Skeptical Sunday
832: The Wedding Industry | Skeptical Sunday
Why are weddings so expensive — and how does the wedding industry sucker us into thinking they have to be? This week on Skeptical Sunday, comedian Michael Regilio joins Jordan to propose the facts on what you’re really getting with a wedding and explore alternatives that won’t test the durability of a new marriage with massive debt […]
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829: Sportswashing | Skeptical Sunday
How might enjoying our favorite sports and supporting our most cherished teams and athletes make us accomplices in the world’s most heinous atrocities ever committed? Award-winning journalist and podcaster Andrew Gold joins us for this Skeptical Sunday to explore the PR tactic of sportswashing, in which authoritarian regimes use sports to improve their image on […]
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817: Acupuncture | Skeptical Sunday
10 to 15 million people per year turn to acupuncture — the insertion of thin needles through the skin at strategic points on the body — for relieving what ails them. But is there any evidence that it actually works? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and […]
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813: The Oscars | Skeptical Sunday
What makes the annual pageantry of The Academy Awards (aka The Oscars) so alluring to millions of everyday folks? Are we transfixed by the film industry’s recognition of its worthiest, or are we just voyeurs glimpsing a glamorous world a scant few of us will ever experience? Award-winning journalist and podcaster Andrew Gold joins us […]
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809: Crystal Healing | Skeptical Sunday
The crystal industry generates over $1 billion per year. But what exactly do crystals do? Some have said they store energy. Others say they have healing powers. But what does the science say? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. […]
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805: Diet Pills and Supplements | Skeptical Sunday
Are the diet pills and supplements you take to offset that midnight chalupa habit doing you any favors? You wouldn’t be alone in wondering. All over the world, people buy pills or supplements in hopes of preventing disease, improving their health, and losing weight. But do any of them really work? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, […]
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801: Circumcision | Skeptical Sunday
While mandated by some religious and cultural traditions for thousands of years, and not without certain benefits to health, is circumcising newborns before they’re old enough to consent wrong? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a […]
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797: Ouija Boards | Skeptical Sunday
Every year around Halloween, millions of teenagers, drunk adults, and terrified believers gather around Ouija boards to contact “The Other Side.” We’ve all been a part of it, and we know we weren’t moving that little thing, but it was definitely moving. So what’s really going on here? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition […]
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793: Death | Skeptical Sunday
Are you dead wrong to trust the funeral industry in having your best interests at heart when it’s time to shuffle off your mortal coil? Welcome to Skeptical Sunday, a special edition of The Jordan Harbinger Show where Jordan and fact-checker, comedian, and podcast host David C. Smalley break down a topic that you may […]
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