Wet Blanket Skeptics Podcast

In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about the illusion of explanatory depth, optimism bias, Alex Jones, Tinder, bitcoin, socialism, capitalism, economics, the war against the media, futurism, and teleportation. References: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~rlawson/PDF_Files/L-M&C-2006.pdf https://twistedsifter.com/2016/04/artist-asks-people-to-draw-bicycle-from-memory-and-renders-results/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-infowars/apple-youtube-and-others-drop-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-idUSKBN1KR0MZ https://gizmodo.com/woman-tricks-dozens-of-men-on-tinder-into-showing-up-fo-1828467914 https://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/517915510/americas-complacent-class-how-self-segregation-is-leading-to-stagnation

In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about recording in-person, the sunk cost fallacy, Richard Spencer, the election results, the Pope, zipper merging, sacred cows, and lessons learned. References: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/251836-we-re-so-self-important-everybody-s-going-to-save-something-now-save http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/07/the-beauty-of-zipper-merging-or-why-you-should-drive-ruder/ Harrison's recommended podcasts: http://pennsundayschool.com/ Skepticism: http://www.theskepticsguide.org/ and http://ohnopodcast.com/ Rationality: http://rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/ Economics: http://www.econtalk.org/ Politics: http://the-e-r-podcast.foreignpolicy.com/

In this week's podcast, Harrison, Jake and Joe talk about the election results, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, diabetes, the Bermuda Triangle, space travel, and audio issues.

References:

http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/07/tuesday-shouldnt-change-the-narrative/

http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/myths/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccdfzq2M1Ec

https://www.facebook.com/officialdanagould/posts/947789788661093

http://skepdic.com/bermuda.html

http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/12/trans-teen-suicide-spike-post-election

https://www.washingtonpost.com/2016-election-results/us-presidential-race/

In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about voting, TCM, meteorology, sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, addiction, food documentaries, DNA, and the Bermuda triangle. References: http://phys.org/news/2016-10-scientists-great-barrier-reef.html#nRlv https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/14/great-barrier-reef-severe-stress-not-dead-yet http://www.yalescientific.org/2010/09/mythbusters-does-sugar-really-make-children-hyper/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/high-fructose-corn-syrup/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-sweetener-wars-hfcs-strikes-back/ http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/high-fructose-corn-syrup-addictive-myth/ https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/does-the-movie-fed-up-make-sense/ https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4088 http://azdailysun.com/news/national/human-dna-tied-mostly-to-single-exodus-from-africa-long/article_4dd9c676-bf0c-52c0-8a79-8249722ef66d.htm

In this week's podcast, Harrison, Jake, and Joe talk about the show's final episodes, Katie May, chiropractic, unfriending on social media, scientism, Skepchick, Rebecca Watson, elevatorgate, rape accusations, Exxon, the Great Barrier Reef, and devil's milk.

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9TpRfDdyU0

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/10/20/mystery-solved-chiropractic-manipulation-of-the-neck-did-cause-katie-mays-death-from-stroke/

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/9-forensic-science

http://www.innocenceproject.org/

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp

http://www.theskepticsguide.org/

http://skepchick.org/

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-1004-tavris-what-is-rape-20151004-story.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGMi0UtvTIc

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-18/exxon-decides-to-fight-new-york-s-climate-change-probe

http://www.outsideonline.com/2112086/obituary-great-barrier-reef-25-million-bc-2016

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/devils-milk-could-be-the-killer-ingredient-in-war-on-superbugs-20161014-gs29l5.html

In this week's podcast, Harrison, Jake, and Joe talk about racism, heroin, vaccine-preventable diseases, chiropractic, scientism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Kurt Vonnegut, climate change, and time crystals. References: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/heroin/what-are-immediate-short-term-effects-heroin-use http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/heroin/organs.html http://time.com/27308/4-diseases-making-a-comeback-thanks-to-anti-vaxxers/ http://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu/586 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0393082067 http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2013/08/steven-pinker-embraces-scientism-bad.html https://gradycarter.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/20120831-115749.jpg http://www.popsci.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-just-proposed-government-that-doesnt-work http://s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/9119/images/notripevpyr.jpg http://www.openculture.com/2016/07/in-1988-kurt-vonnegut-gives-seven-pieces-advice-to-people-living-in-2088.html http://www.climatecentral.org/news/400-ppm-carbon-dioxide-spiral-20748 http://azdailysun.com/news/national/greenland-ice-loss-trillion-pounds-bigger-than-thought/article_325429f7-fc69-589f-a7ab-f28c6aca2e56.html http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/impossible-time-crystals-may-actually-be-real-say-physicists http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/its-digital-heroin-how-screens-turn-kids-into-psychotic-junkies/

In this week's podcast, Jake is absent, so Harrison performs a skeptical litmus test on Joe, where they talk about vaccines, psychics, ghosts, conspiracy theories, and more. *Spoiler alert for Zoolander 2* References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo http://www.skepticink.com/tombc/

In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about the illusion of explanatory depth, randomized controlled trials, placebos, placebo effects, alternative medicine, marijuana, and a Chinese satellite.

References: http://herewearepodcast.com//episode/64/philip-fernbach http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/02/492394717/fda-bans-19-chemicals-used-in-antibacterial-soaps https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_in_the_Land_of_Chalk_Drawings https://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0A_7JVce2g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-hYHqnyhvI http://huffpost.com/us/entry/203990 https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-it-worked-for-me-gambit/ http://bestbuds.com/fbi-hackers-smoke-weed/ http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/chinas-tiangong-1-space-station-will-fall-to-earth--somewhere--in-2017-20160921-grlodq.html

In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about bidets, Rob Zombie, third-party candidates, Clinton cash, the Trump Foundation, Gary Johnson, Aleppo, Jill Stein, Ajamu Baraka, voting strategies, truth, and conspiracy theorists. References: http://thesweethome.com/reviews/best-bidet-toilet-seat-washlet/ http://chemistry.about.com/od/waterchemistry/f/Can-You-Drink-Distilled-Water.htm http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/evidence/gold.html http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/07/fact-checking-donations-clinton-foundation/ http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/12/1569223/-The-Trump-Foundation-is-a-real-scandal-and-it-should-be-a-campaign-ending-scandal http://www.politifact.com/personalities/gary-johnson/ https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/4yf1kk/cnn_recently_hosted_a_green_party_town_hall_i/ http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gist/2016/09/former_bush_adviser_kori_schake_explains_her_pledge_to_vote_for_hillary.html http://thehill.com/policy/defense/295409-johnson-tops-among-veterans http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/the-sandy-hook-hoax.html

In this week's podcast, Harrison and Jake talk about jet fuel, steel beams, lifestraws, pulchronomics, the autism spectrum, methane clathrate, the difference model, denial of mental illness, depression, Politifact, and protesting oil pipelines. References: http://www.givewell.org/international/health/water/process http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-ts-laham-/sitting-pretty-good-looking-people-make-more-money-but-its-not-all-roses_b_8203894.html http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd/index.shtml http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/08/how-much-methane-came-out-of-that-hole-in-siberia/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane_clathrate http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/health/flossing-teeth-cavities.html http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/most-depressed-adults-in-the-u-s-remain-untreated/# http://mentalpod.com/ https://www.netflix.com/title/80046193 http://www.heraldnet.com/news/state-to-receive-14-million-for-mental-health-facilities/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/sep/6/the-latest-mental-health-treatment-instead-of-jail/ http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ http://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/ http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/a-pipeline-fight-and-americas-dark-past