In this episode of Shift to Reason Radio we talk about some seriously WTF!? stories, some Woo, some science, and some politics. A little bit of everything from Cory, Sarah, Lisa, Angela, and Dave. Plus we had a lot of fun with the Discord chat so make sure to join us for live shows and chat with us while listening live.  

Here are the links for the stories

WTF

Dave's Story - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/06/1600-scientists-sign-petition-against-cern-physicist-alessandro-strumia-open-discrimination http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2018/10/02/italian-physicist-suspended-by-cern-after-giving-a-talk-claiming-mens-brains-are-more-suited-to-science-than-womens

Cory's Story - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4855614/viral-video-of-feminist-pouring-bleach-on-manspreaders-debunked-as-russian-propaganda-1.4855973

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/viral-manspreading-video-is-staged-kremlin-propaganda/

Woo Report

Angela's Story- http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/09/30/a-flat-earther-tried-convincing-her-school-board-to-teach-the-controversy

Cory's Story - https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-anti-vaccers-present-misinformation-as-science-to-get-parents-on-side

Science

Lisa's Story - https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/02/nobel-prize-physics-awarded-tools-made-light-first-woman-years-honored/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.23fdfc20d9fc

Sarah's Story – https://www.smh.com.au/national/cervical-cancer-set-to-be-eliminated-from-australia-in-global-first-20181002-p507dn.html

Politics

Lisa's Story - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article219659890.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/podcasts/the-daily/donald-trump-fred-trump-tax-money.html

Angela's Story - https://globalnews.ca/news/4514623/kamloops-high-school-assignment-push-political-views-students/

https://www.nsnews.com/father-says-grade-10-worksheet-was-biased-against-right-wing-views-1.23453694 

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