13 - Environmental Hysteria
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 13
Here Penn & Teller explore the truth behind fears about global warming, air quality, water quality, acid rain, species extinction, and take a look at Greenpeace's activities.
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#14 - Gun Control
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 3 - Episode 9
Many Americans will fight to the death to defend their right to bear arms. They say guns don't kill people - people kill people. A well-armed citizenry prevents crime. If the weak carried weapons, crime would go down. For gun control advocates, it's all heresy - guns don't belong in the hands of everyday citizens. Guns kill people. Period. Guns in homes get into the hands of people who shouldn't have them - children and criminals primarily. Fasten your seatbelts and put on your ear protectors. It's going to be a bumpy and noisy ride as we take on the facts, the stats and the truth to find out who's dishing up the bullshit on our episode about Gun Control!
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#15 - Alien Abductions
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 3
This show features three days spent at a UFO convention and a visit to an alien abduction group therapy session. It also explores the psychological explanations, and the influences of pop culture, on the typical abduction story.
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#16 - Second Hand Smoke & Baby Bullshit
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 - Episode 5
We'll go to a hearing in NYC, where the dangers of second-hand smoke, and legislating human behavior, is being hotly debated and stage a hidden-camera sting that shows just how rabid people are about this topic. Also, a look at smart videos, teaching babies to read, the "Baby Whisperer," and the baby product industry that preys on guilt ridden parents with money to burn.
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