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:

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

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 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

ORly Radio Show 74 - Just the News

ORly Radio Show 74 - Just the News

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Welcome to ORly Radio Show 74 for Friday August 21st, 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.

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  

LINKS TO BE POSTED LATER.

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

 

ORly Radio Show 37 - #Hack the planet!

ORly Radio Show 37 for Friday December 19th, 2014 - #Hack the planet!

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

Errata From Last Week: The 525-page report chock full of bureaucratic language, was the redacted version of a 6,200+ page report. So if rectal feeding is what they are willing to divulge… imagine what the didn’t want you to see.
Pope Francis did not actually say anything nice about dogs going to heaven, though we suspect he still believes it.  The story was made up and mismashed together from different blogger stories covering his speech.

Science / Technology / Politics

Item: Sony Hacks

URLs: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/19/sony-the-interview-hackers-gop/20635449/

URLs: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/12/20/us-sony-cybersecurity-usa-idINKBN0JX1MH20141220
Item: ICANN HACKED: Intruders poke around global DNS innards.
URLs: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/17/icann_hacked_admin_access_to_zone_files/

Item: Google News Spain to close in response to story links 'tax'

URLs: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/11/google-news-spain-to-close-in-response-to-tax-on-story-links
Item: Curiosity Rover Finds Methane on Mars: What It Could Mean for Life
Another study published in Science today also details another exciting Curiosity find on Mars. Using a sample of clay, scientists have measured the hydrogen in the Martian atmosphere about 3 billion to 3.7 billion years ago. The new finding could help pin down when the Red Planet lost its liquid surface water.

URLs: http://m.space.com/28019-mars-methane-disovery-curiosity-rover.html
Item: Les Baugh made history at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) this summer when he became the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two of the Laboratory’s Modular Prosthetic Limbs.
URLs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NOncx2jU0Q&feature=youtu.be

Humanities / Religion/ Politics

Item: CLINICALLY BRAIN-DEAD PREGNANT WOMAN BEING KEPT ALIVE TO SAVE THE BABY -- AGAINST PARENTS' WISHES

URLs: http://abc7chicago.com/442621/

Politics / Humanities / Politics

Item: CUBA

URLs: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/obama-announces-dramatic-shift-uscuba-policy
Item: Russia Economy in freefall - Western sanctions, coupled with falling global oil prices, have hurt Russia's economy.
URLs: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30547775

Oh, Florida...

Item: Florida man wanders around setting cars and dumpsters on FIRE!

URLs: http://www.wesh.com/news/deputies-man-set-fire-to-cars-dumpsters-marion-county/30315192

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s: Bill Nye Explains evolution using Emoji http://gizmodo.com/bill-nye-uses-emoji-to-perfectly-explain-evolution-1670690085

Mike’s: Phantom of the Opera and the NEW http://www.drphillipscenter.org/  : http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/ustour/people/creative/cameron-mackintosh/