ORly Radio Show 78 - The Nope, The Dope, and the Pope.

ORly Radio Show 78 - The Nope, The Dope, and the Pope.

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 78 for Friday September 25th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual suspect Ophelia Falls.

You can find Ophelia here: http://opheliainthedark.tumblr.com/

Michael is over here: http://fathergrigorivonklaussen.tumblr.com/

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  Last week I took the day off. If you don’t want me to do that anymore, follow the links to support the show. I sure appreciate all of you listening, but boy, I do get tired.

A shout out to one of our listeners that realized we can get text messages. They said, “This past show was amazing.  The addition of Ophelia was the bee’s knees.  I hope she plans to come back. The three of you together is awesomesauce. I didn't want the show to end. Keep up the great work,  you guys really are great.” And that was the best news of all. Thank you, and to all the listeners and voyers out there. This show is for you.

RANT Segments & Headlines:

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The Good:

  1. Pope Francis has been on a whirlwind global tour and has just shaken the USA. Let’s talk about that for a few, because it’s important.

  2. http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/24/443081898/the-10-most-political-moments-in-pope-francis-address-to-congress

  3. http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150925/PC1002/150929593/1021/pope-teaches-congress-timely-lesson-in-graceful-disagreement

  4. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/pope-francis-to-conservatives-if-im-a-liberal-so-was-jesus-3/

    1. The video of his address (50 minutes) can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/us/pope-francis-congress-speech.html

    2. The Transcript can be found here: http://time.com/4048176/pope-francis-us-visit-congress-transcript/

The Bad:

  1. Pharma meets Wallstreet as a former hedge fund manager buys a rather old medicine patent and jacks the price per pill over 5,000% overnight from $13.50 per tablet to $750. What a douche bag.

  2. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/price-gouging-pharma-bro-under-investigation-for-corporate-looting-fraud-and-stalking/

  3. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/ex-hedge-funder-buys-rights-aids-drug-and-raises-price-from-13-50-to-750-per-pill/

  4. http://usuncut.com/news/us-drug-prices-in-the-us-are-literally-insane-when-compared-to-other-nations/

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ambiguity

The Ugly:

  1. John Boehner is resigning at the end of October. Why? Tea Party pressure over shutting down the Government again, over defunding Planned Parenthood… Or so it seems.

  2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/09/25/boehner-resigns/

  3. VIDEO http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/speaker-the-house-john-boehner-resign-next-month

  4. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/25/nyt-john-boehner-to-resign-from-congress/

  5. Mitch McConnell is now being suspected to also abandon the sinking ship. http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/25/politics/boehner-mcconnell-jindal-conservative-tea-party/index.html

  6. Bobby Jindal Portrait http://wonkette.com/593143/bobby-jindal-happy-to-call-brown-people-names-if-he-can-be-president

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson http://amzn.to/1NSybTp  

Mike’s:  Elderscrolls Morrowind overhaul http://www.ornitocopter.net/morrowind-overhaul/

Ophelia’s:  Fight Club 2 through Darkhorse Comics https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/27-002/Fight-Club-2-1


Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

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ORly Radio Show 77 - Christian Privilege

ORly Radio Show 77 - Christian Privilege

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 77 for Friday September 11th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual suspect Ophelia Falls.

You can find Ophelia here: http://opheliainthedark.tumblr.com/
Michael is over here: http://fathergrigorivonklaussen.tumblr.com/

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

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The Good:

  1. Rick Perry drops out, but with a warning for the GOP RNC. "First, the answer to a president nominated for soaring rhetoric and no record is not to nominate a candidate whose rhetoric speaks louder than his record," Perry's prepared remarks said, warning conservatives against "falling for the cult of personality."Perry continued, "My second warning is this: we cannot indulge nativist appeals that divide the nation further. The answer to our current divider-in-chief is not to elect a Republican divider-in-chief." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-perry-drops-out-of-2016-presidential-race/

Carolina Secular Conference Promo
http://www.carolinassecularassociation.org/product/2015-carolinas-secular-conference-tickets/

The Bad:

  1. KENTUCKY: Heavily Armed “Christian Patriot” Militia Vows To Stop Future Arrests Of Kim Davis [AUDIO] Oath Keepers http://www.joemygod.com/2015/09/10/kentucky-heavily-armed-christian-patriot-militia-vows-to-stop-future-arrests-of-kim-davis-audio/

  2. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kim-davis-supporters-gather-outside-judges-home-to-hold-him-in-contempt-of-gods-court/

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/special-pleading

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The Ugly:

  1. Refugee Ceiling. The Refugee crisis and why america only takes in 1,500 (for this crisis) while Germany has taken in over 800,000. The US claims that is helps enough with military relief efforts and aid dollars of around $4Billion.

  2. https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost/videos/10153347280451130/

  3. http://www.rcusa.org/refugee-admission-levels

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Crown Royal Regal Apple - SO GOOD and Beer Pick - Due South Cafe Ole Espresso Porter
Mike’s:  Surge Cola is back.
Ophelia’s:  Also Surge.

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 76 - Tucker Drake

ORly Radio Show 76 - Tucker Drake

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 76 for Friday September 4th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual guest suspect Tucker Drake.

You can find Tucker here:

Atheist in the Trailer Park http://trailerparkatheist.libsyn.com/  http://tparkatheist.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/trailerparkatheist

Bootstrapping the Planet http://bootstrap.libsyn.com/  and http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/  http://www.facebook.com/bootstrapplanet

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

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The Good:

  1. Peaceful measures. China continues to reduce its standing military. In 1997 they cut 500,000 from their ranks. Then in 2000 another 200,000 and as we touched on in the headlines, their president announced another reduction of 300,000 is in progress, which will bring their standing army to 2 million, the lowest numbers since the cold war ended, China has the second largest military in the world next to the United States http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/world/asia/beijing-turns-into-ghost-town-as-it-gears-up-for-military-parade.html

The Bad:

  1. So.. Ted Cruz wrote a sermon, not unlike his father’s dominionist sermons. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/ted-cruz-instructs-thousands-of-pastors-to-violate-federal-law-by-reading-sunday-sermon-he-wrote/

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The Ugly:

  1. Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has claimed Europe is in the grip of madness over immigration and refugees, and argued that he was defending European Christianity against a Muslim influx. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/migration-crisis-hungary-pm-victor-orban-europe-response-madness

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Google Maps / Google Earth

Mike’s: NCIS

Tucker’s:  Other than his podcasts, he mentioned some interesting things. Murdoch Mysteries, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer  http://amzn.to/1hJbZic  and Rick and Morty

 

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 74 - Just the News

ORly Radio Show 74 - Just the News

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Welcome to ORly Radio Show 74 for Friday August 21st, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen.

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

LINKS TO BE POSTED LATER.

Acknowledgements:
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)