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Reality Check is a weekly radio show broadcast on JOY 94.9 FM in Melbourne, Australia. Each week Reality Check brings you a round-up of LGBT world news and a movie review, plus a heavy dose of critical thinking and skeptical analysis of pseudoscience and the paranormal. Psychics, ghosts, UFOs, astro…

Tony Pitman


    • Nov 30, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 25 EPISODES


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    Reality Check 80 - 29 November 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2019


    LGBT world news (Taiwan, Ecuador, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Botswana, Pete Buttigieg, Lil Nas X); Final episode special - LGBT news highlights of the last decade and marriage equality predictions; Movie review of “Burning.” Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check 79 - 17 April 2019 - LGBT news and skeptical analysis for gay and lesbian skeptics and atheists

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019


    LGBT world news (Austria, Mexico, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Taiwan, Angola); Evaluation of our psychic predictions for 2018; Movie review of “Wild Wild Country.” Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check 78 - 7 Oct 2018 - LGBT news and skeptical analysis for gay and lesbian skeptics and atheists

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018


    LGBT world news (India, Taiwan, Costa Rica, Ecuador); Dr Masaru Emoto, the Missionary of Water; Movie review of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check 77 - 4 July 2018 - LGBT news and skeptical analysis for gay and lesbian skeptics and atheists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2018


    LGBT world news (Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Northern Territory); The cult of Supreme Master Ching Hai; Movie review of “BPM.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check 76 - 2 March 2018 - LGBT news and skeptical analysis for gay and lesbian skeptics and atheists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2018


    LGBT world news (Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica, Chile, British Overseas Territories, Bermuda); Psychic predictions for 2018; Movie review of “Betting on Zero.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check 75 - 31 Dec 2017 - LGBT news and skeptical analysis for gay and lesbian skeptics and atheists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2018


    LGBT world news (Germany, Malta, Australia, Taiwan, Austria, LGBT prime ministers, Chechnya); Should we still boycott Gloria Jean's? Hillsong, homophobia and the coffeehouse chain; Movie review of “Call Me by Your Name.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 74 - 30 January 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017


    LGBT world news (Taiwan, adoption equality in Australia); Psychic predictions for 2017; Movie review of “Moonlight.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 73 - 9 December 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2016


    LGBT world news (Taiwan, Antarctica, Gibraltar, Mexico, Australia, Queensland); Interview with Tim Wright on nuclear disarmament; Movie reviews of “Under the Shadow” and “Deep Water.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 72 - 13 September 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2016


    LGBT world news (Mexico, Isle of Man, Faroe Islands, world marriage stats, Australia, Queensland, Belize, transgender military, Orlando, Donald Trump); A skeptical analysis of cupping; Movie reviews of “Embrace of the Serpent” and “Tickled.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 71 - 4 June 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2016


    LGBT world news (Colombia, Mexico, Italy, USA, Portugal, Seychelles, Nauru, Victoria, Australia); Chiropractors behaving badly – Interview with Mal Vickers; Movie reviews of “Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson.” Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 70 - 9 February 2016

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2016


    LGBT world news (Jalisco, Portugal, Taiwan, Japan, India, Italy); Psychic predictions for 2016; Movie reviews of “Carol,” “The Revenant” and “Room."Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 69 - 30 December 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2015


    LGBT world news (Nayarit, Slovenia, Cyprus, Greece, Colombia, Portugal); Adoption equality in Victoria – Interview with Felicity Marlowe; Movie reviews of “The Lobster" and "Phoenix."Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 68 - 11 October 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2015


    LGBT world news (Guerrero, Australia, World marriage statistics, Campeche, Victoria, USA, Nepal); The abolition of Special Religious Instruction in Victoria - Interview with Lara Wood and Deanne Carson; Movie reviews of “Holding the Man" and "Eisenstein in Guanajuato."Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 67 - 1 July 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2015


    LGBT world news (USA, Ireland, Australia, Mexico, Mozambique); An evening with celebrity psychic, Sally Morgan; Movie review of “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 66 - 23 April 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (Slovenia, Alabama, Mexico, Ireland); Religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws - interview with Anna Brown; Movie reviews of “Foxcatcher” and “It Follows.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 65 - 4 February 2015

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (Florida, Finland, Chile, ACT, Victoria); Psychic predictions for 2015; Movie reviews of “Nightcrawler” and "Maps to the Stars."Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 64 - 23 November 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (USA, Luxembourg, Coahuila, Croatia, Estonia, Obama’s executive order, the UN, Tim Cook, Victorian election); Mike Adams and his bizarre world of quackery and conspiracy theories; Movie review of “Under the Skin.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 63 - 24 May 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (Tamar Stitt update, USA, Oaxaca, Malta, Victoria, Brunei); A skeptical analysis of “Dallas Buyers Club”; Movie review of “Belle.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 62 - 17 April 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (USA, UK, Australia, Luxembourg, Northern Cyprus, Russia, Nigeria, Uganda, India); Psychic predictions for 2014; Movie review of “The Missing Picture.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 61 - 27 October 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (A.C.T., New Jersey, DOMA and Prop 8 decisions, England and Wales, Colombia, Australia); The ABC and acupuncture - the saga continues; Movie reviews of “Stranger by the Lake,” "The Act of Killing" and “Gravity.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 60 - 5 June 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2015


    LGBT world news (Brazil, France, New Zealand, Uruguay, USA, Nigeria, Australia); Dr Joseph Mercola and his promotion of health-related pseudoscience; Movie reviews of “Kon-Tiki” and “Barbara.”Gay? Lesbian? Skeptical? Check out "Reality Check" - the podcast for LGBT skeptics and their allies worldwide!To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 59 - 5 March 2013

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2013


    LGBT world news (Britain, France, USA, adoption in Europe and Victoria, Jodie Foster); Psychic predictions for 2013; Movie reviews of "The Imposter," "The Impossible" and "Zero Dark Thirty."To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 58 - 26 December 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2013


    LGBT world news (Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia, US elections, Prop 8, DOMA, Saba, Australia); Interview with DJ Grothe on the intersection of skepticism and LGBT issues; Movie reviews of "Safety Not Guaranteed", "Samsara" and "Searching for Sugar Man."To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 57 - 18 October 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2012


    LGBT world news (UN, Denmark, Quintana Roo, France, Obama, New Zealand, UK, USA, Tasmania, Australia, Prop 8, DOMA); Can we be good without God; Movie reviews of "Bernie" and "Looper".To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

    Reality Check Episode 56 - 26 February 2012

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2012


    LGBT world news (Washington, New Jersey, Maryland, Maine, Prop 8, Brazil, Australia, UK, Belgian PM, Don't Ask Don't Tell, UN, Queensland); Darwin, evolution and religion; Movie reviews of "J. Edgar" and "Skoonheid".To download this episode, right-click on above link__________________________________________________

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