TRC #664: Thundersnow + Customer Always Right? + A Look At "The Metaverse"
Cristina digs into the rare weather occurrence called thundersnow after witnessing lightning and thunder during a recent snowstorm. Adam checks the origins of 'the customer is always right in matters ...
5 Mar 202324min
TRC #663: Interview with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy About The Threat Of Advanced AI
Dr. Roman Yampolskiy is a computer scientist at the University of Louisville where he is the director of the Cyber Security Laboratory in the department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science. H...
18 Feb 202357min
TRC #662: Annual Prediction Show - 2023 Edition
In what has become a yearly ritual to highlight the futility of 'predictions', Adam, Producer Pat, and Cristina guess at what might happen in 2023 and revisit the panel's 2022 predictions to see how t...
4 Feb 202335min
TRC #661: Isaac Asimov's Laws Of Robotics + The Apple Logo = The Fall Of Man?
Happy New Year, Checkers! Darren lays out the Three Laws of Robotics, as devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, and why they are seemingly reasonable yet flawed. Adam bites into a segment abo...
15 Jan 202326min
TRC #660: Did Coca-Cola Conceive Modern Santa? + Eight Billion People?
'Twas the night before Christmas so Cristina asks the proverbial question…did Coca-Cola really invent the now ubiquitous image of Santa Claus? Adam rounds out the show checking claims that the world's...
24 Des 202225min
TRC #659: Chatting ChatGPT + LED Masks Worth The Hype? + Play Along With Spot The Fake
Le Gang is back! The freethinking foursome kick off the show with Darren taking us down an entertaining rabbithole that is the AI text bot, ChatGPT. Cristina investigates if at-home cosmetic LED masks...
11 Des 202239min
TRC #658: Iran Protest Misinfo + Medieval Peasants Worked Less + What Is A Slug?
Darren clears up some misinformation about a viral post that Iran was planning to execute 15,000 protesters. Adam looks into a claim that medieval peasants work far fewer hours than we do in modern t...
27 Nov 202222min
TRC #657: Greenwashing + Is Social Media Bad For Us?
Greenwashing is making unsubstantiated claims to deceive consumers into believing that a company's products are environmentally friendly. Cristina takes us through it. Darren asks: Is social media ba...
15 Nov 202225min
