The BS Filter

By Cameron Reilly & Ray HarrisNews Politics

The BS Filter episodes

January 14, 2018 War On Drugs 3.2
Part two of third series. The Eighteenth Amendment is passed. And then repealed. Thousands of people die along the way. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: A lot of the public resentment against alcohol was also a form of racism and white nationalism. The immigrant men who came to the country, particularly […]
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55 min
January 13, 2018 War On Drugs 3.1
Our third series starts today. We’re going to be looking at the history of the “War On Drugs”. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: * Once upon a time, less than a century ago, You could go to any American pharmacy and buy heroin and cocaine. * In the 1890s the Sears & […]
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1 hr 5 min
December 30, 2017 Gun Control 2.6
The sixth and final episode of our series on gun control and gun violence continues our look at the United States. We explore the history of the NRA and develop our conclusions from the series. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: NRA Let’s talk about the NRA, the National Rifle Association. Why is the […]
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1 hr 27 min
December 24, 2017 Gun Control 2.5
The fifth episode of our series on gun control and gun violence continues our look at the United States. We explore the history of the Second Amendment and some of the common arguments Americans make for why they need guns. Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: Of course, Americans often point to the […]
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1 hr 14 min
December 15, 2017 Gun Control 2.4
The fourth episode of our series on gun control and gun violence begins our look at the United States. Was the Wild West as violent as Hollywood has lead us to believe? How do daily mass shootings effect the national American psyche? Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: Okay, now we get to […]
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1 hr 12 min
November 17, 2017 Gun Control 2.3
The third episode of our series on gun control and gun violence looks at the UK and Canadian experiences. They both had a significant mass shooting some decades ago, both tightened up their gun laws, and their experiences since then have been quite different in some ways – but quite similar in others. Theme music: Holy […]
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1 hr 2 min
November 10, 2017 Gun Control 2.2
The second episode of our series on gun control and gun violence, finishing up our chat about the Aussie experience. Did the gun restrictions put into place in 1996 have an impact on reducing gun homicide, suicide, other forms of homicide and crime rates in general? Theme music: Holy Deep by The Passion HiFi Show Notes: The […]
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50 min
November 03, 2017 Gun Control 2.1
The first episode of our series on gun control and gun violence in four countries – Australia, UK, Canada and USA. We’ll explore the history of each country and look at the evidence as to whether or not gun control has lead to less gun homicides, less mass shootings, and lower crime rates. This first […]
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49 min
November 03, 2017 Series 2 Promo – Gun Control
Today we start our second series on The Bullshit Filter with a 5 episode look at gun control and gun violence in four countries – Australia, UK, Canada and USA. We’ll explore the history of each country and look at the evidence as to whether or not gun control has lead to less gun homicides, […]
16 min
October 20, 2017 Syrian Civil War 1.25
The final episode! Trump launched 59 cruise missiles at Shayrat Air Base, but he first warned the Russians who in turn warned the Syrians. So the attack was mostly for show. Putin suggested the attack was an attempt to distract the world from civilian casualties in Iraq. An American-led bombing in Western Mosul on 17 March […]
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1 hr 6 min

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