This Week:

00:01:00 Skeptical Birthday: Hertz

00:06:28 Ash Wednesday and Lent and shout outs and stuff

00:12:45 Target targetting soon to be moms and habit-forming

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html

00:34:43 Women in the military

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/02/09/women-in-combat-policy-could-change/?hpt=hp_t3

00:45:51 Dawkins hit by a smear campaign

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9091007/Slaves-at-the-root-of-the-fortune-that-created-Richard-Dawkins-family-estate.html

01:06:20 Lightning Round

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/18/world/asia/nepal-witchcraft-burning/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/19/man-trapped-snowed-car-hospital

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Weather-folklore-that-came-true/mEjvOoiyLE6EEuO3QgbkLw.cspx

http://www2.wsav.com/news/2012/feb/18/local-woman-kicked-out-church-breastfeeding-baby-ar-3257326/ http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2012/02/more_texas_cities_considering.php

http://www.yoplait.com.au/active-life/

And the dogs decide that- what with all the excitement around the house being re-arranged- three people sitting around yipping and yapping at each other isn't as interesting as a nice, long nap.

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