ORLY-EP0128C - SCIENCE-Food, Comas, Space Nations, Energy

ORLY-EP0128C - SCIENCE-Food, Comas, Space Nations, Energy

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #128 recorded Friday October 14th, 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

Science Bitches!  

1. http://vitals.lifehacker.com/it-doesnt-matter-when-you-eat-1787711505

2. http://futurism.com/world-first-ultrasound-used-to-jump-start-patients-brain-out-of-a-coma/

3. http://futurism.com/scientists-seek-un-approval-to-create-asgardia-earths-first-space-nation/

        http://asgardia.space/citizenship

1. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28770876

2. http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/10/germanys-bundesrat-votes-to-ban-the-internal-combustion-engine-by-2030/

3. http://futurism.com/solar-power-cost-has-dropped-25-in-only-5-months/

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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ORly Radio Show 53 - Send in the Clowns

ORly Radio Show 53 for Friday April 10th, 2015 - Send in the Clowns

Hosts: Andy & the Usual Suspects: David and Jess!!!
Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

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

The Good

1. http://www.popsci.com/aluminum-makes-flexible-fast-charging-batteries-wont-catch-fire

2. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/california-approves-bill-banning-child-vaccine-exemptions

   1. http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&search_keywords=

3. http://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-first-head-transplant-volunteer-could-experience-something-worse-than-death

4. http://www.sciencealert.com/lab-grown-burger-patty-cost-drops-from-325-000-to-12

5. GLBT:

   1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/politics/obama-to-call-for-end-to-conversion-therapies-for-gay-and-transgender-youth.html

   2. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/04/president-obama-calls-for-an-end-to-conversion-therapy/

6. CUBA:

   1. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/07/us-cuba-removal-terrorism-sponsor-list

   2. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/tourism-central-florida-blog/os-orlando-international-airport-cuba-flights-20150409-post.html

7. Activisim: http://www.mintpressnews.com/police-remove-snowden-bust-in-ny-park-hours-later-activists-replace-it-with-snowden-hologram/204134/

8. Terrorist Itch: http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ISIS-militants-reportedly-being-attacked-by-serious-skin-disease-396336

9. Holy Crap: http://drudgereport.com.co/nancy-reagan-i-want-hillary-to-win/ “,,,Hillary had no interest in running until both Laura and Barbara Bush cornered her at their get-together in May 2013 and talked her into at least thinking about it! So, in a sense, if Mrs. Clinton does run and win, you can blame the Bush family.” - Ron Reagan

The Bad

1. New Texas Bill Would Prevent Bystanders From Recording Cops http://crooksandliars.com/2015/04/new-texas-bill-would-prevent-bystanders

2. Former atheist congressman tells current atheist congressmen to D.A.D.T. http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2015/04/ex-congressman-tells-atheist-politicians-to-stay-in-the-closet

3. RAND PAUL: 2010 Reminder: http://www.examiner.com/article/rand-paul-concedes-he-will-cut-medicare-and-social-security-to-pay-for-tax-cuts  

4. Paul Meltdown: So far, Paul has hit the 2016 campaign trail and fallen flat on his face.

   1. http://www.vox.com/2015/4/7/8360691/rand-paul-budget-president

   2. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/08/paul-presidential-campaign-crashes-burns-rand-melts-today-show.html

   3. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4161841047001/rand-paul-charles-krauthammer-is-just-wrong/?playlist_id=2694949842001#sp=show-clips Andy Has Audio

   4. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/10/watch-rand-run-paul-cuts-flees-live-interview-questions-hard.html

5. Right Wing Persecution:

   1. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/04/07/religious-leaders-threaten-rise-up-persecute-gays.html

   2. http://churchandstate.org.uk/2014/12/rick-santorum-separation-of-church-and-state-a-communist-idea-not-an-american-one/

6. Old Bad News: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/08/iowa-grants-gun-permits-to-the-blind/2780303/

The Ugly

1. Food:

   1. http://www.break.com/article/taco-bell-will-start-offering-delivery-end-of-the-yea-2843679

   2. http://uproxx.com/webculture/2015/03/soon-you-might-be-able-to-get-mcdonalds-breakfast-all-day-long/

2. Science: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/apr/05/scientific-truth-genetics-darwin-adam-rutherford
   Our senses and psychology perceive the world in very particular ways that are comically easy to fool.
   We humans are awful at perceiving objective reality. We come with inbuilt preconceptions and prejudices. We’re dreadful at logic, and see patterns in things that are not there, and skip over trends that are. We attribute cause and agency to chance and coincidence, and blame the innocent as the root of all manner of evil. We use the phrase “common sense” as an admirable quality for scrutinising the world in front of us.
   ...it is tricky to challenge someone’s opinion successfully if it is based on their learned experience. But that is exactly what science is for. It is to extract human flaws from reality; it is to set aside the bias that we lug around. Our senses and psychology perceive the world in very particular ways that are comically easy to fool. But the great strength of science is that it recognises the human fallibility that cripples our view of the universe.

   1. Silver lining? http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/06/the-science-of-why-you-really-should-listen-to-experts/

3. GREECE:

   1. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/06/greece-puts-figure-of-279bn-on-claim-for-german-reparations

   2. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/08/germany-divided-over-greek-demand-for-2787bn-in-war-debt?CMP=fb_gu

4. LAW:

   1. Police still shooting people… over and over again. https://thenib.com/surviving-a-police-encounter-308ed3ca3dbb

   2. http://www.wsls.com/story/28770340/california-sheriff-investigates-disturbing-video-of-suspect-being-beaten

   3. http://www.wncn.com/story/28664509/first-woman-in-us-sentenced-for-killing-a-fetus

   4. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/04/07/creepy-judge-reduces-pedophiles-sentence-suggests-little-girl-caused-her-own-rape/

5. Environment:

   1. Selling off federal land with a “Spending Neutral reserve fund” - then why? http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/republican-senators-just-voted-to-sell-off-your-nationa-1696862450

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-cards-against-humanity-science-stem-deck-bsi-story.html https://store.cardsagainsthumanity.com/  
Jess: http://sketchypandagames.tumblr.com/. Aberford: a 50’s Housewife Zombie Game!  Kickstarter coming soon!

ORly Radio Show 5 - Soylent Neutrality

ORly Radio Episode 5

Hosted by Andy, Mike, and Don!
Music: "Rocket" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Science / Technology

Headline 1: THE END OF FOOD - Soylent
URL: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all&mobify=0

Headline 2: Coalition led by Amazon, Microsoft, and others take a stand against FCC on net neutrality
URL: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5692578/tech-coalition-challenges-fcc

Humanities

Headline 1: Real Fox News Question: 'Are Female Breadwinners A Problem?'
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/fox-news-female-breadwinners-problem_n_5266335.html

Headline 2: California Sikh Man, Gursant Singh, Barred From Jury Duty For Carrying Religious Dagger
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/01/gursant-singh-jury-duty-dagger-kirpan_n_5246955.html

Politics

Headline 1: US attorney general says banks may face criminal cases soon "No individual or company," he says, "is above the law.
URL: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101633128

Headline 2: Supreme Court Upholds Prayer At Government Meetings
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/05/supreme-court-prayer_n_5266930.html

Entertainment

Reviews and such!
Andy: Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everything.
Andy: Lawrence Krauss - The Physics of Star trek.
Mike: Grave Encounters http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1703199/
Mike: Apartment 143 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1757742/
Don: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

Potpourri

Headline 1: Arizona Abortion Bill: Legislators Pass Three Bills, Redefines When Life Begins
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/10/az-abortion-bills-arizona-gestational-age_n_1415715.html

Headline 2: Biggest Day in History for U.S. Solar Energy Community
President Obama’s solar announcements:
• Support for the solar workforce. The SunShot Initiative will build on our Solar Instructor Training  Network, an initiative intended to support community college programs that train people to enter the  solar industry. The program aims to help 50,000 people enter the solar workforce by 2020.
• More solar on U.S. businesses. 300+ public- and private-sector business leaders will increase  solar use, including Home Depot, Ikea, Yahoo, Google, Lennar Homes and Goldman Sachs.
• More solar for affordable housing. The largest manager of affordable multifamily housing in the  nation will install an additional 4 megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2020, and the non-profit  Hispanic  Housing Development Corporation to add 530 kilowatts (kw) of solar by the end of 2015.

Headline 3: Education vote that took place today that would allow for expanded charter schools.
URL: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr10/text