Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and this is Science Versus from Gimlett Media.

The show that pits facts against everything you think you know.

We just finished our latest season of Science Versus and we're working hard on the next

one, which will be back in your ears in the fall.

So if you're new to the show, we just wanted to say welcome and point you towards some

of our favourite episodes just to get you started.

One of our most popular episodes so far has been our Guns episode.

There's a lot of opinions about guns, particularly in America, but we looked at the science

to find out if they really are that bad.

Could a good guy with a gun be better than no gun at all?

Last time I checked none of my guns ever left the safe and went out and committed crimes

in the middle of the night while I was sleeping.

One of our top episodes from last season was about the opioid epidemic.

Some people in the US died from opioids in 2016, then those who died of AIDS at its peak.

So how did we get here?

Oh, I've been accused of being responsible for our current drug abuse problem.

What would you class your role in this as?

Oh dear.

So that's from our episode, Opioids How America Got Hooked.

And another one of our popular episodes was on artificial sweetness.

Trust the ads and you'd think that sweeteners are pretty healthy.

All that sugary, deliciousness with none of the calories.

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