ORLY-EP0166B - Science! Get your ass to Mars

ORLY-EP0166B - Science! Get your ass to Mars

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #166b recorded Friday, September 29th, 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 suspect, Daniel Atherton.

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What happened this week:

  1. GET YOUR ASS TO MARS http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20170929-spacex-updated-colonization-plans.html

  2. https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-journey-to-mars

PICKS: (Books about Space and specifically Mars)

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ORLY-EP0143D - Compulsory Immortality and Picks

ORLY-EP0143D-Compulsory Immortality and Picks

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #143 recorded Friday February 10th, 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, Stephen Griffith, Amber Bieseker, Fred Sims, and Daniel Atherton and JP.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Good Ideas:

  1. A floating city is to be built in the Pacific in the next few years. http://www.iflscience.com/technology/plans-for-worlds-first-floating-city-built-in-pacific-two-years-time/

  2. The United Nations, Has affirmed that abortion is a human right. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-grimes/united-nations-committee-affirms-abortion-as-a-human-right_b_9020806.html

  3. The World's First Pollinating Drone Could Help Us Survive the Bee-Pocalypse
    http://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-first-pollinating-drone-could-be-the-answer-to-the-bee-pocalypse

Personal Picks:

Wrap:

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ORLY-EP0130F - Personal Picks: The Juicy Parts

ORLY-EP0130F - Personal Picks: The Juicy Parts

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #130 recorded Friday October 28th, 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 and Stephen Griffith

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Personal Picks:

  • Andy’s: Audible Unlimited Audiobook Streaming for Prime Members. Larry Niven Ringworld

  • Stephen’s: Awesome background sounds for any occasion!  http://www.ambient-mixer.com/

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

ORLY-EP0111B - Tucker Drake, SCOTUS Stuff, TSA & Trump's Worker's Party

ORLY-EP0111B - Tucker Drake, SCOTUS Stuff, TSA & Trump's Worker's Party

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #111B recorded Friday MAY 27th, 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 special guest podcaster, Tucker Drake!

SCOTUS Stuff

  1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/05/supreme-court-foster-chatman

  2. http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/05/opinion-analysis-racial-gerrymandering-case-ends/

    1. http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/11/22/squaresville_usa_how_to_fix_american_politics_one_right_angle_at_a_time/

    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Wolves:_Iraq

Good Ideas:

  1. http://gizmodo.com/the-tsa-is-so-bad-that-delta-has-installed-its-own-ultr-1779118856

Bad Ideas:

  1. http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politics/trump-announces-hes-rebranding-the-gop-as-the-workers-party-a-name-he-stole-from-adolf-hitler/

Personal Picks:

Andy’s:   http://io9.gizmodo.com/comixology-launches-all-you-can-eat-unlimited-subscri-1778407797

Tucker Drake’s: The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood by Irving Finkel http://amzn.to/27WWWaT

           The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Captain Witold Pilecki http://amzn.to/1XXwPME

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject