Deep Friday Man Gong

About this episode

The episode discusses various topics including Falun Gong's market stalls, Louis Theroux's documentary, and superstitions surrounding Friday the 13th.

We’re joined on this episode of the Yeah… Nah! podcast by NZ Skeptics committee member Dan Ryan, who recently found that Falun Gong were being less than honest when running stalls at his local market. We also hear from Katrina about Louis Theroux’s new documentary on the “manosphere”, Mark about the Auckland Deep Thinkers group, who don’t appear to be thinking very deeply, and Bronwyn, who has been looking into the history of Friday the 13th and its superstitious beliefs. About this episode Articles we talk about: Friday the 13th x 3: The mayhem, the meme, and some math Inside the Manosphere – Louis Theroux Auckland Shallow Thinkers A Cult has infiltrated my Market Newsletter issues these articles appear in: 2026-03-16

People in this episode

Host: NZ Skeptics

Guest: Dan Ryan

Topics covered

• Falun Gong
• Louis Theroux
• superstitions
• Auckland Deep Thinkers
• Friday the 13th

Keywords

• Falun Gong
• Louis Theroux
• Friday the 13th
• superstitions
• Auckland Deep Thinkers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NZ Skeptics, Auckland Deep Thinkers, Auckland Shallow Thinkers

Books & works: Inside the Manosphere – Louis Theroux, Friday the 13th

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