ORLY-EP0111B - Tucker Drake, SCOTUS Stuff, TSA & Trump's Worker's Party

ORLY-EP0111B - Tucker Drake, SCOTUS Stuff, TSA & Trump's Worker's Party

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #111B recorded Friday MAY 27th, 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 special guest podcaster, Tucker Drake!

SCOTUS Stuff

  1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/supreme-court-foster-chatman

  2. http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/05/opinion-analysis-racial-gerrymandering-case-ends/

    1. http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/11/22/squaresville_usa_how_to_fix_american_politics_one_right_angle_at_a_time/

    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Wolves:_Iraq

Good Ideas:

  1. http://gizmodo.com/the-tsa-is-so-bad-that-delta-has-installed-its-own-ultr-1779118856

Bad Ideas:

  1. http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/trump-announces-hes-rebranding-the-gop-as-the-workers-party-a-name-he-stole-from-adolf-hitler/

Personal Picks:

Andy’s:   http://io9.gizmodo.com/comixology-launches-all-you-can-eat-unlimited-subscri-1778407797

Tucker Drake’s: The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Irving Finkel http://amzn.to/27WWWaT

           The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Captain Witold Pilecki http://amzn.to/1XXwPME

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 68 - KKK, Hacking, SETI, and more

ORly Radio Show 68 - KKK, Hacking, SETI, and more.

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 68 for Friday July 24th, 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, Mike!

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  / QUICK Headlines:

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

The Good:

  1. STEPHEN HAWKING AND RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE LAUNCH $100 MILLION SEARCH FOR ALIEN LIFE CALLED “Breakthrough Listen.” - http://nerdist.com/stephen-hawking-and-russian-billionaire-launch-100-million-search-for-alien-life/

-BREAK- Logical Fallacy: Fallacy Fallacy by Amy Pastoor, amypastoor.com

The Bad:

  1. Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers, Krebs Security writes that the published samples, appear to include information on the site's 37 million users, company financial data such as salary figures, and even maps of the company's internal network. -  https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/07/20/cheating-site-ashley-madison-breached-by-hackers-threatening-to-expose-users/

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Ugly:

  1. Republican Lawmaker Calls KKK Grand Wizard ‘One Of The South’s First Civil Rights Leaders’ - http://www.itakelibertywithmycoffee.com/2015/07/republican-lawmaker-calls-kkk-grand-wizard-one-of-the-souths-first-civil-rights-leaders/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: 7 Questions To Ask Your Parents Before They Die - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/7-questions-to-ask-your-parents-before-they-die_559c1f63e4b05d7587e24612

Acknowledgements:

Music by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

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