Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 8

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! - Season 8

Season 8

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Episodes10
DatesJuni 10, 2010 - Aug. 12, 2010
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Episodes

Cheerleaders
Season 8Episode 130 min

Cheerleaders

In the Season Eight premiere, it's as all-American as apple pie, but cheerleading is also responsible for 65% of all catastrophic female sport injuries, with competitive coaches, fanatic parents, and a multimillion dollar industry concerned with its bottom line.
Juni 10, 2010
Fast Food
Season 8Episode 230 min

Fast Food

Hold on to your cheeseburger! Public Health agencies, food activists and special interest groups have launched an all-out war against fast food restaurants. Should the government really be spending our tax dollars to regulate what, where, and how we eat?
Juni 17, 2010
Martial Arts
Season 8Episode 330 min

Martial Arts

Thanks to centuries of Eastern mystique, the martial arts may appear spiritual and special. The mischievous magicians take a more skeptical look at a bunch of guys in pajamas breaking boards with their feet and overweight housewives learning to "defend" themselves.
Juni 24, 2010
Teen Sex
Season 8Episode 430 min

Teen Sex

Every generation worries about teen sex, but today's parents are more hysterical than ever. The duo will look at the drastic measures adults are taking to combat the perceived dangers of teenage promiscuity, "sexting," and gay-straight alliances.
Juli 1, 2010
Easy Money
Season 8Episode 530 min

Easy Money

Everyone wants to get rich quick, but are multilevel marketing schemes really the answer? Penn & Teller reveal the truth about direct-sales companies that market everything from sausages to sex toys.
Juli 8, 2010
Area 51
Season 8Episode 630 min

Area 51

Is the government hiding alien spaceships? Follow a team of UFO hunters on an overnight expedition in search of mysterious aircraft flying above a secret military facility known as Area 51.
Juli 15, 2010
Criminal Justice
Season 8Episode 730 min

Criminal Justice

Is America's criminal justice system weighed down with bad science, ineffective methods, incompetence and corruption? Penn & Teller set out to reveal that the only thing scarier than crime is America's war on crime.
Juli 22, 2010
Old People
Season 8Episode 830 min

Old People

According to Penn and Teller, America's seniors are stripped of their dignity thanks to ongoing stereotypes about old people. They investigate the widespread beliefs that old people can't drive, don't have sex, and smell bad.
Juli 29, 2010
Self-Esteem
Season 8Episode 930 min

Self-Esteem

Research has proven that self-esteem-building does not work. However, misguided parents, coaches and social workers are using this flawed technique to create a generation of narcissistic losers who believe that they are "special."
Aug. 5, 2010
Vaccinations
Season 8Episode 1030 min

Vaccinations

In the Season 8 finale, vaccination is considered modern medicine's greatest weapon against disease but thanks to pseudo-science and public gullibility, the debate over vaccination safety rages on.
Aug. 12, 2010

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