ORly Radio Show 82 - We Live In - THE FUTURE

ORly Radio Show 82 - We Live In - THE FUTURE

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 82 for Friday October 23rd, 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 Robinson and 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:

  1. Joe Biden said he will not run for the presidency. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/politics/joe-biden-not-running-2016-election/ VIDEO

  2. Chaffee has withdrawn his name from the run. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/10/23/chafee-ends-democratic-bid-for-president/

  3. Jim Webb also withdrew.

  4. Paul Ryan will run for the Speaker of the House seat. His competition is Daniel Webster. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2015/10/14/the-next-speaker-of-the-house-may-be-a-disciple-of-bill-gothard/

  5. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/san-diego-company-slaps-pharma-bro-down-by-offering-same-cancer-drug-for-1-a-pill/

  6. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-can-now-make-leukemia-cells-kill-each-other

  7. http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/confederate-battle-flag-will-be-removed-from-florida-senate-seal/2250351

  8. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/mississippi-judge-shrugs-off-innocent-until-proven-guilty-people-charged-with-crimes-are-criminals/

  9. http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/naval_academy/ph-ac-cn-celestial-navigation-1014-20151009-story.html

  10. NASA aims to have an independent human colony living on Mars in 15 years… http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/today/videos/4548937364001/ VIDEO

  11. Daniel Craig after he admitted he'd rather ''slash'' his wrists than play 007 again, still reserves the right to decide his future with James Bond and hasn't signed up to the next movie. Sounds like a money ploy to me. http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/182125/Daniel-Craig-Im-entitled-to-quit-Bond

  12. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismcdaniel/arizona-texas-purchased-execution-drugs-illegally#.nqz6La0LAg

  13. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/texas-officials-raid-planned-parenthood-health-centers-but-wont-say-why/

  14. http://austin.blog.statesman.com/2015/10/20/texas-is-slang-for-crazy-in-norway/

 

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

 

The Good:

 

  1. Justin Trudeau rose to Prime Minister of Canada ending more than a decade of conservative rule. He’s basically Canada’s Bernie Sanders.

  2. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/20/opinions/kennedy-canada-election-bad-news-for-us-conservatives/index.html - Video

  3. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28372-canadas-new-government-heralds-freedom-of-speech-for-scientists/

  4. http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/10/20/canadas-new-pm-is-the-coolest-thanks-ordinary-citizens-in-the-subwa/

  5. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-environment-plan-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies-invest-in-clean-tech-1.3131607

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Bad:

  1. Benghazi

  2. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/22/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi-hearing-takeaways/ VIDEO

  3. http://www.alternet.org/media/watch-daily-show-rips-time-wasting-benghazi-charade

  4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-hillary-clinton_5625053de4b0bce3470156eb

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-gamblers-fallacy

 

The Ugly:

 

  1. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/conservative-radio-host-freaks-out-transgender-crowd-will-use-magnets-to-suck-god-from-your-brain/

  2. http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/12/attorney-transgender-murder-victims-life-not-as-valuable-as-higher-class-victims/

  3. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/rand_paul_says_it_s_ok_to_fire_lgbt_people_because_there_are_plenty_of_places_that_will_hire_them

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: MY New Bank, Simple.com  https://www.simple.com/friends/BBPWRXD

Ophelia’s:  Scandal (TV Show)

Michael’s: Blacklist (TV Show)

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 73 - Google Alphabet, Ice Bucket Challenge, Flamethrowers, & Rape Babies.

ORly Radio Show 73 - Google Alphabet, Ice Bucket Challenge, Flamethrowers, & Rape Babies.

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 73 for Friday August 14th, 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 suspects, Michael Robinson!

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  

Trump, even though he was misogynistic, unapologetic and combative to the other GOP hopefuls, continues to strike a disturbing chord among the voters and had a surge in the polls after the debates. I'm disappointed in you America. You should feel bad.

RANT Segments & Headlines:

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

  1. You remember the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, don’t you? it was a crazy social media campaign to bring awareness and fundraising for medical research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or, as it’s more commonly known, Lou Gherig’s Disease.  In a paper recently published by a team from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, researchers believe they have made a significant leap forward in understanding one of the major mysteries of ALS (in brief, the team has identified the role of the TDP-43 protein, and how it manifests in both healthy and diseased cells.) In and of itself, the research is too technical to have likely made waves outside the medical research field. However, as Johns Hopkins graduate student and paper co-author Jonathan Ling explained in a recent Reddit AMA, this breakthrough can be directly traced back to the outpouring of interest, and money, from the ice bucket challenge… ...Much of the money raised by the ice bucket challenge is only now beginning to be felt in the research community, as the ALS Association has spent a large part of the past year working to properly allocate the $100 million that they received during the past summer (as compared to the $3 million that they received in the summer prior.)  http://magazine.good.is/articles/als-ice-bucket-challenge-results

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

The Bad:

  1. Flamethrowers, given up by military, are now being sold to the public by a Cleveland startup called Throwflame for about $1,600 The flamethrowers are marketed not as weapons, but as fun devices. "We always have the people who just want it for fun. Impress the neighbors at the BBQ," said Throwflame founder Quinn Whitehead. http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/13/smallbusiness/flamethrowers-public-sale/index.html

  2. In related news, The number of registered silencers surged 38% from last year to 792,282 in February 2015, according to the most recent figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. There were 571,750 licenses in March 2014.  "It's getting to be more mainstream," said Josh Waldron, CEO of SilencerCo, which makes and sells silencers. http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/30/news/companies/gun-silencer-sales-up/index.html

  3. And in the wayback machine, February 18, 2013: Fargo, ND – Local resident Todd Fox has been detained for “reckless endangerment” and “illegal use of high-powered fire-breathing weaponry” for attacking snow with his flamethrower. Fox reportedly became so fed up with the week-long blowing snow epidemic in his area that he decided to KILL IT WITH FIRE. http://neighborshame.com/fargo-man-arrested-clearing-snow-flamethrower/

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Ugly:

  1. Denied Abortion, 11-year-old Rape Victim Gives Birth - Three other girls, all aged 12, are due to give birth in coming weeks. http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/denied-abortion-11-year-old-rape-victim-gives-birth

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks
Andy’s
: OneNote for all platforms http://www.onenote.com/
Michael’s: Fallout Shelter https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bethsoft.falloutshelter&hl=en

Acknowledgements:
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject