ORLY-EP0141D - Law and Order - And what's wrong with the Democratic Party

ORLY-EP0141C - Law & Order: And what's wrong with the Democratic Party

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #141c recorded Friday January 27th, 2017 - 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, Stephen Griffith, Amber Biesecker, and Daniel Atherton.

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Law & Order:

  1. Turkey's New Constitution Would End Its Democracy https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-01-22/turkey-s-new-constitution-would-end-its-democracy

  2. Warren to support confirmation of Dr. Ben Carson for the Department of Housing and Urban Development
    https://www.facebook.com/senatorelizabethwarren/posts/716640075165155?qsefr=1

  3. Reporters arrested, charged with felony rioting at inauguration
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/01/26/97084612/

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ORly Radio Show 87 - The Best Thing Since Sliced Chocolate!

ORly Radio Show 87 - The Best Thing Since Sliced Chocolate!

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 87 for Friday December 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 David O'Connor and guest Fred Sims!

The Show is sponsored by hogswallow.wicked-clever.com

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Last week I thought that Tammy Faye Bakker was in the video with Jim Bakker, I was wrong, she is dead. Whoops. I guess Jim has a type… thanks to Andrew Duncan of the Kentucky Fried Freethought podcast for that catch.

RANT Segments & Headlines:

 

  1. Jimmy Carter’s Cancer has gone into remission and he will live to build many more houses for the poor. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jimmy-carter-cancer-gone_56645d5fe4b08e945fefd786

  2. We do not live in a hologram, at least there is no evidence that suggests we do. http://gizmodo.com/fermilab-experiment-finds-no-evidence-that-we-live-in-a-1746130140

  3. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/woman-stabbed-at-florida-gallery-as-bystanders-stood-by-thinking-it-was-performance-art/

  4. http://onlineathens.com/national-news/2015-12-09/florida-burglary-suspect-eaten-alligator-after-fleeing-police

  5. Pharma-bro says he would have actually raised the price of Daraprim even higher, had the internet and congress not tried to eviscerate him over the mater. He also bought the super rare one of a kind $2,000,000 Wu-tang album that can’t be shared for 88 years! http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2015/12/turings-martin-shkreli-regrets-5000-price-hike-says-it-wasnt-high-enough/ http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-martin-shkreli-wu-tang-clan-album/

  6. Ben Carson is threatening to leave the GOP following a report that senior Republican officials met to discuss the party’s strategy in the event of a brokered convention. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/262916-carson-brokered-convention-would-destroy-gop

  7. Sanders Files First Senate Bill In History To Legalize (recreational) Marijuana http://www.occupydemocrats.com/historic-sanders-files-first-senate-bill-in-history-to-legalize-marijuana/

  8. Quantum computer by Google and NASA is more than 100 million times faster than a regular computer chip https://richarddawkins.net/2015/12/quantum-computer-by-google-and-nasa-is-more-than-100-million-times-faster-than-a-regular-computer-chip/

  9. http://thefederalist.com/2015/12/08/how-the-left-created-donald-trump/

  10. Your logical Fallacy is: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/tu-quoque

  11. http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/trends/china-build-higgs-factory-twice-size-c8e8r8ns/

  12. http://www.ipp.mpg.de/3984226/12_15

  13. http://nerdist.com/japan-is-selling-sliced-chocolate/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Red Shirts - John Scalzi http://amzn.to/1NxW4vM

David’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2A002Em8Yw CONDOM ICE CREAM.

Fred’s:  Gillian Flynn (Sharp Objects, Dark Places, Gone Girl) Http://www.amazon.com/Gillian-Flynn/e/B001JP3W46  & STAR WARS!

ORly Radio Show 85 - Fear and Loathing in D.C.

ORly Radio Show 85 - Fear and Loathing in D.C.

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 85 for Friday November 20th, 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 , Ophelia Falls and returning regular, David O’Connor!

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

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

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  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

http://scathingatheist.com/ show 144 Diatribe, thank you Noah for putting my thoughts into words.

  1. Paris…

  2. Syrian Refugees -

    1. Governors react and refuse to take any refugees. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-governors-syrian-refugees_564a0ef9e4b06037734a0209

    2. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/house_overwhelmingly_approves_bill_to_reject_syrian_refugees

    3. Governors have no say in refusing refugees http://www.mediaite.com/tv/foxs-napolitano-governors-have-no-say-over-taking-in-refugees/

  3. Trump saying horrible things, Database for minority religious persons (muslim), Considers closing Mosques, Talk of badges... http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-would-certainly-implement-muslim-database  (Auto Play Video)

  4. Trump going up in polls Ben Carson likens Syrian refugees to rabid dogs. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-trump-retakes-lead-gop-race-cruz-makes-gains-n466651 (Auto Play Video 3:33 seconds.)

  5. Immigration Law How to: https://www.facebook.com/BryanScottHicks/posts/1187326084630475

-BREAK-  GSoW - PSA

Composition or Division Fallacy by Daniel of www.countryfriedfreethought.com

The Good:

  1. Jordan’s King Abdullah II calls upon Muslims to lead the fight against terrorism http://www.albawaba.com/news/king-abdullah-ii-calls-upon-muslims-lead-fight-against-terrorism-768666

  2. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/opparis-anonymous-takes-5500-isis-twitter-accounts-24-hours/

The Bad:

  1.  http://russia-insider.com/en/russian-shock-and-awe-355-isis-targets-destroyed-russian-air-force-last-48-hours/ri11304

The Ugly:

  1. This entire show...

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

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 84 - Ben Carson’s Pyramid Scheme

ORly Radio Show 84 - Ben Carson’s Pyramid Scheme

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 84 for Friday November 6th, 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: 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  http://www.people.com/article/robin-williams-widow-susan-williams-people Susan Williams shared with PEOPLE the details of the debilitating brain disease called Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia or Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) that took hold of Williams and the couple's harrowing ordeal to fight it.  

"It was not depression that killed Robin," Susan says, speaking to the public perception of what drove Williams to commit suicide. "Depression was one of let's call it 50 symptoms and it was a small one."

From LBDA.org http://www.lbda.org/category/3437/what-is-lbd.htm

RANT Segments & Headlines:

  1. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/2/9661556/amazon-books-first-physical-bookstore-opening-seattle

  2. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/fos--bco102615.php

  3. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lawrence-lessig-drops-democratic-presidential-bid

  4. http://thescienceexplorer.com/universe/scientists-can-build-molecules-made-pure-light

  5. http://blog.cosmosmagazine.com/blog/2015/10/28/sonic-tractor-beam-brings-star-trek-closer-to-reality

  6. Video - http://futurism.com/videos/this-touchable-hologram-lets-you-feel-3d-shapes-in-midair/ These 3D objects are rendered using focused ultrasound and can move and rotate in real time

  7. GOP Presidential Contestant, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has been caught lying about things in his autobiography, and thinks that the pyramids were the grain storehouses of Joseph from the bible. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/ben-carson-campaign-politico-story-saying-westpoint-scholarship-is-a-lie-is-itself-a-lie/ and http://news.groopspeak.com/ben-carson-admits-he-lied-about-getting-scholarship-to-west-point/  and http://www.buzzfeed.com/natemcdermott/ben-carson-egyptian-pyramids-built-for-grain-storage-not-by#.cs3yvWzvdN

  8. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/5/9678040/google-android-chip-design-smartphones

  9. http://www.blastr.com/2015-11-4/nasa-just-saw-something-come-out-black-hole-first-time-ever

  10. http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2015/11/5/nasa_says_sun_stripp.html

  11. http://www.nature.com/news/canada-creates-science-minister-post-1.18739

  12. http://www.buzzfeed.com/fionarutherford/doctors-remove-live-tapeworm-from-brain-of-student-who-thoug#.dj8XQemQ3Z

  13. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-summoned-to-appear-for-senate-grilling-over-price-gouging-scheme/

  14. http://www.examiner.com/article/republicans-silent-as-obama-orders-pay-raise-for-the-military

  15. http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/3/9666258/tesla-is-going-to-lock-down-autopilot-so-its-harder-to-do-stupid

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

  1. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/11/breaking-obama-will-reject-keystone-xl-pipeline "The State Department has decided that the Keystone XL pipeline would not serve the national interests of the United States. I agree with that decision," Obama said.

  2. Bernie Sanders Introduced a bill to lift the federal ban on Marijuana removing it from the schedule 1 narcotics list. http://www.buzzfeed.com/cjciaramella/sanders-introduces-bill-to-lift-federal-ban-on-marijuana#.osee7zl7Nv

  3. http://usuncut.com/black-lives-matter/anonymous-official-release-alleged-kkk-members-names/

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Bad:

  1. http://reverbpress.com/business/rupert-murdoch-national-geographic-layoffs/

  2. and http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/4/9668272/google-eu-antitrust-response

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/personal-incredulity

Personal Incredulity
Because you found something difficult to understand, or are unaware of how it works, you made out like it's probably not true.
Complex subjects like biological evolution through natural selection require some amount of understanding before one is able to make an informed judgement about the subject at hand; this fallacy is usually used in place of that understanding.
Example: Kirk drew a picture of a fish and a human and with effusive disdain asked Richard if he really thought we were stupid enough to believe that a fish somehow turned into a human through just, like, random things happening over time.

The Ugly:

  1. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mormon-church-bars-children-same-sex-couples-baptism-blessings-n458416

  2. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/617245/Children-no-God-more-generous-tolerant

  3. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/young-americans-are-becoming-less-religious-and-anti-science-anti-gay-rhetoric-may-be-a-factor-pew/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: The Complete Heretic's Guide to Western Religion, Volume 1 The Mormons http://amzn.to/1iIZWBH
Ophelia’s:  Galavant on Hulu
Michael’s: Nuka Cola!

Acknowledgements:

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