Season 4: 2006
| Overall no. |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "The Boy Scouts" | April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03) | 401 |
| Protests the Boy Scouts of America not allowing homosexuals or atheists to join as a government-funded organization. Claims the control of the Boy Scouts by the LDS Church as the source of the discrimination. | ||||
| 41 | 2 | "Prostitution" | April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10) | 402 |
| Pro-legalization of prostitution. Criticizes various viewpoints on the dangers of the profession, and points to the dangers of it not being legalized. | ||||
| 42 | 3 | "The Death Penalty" | April 17, 2006 (2006-04-17) | 403 |
| Argues against capital punishment, from pragmatic and moral viewpoints. | ||||
| 43 | 4 | "Cryptozoology" | April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24) | 404 |
| Concerning mythological creatures such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Cites the belief and study of these creatures as motivated by money as it creates tourism and royalties from film and video distribution. | ||||
| 44 | 5 | "Ground Zero" | May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01) | 405 |
| About the dragging of feet and design mistakes by the LMDC in rebuilding at the World Trade Center site, the lack of family and public approved memorials to the 9/11 attacks, the impact on local business, and how the whole process has been co-oped by people out to make money. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried makes a guest appearance in this episode. | ||||
| 45 | 6 | "Pet Love" | May 8, 2006 (2006-05-08) | 406 |
| Concerns people obsessing about pets, anthropomorphizing pets, projecting their own feelings onto the pets, as seen in things like Neuticles and cat shows. | ||||
| 46 | 7 | "Reparations" | May 15, 2006 (2006-05-15) | 407 |
| Against indirect reparations, such as reparations for slavery, but not direct reparations to people directly affected, such as Japanese internees. | ||||
| 47 | 8 | "Manners" | May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22) | 408 |
| Pro rational manners that make sense, like for things regarding cleanliness and politeness, against arbitrary manners. | ||||
| 48 | 9 | "Numbers" | May 29, 2006 (2006-05-29) | 409 |
| How numbers in statistical surveys can be used to deceive and how one can be scammed. | ||||
| 49 | 10 | "Abstinence" | June 5, 2006 (2006-06-05) | 410 |
| Argues that abstinence-only sex education is ineffective and often misleading. Also looks at the healthiness of being sexually active. Features former United States Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, who resigned after suggesting that masturbation be promoted as a means of preventing young people from engaging in riskier forms of sexual activity. |
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