ORLY-EP0133D - Good Ideas: Dementia Friendly Opera, Universal Basic Income, No Oil In The Everglades

ORLY-EP0133D - Good Ideas: Dementia Friendly Opera, Universal Basic Income, No Oil In The Everglades

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #133 recorded Friday November 18th, 2016 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith.

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Good Ideas:

  1. Scottish Opera had a very special premiere at the weekend - the first dementia-friendly opera performance in the UK Nov-14th https://www.facebook.com/bbcscotlandnews/videos/1362446363779578/

  2. Ontario to try Universal Basic Income http://futurism.com/is-universal-basic-income-a-viable-solution-another-country-is-giving-it-a-shot/

  3. Florida EPA Denies plan to drill for oil near the Everglades http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-oil-drilling-denial-20161116-story.html

ORLY-EP0133C - Law & Order: Trump Lawsuits and Climate and back to Flint’s water crisis

ORLY-EP0133C - Law & Order: Trump Lawsuits and Climate and back to Flint’s water crisis.

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #133 recorded Friday November 18th, 2016 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith.

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Law & Order:

  1. Donald Trump moves to settle multiple lawsuits ahead of his inauguration http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/19/us/politics/trump-university.html

  2. Donald Trump continues suit against Washington D.C. over hotel taxes http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2016/11/16/donald_trump_tries_again_to_pay_less_in_taxes_on_his_fancy_new_hotel.html

  3. Trump on Climate

    1. If America walks away from its climate obligations, the consequences could be very expensive. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/donald-trump-nicholas-sarkozy-carbon-tax

    2. World’s Poorest Countries to aim for 100% green energy http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38028130

  4. Michigan tries to block court order to supply Flint with bottled water http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2016/11/17/michigan-battles-order-deliver-bottled-water-flint-residents/94031608/

 

ORLY-EP0133B - SCIENCE: HIV Antibodies, Antarctic Sea Ice, Mercury Shrinking, Fracking Quakes

ORLY-EP0133B - SCIENCE: HIV Antibodies, Antarctic Sea Ice, Mercury Shrinking, Fracking Quakes

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #133 recorded Friday November 18th, 2016 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, Fred Sims, Daniel Atherton, and Stephen Griffith.

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Science Bitches!  

  1. Scientists discover antibodies to neutralize HIV strains http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3942624/HIV-breakthrough-scientists-discover-antibody-neutralizes-98-strains-virus.html
    https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-events/nih-scientists-identify-potent-antibody-neutralizes-nearly-all-hiv-strains

  2. Record lows for Antarctic sea ice http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/world/sea-ice-arctic-antarctic-lows/

        -http://www.sciencealert.com/the-north-pole-is-36-degrees-hotter-than-it-should-be-right-now

  1. Side Bar on SCOTUS Nominations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-can-appoint-merrick-garland-to-the-supreme-court-if-the-senate-does-nothing/2016/04/08/4a696700-fcf1-11e5-886f-a037dba38301_story.html

  2. NASA says Mercury may be shrinking http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/NASA-says-Mercury-might-be-shrinking-10622866.php

  3. Fracking! It’s kind of fracking bad, and now here’s more proof: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/earthquakes-triggered-by-fracking/

ORLY-EP0131D - Good Ideas: How much tinfoil ya got?

ORLY-EP0131D - Good Ideas: How much tinfoil ya got?

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #131 recorded Friday November 4th, 2016 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen, with my usual suspects, David O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, and Amber Biesecker.

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Good Ideas:

  1. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-hackers-ready-hit-back-if-russia-disrupts-election-n677936

  2. http://religionnews.com/2016/11/01/washington-dc-approves-death-with-dignity-act/