Friday, May 10, 2013

Episode 109..um...really I don't know..WERE YOU THERE?! 'Cause I wasn't there this week

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00:00 Credits, Intro, How Was Your Week
09:42  Skeptical Birthday
13:51 Cannibal Colonists
24:18 TV Crime Drama Digression
27:49 Cleveland Kidnapping And Sylvia Browne
54:16 Eugenie Scott Retirement
55:50 Closing and Outtakes

Harpo wants to learn how to be a Blackjack dealer

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And here's a picture of a 58 Corvette. Because. So There.

Friday, May 3, 2013

FTP outage...working on it (started at 9am, it is now 2PM)

That is all

Episode 108 leaves its Lagrangian point and begins intelligently falling away from earth

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00:00 Credits, intro
04:41 Skeptical Birthday
13:09 Death Of The Herschel Space Observatory
18:23 WOT Do You Say / @SkepticAction
21:19 Lamar Smith Versus The National Science Foundation
38:18 Various Autism Science News Bits

Girl with autism uses computers...yeaah yeah its Medical Mysteries
http://youtu.be/_xsfNrG5Bnw

57:59 Closing and Outtakes

Harpo forgets what the Web Of Trust browser tool does

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And here is a picture of one of the favoritest Herschel Observatory pics from
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Highlights/Herschel_images:
Cool Andromeda

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Episode 104 gets riled up about open letters but then realizes that Sesame Street likes U

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00:03:15 Birthday
00:08:00 American Atheists 50th Anniversary Convention
Why Austin, hotel stuff, some of the peoples and things
00:25:45 Social activism, atheism plus, trolls, etc
00:32:30 Open Letter to the Secular Community
http://atheists.org/open-letter-secular-community
00:57:30 Chivalry and sexism

And Harpo has a great idea about promoting more social issues within the freethinking, humanist, skeptical, and atheist communities but has a

hard time voicing the ideas in a concise and consumable manner.


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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Episode 103 Has a Nice Long Chat with Shelley Segal

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00:00 00:05:00 A wide ranging conversation with Shelley Segal, atheist musician on a three month tour of the U.S.
http://www.shelleysegal.com/
00:10:42 Birthday
Leonard Nimoys Bilbo Baggins Song
http://youtu.be/AGF5ROpjRAU
00:14:00 Interview with Shelley Segal Song Writing
00:28:55 Politics AUS vs US
00:33:30 On atheism, music, and family
00:56:30 Lightning Round

No dogs allowed, but occassionaly the sound of a camera.

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Episode 102 has cooties, spots a psychic, and evolves

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00:00 Credits, introductions, how was your week
05:32 Skeptical Birthday
(spoiler)
11:34 Grad School Projects
13:14 A little bit about Steubenville, OH
15:52 GERMS
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view%2FarticleNo%2F34703%2Ftitle%2FRoller-Derby-Players-Share-Germs%2F
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/another-reason-to-let-pubic-hair-grow/274123/ 32:17 Chavez Contagious Cancer
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-cancer-contagious
38:35 How To Identify Legitimate Psychics
http://psychicaccess.com/0-noscam.php
45:32 Nebraska Bird Evolution and un-extinction
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23288-birds-evolve-shorter-wings-to-survive-on-roads.html
59:20 Geologic gold goodness
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23284-gold-seams-form-in-an-earthquakepowered-flash.html
64:34 Outro and goodbyes
69:23 Credits and outtakes

The dogs get all excited about bird roadkill.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Episode 101 has a Pope-pouri of news

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00:05:00 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/donate/index.aspx
00:07:50 Birthday
00:15:30 Noahs Ark by Cornerstone Church opens in San Antonio
00:29:20 New Pope
00:44:10 Sex Education limits in Texas
00:50:30 Concealed Hangun Carry classes shortening
01:04:30 Lightning Round

And Calli tries to dig through the carpet.

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And here it is two weeks in a row: the Big Board!