Seasons & episodes

Season 1 DVD Special Feature. A cable-access ghost hunter and his psychic sidekick travel to Oklahoma City to investigate a ghost sighting in a car wrecking yard.

Season 1 DVD Special Feature. Penn & Teller interview legendary magician and renowned skeptic James Randi.

Season 1 DVD Special Feature. A collection of deleted scenes from Season 1 featuring many of your favourite bullshitters!

Season 1 DVD Special Feature. Season 1 blooper reel.

Season 1 DVD Special Feature. Some behind the scenes footage from the filming of Season 1.

Season 1 DVD Special Feature. A compilation of Penn & Teller's wraparounds which for one reason or another never made it in to the final shows.

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Season 2 DVD Special Feature. Penn makes a correction to an error about the Salem witch trials made in Season 1 Episode 12.

S1 · E1Talking to the Dead 2003-01-24 · 30 min＋

A look into the practices of popular psychics of today reveals how those who claim to be in contact with the dead are actually performing an age-old trick called "cold reading."

S1 · E2Alternative Medicine 2003-01-31 · 30 min＋

A look at chiropractic medicine, reflexology, magnet therapy,and a trip to an alternative medicine fair that ends in a "sting" operation at a crowded mall.

S1 · E3Alien Abductions 2003-02-07 · 30 min＋

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 pop culture, on the typical abduction story.

S1 · E4End of the World 2003-02-14 · 30 min＋

A look at "The Sky is Falling" people from Nostradamus and his misinterpreted quatrains, to the "Left Behind" publishing phenomenon, to various crackpot rapture groups. Also featured is a survivalist who has converted 40 school buses into an elaborate underground compound that he and his friends will escape to when the bombs start dropping.

S1 · E5Second Hand Smoke / Baby Bullshit 2003-02-21 · 30 min＋

We'll go to a hearing in NYC, where the dangers of second-hand smoke, and legislating human behavior, is being hotly debated and stage a hidden-camera sting that shows just how rabid people are about this topic. Also, a look at smart videos, teaching babies to read, the "Baby Whisperer," and the baby product industry that preys on guilt ridden parents with money to burn.

S1 · E6Sex, Sex, Sex 2003-02-28 · 30 min＋

This show checks out penis and breast enlargement products, techniques and myths. Also aphrodisiacs: do they work? Expect some graphic and jaw-dropping visuals.

S1 · E7Feng Shui / Bottled Water 2003-03-07 · 30 min＋

Penn & Teller put three Feng Shui home consultants to the test and feature a visit to a Feng Shui hairstylist. Also, the craze of bottled water is a national obsession but tap water is usually safer for you, and often better tasting too. Using a hidden camera, we'll take a look at the obsession.

S1 · E8Creationism 2003-03-14 · 30 min＋

This episode takes a look into a Georgia school board debate about whether or not they should teach what's in the Bible about the creation of living things.

S1 · E9Self-Helpless 2003-03-21 · 30 min＋

Motivational speakers, books, videos, relationship seminars, do they really help? We'll take a look. Also, the popular motivational activity of firewalking - which is no more dangerous than walking across hot sand at the beach - is debunked.

S1 · E10ESP 2003-03-28 · 30 min＋

We'll attend a class in "remote viewing," a form of ESP that is all the rage. We'll test the teacher and the students to reveal that the "hits" they get are so vague, it's all nonsense.

S1 · E11Eat This! 2003-04-04 · 30 min＋

Penn & Teller will try to prove that many diet products and diet claims are complete nonsense. Also, a look at the obsession with products that claim to be healthier for you such as organic foods, fat free foods, etc.

S1 · E12Ouija Boards / Near Death Experiences 2003-04-11 · 30 min＋

There's a physiological explanation that debunks it all. We'll switch the letters around on the board and see how the "spirits" like that! Also, the "tunnel of light" and what it really is when coupled with a look at the Oklahoma centrifuge study that created NDE-like results.

S1 · E13Environmental Hysteria 2003-04-18 · 30 min＋

Here Penn & Teller explore the truth behind fears about global warming, air quality, water quality, acid rain, species extinction, and take a look at Greenpeace's activities.

S2 · E1P.E.T.A. 2004-04-01 · 30 min＋

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is against all forms of medical testing involving animals - regardless of the potential benefits to human beings. PETA supports banning the ownership of pets and advocates releasing them into the wild. It's enough to make a vegetarian eat meat!

S2 · E2Safety Hysteria 2004-04-08 · 30 min＋

We're being told that, in order to keep us safe, we need everything from anti-terrorism gas masks to paper toilet seat covers. Crime rates are going down, not up. You're four times more likely to get struck by lightning than to be violently killed at school. And, once and for all, cell phones don't give you cancer!

S2 · E3The Business of Love 2004-04-15 · 30 min＋

Romantic love - it's a fantasy akin to believing in Santa Claus. Here's the truth - the first blush of love is a chemical reaction. And, like all drugs, it wears off after a while! We'll look into the myth of monogamy, and the industry mining for people looking for love and relationships. That comprises just about all of us, folks!