This week Adam looks at Shen Yun Performing Arts and investigates its ties to the Falon Gong, the Chinese Government, Communism and organ harvesting. Next, Cristina examines a longstanding notion that Walt Disney arranged to have his corpse frozen in a cryonic chamber to be revived at a later date. Lastly, Darren gives an overview of Phil Plait’s book ‘Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing Hoax’.
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Shen Yun & Falon Gong
Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun – The New Yorker
Facts about the So-called “Shen Yun” Performance by the “Falun Gong”
Challenges We Face – Shen Yun Performing Arts
Falun Gong (a.k.a. Falun Dafa) – The Skeptic’s Dictionary
Is Disney On Ice?
PBS: How A Strange Rumor Of Disney’s Death Became Legend
Snopes: Was Walt Disney Frozen?
Mental Floss: Eight People Who have Been Cryonically Preserved and One Who Wasn’t
Reddit: Today I Learned Walt Disney Wasn’t Cryogenically Frozen
Bad Astronomy
