ORLY-EP0104 - No Starbucks for Rick Scott

ORLY-EP0104 - No Starbucks for Rick Scott

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 104 for Friday April 8th, 2016 - 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, Fred Sims, Stephen Griffith, and David O’Connor.

Reviews!?Errata:

From Previous Shows: 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

Bernie wasn’t the only late filed registration in Washington D.C.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Bernie-Sanders-Faces-Ballot-Trouble-in-DC-After-Registration-Snafu-374042381.html

  1. On this Day in History: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

    1. 1935 - FDR SIgns Emergency Relief Appropriation Act: hoping to lift the country out of the midst of the Great Depression, FDR authorized almost $5 million to implement work relief programs. Congress allowed the president to use the funds at his discretion. The act was unprecedented and remains the largest system of public-assistance relief programs in the nation’s history. Its programs were extremely popular, though, and contributed significantly to Roosevelt’s landslide reelection in 1936.

    2. 1974 - Hank Aaron becomes baseball’s new home run king with 715th career home run: Broke the previous mark of 714 held by Babe Ruth. Home run hit in the 4th inning of a game against the LA Dodgers. Bittersweet moment as despite being a beloved player in Atlanta his pursuit of the record was met with racist hate mail and death threats

    3. 1994 - Kurt Cobain is found dead: famed frontman of the band Nirvana found dead with fresh injection marks in his arms and a fatal wound to the head from the 20-gauge shotgun found between his knees

    4. 2005 - Olympic Park Bomber Eric Rudolph agrees to plead guilty: plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Responsible for 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta. Born in Merritt Island, FL, Rudolph was also responsible for 3 other bombings motivated by his anti abortion and anti- homosexual views.

    5. 2013 - Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister dies: Only female prime minister of Britain, served from 1979 to 1990  as the longest serving  British PM of the 20th century

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Panama!

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/08/panama-papers-leak-law-firm/82787358/

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/panama-papers-could-add-to-outrage-in-presidential-race/ar-BBrpsQs

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/4/5/1510760/-Panama-Papers-Hillary-connection-to-Deutche-Bank

Science Bitches!

  1. http://www.iflscience.com/brain/20-cognitive-biases-which-make-you-form-bad-decisions

  2. http://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/kitchen-science-everything-you-eat-made-chemicals

  3. http://www.iflscience.com/physics/physicists-observe-new-state-matter

  4. http://www.iflscience.com/technology/triton-artificial-gills-company-refunds-all-supporters-relaunching-funding-campaign

  5. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ancient-viral-remnant-could-determine-whether-babies-are-male-or-female

  6. SpaceX landed on the barge!!! http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/spacex-launches-first-space-station-re-supply-accident-n553241

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The Good:

  1. http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/metal-foam-armor-disintegrates-bullets-160408.htm “That’s some armor…”

  2. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebooks-f8-conference-chat-bots-expected-center-stage/story?id=38253302

-BREAK- Fallacy http://www.logicalfallacies.info/relevance/appeals/appeal-to-pity/

What Evil Lurks...:

  1. http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/want-cut-government-waste-8-5-trillion-pentagon-142321339.html

  2. http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/04/08/leaked-senate-encryption-bill-called-ludicrous-dangerous-by-security-experts Security or Freedom.

  3. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-abortion-idUSKCN0WR1HB Rick Scott signs anti-Planned Parenthood Bill

    1. http://gawker.com/florida-governor-rick-scott-cant-even-get-a-cup-of-coff-1769294087

    2. http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2016/04/08/new-political-ad-for-rick-scott-attacks-latte-liberal-who-yelled-at-him

  4. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/indiana-has-now-charged-two-asian-american-women-feticide-n332761

  5. http://www.mediaite.com/online/women-protest-indiana-abortion-law-by-calling-the-governor-about-their-periods/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  http://futurism.com/nasa-releases-3-million-images-earth-top-20/
Stephen’s:  http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/black/fast-lane-caffeinated-black-tea Celestial Seasonings Fast Lane Tea
David’s:  http://www.razerzone.com/comms Voice comms for gaming.

Acknowledgements:

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

ORLY-EP0101 - WTF is the TPP?

Welcome to ORLYRADIO 101 for Friday March 18th, 2016 - 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 Stephen Griffith.

SPECIAL SHOW. ALL ABOUT THE TPP.

Errata: 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

  1. On this Day in History: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

  2. -BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority  

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  125 Years of National Geographic, VideoMeld.com and GoldWave.com  

Stephen’s: www.dorkly.com

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

ORLY-EP0100 - Jinkies! We made 100!

ORly Radio Show 100 - Jinkies! We made 100!

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 100 for Friday March 11th, 2016 - 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, Stephen Griffith, Ren Cowen, and Fred Sims.

Reviews!?Errata:

From Previous Shows: 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. On this Day in History: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

    1. Congress Establishes the Army Corp of Engineers - 1779

    2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Published - 1818

    3. Confederate Constitution Adopted - 1861

    4. FDR Signs Lend Lease Program - 1941

    5. COPS Debuts on Fox - 1989

  2. President Obama down to three finalists for Supreme Court vacancy https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/president-obama-is-down-to-three-finalists-for-the-supreme-court-vacancy/2016/03/11/952a716c-e7e8-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html

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Science Bitches!

  1. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-eating-bacteria-could-help-make-trash-disappear/

  2. http://www.gizmag.com/slippery-liquid-porous-surfaces-slips/22909/

  3. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/remarkable-breast-cancer-trial-destroys-tumors-just-11-days

  4. http://www.iflscience.com/environment/its-been-warmest-winter-united-states-records-began

  5. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/toddler-dies-after-anti-vax-parents-allegedly-failed-seek-medical-attention

  6. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/186537-biologists-discover-electric-bacteria-that-eat-pure-electrons-rather-than-sugar-redefining-the-tenacity-of-life  

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The Good:

  1.  http://fortune.com/2016/03/09/mcdonalds-wages/

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

The Bad:

  1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/to-get-back-at-apple-gop-congressman-introduces-pointless-bill/

  2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alabama-castration-sex-offenders-children_us_56ddea6ee4b0000de4057df6  

The Ugly:

  1. http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/09/politics/missouri-religious-freedom-bill/index.html

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ASO408K?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00

Stephen’s: 100+ ways to tie a tie!  https://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickNovotnyRemax/featured

Fred’s: Catch those drones! http://www.coolthings.com/skywall-100-catch-drones-net/

Mike’s: gotta plug them again, because of the recent eclipse - http://live.slooh.com/ Also, Henry’s Hard Soda by the Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co.

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 98 - Flint's Cost of Negligence

ORly Radio Show 98 - Flint's Cost of Negligence

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 98 for Friday February 26th, 2016 - 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, David and Fred!

From Previous Shows: 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. On this Day in History: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

    1. Two National Parks Preserved, 10 years apart - Grand Canyon in 1919 and Grand Tetons in 1929

    2. Hitler Organizes Luftwaffe (airforce)  in direct violation of Versailles treaty that ended WWI - 1935

    3. World Trade Center bombed - 1993

    4. Florida Teen Trayvon Martin is Shot and Killed - 2012            

  2. Oklahoma votes to ban AP History classes (OLD NEWS) (Damn It! That’s My Bad)   http://bluenationreview.com/oklahoma-ranked-48th-education-votes-ban-ap-history-classes/

  3. http://www.snopes.com/zika-microcephaly-outbreak-pesticide/ No Monsanto is not to blame for Zika or Microcephaly.

  4. Illinois Bill to Deny Single Moms Birth certificates and aid? http://www.scarymommy.com/illinois-bill-would-deny-birth-certificates-to-some-single-moms/

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Science Bitches!

1) Fighting diseases is always important, and it's good to see progress being made on a particularly deadly one. Also this is a look into how vaccines really work and why they're FUCKING SAFE YOU MORONS; we're taking advantage of Mother Nature's already highly advanced mechanisms to throw a curveball at a particularly nasty bug. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/antibodies-ebola-survivor-found-cure-infected-monkeys

2) Really good explanation with visual aids and a scale model of the sensing equipment involved. If you didn't understand the discovery before, you ABSOLUTELY will after this. http://www.iflscience.com/space/watch-physicist-brian-greene-explain-gravitational-waves-stephen-colbert

3) Just an interesting look at how the calendar is developed to make sure the months stay in the seasons the way we know them. http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/science-behind-leap-years-and-how-they-work

4) A win against cancer - what's not to like? http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/hpv-rates-fall-teenage-girls-following-vaccine

5) The ocean covers so much of our world, contains so many resources, and we understand so little of it. Space is easy by comparison; it's empty. The ocean is hiding so many weird things down there, and it's awesome and terrifying. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mysterious-deep-hum-found-within-oceans-twilight-zone

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The Good:

  1. Donald Trump surges in the polls, Canada is trying to make it even easier for anyone, even a horrified American, to obtain Canadian citizenship—a total coincidence, I’m sure. http://gawker.com/canada-coincidentally-makes-it-easier-to-apply-for-citi-1761304479

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-authority

The Bad:

  1. Tennessee has a new state rifle! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/26/tennessees-new-official-state-rifle-is-so-powerful-it-can-destroy-commercial-aircraft/?postshare=5511456523404647&tid=ss_fb

  2. http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/26/technology/irs-data-theft/ Taxpayer data theft, be aware.

The Ugly:

  1. Flint Michigan

    1. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/ted-cruz-flint-aid-219787?cmpid=sf#ixzz41DFl55Mu

    2. http://www.hngn.com/articles/182698/20160226/ted-cruz-allows-flint-aid-deal-move-forward.htm Update

    3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/west-virginia-chemical-spill-sentencing_us_56cf3ecbe4b0bf0dab311a4b

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

David’s: Google Fi is awwwwwwwsooooooooome.

Acknowledgements:

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