October 3, 2011 9:29AM # Penn & Teller Tell a Lie By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) --- SHARE Cato Mencken Fellows Penn Jillette and Teller launch a new hour-long show, “[Penn & Teller Tell a Lie](http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/penn-and-teller-tell-a-lie/),” on the Discovery Channel this Wednesday at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time. Discovery says: > Penn & Teller bring their unique vision of the world in a new interactive series with a twist. In each episode, Penn & Teller make up to seven outrageous claims. While most of the wildly unbelievable stories are absolutely, positively true — one of them is a **BIG FAT LIE**. It will be up to viewers to spot the fake and **VOTE LIVE** online or with the new **GUESS THE LIE** app. [They’ll put](http://www.lvrj.com/neon/-penn-teller-tell-a-lie-to-debut-on-discovery-130765903.html) lots of scientific claims and myths through rigorous testing, continuing their longstanding interest in science, truth, and skepticism. If you have a DVR, note that Showtime is rebroadcasting an episode of their former series, this one a skeptical look at the environmental movement, at the exact same time: 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. And if you can’t wait till Wednesday, listen to Cato’s [podcast with Penn Jillette](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/lying-service-truth) recorded a few weeks ago. ##### Related Tags [Energy and Environment](https://www.cato.org/research/energy-environment) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).