ORLY-EP0143D - Compulsory Immortality and Picks

ORLY-EP0143D-Compulsory Immortality and Picks

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #143 recorded Friday February 10th, 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 Bieseker, Fred Sims, and Daniel Atherton and JP.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Good Ideas:

  1. A floating city is to be built in the Pacific in the next few years. http://www.iflscience.com/technology/plans-for-worlds-first-floating-city-built-in-pacific-two-years-time/

  2. The United Nations, Has affirmed that abortion is a human right. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-grimes/united-nations-committee-affirms-abortion-as-a-human-right_b_9020806.html

  3. The World's First Pollinating Drone Could Help Us Survive the Bee-Pocalypse
    http://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-pollinating-drone-could-be-the-answer-to-the-bee-pocalypse

Personal Picks:

Wrap:

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ORLY-EP0102 - RFRA Strikes Again in GA & NC

ORLYRadio Show 102 - RFRA Strikes Again in GA & NC

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 102 for Friday March 25th, 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 and Stephen Griffith.

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

From a listener who shared the show last week: Regardless of how little or much You know about the TPP deal, this episode is a must for everyone. And prepare Yourself, because this agreement is highly alarming and probably more dangerous than any of us could imagine yet.

STEPHEN: TPP Update, full text available:  https://ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-agreements/trans-pacific-partnership/tpp-full-text

RANT Segments & Headlines:

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

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

Science Bitches!

  1. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/chimpanzee-parasites-allow-researchers-delve-evolutionary-history-malaria

  2. http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/essential-genes-needed-simple-life-independently-exist-pinpointed-biologists

  3. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/ancient-viruses-are-hiding-within-your-dna

  4. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/hivs-genome-edited-out-infected-cells

  5. http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/beating-human-hearts-grown-laboratory-using-stem-cells-made-skin

  6. https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/799065220225738/

-BREAK- Voicemail

The Good:

  1. Drone Racing League:  http://thedroneracingleague.com/

  2. Marijuana legalization makes Oregon money!:  http://www.techinsider.io/oregon-weed-tax-revenues-blowing-away-projections-2016-3

  3. http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/scientists-explain-how-to-inoculate-people-against-donald-trumps-fact-bending-claims/

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

The Bad:

  1. Georgia gets boycotted for being horrible. http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2016/03/25/3763575/netflix-time-warner-sony-and-others-speak-out-against-georgias-anti-lgbt-bill/

  2. And North Carolina. http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/north_carolina_gov_mccrory_in_hot_seat_as_apple_google_nba_many_others_denounce_anti_lgbt_law

  3. Microsoft AI becomes the ultimate troll after less than 24 hours: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/microsoft-terminates-its-tay-ai-chatbot-after-she-turns-into-a-nazi/

The Ugly:

  1. Tennessee Legislature nervous when collegue walks in with AR-15:  http://reverbpress.com/politics/state-rep-needs-two-things-purchase-assault-rifle-online-jack-st/

  2. NRA rewrites classic fairytales to include guns!:  http://tinyurl.com/zdkoo37

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks
Andy’s:
FileBot http://www.filebot.net/
Stephen’s: CanvasCamp tents  www.canvascamp.com

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

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

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

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  

-BREAK- Voicemail

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