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Classifying high school cheerleading as a sport to increase safety measures; if classification occurs, conflicts of interest would be created.
Public health agencies, food activists and special interest groups battle against fast food restaurants.
Penn and Teller argue that martial arts do not provide real self-defense.
Adults take drastic measures to combat the perceived dangers of teen promiscuity.
Multi-level marketing schemes.
UFO hunters search for mysterious aircraft flying over Area 51.
America's criminal justice system.
Widespread believes about elderly people.
The persistent but erroneous belief in self-esteem building creates a generation of narcissists.
Debate over vaccination safety rages on.
The mystery and myths behind an orgasm.
Penn and Teller follow two astrologers as they are paid to offer advice.
The duo tests the theory that playing video games leads to teen violence.
Investigators probe a Mayan prophecy for information about the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012.
The accuracy of polygraph machines and people whose lives were ruined by false results.
An examination of the organic food industry.
The guys visit Congress in search of a legislator willing to discuss America's tax system.
The lawn care industry; a man is imprisoned for not tending his lawn; mandatory grass.
Stress and the modern attitude toward cures.
Special interest groups attempt to restrict free speech and regulate the Internet in an effort to diminish pornography.
Penn and Teller examine New Age medicine and its ability to heal, contrary to evidence.
Private industry may be more a profitable and efficient financial support to NASA.
Beliefs about dolphins' evolutionary superiority; dolphin energy.
Sleep products claim to help consumers get a great night of sleep.
People who support the green movement claim they are creating a healthier ecosystem.
Dissecting sensitivity training.
In spite of fear-mongering, toxic toys and anti-anxiety medication, the world has never been safer for children.
Penn and Teller argue that the utopian ideal of world peace is naive and out-of-sync with human nature.
Humans' nostalgic tendency to long for an idyllic past.
An obesity conference exposes the relationships between the medical establishment, diet companies and the weight-loss industry; discrimination.
Penn and Teller explore the reasoning behind Wal-Mart protesters; this episode includes trips to rural towns that have just acquired a Wal-Mart to show the economic growth and employment improvements.
The magicians get a firm grasp on America's fascination with the female form by visiting a young mom who inadvertently tested corporate tolerance for public breastfeeding.
Penn and Teller interview a parasitologist, who spills the truth about the parasites that live inside humans; they visit a life-size walk-through colon as they enquire into the alleged cleansing process of detoxing.
Penn and Teller battle the forces of evil when they witness three modern-day exorcists performing their demonic casting-out duties.
Volunteers guard the U.S. border; illegal immigrants discuss motives and demonstrate methods of border crossing.
Penn and Teller look into the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law in 1990 by the first President Bush.
Penn and Teller look into the manipulation of the history of Mount Rushmore, as well as rabid patriotism and whether Americans will willingly sign away their right to free speech.
Penn and Teller cover the dangers of nuclear power and whether hybrids are substantially fuel efficient.
An angry attack on mainstream anger management programs, likening their purveyors to charlatans.
Penn and Teller take on the Boy Scouts of America, who they claim refuses scout membership and leadership opportunities to homosexuals and atheists.
Regulation of legalized prostitution in several Nevada counties.
Arguments for and against capital punishment.
The methods and beliefs of scientists who search for Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and Chupacabra.
The battle to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center attacks.
Penn and Teller take their cameras inside the world of extreme pet lovers and meet with reptile enthusiasts, show cats and their owners, and a man who claims to have revolutionized veterinary medicine.
The showmen examine the U.S. government's history of correcting historical wrongs.
In this episode, find out how contemporary ideas about manners date back about 120 years to the Victorian period, a time when there wasn't indoor plumbing and people used to urinate in the street.
It's said that numbers don't lie, but in the hands of the media, politicians, pollsters and salesmen, numbers can be downright subversive.
Penn and Teller go on the prowl for virgins; they meet women, and men, who are saving themselves for marriage and ask them why; whether sex education is a help or a hindrance.
Penn and Teller examine the historical, religious, medical and ethical arguments associated with circumcision, and have a little hidden-camera fun with the topic, as well.
Looking into where the values of a "traditional family" have disappeared to.
Millions of people have lost trust in scientific, military and government establishments, so they seek to find their own truths.
Psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals provide therapy for a large percentage of Americans.
Education and public policy experts discuss the academic and professional promises of college.
Penn and Teller watch the watchers in this look at surveillance in modern society.
Hair products and professionals are part of a billion-dollar industry.
Penn and Teller discuss whether guns kill people or people kill people.
Penn and Teller delve into the realm of the spirits and take a look at the revived interest in ghost hunting; people who claim to be in touch with supernatural spirits.
In over 30 years, the Endangered Species Act has cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but it has saved almost no endangered species; this episode says its major accomplishment has been lining the pockets of environmental lawyers.
Penn and Teller examine the way preachers, faith healers and psychic researchers continue to prey on those who pray; they show how easy it is to find people who will find God wherever they look.
As Penn and Teller explore America's insatiable pursuit of `the best', from day-to-day household items to lifestyle experiences, they see that the harder people work to attain these things, the more miserable they become.
Leather-wearing vegetarians beware; Penn and Teller return to lift the lid on a load of more bull, this week turning their attention to those who use violence in the name of animal rights.
An episode addressing all those who think that owning their own bomb shelter is a good idea; this week, Penn and Teller tackle safety hysteria.
The chemical reaction involved with love; monogamy; the love industry.
Hippies vs. the US Marine Corps doesn't seem like a fair fight; this week, Penn and Teller take a closer look at the war on drugs.
This week, Penn and Teller dive into the world of garbage, taking a look at whether recycling could actually be less environmentally friendly then littering.
It must be either love thy neighbor or smite the unbeliever, but not both; this week, Penn and Teller take a look at what the Bible actually says.
This week, Penn and Teller look at those for whom a trance during sex is a good thing; New Age practices including yoga and crystals.
From nutty diets to expensive facial creams, Penn and Teller take a swipe at those determined to turn back the clock with Botox and plastic surgery.
Some people actually spend thousands of dollars on a coffin; Penn and Teller delve into the very profitable world of the afterlife.
Penn and Teller on profanity; the anarchic duo takes a look at the world of swearing, expletives and euphemisms; the power of words; censorship.
Penn and Teller say there are not 12 steps, only one: Stop drinking; the magicians take exception to those who make a profit from rehab.
Exercise might not be any good for someone genetically predisposed to big bones and cake; Penn and Teller interview various fitness gurus in an attempt to prove that genetics really is more important than fitness.
Penn and Teller have long believed that there is truth to the power of hypnosis, even to the point of medicinal use; the magicians look at other ideas related to hypnosis, such as that it can enlarge genitalia.
Tricks of popular psychics; near-death experiences.
Chiropractic medicine; reflexology; magnet therapy; alternative medicine fair.
A UFO convention; alien abduction group therapy session; the influences of pop culture.
People fear the end of the world; underground bomb shelter.
The dangers of second-hand smoke; the baby products industry.
Sex products, techniques and myths; aphrodisiacs.
Feng shui home consultants are tested; the truth about bottled water.
The beliefs behind a Biblical interpretation of the world's creation.
Motivational speakers, books, videos and relationship seminars; fire-walking.
Testing an ESP teacher; remote viewing.
Penn and Teller investigate the many spurious diet fads, such as the Hollywood Diet, where nothing is consumed for 48 hours except for water and the Hollywood Diet shake; they also ask if genetically modified food is as dangerous as many believe.
Physiological explanation of Ouija boards; the truth behind the "tunnel of light."
The truth behind global warming, air quality, water quality and acid rain; Greenpeace.