Newsball

This week Riley and Luke are exploring the stories that we could never match! Insane happenings of history that may never be repeated. Volume 1!

Tune in to hear about William Rankin and the worst day at work ever.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rankin

https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Rankin_Man_Thunder.pdf

https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/

https://taskandpurpose.com/incredible-story-marine-rode-lightning

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,937849-1,00.html

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Welcome to the season finale of Newsball! What a whirlwind its been, we've learned and laughed our way to the end of another hot competition. Will Luke be able to stitch up a tie here or will Riley deny him to claim back to back Newsball championships. Tune in to find out as we discuss the horrible fires in the Amazon and the great fire of London!

Sources:

Amazon Fires NY Times

Great Fire of London Wikipedia

London Fires Historic UK

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This week the boys soar into the world of aviation as they discuss, the possibility of renewable flight and delve into the history of flight and see exactly how painstakingly long it took to first spread our metaphorical wings and fly.

Sources:

Engadget story on Norways battery powered plane

The Verges story on the battery powered plane

Wikipedia Entry on Electric Aircraft

Nasa's history of flight

Wright Brothers on History.com

Wright Brothers on Wikipedia

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This week on the podcast, we briefly talk about the weather and then we dig up a cold case. The case of Robert Scott, the British explorer tasked with a expedition to the South Pole of Antarctica. Tune in to find out more about the expedition! Don't forget to rate the show on iTunes and recommend us to a friend. It helps the show out a lot! You can suggest a topic for an episode at any of the contact points below!

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Polar Blast:

Robert Scott:

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Sports fans! This week Luke and Riley will be chatting about some of the greatest sporting comebacks the world has seen to date! Discussing Steve Smiths return to international test cricket at the Ashes and the greatest, Muhammad Ali's emphatic return to ringside. Tune in to hear some great stories laden with idiocy and laughter.

Sources:

ABC report on Steve Smiths return to the Ashes

NZ Herald

Statistical proof that Steve Smith is a dead set legend

The Sun

Sandpapergate

Muhammad Ali

The story about the gold medal

Quote on Vietnam War

The thing about the bus

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Hey Newsreaders,

We're back again! This week Luke tells Riley about a tragedy in Japan, followed by a historical adventure back to ancient greek times. We explore the idea of lost knowledge and human progress, practice some shonky accents and remix some classic songs.

Please enjoy the episode and don't forget to rate us 5 stars on iTunes and share us with your friends.

Sources:

Kyoto Anima Studio Fire:

Library of Alexandria: 

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This week in a very special episode we have our first ever guest Mark Spencer from the Climactic Network! Mark and his friends over at Climactic host a show that tell peoples stories on climate change and share a lot of positive news in times that can seem less than positive! We had a great time hearing Mark bring in some interesting stories across environmental history. We hope you do too! Let us know what you thought of the collaboration as we make more plans for the future of Newsball!

You can find every Climactic here: https://www.climactic.fm/

Also a formal apology from Newsball to Fox News Contributor Daniel Turner, we were really annoyed at you at the time on the count of all the outlandishly dismissive and ignorant things you said about a global issue that has as of this week a 99% scientific consensus that it's a threat. So anyway, sorry about all the personal insults and what not.

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/20/how-to-stop-the-climate-crisis-six-lessons-from-the-campaign-that-saved-the-ozone?fbclid=IwAR2pX9_BScylzhsSOGg00fDMwNADQLR-UWVMCUVhXSSI29CXU3xqzAFz6IY

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-05-23/mystery-ozone-depleting-gas-tracked-to-china/11137546?fbclid=IwAR1GKpqWa3g7T24-BMe_-jVLGy9XhTQs0WLb_GNutdfzfH7fmoUE3Seev2k

https://time.com/5564651/reagan-ozone-hole/?fbclid=IwAR0_TCGpmJZwjZKNmsjPlLrkc1qD-qP8-XGFgFU4ikHTf2pirlorlvDAi0Y

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/daniel-turner-un-climate-disaster?fbclid=IwAR2KeZD_H22YFOK5wAia6C9Ta3-23YUrvf74-dfdLRkLH1pOPO8-DI7TOnE

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Welcome back for another exciting episode of Newsball. What will the boys talk about this time? Bears. This week we discuss a tragedy in the circus and why that might be related to a man who was destined to live in the alaskan wilds.

Tune in to find out more!

Sources:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-06/tigers-kill-italian-tamer-as-parliament-mulls-circus-animal-ban/11284812

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/25gw7r/hello_reddit_i_am_jewel_palovak_confidante_and/

http://www.yellowstone-bearman.com/Tim_Treadwell.html

http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/article/timothy-treadwell-the-bear-man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell

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How does it feel to live in a reality we're the social media application is a genuine concern as a catalyst for world war 3? That's exactly what Luke and Riley are going to discuss this week. First we'll be talking about Trumps "Surprise Visit" to North Korea and following that we discuss a secret meeting during World War II. Tune in and don't forget to give us a 5 star rating on iTunes.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/world/asia/trump-kim-jong-un-dmz.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-22623251

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Conference_(1942)

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This week, Riley tells Luke about the heyday of medical practice when every man and his dog had a solution to all your ill's tune in now as this podcast is proven to be a viable vaccine for scurvy *citation needed.

Sources:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thailand-magic-cards-radioactive-warning-illness-radiation-expert-pro-network-a8965261.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/mar/15/radiation-exposure-levels-guide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen

https://web.archive.org/web/20110709165111/http://www.enotalone.com/article/11597.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_medicine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Stanley

https://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/peddling_snake_oil/?/sb/show/peddling_snake_oi

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