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Season 1 (2003)

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Talking to the Dead

1. Talking to the Dead

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."
30min
January 24, 2003
Alternative Medicine

2. Alternative Medicine

A 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.
30min
January 31, 2003
Alien Abductions

3. Alien Abductions

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.
30min
February 7, 2003
End of the World

4. End of the World

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.
30min
February 14, 2003
Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit

5. Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit

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.
30min
February 21, 2003
Sex, Sex, Sex

6. Sex, Sex, Sex

This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.
30min
February 28, 2003
Feng Shui / Bottled Water

7. Feng Shui / Bottled Water

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.
30min
March 7, 2003
Creationism

8. Creationism

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.
30min
March 14, 2003
Self-Helpless

9. Self-Helpless

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.
30min
March 21, 2003
ESP

10. ESP

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.
30min
March 28, 2003
Eat This!

11. Eat This!

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.
30min
April 4, 2003
Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences

12. Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences

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.
30min
April 11, 2003
Environmental Hysteria

13. Environmental Hysteria

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.
30min
April 18, 2003