On tonight’s show, Thaed joins us! Topics: Changes in technology requires cultural change. Data wants to be free, but should it be? Bill Nye vs Ken Ham debate Churba’s Thing: Porn 101 Nelson’s Things: AText and Mondo2000 Victor’s Thing: Thing of the Day!

Tonight on the show… we basically had no idea what we were going to talk about, but at least we own up to it! We’ve got Churba and Nelson!

Tonight, we’re running an energetic skeleton crew with Churba and Nelson! Topics: Topics: Should people be arrested for not returning library books? http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57610429-504083/booked-texas-man-jory-enck-arrested-for-failing-to-return-study-guide-to-library-report-says/ Bilingual people apparently have a different personality for each language: Have you noticed this?http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2013/11/multilingualism?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/tr/differentpersonalitieslanguage An Argentinian Car mechanic invented a new device to ease childbirth. Our panel shares crazy inventions they’ve found. … Continue reading »

Tonight we had Ro, Scott Johnson, Nelson, and Churba! Topics: Let’s discuss the Shutdown of the United States Government! Is it ethical to edit your own Wikipedia account? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_on_Wikipedia http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120124/12113517528/making-case-pr-pros-editing-wikipedia.shtml http://www.quora.com/Wikipedia/Is-it-ethical-to-edit-a-wikipedia-page-that-is-about-yourself-or-a-group-event-you-are-affiliated-with Sepukku by legal potentia: Encryption and Privacy services throwing themselves on their swords to keep the NSA from getting to them. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/cryptoseal-vpn-shuts-down-rather-than-risk-nsa-demands-for-crypto-keys/ Ro’s Thing: … Continue reading »

On tonight’s show, we have Nelson and our old friend Viga! We take a very mellow approach to this show in light of all the seriousness in the news recently and talk about Water on Mars, Viga’s perspective on the shootings in DC, and people being left on Mars. Viga’s link: MLP Po-Mo Nelson’s thing: … Continue reading »

Earlier in the year, we did a special episode of Friday Night Partly Line in the style of the British trivia game show “QI”. It was so much fun I’ve decided that we’re going to do it again! On the show tonight: Nathan “Neito” Malynn, Omar (from Atomic Trivia War 9000), Thaed, and Churba Thaed’s … Continue reading »

Tonight on Friday Night Party Line we have Nelson, Churba, FNPL Veteran Viga the Otagal, and newbie David Manglano! Topics: New version of Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos” featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Transit System The future of civilian drones What’s entertaining us? Links: Viga: http://www.youtube.com/user/ComicViga David: http://www.twitter.com/DavidMang Sounds of the Commons: http://www.soundsofthecommons.com

Tonight on Friday Night Party Line, we have Nelson, Andrew, Churba, and special in-studio guest Amanda Fiero! Topics: Edward Snowden and transparency in government et al E3, the new consoles, and how DRM affects things Sony and Disney’s move to, apparently, kill theaters. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/sony-disney-streaming_n_3490750.html) Smart Homes! Andrew’s Plug: Get Honored! Victor’s Plug: My Anime Expo Panel … Continue reading »

On tonight’s show, we totally baited Adam with a myriad of topics on education. Joining us is Churba, Nelson Pecora, Andrew Kane, and, of course, Adam Macintyre-Ross. 1. In honor of Teacher’s Appreciation Week (which took place this month in the United States) we talk about some of the most influential teachers in our lives. … Continue reading »

Tonight’s guest: Jason Hawk of ATW9K, Scott Johnson, and Nelson That’s right, Nelson, you’ve been on the show enough times that we don’t need to put your last name.   Topics: How news covers tragic events: In today’s world of the 24 hour news cycle and to the minute reporting, when tragedy strikes, news organizations jump to … Continue reading »