Season 1: 2003
| Overall no. |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Talking to the Dead" | January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24) | 101 |
| Penn and Teller introduce their series and explain their use of profanity. Then they look into the practices of popular psychics of today and reveal how those who claim to be in contact with the dead are actually performing an age-old trick called "cold reading." | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Alternative Medicine" | January 31, 2003 (2003-01-31) | 102 |
| A look at chiropractic medicine, reflexology, magnet therapy, and a trip to an alternative medicine fair that ends in an operation at a crowded mall. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Alien Abductions" | February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07) | 103 |
| This show features three days spent at a UFO convention and a visit to an alien abduction group therapy session. It also explores the psychological explanations, and the influences of popular culture, on the typical abduction story. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "End of the World" | February 14, 2003 (2003-02-14) | 104 |
| Criticizes the viewpoints of persons predicting the end of the world, with special focus on the Left Behind series and extreme survivalist methods. Also exposes the dangers inherent in the belief that the world is about to end. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit" | February 21, 2003 (2003-02-21) | 105 |
| Critiques concerns on second-hand smoke and attempts to ban it, and the usefulness of baby education products. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Sex, Sex, Sex" | February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28) | 106 |
| Attacks penis and breast enlargement products, questions the usefulness of aphrodisiacs. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Feng Shui / Bottled Water" | March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07) | 107 |
| Seeks to disprove Feng Shui as a science while challenging claims on the quality of bottled water. | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Creationism" | March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14) | 108 |
| Examines the constitutionality and scientific validity (or lack thereof) of creationism and intelligent design and defends evolution, with focus on a Georgia school board debate. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Self-Helpless" | March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21) | 109 |
| Attacks various forms of self-help programs, with an emphasis on firewalking. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "ESP" | March 28, 2003 (2003-03-28) | 110 |
| Attacks people claiming to possess and teach extrasensory perception. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "Eat This!" | April 4, 2003 (2003-04-04) | 111 |
| Attacks various weight loss diet products and plans while questioning Genetic Engineering food concerns. Features 1970 Nobel Prize winner Norman Borlaug. | ||||
| 12 | 12 | "Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences" | April 11, 2003 (2003-04-11) | 112 |
| Challenges the Ouija board and investigates the nature of near-death experiences. | ||||
| 13 | 13 | "Environmental Hysteria" | April 18, 2003 (2003-04-18) | 113 |
| Question mainstream opinions on various environmental issues, including global warming, with a criticism of Greenpeace and Julia Butterfly Hill. Includes an experiment where people at an environmental rally sign a petition to ban water, disguised under the name Dihydrogen Monoxide, without thinking out the proposal critically. |
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