Why You're Wrong

In Part 2, why you shouldn't be too worried about coming into contact with small amounts of harmful things, or others drinking and driving on holiday weekends.

In Part 1, why it doesn't matter that much about how you dry your hands, and why you shouldn't be too worried about coming into contact with harmful things.

Misconceptions about green and alternative sources of energy. In part 2, why you're wrong about clean coal, the viability of current green and alternative energy sources, and the nirvana fallacy.

Misconceptions about green and alternative sources of energy. In part 1, why you're wrong about hydroelectricity, solar panels in the winter, and wind turbines killing birds. More to come in part 2.

What skeptics and critical thinkers (us included!) get wrong. Why you can easily prove a negative and why it doesn't matter, the naturalistic fallacy and why it isn't what you think it is, the fallacy fallacy and why not to dismiss arguments, and the differences between atheism and agnosticism.

Does advertising work? Probably not on you, since you're so smart. Attractive too! Listen to this episode! We're taking a look at if advertising works, how it claims to work, how much of it you need, and what happens if it goes too far.

If less is more, imagine how much more MORE could be! As it turns out, things don't always scale quite as linearly as you'd hope. Looking at how we make decisions, information fiends and foes, why we sometimes pick the worse option, if more news is good news, and if GMO labelling is useful.

In retribution for the sports episode, Tim gets to talk about various military misconceptions. Explaining the difference between rifles and guns, ships and boats, different ranks and how they came to be, and why everyone hates the air force. Bonus trivia is sprinkled haphazardly throughout.

Being scared or worried is a natural reaction that's hard to shake, but we're not often scared of the right things. This episode we're looking at what's worth worrying about with swimming pools, guns, animal attacks, and kidnapping.

Why being wrong and being right aren't just opposites, and why that's important. Talking about falsificationism and why being right isn't as useful as being wrong, as well as being not even wrong and wronger than wrong. By the end of the episode, the word 'wrong' will have lost all meaning.

Mental disorders, maybe more than any other disease, are often misunderstood and misrepresented in society and the media. Looking at what it means to have a mental disorder and clarifying differences between obsessive compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, dissociative identity disorder, psychopathy, sociopathy, and borderline personality disorder.

Is college worth it? In our changing world, is a college degree as valuable as it used to be? In this episode, we look at earning potential, costs, benefits, drawbacks, and levels of personal satisfaction over the last few decades to see if getting a degree is all it's cracked up to be.

Listener feedback and questions. Looking totally unqualifiedly at the structure of the universe, North American politics, listening to music too loudly, and colourblindness.

Sports myths, facts, and legends. Sports drinks, stretching, football and intelligence, home field advantage, Michael Jordan, and marathons.

More winter facts and myths while there's still snow on the ground and a chill in the air.