ORLY-EP0161C - Technology Soap Boxes

ORLY-EP0161C - Technology Soap Boxes

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #161 recorded Friday, August 4th, 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, Daniel Atherton.

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Daniel Duncan (Problem Addict Podcast, debuting live August 13th)

Solar Roofs! https://www.tesla.com/solarroof

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ORLY-EP0151C- Mostly Good Ideas & Picks

ORLY-EP0151C- Mostly Good Ideas & Picks

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #151 recorded Friday, April 14th, 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 Biesecker and Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Good Ideas:

  1. The Price of Solar Has Dropped 58% in the Last 5 Years https://futurism.com/the-price-of-solar-has-dropped-58-in-the-last-5-years/

  2. Jerry Brown signs $15 minimum wage in California http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article69842317.html

  3. New York: Free College, but With Caveats
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/nyregion/new-york-today-free-college-but-with-caveats.html?_r=0

  4. Trump asks for wall designs, gets something else instead http://www.upworthy.com/trump-wanted-border-wall-designs-he-kind-of-got-the-exact-opposite?c=ufb1

  5. Canada trying to legalize marijuana across entire country https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/13/canada-is-poised-to-approve-a-law-legalizing-marijuana-nationwide/

Personal Picks:

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ORLY-EP0148D - Science! Reversing Type 2 diabetes, Solar, Emotional Appeal, & Picks

ORLY-EP0148D - Science! Reversing Type 2 diabetes, Solar, Emotional Appeal, & Picks

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #148 recorded Friday, March 24th, 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, Amber Biesecker, David O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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Dan Smith

Science Bitches!  

  1. Scientists just had a 40% success rate in reversing type 2 diabetes (Small Clinical Trial)  https://futurism.com/a-clinical-trial-just-reversed-type-2-diabetes-in-40-of-participants/

  2. Collecting Solar without the panels. https://futurism.com/we-can-officially-collect-solar-energy-without-solar-panels/

  3. Emotional Appeals Potentially More Effective Than Facts
    http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/02/counter_lies_with_emotions_not_facts.html

  4. Solar Roof Tiles For Sale In April:  https://futurism.com/elon-musk-says-solar-roofs-will-be-available-for-purchase-in-april/

Personal Picks:

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  • And of course, engage us! Send us an message on the social medias or the electronic mails @ ORLYRADIOPODCAST@gmail.com or if you are the more talkative sort 470-222-ORLY (6759) is always ready to take your call or text.  

  • And if you don’t like what we’ve done here this evening, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Lifeline provides free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

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ORLY-EP0118B - Bone Cement, M&M's to the rescue, OREOs rolling away, NC PD Off the record

ORLY-EP0118B - Bone Cement, M&M's to the rescue, OREOs rolling away, NC PD Off the record

Welcome back to ORLYRADIO #118b recorded Friday July 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 Stephen Griffith, & Daniel Atherton.

Science Bitches!  

  1. http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/biology-ideology-john-hibbing-negativity-bias

  2. “Electronic Tattoo” Can Monitor Muscle Activity and Map a Person’s Emotions http://thescienceexplorer.com/brain-and-body/electronic-tattoo-can-monitor-muscle-activity-and-map-person-s-emotions

  3. Bone Healing Bio-Cement https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/861910990607827/

    1. http://bit.ly/2a38gOb

    2. http://bit.ly/29H3dNR

    3. http://bit.ly/29H3DE5

    5. Drones helping with vaccinations in the wild:  http://gizmodo.com/government-will-use-drones-to-release-vaccine-covered-m-1783646348

Law & Order:

  1. Kentucky county judge refused to officiate a couple’s wedding after they requested he respect their lack of religious beliefs, the Friendly Atheist reported.
    http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/kentucky-judge-refuses-to-marry-atheist-couple-because-they-dont-mention-god-in-their-vows/

  2. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/for-the-first-time-federal-judge-tosses-evidence-obtained-via-stingray/

  3. http://www.miseeharris.com/philando-castile-shooting-officially-ruled-a-homicide/

Good Ideas:

  1. http://bigthink.com/stefani-cox/we-can-now-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-rock

  2. Pokemon Go saving animal lives:  https://www.thedodo.com/pokemon-go-users-save-abandoned-animals-1920616452.html

  3. Obama Just Became the First Sitting President to Publish an Academic Paper “United States Health Care Reform: Progress to Date and Next Steps,” was published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

    1. https://mic.com/articles/148595/obamajama-obama-academic-paper-made-history

    2. http://fortune.com/2016/07/11/obama-jama/?xid=for_fb_sh  (LOUD Auto Play Video)

Bad Ideas:

  1. http://labor411.org/411-blog/1202-twisted-63-years-of-oreos-in-chicago-officially-comes-to-an-end

  2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabe-elsner/yes-on-1-for-the-sun-the_b_9738644.html

  3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-carolina-police-camera-footage_us_57850a43e4b0ed2111d7952a

Personal Picks:

Acknowledgements:

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

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