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Join Thomas for some critical thinking on questions of science, philosophy, skepticism and politics. These serious topics are discussed with some serious guests, but in an entertaining and e...
We continue the pruning of idiotic Butler Shooting conspiracy theories. Once we establish the facts using actual sources, what room is there...
It wasn't staged. None of them were staged. Yes Trump was shot in the ear. I thought you all were doing a bit, but apparently you weren't. T...
Well, what do you know - it's a day that ends in y so the internet has a woman to hate. You might have seen some of the chatter about child-...
Popular media will tell you that placebos, inert inactive substances taken as if they’re medication, can work miracles. …Placebos don’t “wor...
Everyone's favorite biologist and dinosaur enthusiast Dr. Eric Jaffe is back! Project Hail Mary is a very fun, and quite good, sciency movie...
“Yes we can” vote and protest our way out of authoritarianism. It’s a classic case of academic literature never making it to mainstream cons...
It's part 2 of the Minnesota fraud stuff. We get a little more Nick Shirley, dumbest person ever to testify in congress. And then I debunk t...
So now that we've covered a real hearing with brave whistleblowers that got NO attention, it's time to look at what happens over on the othe...
Last month, there was a devastating hearing featuring a victim of ICE, an ICE whistleblower, and a previous DHS attorney. It revealed what,...
Part 2! Even more fun Quibbies. Allergies Bansal, A.S., Chee, R., Nagendran, V., Warner, A., & Hayman, G. (2007). Dangerous liaison: Sexuall...
It's Quibi Time (tm) with Jenessa! (Don't worry, I'll explain...) It's 2 debunks for the price of 1, or actually 5 debunks for the price of...
I had a lot I needed to say about the ICE murders of Rene Good and Alex Pretti. And about the fascists who lie to our faces and know we can'...
Subject of much sci-fi media and philosophy discussions, the "hive mind" is also a key element of Vince Gilligan's ( Breaking Bad , Better C...
Brain pics, or they didn't happen? There's a recent study that demonstrates that some brain region activity might interact differently with...
In late September, shortly after declaring antifa a "domestic terrorist", Trump issued a memorandum directing the IRS to investigate tax-exe...
Dr. Jenessa Seymour is on to teach us more about the brain! What do hallucinations, ear-worms, and phantom limbs have in common? And is "hal...
Part 2 of Asra Nomani's insanely terrible Fox News article . Make sure you listened to part 1! This is big, folks. Think Watergate combined...
Part 1. This is big, folks. Think Watergate combined with Deflate-gate combined with Christina Applegate combined with the Bowling Green Mas...
Stormy Decisis AKA Dr. Alan Smerbeck is back! With multiple stories in the news of AI Chatbots potentially driving people to delusion or psy...
***This is a two-parter. Listen to part 1! Previously, the leading theory was that kids with autism and/or ADHD had mental health struggles...
Previously, the leading theory was that kids with autism and/or ADHD had mental health struggles due to emotional regulation issues or other...
Part 2 of my thoughts and observations based on all the info I could gather on Tyler Robinson. I think there's an aspect to him that isn't b...
The public has gone through several phases of evolution on what the shooter's motive was. At first, it was assumed he was a leftwing terrori...
Dr. Bryan Gillis is back after far too long! But instead of space, he's here to talk about the problems in academia that lead to women and m...
Dr. Jenessa Seymour joins to discuss why TikTok's move here is aligned with what we know about eating disorders from the literature, and wha...
Lydia and I invite one of our good friends, Holly, to share her recent viral story of harassment at a public park in Glendale, California. W...
We had like, a mini war over Iran's nuclear situation and it is barely even a memory in today's news cycle. But what happened there? Did Ira...
... what? Yep that's right. They say there is no college affordability crisis. And I guess then, presumably no student debt crisis as well?...
Part 2: The Data Dr. Jenessa Seymour continues her breakdown of the supposed voting discrepancies that a New York organization has "discover...
Part 1: The Legal Stuff Dr. Jenessa Seymour is here to break down something that even our moms are spreading on social media: a group in New...
We're going to take a look at Jordan Peterson's debate techniques and his arguments for God and have some fun along the way!
We're going to take a look at Jordan Peterson's debate techniques and his arguments for God and have some fun along the way!
Was that whole thing legitimate? Was it BS? Or something in between? Dr. Eric Jaffe is the perfect expert to give us the objective facts on...
Inspired by an Opening Arguments episode during the heartbeat bills, Dr. Nathan Thompson and soon-to-be-Dr. Rachel Feltman embarked on resea...
Gary Chapman's model of five love languages has been well-embraced by people as they navigate dating, marriage, and other relationship momen...
It's part 2 with Alejandro and Julia from theluddite.org ! We get the worst AI "research" of all, we talk big picture, and then Alejandro an...
Alejandro and Julia of theluddite.org join us to debunk some terrible AI research, and the bad reporting compounding the problems on top of...
This is a part 2! Make sure to catch the previous episode in the feed. If you're on the left and at all active on the internet, you have pro...
If you're on the left and at all active on the internet, you have probably seen this shared. It's called " Trump Lost. Vote Suppression Won...
Katherine Stewart joins us again ( she was on episode 439 ) to talk about her new book, Money, Lies, and God ! Katherine's books have been v...
And the unending moral cowardice of Republican politicians means he gets to do what he wants. It's a Thomas needs to say things one again, s...
The absolute man-babies who make up the anti-woke movement are always crying about some very minor thing that makes other people's lives bet...
SIO471 - I just can't anymore with this. It's so fucking pathetic that mainstream media and a whole bunch of pundits, even on the left, have...
Buckle up because we have so many Health and Human Services nominees to get into on this episode, and surprisingly nearly all of them are ac...
We're back with Dr. Rick to continue our discussion of what we might be facing with the next Trump administration's HHS, but he refuses to l...
Lydia has spread Opening Arguments' fashwatch to SIO, and we're calling in a doctor to keep it under control! Dr. Rick Sullivan joins us to...
I've felt like I wanted to say a ton about this since day 1, but keep holding back. I finally hit brain saturation and just need to share. I...
SIO466 - Dr. Gary Slutkin has been cited in Salon and other outlets as an expert epidemiologist who runs an impressive NGO that helps reduce...
Hey folks, this is more of an SIO, but I recorded a solo show because I have to debunk this myth about Kamala losing 10-15m Democratic votes...
Dr. Jenessa Seymour is back to talk more about synesthesia! There are some absolutely fascinating case studies that Jenessa covers in this e...