ORLY-EP0148B - Science! Delivery Robots

ORLY-EP0148B - Science! Delivery Robots

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #148 recorded Friday, March 24th, 2017 - 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, Amber Biesecker, David O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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Science Bitches!  Part 1

  1. Robots Deliver Takeout
    http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/23/520848983/hungry-call-your-neighborhood-delivery-robot

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ORLY-EP0148A - Feedback and more political punditry

ORLY-EP0148A - Feedback and more political punditry

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #148 recorded Friday, March 24th, 2017 - 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, Amber Biesecker, David O’Connor, Stephen Griffith, and Daniel Atherton.

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  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/politics/health-care-affordable-care-act.html

 

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ORLY-EP0147 - The Trump Budget Examined

ORLY-EP0147 - The Trump Budget Examined

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #147 recorded Friday, March 17th, 2017 - 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, Amber Biesecker and Daniel Atherton.

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  1. White House releases a budget proposal for consideration. It’s a thing… https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/budget/fy2018/amendment_03_16_18.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-presidential-budget-2018-proposal/

  2. Paul Ryan Tells it like it is, btw, he is the Speaker of the House and the Head of the GOP aside from the Executive Branch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3Px11xN-0

 

  1. Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3Q

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Science Bitches!  

  1. https://futurism.com/we-can-officially-collect-solar-energy-without-solar-panels/

  2. Needed action on climate change to save reefs. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/16/520450521/study-urgent-action-against-global-warming-needed-to-save-coral-reefs

Law & Order:

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/supreme-court-jury-bias-secrecy.html

  2. http://www.salon.com/2017/03/01/the-supreme-court-just-delivered-a-major-victory-for-gerrymandering-opponents/

  3. White House fights its own agency in court. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-consumer-idUSKBN16O2SQ

  4. Disney forced to pay after Federal investigation. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz-disney-wages-labor-violations-20170317-story.html

Good Ideas:

  1. http://educateinspirechange.org/nature/environment/cost-iphone-can-now-buy-wind-turbine-can-power-entire-house-lifetime/

  2. Maryland passes sick leave bill. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-veto-proof-sick-time-passed-20170316-story.html

  3. http://tucson.com/news/local/supreme-court-affirms-arizona-s-higher-minimum-wage/article_b7c5a0f7-1ab5-57cb-a1b5-a3da180da7b2.html

Bad Ideas:

  1. White House dialing up Taiwan arms deal http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-idUSKBN16O2LQ

  2. Trump wishes to build a large Naval Fleet, but where are the skilled workers? http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-shipbuilding-insight-idUSKBN16O142

  3. Florida Republicans just can’t stand food stamps http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/03/16/florida-republicans-want-to-take-food-stamps-away-from-over-200000-poor-people

HOW BAD COULD IT BE?

  1. Netherlands parliament election http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/dutch-election-netherlands-vote-results-latest-mark-rutte-geert-wilders-a7634041.html?cmpid=facebook-post

ORLY-EP0146D - Salty Bad Ideas: Hegemony

ORLY-EP0146D - Salty Bad Ideas: Hegemony

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #146 recorded Saturday February 25th, 2017 - 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, Amber Biesecker,and Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Bad Ideas:

  1. DNC Chair decided on second vote.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/politics/dnc-perez-ellison-chairman-election.html

  2. Israel denying Human Rights Watch visas http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/israel-visas-biased-hrw-staff-170224052706477.html

  3. White House Correspondents Dinner

  4. Australia decides to slash pay benefits http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39060356

  5. PIA Investigates overpacked flight http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39081476

  6. Kim Jong-nam was killed by VX nerve agent http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39073389

  7. Duterte tries to play nice with China http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-china-idUSKBN1630X6

  8. Russia to veto Syrian sanctions http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-syria-securitycouncil-idUSKBN1631XP

  9. Car Bomb kills 51 in Syria  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39075851

HOW BAD COULD IT BE?

  1. Russian ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin dead: Diplomat dies suddenly in New York http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/russian-ambassador-un-vitaly-churkin-dead-diplomat-dies-suddenly-new-york-puton-a7590366.html  

  2. “Records created, generated, or received by the congressional office of a Member … are exclusively the personal property of the individual Member [emphasis added]… and such Member … has control over such records.” (You can read the full resolution here.) https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2017/01/house-rules-change-didnt-hear-about/

  3. BBC dismayed over German spying http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39080256

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