ORLY-EP0135A - Trump Force One

ORLY-EP0135A - Trump Force One

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #135a recorded Friday December 9th, 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, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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  1. Six big ticket donors now set to fill Trump’s cabinet https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/09/the-six-donors-trump-appointed-to-his-administration-gave-almost-12-million-with-their-families-to-his-campaign-and-the-party/

  2. Saudi Arabia reacts to Saudi journalist criticizing Trump http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-donald-trump-journalist-banned-for-criticising-us-president-elect-a7456956.html

  3. Pentagon buries budget study https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/pentagon-buries-evidence-of-125-billion-in-bureaucratic-waste/2016/12/05/e0668c76-9af6-11e6-a0ed-ab0774c1eaa5_story.html

  4. What money volume looks like. http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/calculations.html

  5. The President Elect Tweets and Boeing’s stock goes down, and it was wrong. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/308935-trump-speaks-and-boeing-stock-falls

  6. http://people.howstuffworks.com/air-force-one.htm

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ORLY-EP0130A - Make Russia Great Again

ORLY-EP0130A - Make Russia Great Again

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #130 recorded Friday October 28th, 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 O’Connor and Stephen Griffith

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  1. Russia voted off UN Human Rights Council amid mounting allegations of Syria war crimes http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-voted-off-un-human-rights-council-amid-mounting-allegations-of-syria-war-crimes-a7385766.html

  2. President Rodreigo Duterte and the Philipines http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/opinion/president-dutertes-confusing-behavior.html

Acknowledgements:

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

ORLY-EP0110B - SCOTUS Stuff, Gas Prices, Making Mountains, Overtime Pay, HRC's plans, and the NV Convention + Picks!

ORLY-EP0110B - SCOTUS Stuff, Gas Prices, Making Mountains, Overtime Pay, HRC's plans, and the NV Convention

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #110B for Friday MAY 20th, 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 & Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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SCOTUS Stuff

  1. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/breaking_in_huge_lgbt_win_scotus_refuses_case_that_could_have_sabotaged_obama_transgender_policy

  2. http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/05/opinion-analysis-justices-reject-claim-that-special-outside-counsel-mislead-borrowers-when-they-send-collection-letters-on-attorney-general-letterhead/

Good Ideas:

  1. Gas Prices are rising again. Remember when we talked about Saudi Arabia… Yeah.. It’s them again, and maybe twitter addicted commodities brokers. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/saudi-arabia-is-suddenly-facing-a-serious-catastrophe-heres-why/

  2. And United Arab Emirates, are making a mountain to combat climate change. http://www.dailydot.com/technology/uae-mountain-man-made/

  3. Hillary Clinton's climate and energy policies, explained by VOX’s David Roberts http://www.vox.com/2016/5/9/11548354/hillary-clintons-climate-and-energy-policies-explained

  4. http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-obama-overtime-pay-20160517-snap-story.html

Bad Ideas:

  1. The Nevada Convention… http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/280300-dnc-chairwoman-chides-sanders

Personal Picks:

Andy’s:   http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/17/11686296/art-camera-google-cultural-institute

Daniel’s:  https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/elder-sign/

Acknowledgements:

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

ORly Radio Show 92 - Follow the Money

ORly Radio Show 92 - Follow the Money

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 92 for Friday January 15th, 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 Michael Robinson and Fred Sims.

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RANT Segments & Headlines:

  1. On this Day in History:

    1. 1913 The first telephone line between Berlin and New York is inaugurated.

    2. 1919 Peasants in Central Russia rise against the Bolsheviks.

    3. 1936 In London, Japan quits all naval disarmament talks after being denied equality.

    4. 1976 Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life in prison for her failed attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford.

    5. 1992 Slovenia and Croatia’s independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is recognized by the international community.

    6. 2001 Wikipedia goes online.

  2. -BREAK- GSoW - PSA

  3. We have lost David Bowie and Alan Rickman this week to cancer, they were both 69.

  4. Since he wasn’t invited to the GOP debate, rand Paul went on the Daily Show and drank bourbon http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rand-paul-appears-on-the-daily-show-to-debate-and-drink-bourbon/

  5. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/13/462940239/al-jazeera-will-shutdown-its-american-network-in-april

  6. http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/robot-wars-rebooted-bbc-two-7171002

  7. http://www.sciencealert.com/human-trials-will-test-freeze-dried-poop-pills-as-a-weight-loss-treatment

  8. Manatees are off the endangered species list.

  9. http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/weird/2016/01/11/police-woman-bites-off-part-walmart-workers-finger/78660194/

  10. http://www.nature.com/news/scientists-bust-myth-that-our-bodies-have-more-bacteria-than-human-cells-1.19136

  11. http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasas-juno-spacecraft-sets-solar-power-distance-record

 

-BREAK- Voicemail

 

The Good:

 

 

  1. http://www.wftv.com/news/ap/business/wal-mart-to-shutter-269-stores-154-of-them-in-the-/np5pf/

  2. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/300000-low-income-louisianians-gained-healthcare-today-as-bobby-jindal-is-replaced-by-democratic-governor/

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

 

The Bad:

 

  1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/12098469/Oil-price-crash-means-petrol-could-become-cheaper-than-bottled-water.html Russian oil output hit a post-Soviet era high in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency. Saudi Arabia has urged Moscow - which is not a member of Opec - to pare back on production to help rebalance the world’s oversupplied market.

The Ugly:

 

 

  1. http://fusion.net/story/255458/donald-trump-campaign-jam-pensacola/

  2. Let’s talk about #yallqaeda Burns, Oregon.

  3. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/heavily_armed_security_detail.html

  4. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/15/1470464/-Oregon-standoff-protestor-arrested-after-driving-federal-vehicle-into-the-town-of-Burns

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

 

Andy’s: Topic Tuesday http://www.orlyradio.com/canwefixitorg/

Fred’s: The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka. http://www.amazon.com/Ted-Kosmatka/e/B00638I7RG

Acknowledgements:

 

 

 

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

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