The Reality Check

TRC #557: Mercury Retrograde + Is All Table Salt Sea Salt? + ‘Why We Sleep’


Listen Later

Are you having a bad month, Checkers? Mercury is said to be in retrograde but what does that really mean? Cristina takes us on a little fact-finding mission through the Cosmos to find out. Next, Adam brings the panel another great ‘I did not know that!’ segment when he breaks down the origin of salt after Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets all salt comes from the Sea. Finally, Darren helps busts some sleep myths after reading ‘Why We Sleep’ by neuroscientist Matthew Walker.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Reality CheckBy The Reality Check

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

184 ratings


More shows like The Reality Check

View all
Big Picture Science by Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

932 Listeners

Ideas by CBC

Ideas

387 Listeners

Skeptoid by Brian Dunning

Skeptoid

2,654 Listeners

MonsterTalk by Blake Smith

MonsterTalk

1,120 Listeners

Skeptics with a K by Skeptic Media Limited

Skeptics with a K

428 Listeners

TheThinkingAtheist by The Thinking Atheist

TheThinkingAtheist

2,832 Listeners

Cognitive Dissonance by Atheist and Skeptical News

Cognitive Dissonance

4,040 Listeners

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly by Apostrophe Podcast Network

Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

813 Listeners

The Scathing Atheist by Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

The Scathing Atheist

3,194 Listeners

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria by Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

955 Listeners

Friendly Atheist Podcast by Friendly Atheist Podcast

Friendly Atheist Podcast

1,397 Listeners

Because News by CBC

Because News

184 Listeners

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

5,078 Listeners

The Atlas Obscura Podcast by SiriusXM and Atlas Obscura

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

1,638 Listeners

The Know Rogan Experience by Cross Pond Productions

The Know Rogan Experience

693 Listeners