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13 Episodes 2005 - 2005
Episode 1
Mon, Apr 25, 200529 mins
Is circumcision a valid practice? Penn & Teller look at the various justifications behind the procedure and try to determine whether there exists a medical or social cause.

Episode 2
Mon, May 2, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller look at the myth of the traditional family with two parents and two children. Instead they find a whole range of different family arrangements

Episode 3
Mon, May 9, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller look at some of the crazy conspiracy theories that people believe in.

Episode 4
Mon, May 16, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller ask why people think they need a life coach to manage their problems when they would be better doing it themselves.

Episode 5
Mon, May 23, 2005
Penn and Teller reveal that Mahatma Ghandi was a racist, Mother Teresa a religious zealot who was happy to see the poor suffer, and that the Dalai Lama is not as squeaky clean as he seems.

Episode 6
Mon, May 30, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller examine how political correctness and left-wing politics have infiltrated American colleges.

Episode 7
Mon, Jun 13, 200530 mins
Penn and Teller look at how the Patriot Act was rushed into law following 9/11 and what power this gave to the government. It also looks at how we are increasingly being monitored in our day to day life.

Episode 8
Mon, Jun 20, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller look at the business of hair, and the lengths that some people will go to keep it, and to lose it.

Episode 9
Mon, Jun 27, 200528 mins
Penn and Teller argue against gun control in the USA.

Episode 10
Mon, Jul 11, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller meet the ghost hunters.

Episode 11
Mon, Jul 18, 200529 mins
Penn and Teller ask if the Endangered Species Act is about saving rare animals, or just another Government grab for power.

Episode 12
Mon, Jul 25, 200528 mins
Penn and Teller investigate religious icons such as the Turin shroud, a toasted cheese sandwich with the face of the Virgin Mary, and a door with the eyes of Jesus.

Episode 13
Mon, Aug 1, 200526 mins
Penn and Teller take a look at our obsession with having the best of everything.
