Brainstorm Podcast

In this episode of The Skeptic Studio, Cory, Rene, Lisa, and Dave talked to Dr. Jillian Scudder who is an author, a blogger, and assistant professor at Oberlin College about space, education, and the mix of science and politics.

Here are some links to her content

https://www.jillianscudder.com/

https://astroquizzical.com/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillianscudder/#5f566b84216b

http://astroquizzical.tumblr.com/

https://amzn.to/2q18Ktb 

Here is a link to listener Ivan's critiques of astrology and lunar effects 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan_Kelly2 

  

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends 

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts(x2), Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith Clownhorning Davies, The Podunk Polymath, The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him), Freethinker215, and Larry(x2). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

And join our Discord chat for live chat during the show https://discord.gg/7ZJCcKP 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

 In this episode of Shift to Reason Radio we talk about some seriously WTF!? stories, some Woo, some science, and some politics. A little bit of everything from Cory, Sarah, Lisa, Angela, and Dave. Plus we had a lot of fun with the Discord chat so make sure to join us for live shows and chat with us while listening live.  

Here are the links for the stories

WTF

Dave's Story - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/06/1600-scientists-sign-petition-against-cern-physicist-alessandro-strumia-open-discrimination http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2018/10/02/italian-physicist-suspended-by-cern-after-giving-a-talk-claiming-mens-brains-are-more-suited-to-science-than-womens

Cory's Story - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4855614/viral-video-of-feminist-pouring-bleach-on-manspreaders-debunked-as-russian-propaganda-1.4855973

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/viral-manspreading-video-is-staged-kremlin-propaganda/

Woo Report

Angela's Story- http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/30/a-flat-earther-tried-convincing-her-school-board-to-teach-the-controversy

Cory's Story - https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-anti-vaccers-present-misinformation-as-science-to-get-parents-on-side

Science

Lisa's Story - https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/02/nobel-prize-physics-awarded-tools-made-light-first-woman-years-honored/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.23fdfc20d9fc

Sarah's Story – https://www.smh.com.au/national/cervical-cancer-set-to-be-eliminated-from-australia-in-global-first-20181002-p507dn.html

Politics

Lisa's Story - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article219659890.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/podcasts/the-daily/donald-trump-fred-trump-tax-money.html

Angela's Story - https://globalnews.ca/news/4514623/kamloops-high-school-assignment-push-political-views-students/

https://www.nsnews.com/father-says-grade-10-worksheet-was-biased-against-right-wing-views-1.23453694 

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends 

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts(x2), Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith Clownhorning Davies, The Podunk Polymath, The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him), Freethinker215, and Larry(x2). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

And join our Discord chat for live chat during the show https://discord.gg/7ZJCcKP 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

In this episode of the Rectable Cory, Angela, Lisa, Sarah, and Dave talk about the whether we should act in a civil way to those we disagree with in politics. I don't have any source links for this episode.

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends 

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts(x2), Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith Clownhorning Davies, The Podunk Polymath, The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him), Freethinker215, and Larry(x2). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

Sorry this isn't as early as I wanted it to be. Life has been crazy

In this episode of The Skeptic Studio Cory, Angela, Lisa, Sarah, and the amazing Dave talked to Kevin from This Week In News and This Week In History with Kevin and Benedict. The topics ranged from silly to serious and back again. 

Some links for Kevin's content  

http://kevinandbenedict.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kevinandbenedict/

https://twitter.com/kevandbenedict  

Kevin sent a link for one of the things we talked about with him

https://twitter.com/real_farmacist/status/1050848947621777409 

 

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends 

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts(x2), Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith Clownhorning Davies, The Podunk Polymath, The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him), Freethinker215, and Larry(x2). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

In this episode of The Skeptic Studio, Cory talked to HJ Hornbeck who has done quite a bit of writing for his blog on the recent attempted hoax by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose. We go through some of the reasons it didn't quite prove as much as they think it did. 

Here are some links  

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/driventoabstraction/2018/10/academic-hoax-intellectual-dishonesty

https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2018/10/03/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/

https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2018/10/05/out-of-control/

https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2018/10/06/this-isnt-incompetence/

https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2018/10/10/the-problemsolution-gap/

https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/grievance-studies-hoax-not-academic-scandal.html

http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jpbs/papers/Vol13-issue5/Version-1/A1305010104.pdf

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gdb3QAJtyixuNTvDFBBvh__LQD4gLTJj/view

http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

Make sure to check out and follow HJ's blog https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/

You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends 

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts, Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith, The Podunk Polymath, Larry, The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him) and Freethinker215. If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

In this installment of the Shift To Reason Radio, Cory, Lisa, Sarah, Dan, and the always amazing Dave talk about religious people who see monsters and are fooled by doctored photos, the impact of crowdfunding on quack cancer cures, myths about hysteria treatments, and the chicken pox vaccine being important. There's also the new Crackpot Audio segment. 

Here are the links

Crackpot Audio 

Paul Joseph Watson (right wing crackpot) defends musician Michale Graves from those evil leftists who don't want to provide a platform for shitheads

https://youtu.be/bnf1WJICAxg

http://www.vueweekly.com/up-downtown-michale-graves-and-the-line-drawn/ 

https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2018/09/19/edmontons-up-and-downtown-festival-cancels-performance-over-singers-backwards-views.html 

Religious Nuttery

Dan's Story - https://leaderpost.com/news/canada/police-were-monsters-who-would-kill-them-details-emerge-in-naked-kidnapping/wcm/7a6f41a5-cde2-44de-a9da-24c25078e8ac

Dave's Story- http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/26/preacher-its-a-historical-fact-that-dinosaurs-were-killed-in-the-civil-war/ 

Woo Report

Cory's Story - https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3829

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/crowdfunding-the-fuel-for-cancer-quackery/ 

Science

Lisa's Story - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/09/victorian-vibrators-orgasms-doctors/569446/ 

Sarah's Story – https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-recent-case-report-highlights-why-skipping-the-chickenpox-vaccine-is-a-bad-idea 

  

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends or email us at [email protected] for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts, Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith, The Podunk Polymath, Larry and The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

In the first episode of Skeptic Voices in a long time I talked to Stephanie Zvan a couple days after her birthday. We talked about Secular Women Work, organizing conferences, and politics. 

You can follow Stephanie on Twitter and on her blog

https://the-orbit.net/almostdiamonds/

https://twitter.com/szvan

  

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends 

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts, Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith, The Podunk Polymath, Larry, The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him) and Freethinker215. If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live.https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters

 

In this episode of The Skeptic Studio; Cory, Lisa, Dan, Sarah, and the always amazing Dave talk to the one and only Dusty Smith about how he became an atheist, how he became interested in creating videos, and why nobody should be sending unsolicited dick pics.

Here are some links  

https://www.youtube.com/user/CultOfDusty

http://www.cultofdusty.com/

https://www.facebook.com/cultofdusty

https://www.instagram.com/cultofdusty/ 

  

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends or email us at [email protected] for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts, Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith, The Podunk Polymath, Larry and The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live. https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters.

 The next couple episodes are going to be a little out of our normal order because this Kavanaugh episode is much more poignant if we have it out first. You can expect he Dusty Smith interview to be out soon and the next Shift To Reason Radio to be out after that. 

In this one Cory, Lisa, Sarah, Dan, and the amazing Dave talk about the hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and the very troubling way that these hearings were carried out and how the Republicans seem to be dealing with allegations of sexual assault and attempted rape by their supreme court nominee.

Here are some links  

https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/09/26/fords-lawyers-submit-4-statements-backing-assault-story/ 

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-ford-testimony-credibility-memory-20180928-story.html#

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-oct-18/index.html 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/suzanne-malveaux-reporters-notebook-jeff-flake-elevator/index.html 

For many more articles and takes on the issue a mere google of Brett Kavanaugh will reveal a ton of information. 

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends or email us at [email protected] for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic 

Thanks to our financial supporters, Kayla, Janet, Kim, Stephanie, Zach, The Utah Outcasts, Will, Aaron, Darryl, Destin sucks, BobbGlenn, Destin Doesn't Suck That Much, Magnus, Several Species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave, Positively Skeptical, Rob, Keith, The Podunk Polymath, Larry and The Flying Spaghetti Monster (Sauce Be Upon Him). If you want to join them and help the show grow then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live. https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters.

In this episode of the Shift To Reason Radio Cory, Rene, guest host Rob, and the so amazing he can be on the panel while also doing the sound work Dave talk about some harm caused by religion, some good news finally coming from GOOP, probiotic yogurt not doing what people think it does, and a study that connects pot with schizophrenia.

Here are some links

  

Religious Nuttery

Rob's Story - https://religionnews.com/2018/09/06/after-bombshell-pennsylvania-catholic-sex-abuse-report-which-state-is-next/

Cory's Story - https://nypost.com/2018/09/04/parents-arrested-after-teen-dies-following-religious-fast/

https://nypost.com/2018/09/05/brother-of-teen-starved-to-death-wrote-letter-begging-for-help-police/

Woo Report

Rene's Story- https://globalnews.ca/news/4427577/goop-jade-eggs-settlement-gwyneth-paltrow/?utm_medium=Facebook&utm_source=GlobalRegina

https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2018/09/06/dear-gwyneth-paltrow-did-the-district-attorney-bring-their-a-game/

Science

Dave's Story – https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/probiotics-research-1.4814311

Rene's Story – https://gizmodo.com/a-genetic-study-using-23andme-data-finds-link-between-s-1828630114

Don't forget to check out Rob's content 

http://originalmotto.us/ 

https://www.facebook.com/TheOriginalMotto/ 

https://twitter.com/original_motto 

https://www.facebook.com/UnHoly-Babble-271071753529208/

http://unholybabble.com/

https://twitter.com/unholybabblepod

  

For anything else you can contact us at [email protected]

Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/Brainstormpodcastfriends or email us at [email protected] for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm

Or you can follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic and 

Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com and www.voidpod.com 

For more show notes check out our website www.brainstormblog.net and follow the show on Spreaker for notifications whenever a new episode is up or we go live. https://www.spreaker.com/user/brainstormpodcast 

Check out our new store online for some Brainstorm gear. It's at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/brainstorm-podcast-gear?ref_id=5797 

Remember to give us a rating, a thumbs up or a fav on your podcatcher of choice, join our facebook group, like our page, follow us on twitter, share the show and spread the word. 

Seriously, share the show. It means a lot and helps the show grow. 

Thanks for listening and remember, the truth matters.