This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 89
- Latest aired
- S08E10
- Total runtime
- 1d 20h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 January 2003 – April 2003 13 episodes
- Season 2 April 2004 – September 2004 13 episodes
- Season 3 April 2005 – August 2005 13 episodes
- Season 4 April 2006 – June 2006 10 episodes
- Season 5 March 2007 – May 2007 10 episodes
- Season 6 June 2008 – August 2008 10 episodes
- Season 7 June 2009 – August 2009 10 episodes
- Season 8 June 2010 – August 2010 10 episodes
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S06E01 War on Porn
June 19 · 30min find the promo
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In the sixth season premiere, Penn and Teller look at the "War on Porn",a crusade by various special interest groups to restrict free speech and regulate the Internet.
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S06E02 New Age Medicine
June 26 · 30min find the promo
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Penn and Teller take a skeptical look at New Age medicine and its outrageous, unsupported claims of healing despite a heap of evidence that it doesn't work.
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S06E03 NASA
July 3 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 603, it's time to take a closer look at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a government agency that spends scads of taxpayer money to achieve what private industry might be able to do more profitably and efficiently.
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S06E04 Dolphins
July 10 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 604, the cultural mumbo jumbo regarding dolphins is exposed, including New Age-style beliefs about the animals' evolutionary superiority (bunk, say dolphin experts) and the nonsense about dolphin "energy" believed by many.
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S06E05 Sleep, Inc.
July 17 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 605, the magicians think twice about the high cost of getting a good night's sleep due to the ever-growing industry of sleep product hawkers trying to convince consumers that a special pillow, mist machine or pill will deliver a magical rest.
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S06E06 Being Green
July 24 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 606, Penn and Teller consider the popularity of the "green" movement, a largely bogus and hypocritical philosophy that links sanctimonious politics to an "ethical" lifestyle while doing little or nothing to actually create a healthier ecosystem.
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S06E07 Sensitivity Training
July 31 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 607, the mind control courses known as sensitivity training are dissected and their roots in political correctness, an increasingly litigious culture, and the suffocation of free speech, are finally exposed.
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S06E08 Stranger Danger
August 7 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 608, our contrarian hosts argue that the world's never been safer for children, but you'd never know it in our culture of fear, toxic toys and even anti-anxiety medication for kids.
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S06E09 World Peace
August 14 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 609, Penn and Teller go on a logic spree with their argument that the utopian ideal of world peace is dangerously naive and out of sync with human nature.
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S06E10 Good Ol' Days
August 21 · 30min find the promo
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In episode 610, the sixth season finale, the merry myth-shatterers puncture the nostalgic but unrealistic tendency of humans to long for an idyllic past - one that, in truth, never really existed.