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Penn & Teller Bullsht – Season 8

The original bad boys of magic are back with the eighth season of their award winning series, Showtime’s longest running series Penn & Teller: Bullsh*t!.
The duo are widely renowned skeptics and are sure to take no prisoners, per usual.
For Penn and Teller, not much is safe and they mix their slanted arguments with profanity and comedy that is not only entertaining, but thought provoking.

1. Cheerleaders

High school cheerleading should be classified as a sport to increase required safety measures due to its risks. Also discusses how the majority of competitions and cheerleading goods are managed by Varsity Brands Inc. and if cheerleading were to be declared a sport Varsity would have to forfeit managing competitions to an independent body creating a significant conflict of interests.

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