Skeptoid - Skeptoid #350: Trinity: Interview with Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra
Aired: 2013-02-19
Duration: 08:47


=== Skeptoid 350: The Musical Episode (07:12) ===

[00:00:03]  As this episode number 350 is a 50th show, that means that it's a lavish musical episode of Skeptoid.
[00:00:12]  But today is no ordinary one.
[00:00:14]  We've got three amazing performers who are going to sing to you about their work today.
[00:00:20]  Dr. Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra.
[00:00:24]  I bet you didn't even know they were singers.
[00:00:27]  Also, I bet you didn't know they were so good at harmonizing.
[00:00:30]  The Trinity is up next on Skeptoid.
[00:00:37]  Hi, I'm Alex Goldman.
[00:00:39]  You may know me as the host of Reply All, but I'm done with that.
[00:00:43]  I'm doing something else now.
[00:00:45]  I've started a new podcast called Hyperfixed.
[00:00:48]  On every episode of Hyperfixed, listeners write in with their problems and I try to solve them.
[00:00:52]  Some massive and life-altering, and some so minuscule it'll boggle your mind.
[00:00:57]  No matter the problem, no matter the size, I'm here for you.
[00:01:00]  That's HyperFixed, the new podcast for Radiotopia.
[00:01:03]  Find it wherever you listen to podcasts or at hyperfixedpod.com.
[00:01:13]  You're listening to Skeptoid.
[00:01:15]  I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.
[00:01:18]  Trinity.
[00:01:20]  Interview with Mehmet Oz, Alex Jones, and Deepak Chopra.
[00:01:25]  Today we're going to depart from the usual format of Skeptoid.
[00:01:29]  Typically, we don't do interview shows, but today we have a rare opportunity to talk with three of the biggest names in their fields.
[00:01:36]  I'd like to introduce you to television Dr. Mehmet Oz.
[00:01:40]  My pleasure.
[00:01:42]  Radio host Alex Jones.
[00:01:44]  I've got 12 minutes left on my parking meter.
[00:01:47]  And author Dr. Deepak Chopra.
[00:01:50]  It is very nice to be here.
[00:01:52]  Gentlemen, thank you all for making yourselves available today.
[00:01:55]  Obviously, you're all known for presenting information that's been met with mixed reactions from the more mainstream colleagues in your various fields.
[00:02:04]  However, you've all been arguably more commercially successful than your colleagues.
[00:02:09]  Damn straight.
[00:02:10]  Dr. Oz, you began your career as a medical doctor, but you now promote unproven and often implausible alternative medicine on television.
[00:02:19]  Is this the secret of your success?
[00:02:22]  People want to hear the truth from someone that they trust.
[00:02:25]  The medical industry has shown that it focuses only on profits.
[00:02:29]  So I try to present a view that's more personalized and principled.
[00:02:32]  You're talking about principles?
[00:02:34]  One of the highest paid actors on television.
[00:02:36]  How much of that money do you give to charity?
[00:02:38]  Alex, we'll get to you in just a moment.
[00:02:40]  I think your meters run.
[00:02:41]  Gentlemen, please.
[00:02:43]  Dr. Chopra, it is Doctor, right?
[00:02:45]  Yes.
[00:02:46]  I too once had a career in medicine many, many decades ago, before I also saw the light and discovered that the physical world is just a projection of our own inner being.
[00:02:57]  I've got a projection of my foot up your inner head.
[00:03:00]  Alex, let's try and get a word in from you.
[00:03:03]  You're best known for promoting conspiracy theories on the radio and on the internet.
[00:03:07]  That's right, except they're not theories, they're the truth.
[00:03:10]  I understand that among your beliefs is that the government is planning to put millions of law-abiding citizens into extermination camps.
[00:03:18]  Anyone with an open mind can see it happening if you just look outside.
[00:03:22]  Dr. Chopra, do your transcendental theories support any explanation for what Alex is saying?
[00:03:28]  It is his reality, and so it is also real within all of us, because of electrons and quantum theory.
[00:03:35]  That's actually something I was hoping to discuss in more detail with all of you.
[00:03:39]  Dr. Oz, do you use specialized language to promote what you do?
[00:03:44]  I think the best way to answer that question is like this.
[00:03:55]  They call me Dr. Oz.
[00:03:56]  I play a doctor on TV.
[00:03:59]  My job's to tell you science has it wrong.
[00:04:03]  And every day some brand new supermiracle appears.
[00:04:07]  I'll sell you magic products all day long.
[00:04:11]  Don't ever listen when they tell you exercise.
[00:04:14]  Combined with fewer fries is what will shrink your thighs.
[00:04:19]  You need these berries hailing from exotic lands.
[00:04:22]  Science misunderstands your body's true demands.
[00:04:27]  For we are the holy trinity of pseudo-scientific ideas.
[00:04:35]  And we have the mepersnam to google your brain cells away.
[00:04:47]  It's my turn now and I've got something to say.
[00:04:49]  The government and the aliens and banklins are taking over the world.
[00:04:52]  And Area 51 is having Illuminati and the Freemasons and the Zionists and the World Bankers.
[00:04:56]  Sorry.
[00:04:57]  Okay, it's like this.
[00:04:59]  The government is out to take your freedoms all away.
[00:05:03]  They want to put you in a prison camp.
[00:05:07]  Your mind is being controlled by what you eat and what you breathe.
[00:05:11]  And by that little chip that they implant.
[00:05:15]  The men in black are cracking all your movements now.
[00:05:18]  Your food is what they vow.
[00:05:20]  And we must disallow.
[00:05:23]  Conspiracies control your money and your mind.
[00:05:26]  Wake up and grow a spine.
[00:05:28]  It's revolution time.
[00:05:31]  For we are the holy trinity of pseudo-scientific idle sea.
[00:05:39]  And we have the mepric to blow your brain cells away.
[00:05:54]  Deepak, you've heard your fellow guests explain their perspectives.
[00:05:58]  Oh, yes, very much indeed.
[00:06:00]  What can you tell us about your work?
[00:06:03]  Quantum information makes reality transform.
[00:06:07]  The light of knowledge brightens consciousness.
[00:06:11]  Inside of rationality are photons that are good.
[00:06:15]  And boundless positivity exists.
[00:06:19]  Infinity and chaos are equivocal.
[00:06:22]  The world's cylindrical and metaphysical.
[00:06:27]  Perceptual reality's an avatar.
[00:06:30]  Transcendent caviar, Kareem Abdul Jabbar.
[00:06:35]  For we are the holy trinity of pseudo-scientific ILC.
[00:06:43]  And we have the Mippers Nandy to Google Your Brain Cells away.
[00:07:03]  That's very nice, boys.
[00:07:08]  Well, I have to say, you've all given us a lot to think about today.
[00:07:11]  Perhaps some of our listeners will tune into your programs to learn more.
[00:07:15]  Not likely.

=== Chakras Realigned: A Satirical Finale (01:31) ===

[00:07:16]  They're all paid shows for the government.
[00:07:18]  My friend, I think you need to have your chakras realigned.
[00:07:21]  I can do that for you.
[00:07:23]  Well, thanks for being here, gentlemen.
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