On today’s episode, we talk about James Comey and Jeff Sessions’ recent hearings, and whether or not they will change anything. We talk about the revelations, the non-answers, and the rude interruptions. Get the paper towels out because we spill all the tea!

Links:
•The Comey Hearing: http://www.npr.org/2017/06/08/531643678/comey-accuses-white-house-of-lies-plain-and-simple-about-his-firing
•The Sessions Hearing: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/us/politics/jeff-sessions-testimony.html?_r=0
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On today’s episode, we talk about Trump’s alleged ties with Russia, and whether or not it’s enough to get his ass impeached. We also discuss the Manchester bombing, a Mississippi representative who wants to lynch people, and why that shitty social construct penis hoax article doesn’t prove the entire gender studies field is bullshit. To top it all off, the Social Justice Galaxy Warriors take a trip to Wootopia and discover it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.

Links:
•Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.e85c923cf7af
•NPR breaks down the leak: http://www.npr.org/2017/05/16/528598685/trump-says-he-has-absolute-right-to-share-intelligence-with-russia
•Deputy attorney general appoints special counsel to oversee probe of Russian interference in election: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/deputy-attorney-general-appoints-special-counsel-to-oversee-probe-of-russian-interference-in-election/2017/05/17/302c1774-3b49-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.1d9d19d39358
•The 25th Amendment: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv
•The Manchester Bombing: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40020168
•The SciBabe breaks down the Boghossian and Lindsay hoax article: http://scibabe.com/chicken/
•Rep. Karl Oliver wants to lynch people who hate Confederate monuments: https://mississippitoday.org/2017/05/21/rep-karl-oliver-those-removing-confederate-monuments-should-be-lynched/
•Captain Zina: Callie Wright
•Officer Kaidu: Ari Stillman
•Ltd. Traegdor: Jeremiah Traeger
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Today’s episode is a rundown of some of the top news stories of the past couple of weeks. We talk about Comey getting fired from the FBI, the France election, blasphemy laws, and Trumpcare. Also returning to the show today are the Social Justice Galaxy Warriors as they explore a strange alien race called the Nihilistos.

Links:
•Trump fires Comey: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/james-comey-fbi-trump-white-out/index.html
•Did Sean Spicer really hide in the bushes to avoid White House reporters: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sean-spicer-hide-bushes-white-house-press-secretary-reporters-james-comey-hedge-a7731796.html
•Trump tweet suggests his conversations with Comey might have been recorded: http://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/528104260/trump-tweet-suggests-his-conversations-with-comey-might-have-been-recorded
•Macron wins France election: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/french-chose-president-vote-affect-europe-47259340
•Stephen Fry cleared of blasphemy charges: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/08/blasphemy-charges-dropped-against-stephen-fry-irish-police-admit-lack-of-outraged-people/
•The Atlantic breaks down pre-existing conditions under the AHCA: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/how-the-gop-health-bill-affects-sick-people/525477/
•Thomas Smith’s AHCA Parody Commercial: https://youtu.be/h_13Icxm5HQ
•Captain Zina: Callie Wright
•Officer Kaidu: Ari Stillman
•Ltd. Traegdor: Jeremiah Traeger
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Instead of either picking apart a complicated topic or debunking pseudoscience, today we talk about our experiences last week at ReasonCon3 in Hickory, NC. It's a conversation about our experiences and our feelings about it. As a warning, in the end things get a bit emotional, but we hope you still enjoy this conversation.

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Today’s show comes from our friend Ingrid who suggested we talk about myths surrounding being transgender and transitioning, which is exactly what we do on this episode. We get into the science behind gender identity, deconstruct what sociologists actually mean by “gender is a social construct” (spoiler alert: it's complicated), and, yes, explain why there’s no comparison between Rachel Dolezal and being trans.

Links:
•My article about the science behind gender identity (with links to studies mentioned): https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/science-proves-trans-people-arent-making-it-up.html
•Sociology of Gender: https://othersociologist.com/sociology-of-gender/
•There is no comparison between transgender people and Rachel Dolezal: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/12/comparison-transgender-people-rachel-dolezal
•What transracial actually means: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/adopting-reason/201605/is-transracial-adoption-harmful-kids
•Myths about Transition Regrets: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brynn-tannehill/myths-about-transition-regrets_b_6160626.html
•3 myths that shape the transgender bathroom debate: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/health/transgender-bathroom-law-facts-myths/
•The Psychology of Transgender: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2015/11/psychology-transgender.aspx
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Today on the show we find out how Sesame Street is a shill for Big Pharma with the introduction of the new autistic character Julia. We also go over where this whole idea that vaccines cause autism came from, why the anti-vaxx movement is basically ableism, and why it’s better to have a nonverbal child than a dead child.

Links:
•Natural News shits itself over Julie the Autistic Muppet: https://donotlink.it/7ney
•ScienceBlogs.com debunks the CDC conspiracy: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2014/08/22/brian-hooker-proves-andrew-wakefield-wrong-about-vaccines-and-autism/
•Brief history of Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3136032/
•Sarah Kurchak - The New Autistic Muppet Could Save People Like Me A Lifetime Of Pain: https://theestablishment.co/the-new-autistic-muppet-could-save-autistic-people-like-me-a-lifetime-of-pain-3cb108839671
•Penn and Teller demonstrate how vaccines work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCsEWo0Gks
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We start today’s episode talking about the new GOP healthcare bill, and how it’s going to screw us all over. Then after we get a history lesson from Ben Carson, we discuss Christina Hoff Sommers’ latest video debunking the gender wage gap, and how it overlooks a lot of social hurtles.

Links:
•Men are getting Botox injections into their testicles and calling it Scrotox: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/scrotox-botox-men-testicles-scrotum-a7447871.html
•The GOP Health Bill (including both the nicey-nice synopsis and the full-length bill): https://housegop.leadpages.co/healthcare/
•NPR – GOP Bill Would Repeal Obamacare Taxes And Penalties, Keep Some Subsidies: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/06/518864390/gop-bill-would-repeal-obamacare-taxes-and-penalties-keep-some-subsidies
•LA Times - Trump voters would be among the biggest losers in Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-obamacare-trump-supporters-20170312-story.html
•The APA Voices Concerns with the American Health Care Act: http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/03/health-care-act.aspx
•Christina Hoff Sommers – There’s No Gender Wage Gap: https://www.prageru.com/courses/political-science/there-no-gender-wage-gap
•Hanna Rosin – The Gender Wage Gap Lie: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/08/gender_pay_gap_the_familiar_line_that_women_make_77_cents_to_every_man_s.html
•Stephanie Zvan - The Myth of the Pay Gap Myth: https://the-orbit.net/almostdiamonds/2017/03/09/the-myth-of-the-pay-gap-myth/
•The voice of Ben Carson: Eli Bosnick
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Today we discuss all the weird and wacky pseudoscientific woo surrounding vaginal hygiene. We talk about vagina lipstick, jade eggs, steaming, and everything else designed to awake your inner goddess. Plus Trav reads a Dr. Seuss parody written by friend of the show Revan Reborn. Enjoy!

Links:
•A Male Chiropractor Wants Women To Use Controversial Methods To Contain Menstrual Flow: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kavinsenapathy/2017/02/20/male-chiropractor-wants-women-to-glue-labia-shut-with-lipstick-to-contain-menstrual-flow/
•Jade Eggs for Your Yoni: http://goop.com/better-sex-jade-eggs-for-your-yoni/
•For the Love of Goop, Don’t Steam Your Vagina: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/29/for-the-love-of-goop-don-t-steam-your-vagina.html
•I Tried Gwyneth Paltrow’s “Sex Dust” and Regretted Every Minute of It: http://fusion.net/story/311239/i-tried-sex-dust-gwyneth-paltrow-moon-juice/
•Yoni Moon Bathing (NSFW): http://www.stellamuse.com/moon-phases-sacred-sex-manifestation/
•Segment music by Adrianna Krikl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76neGJgYw3k
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Today Andrew Torrez from Opening Arguments joins us to talk about whether or not that little shithead Milo Yiannopoulos should be allowed to speak on college campuses. We’re gonna talk about what defines hate speech, whether it’s free speech, and whether or not it applies to Milo. Trust me, this is one podcast you’ll want to take legal advice from (although Andrew disagrees)!

Links:
•Alt-Right Troll Milo Yiannopoulos Uses Campus Visit to Openly Mock a Transgender student: http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/milo-yiannopoulos-harassed-a-trans-student-at-uw-milwaukee.html
•The ACLU Explains Why They’re Supporting the Rights of Milo Yiannopoulos: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=514785623
•Opening Arguments: http://openargs.com/
•ReasonCon 3: http://reasonnc.com/
•Nashville Nones (NaNoCon): https://nashvillenones.com/
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Today Matthew Facciani joins us to talk about Trump's War on Science. We look into Cheeto Hitler's executive order, and the nerd uprising that followed it. Also, Trav comes clean about a controversial opinion.

Links:
•Los Angeles Times – Trump Administration Orders Media Blackout at EPA: http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-administration-orders-media-1485281190-htmlstory.html
•NPR’s Morning Edition on the EPA Media Blackout: http://www.npr.org/2017/01/25/511554855/media-blackout-ordered-for-epa-employees-during-trump-transition
•The Guardian – Trump Warming to Reality of Climate Change, Says Senior Chinese Official: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/17/trump-warming-to-reality-of-climate-change-says-senior-chinese-official
•Reuters - U.S. Will Change Course on Climate Policy, Says Former EPA Transition Head: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-epa-idUSKBN15E1MM
•Scientific American - “Rogue” Science Agencies Defy Trump Administration On Twitter: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ldquo-rogue-rdquo-science-agencies-defy-trump-administration-on-twitter/
•The Hill - Agriculture Department Lifts Gag Order For Scientists After Public Outcry: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316015-agriculture-department-lifts-order-for-lockdown-on-its-research-arm
•March for Science: https://www.marchforscience.com/
•Richard Dawkins Foundation – Yes, Science is Political: https://richarddawkins.net/2017/01/yes-science-is-political/
•According to Matthew on Patheos: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/
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