ORLY-EP0146C - Mostly Good Ideas

ORLY-EP0146C - Mostly Good Ideas

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 Bieseker, and Daniel Atherton.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

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Good Ideas:

  1. EU looks toward carbon market reform http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-carbon-idUSKBN1631SC

  2. A councillor for the town of Övertorneå wants Swedes in his town to take a one-hour paid break from work to go home and have sex, according to Swedish paper, The Local. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/swedish-politician-wants-people-to-take-sex-breaks_us_58af0d39e4b057efdce9dde5
    http://www.thelocal.se/jobs/article/swedes-should-get-sex-breaks-at-work-says-councillor-is-that-before-or-after-fika-overtornea

  3. VW sets cap on executive pay http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39082280

  4. Japan Protests Russian military build up http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-russia-idUSKBN1620LT

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ORLY-EP0127 - Their title entitles them to their entitlements

ORLY-EP0127 - Their title entitles them to their entitlements

Welcome to ORLYRADIO #127 recorded Friday September 23rd, 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 suspect(s), Daniel Atherton and Stephen Griffith.

Audience Feedback From Previous Shows:

We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759

Potpourri: Guests/Rants/Etc:

  1. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/09/donald-trump-first-day-in-office

  2. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/297264-trump-calls-for-police-to-take-guns-away-during-stop-and

  3. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/czechia-czech-republic-new-name-english-speakers-a7323596.html

  4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/19/just-three-percent-of-adults-own-half-of-americas-guns/

-BREAK- GSoW - PSA

Science Bitches!  

  1. http://futurism.com/astronomers-discover-biggest-structure-known-universe/

  2. The warp drive http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/001/meta;jsessionid=ECA116ACA726D7D9AE3F31F806CD5A82.c5.iopscience.cld.iop.org

  3. Fungus in humans identified for first time as key factor in Crohn's disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920151435.htm

  4. https://www.inverse.com/article/21211-nasa-didn-t-change-zodiac-signs-astrology-versus-astronomy

  5. http://futurism.com/physcists-are-close-to-producing-metallic-hydrogen-and-it-could-change-everything/

  6. Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting and storage from motions of the heart, lung, and diaphragm http://www.pnas.org/content/111/5/1927.abstract https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/901678539964405/

Law & Order:

  1. http://www.vice.com/read/what-we-know-so-far-about-the-bahamas-leaks-876

  2. http://samuel-warde.com/2016/09/mass-supreme-court-says-black-men-may-legitimate-reason-flee-police/

  3. http://www.snopes.com/2016/09/19/aclu-police-recorded-charges/

-BREAK- Voicemail

Good Ideas:

  1. http://mentalfloss.com/us/go/86358 Sweden Introduces a Tax Break for Repairing Goods Instead of Tossing

Bad Ideas:

  1. Charlotte congressman sorry for Newsnight race comments http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453672

  2. Trudeau aides sorry for 'unreasonable' moving expenses http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37453677

Personal Picks:

Dan:  Keith Olberman is back!: http://video.gq.com/series/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann

Acknowledgements:

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

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