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b'If Bigfoot walks through a forest and no one sees him, does he exist? It\\u2019s the job of paranormal investigator Joe Nickell to find out! Discover whether eyewitness accounts are reliable when it comes to tracking down the hirsute big guy and other monsters.\\nAlso, on the subject of \\u201cseeing is believing\\u201d: how magic fools the brain.\\nPlus, in our potpourri show: can music boost brain power? A new study says listening to music makes brains happy. Does this support the dubious \\u201cMozart Effect,\\u201d that claims listening to Wolfie\\u2019s compositions boosts IQ?\\nAnd, skeptic Phil Plait on why the so-called \\u201csuper moon theory\\u201d doesn\\u2019t predict devastating earthquakes.\\nIt\\u2019s Skeptic Check\\u2026 but don\\u2019t take our word for it.\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Joe Nickell \\u2013 Paranormal investigator and author of Tracking the Man-beasts: Sasquatch, Vampires, Zombies, and More\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Stephen Macknik \\u2013 Director of the Laboratory of Behavioral Neurophysiology at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Susana Martinez-Conde \\u2013 Director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Phil Plait \\u2013 Astronomer, and author of the Bad Astronomy blog at Discover Magazine\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Valorie Salimpoor \\u2013 Researcher at Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Penny Glass \\u2013 Developmental psychologist and associate professor of pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'