Penn & Teller: Bull! S01E13 · Environmental Hysteria

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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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1. 1 1. Talking to the Dead2003-01-24 · 30mA 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."
2. 2 2. Alternative Medicine2003-01-31 · 30mA look at chiropractic medicine, reflexology, magnet therapy,and a trip to an alternative medicine fair that ends in a "sting" operation at a crowded mall.
3. 3 3. Alien Abductions2003-02-07 · 30mThis 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
4. 4 4. End of the World2003-02-14 · 30mA 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 featur
5. 5 5. Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit2003-02-21 · 30mWe'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 rab
6. 6 6. Sex, Sex, Sex2003-02-28 · 30mThis show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.
7. 7 7. Feng Shui / Bottled Water2003-03-07 · 30mPenn & 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 wate
8. 8 8. Creationism2003-03-14 · 30mThis 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.
9. 9 9. Self-Helpless2003-03-21 · 30mMotivational 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 dange
10. 10 10. ESP2003-03-28 · 30mWe'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 nons
11. 11 11. Eat This!2003-04-04 · 30mPenn & 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 a
12. 12 12. Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences2003-04-11 · 30mThere'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 r
13. 13 13. Environmental Hysteria2003-04-18 · 30mHere 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.