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#060 - "Consumed" Movie Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:01:00 +0000

Consumed – Movie Review

Are we too old for all this GMO shit? Microblogganism and Cal certainly aren’t as they look at the 2016 anti-gmo drama “Consumed”. Intended as an examination of concerns over GMO’s, the film instead plays like one woman’s descent into madness. Featuring “GMO cops” whose sole job it is to drive aggressively near people, a thinly veiled mega corporation called Monsanto Clonestra. Monsanto Clonestra is one evil, evil bunch of dudes lawsuits included!. Danny Glover stars as a good ole timey organic farmer relentlessly pursued by Monsanto Clonestra for cross pollination and he’s sure chemtrails are in use because of reasons.

Food Science Institute review: https://foodscienceinstitute.com/2016/03/09/consumed-the-movie-a-misinformed-anti-gmo-thriller/

Watch Consumed on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80105697

Follow MicroBlogganism: https://www.youtube.com/user/MicroBlogganism

#059 - Why People Reject Evidence, According to Matthew Facciani

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 00:01:00 +0000

Why People Reject Evidence, According to Matthew Facciani

What are some of the social and psychological factors which lead people to reject evidence that conflicts with their worldview? Joining us to tackle this and related questions is Matthew Facciani. Currently working on a PhD in sociology at the University of South Carolina, Matthew is an activist, speaker, and writer who teaches psychological statistics at USC. He received his B.A. in Psychology at Westminster College. Before switching into sociology, Matthew was working on a PhD in cognitive neuroscience. He currently writes for Patheos with his blog titled According to Matthew and hosts a podcast of the same name.

Links:

Matthew Facciani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewFacciani

Matthew Facciani’s website: http://www.matthewfacciani.com/

Matthew Facciani, “The Science of Why We Reject Science and What We Can Do about It,” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/2016/08/the-science-of-why-we-reject-science-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/.

#058 - Bad Christian Movie Tropes WIth Marissa Alexa McCool

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

#057 - Pseudoscience vs Justice with Kavin Senapathy

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 13 Jan 2018 00:01:00 +0000

What is the public not understanding about GM foods that creates the significant gap between scientists and the public in how each views biotechnology? What are the science and public-policy benefits of widespread use of biotechnology in food and medicine that naysayers are not accounting for? And in what ways does embracing science and calling out fear-based myths impact justice and democracy?

Joining us as a special guest on this episode to discuss these questions is author, writer, and science activist Kavin Senapathy. Co-founder and director of the international, pro-science, and pro-biotech movement March Against Myths, Kavin communicates to the public on science topics ranging from health, medicine, biotechnology, agriculture and food. She’s co-author of the book “The Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari’s Glass House,” which discusses popular food misconceptions and why they proliferate despite evidence against them. As a mom to two children, Kavin often tackles health and nutrition misinformation targeted at parents. She’s a regular contributor to Forbes, with work frequently appearing in outlets like Slate, Gawker, Grounded Parents and more.

Links

Follow Kavin Senapathy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ksenapathy

Kavin Senapathy, “The Anti-GMO Movement Has a Social Justice Problem,” https://www.forbes.com/sites/kavinsenapathy/2017/11/20/the-anti-gmo-movement-has-a-social-justice-problem/#23f030c23a54

Kavin’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Babe-Shattering-Haris-Glass/dp/069250981X

Science Moms documentary: http://www.sciencemomsdoc.com/

SciMoms website: http://www.scimoms.com/who-are-we/

On the gap between scientists’ and the public’s views on GMOs:
Cary Funk and Lee Rainie, “Public and Scientists’ Views on Science and Society,” Pew Research Center, January 29, 2015, http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/29/public-and-scientists-views-on-science-and-society/.

#056 - Zombie Apocalypse with Steven Schlozman

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 22:50:47 +0000

#055 - Is Race Even Real? With Guy P Harrison

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:45:25 +0000

What is race? Where did the concept of biological races come from, and does it make any logical or scientific sense? What does the history of human migration, invention, and conquest really teach us about the role of race in shaping human civilization? Why are racial stereotypes so powerful in society, and what can we do to effectively challenge racism?

In this episode, we tackle these questions with special guest Guy P. Harrison, journalist and author of the 2010 book “Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know about Our Biological Diversity.” We talk about both the science and the social issues surrounding race and diversity, correcting the false assumptions and popular misconceptions that lead many people to think that biological race defines and divides humanity. The reality turns out not to be that simple.

Links:

Guy P. Harrison on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Harrisonauthor

Guy P. Harrison’s website: http://www.guypharrison.com/

“Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know about Our Biological Diversity”: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Reality-Everyone-Biological-Diversity/dp/1591027675

American Anthropological Association (AAA) “Statement on Race”: www.aaanet.org/stmts/racepp.htm

American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) “Statement on Biological Aspects of Race”: http://physanth.org/about/position-statements/biological-aspects-race/

CGP Grey’s videos summarizing key arguments in Jared Diamond’s book “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmjnioNulo

C0nc0rdance, “Do Human Races Exist?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrKrGkgeww4

C0nc0rdance, “The Science of Human Races” Parts 1 and 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teyvcs2S4mI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVmj8dDx9yY

#054 - The Hormone Myth with Robyn Stein DeLuca

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:01:00 +0000

The Hormone Myth –

How many times have you heard a woman be dismissed as “hormonal”, or her rationality be questioned, because of assumed endocrine imbalance? Chances are you’ve heard the phrases “on the rag” or “PMSing” used to put someone down, or been witness to jokes about that “time of the month” where “women get moody” etc.

In this episode, our special guest Robyn Stein DeLuca, author of The Hormone Myth: How Junk Science, Gender Politics, and Lies About PMS Keep Women Down, joins Natalie and Jenna to discuss whether hormone fluctuations really play such a huge role in women’s behaviour. We talk post-natal depression, the menstrual cycle, social conditioning and behavioural assumptions, gender bias & perceptions and how much hormones really play a role in our cognitive variance.

Links:

Robyn Stein DeLuca on Twitter: HTTPS://Twitter.com/RSDeLuca
Robyn’s Website: http://delucainsight.com/
The Hormone Myth book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hormone-Myth-Science-Gender-Politics/dp/1626255091
The Good News About PMS – TEDx Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/robyn_stein_deluca_the_good_news_about_pms

#053 - Science of Doctor Who

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

What can a reincarnating Time Lord who gallivants across time and space in a 1950s-era police box whilst battling evil robots and aliens teach us about real-world science? To answer this question, Nathan, Jenn, and Cal are joined by Simon Guerrier, a documentary filmmaker, science fiction writer, and Whovian, to discuss the ideas in his book “The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who,” co-authored with astronomer Marek Kukula.

In what ways does the Doctor in his various incarnations exemplify the scientific method in action? Has the life of science imitated the art of Doctor Who in any way? What is the source of the TARDIS’s power, and what does the Eye of Harmony have to do with black holes? What laws of time obtain in the Doctor Who universe, and do any of these in-universe laws conflict with what physicists know about time? How many episodes of Doctor Who are lost and/or missing, and how many have been recovered by dedicated, treasure-hunting Whovians? Can Simon Guerrier help us decipher and understand the 1989 “Ghost Light” episode? And what’s the deal with those knife-wielding, badger-faced space pirates?

Links:

Simon Guerrier on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0tralala

Simon Guerrier’s blog: http://0tralala.blogspot.co.uk/

“The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who” book: https://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Secrets-Doctor-Who/dp/0062386964

“Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes” by Richard Molesworth: https://www.amazon.com/Wiped-Doctor-Whos-Missing-Episodes/dp/1845830806

Simon Guerrier’s Doctor Who novels:

“The Time Travellers”: (BBC Past Doctor Adventures #74): http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Time_Travellers_(novel)
“The Pirate Loop” (BBC New Series Adventures #20): http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pirate_Loop_(novel)
“The Slitheen Excursion (BBC New Series Adventures #32)”: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Slitheen_Excursion_(novel)

#052 - Mister Kent Hovind

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode of Trolling with Logic, the crew takes a hard look at the magical world of young-earth creationism, as envisioned by everyone’s favorite creationist Kent Hovind. Before spending the last decade in federal prison for tax fraud and evasion, Hovind was a traveling evangelist preaching creationism and attacking evolution, armed with wacky strawmen. There’s no shortage of weird and wonderful nonsense to unravel on this fascinating tour through the mind of a creationist: An Earth that’s 4,499,994,000 years younger than it looks (because scientists, like the IRS, are apparently agents of Satan), dinosaurs living with humans who live to be hundreds of years old, a global flood via magical comet, anti-government conspiracy theories, a single drop of water that can cover the whole Earth if you just spread it thin enough, and more.

Links:

Hovind’s “doctoral dissertation”: https://wlstorage.net/file/kent-hovind-doctoral-dissertation.pdf.

Hovind’s “debate” with evolutionary biologist Dr. Massimo Pigliucci, moderated by Reginald Finley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rphxOs5YFcY.

Tracey Holley, “Evolution is the Root of All Evil: An Examination of the Paranoid Style of Creation Science Evangelism,” http://www.ijessnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2.pdf.

Dave E. Matson, “How Good Are Those Young-Earth Arguments? A Close Look at Dr. Hovind’s List of Young-Earth Arguments and Other Claims,” http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/hovind/howgood.html.

Trolling with Logic host Nathan Dickey wrote this 50-page deconstruction of Hovind’s “dissertation”: https://tinyurl.com/y7mvfg8c.

Ronald L. Numbers’ book about the history and evolution of the creationist movement (recommended by Nathan): https://www.amazon.com/Creationists-Scientific-Creationism-Intelligent-Expanded/dp/0674023390.

#051 - Prometheus Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode, the Trolling with Logic crew reviews the 2012 sci-fi travesty “Prometheus,” aka “Erich von Däniken’s Wet Dream.” It’s the prequel to the classic sci-fi horror “Alien” franchise, but this time it’s not a wonderful Lovecraftian tale of blood, terror, entropy, and female empowerment. Instead, “Prometheus” is about an over-expository, scientifically-illiterate mess of a movie that features a spaceship full of god-botherers who don’t understand how carbon-dating works and a misanthropic android who embark on a voyage to a distant planet to unravel the mystery of where humans came from.
To discover the answer, which would make even Michael Tellinger blush in embarrassment, our heroes must discover for themselves the spiritual joy of natural xeno-child birth. And also the terror of only being able to run in a straight line when running from a rolling donut-shaped alien spacecraft.

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#50 - Mission to Mars review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 00:01:00 +0000

Mission to Mars
In this episode, the Trolling with Logic crew reviews “Mission to Don Cheadle's Tent,” aka “Skittles on Mars,” aka Brian De Palma’s 2000 fantasy film “Mission to Mars.” This movie tells the story of a band of scientific illiterates who are exiled to Mars on an ill-fated mission sponsored by Mars Inc. and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. On the voyage there, the crew succeeds in demonstrating their utter incompetence, yet still somehow manage to land on the red planet unscathed so they can plant an American flag and fail at science even more.
“Mission to Mars” IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183523/

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#049 - Capricorn One Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 09 Sep 2017 00:01:00 +0000

In this episode of Trolling with Logic, the team learns that the only thing better than blasting off for Mars is a high-stakes helicopter chase in a desert on Earth. Nathan, Cal, and Jenn review the 1977 action thriller “Capricorn One,” the story of three astronauts who are unwittingly recruited to participate in a government conspiracy to fake a Mars landing and who must run for their lives from government mercenaries when they refuse to play along with the ruse. It’s also the story of an intrepid journalist who helps expose the hoax thanks to the government being powerless to kill him no matter what.

We talk about the cultural impact this film had on the conspiracy-theory community in general and the moon-landing conspiracy theorists specifically and the implausibility of such a massive conspiracy ever getting off the ground. We also ask some important questions: Why are government snipers such poor shots? How much does it cost to crop-dust a field? Will Nathan’s prediction that this movie will get the Michael Bay remake treatment come true? We wrap up with Nathan doing a dramatic reading of Dr. Seuss’ “Fox in Socks.”

Links:

“Capricorn One” on IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/

David Robert Grimes, “On the Viability of Conspiratorial Beliefs,” PLOS ONE 11(3): e0151003. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147905.

#048 - Gattaca Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 00:01:00 +0000

"For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home." - In this episode of TwL Cal, Nate, Jenn and Marty review the cult classic Sci-Fi "Gattaca" which is a dystopian look at a possible designer society where children are screened for genetic deficiences and the problems this would bring.

From wikipedia

"Gattaca is a 1997 American science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, with Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal, and Alan Arkin appearing in supporting roles.[2] The film presents a biopunk vision of a future society driven by eugenics where potential children are conceived through genetic manipulation to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents.[3] The film centers on Vincent Freeman, played by Hawke, who was conceived outside the eugenics program and struggles to overcome genetic discrimination to realize his dream of traveling into space.

The movie draws on concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate eugenics, and the possible consequences of such technological developments for society. It also explores the idea of destiny and the ways in which it can and does govern lives. Characters in Gattaca continually battle both with society and with themselves to find their place in the world and who they are destined to be according to their genes.

The film’s title is based on the letters G, A, T, and C, which stand for guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine, the four nucleobases of DNA.[4] It was a 1997 nominee for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

The film flopped at the box office, but it received generally positive reviews and has since gained a cult following."

#047 - Cambrian Geology with Fred Bowyer

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 00:01:00 +0000

Be prepared, this episode of Trolling with Logic is very science-heavy. But that’s why we love it. Nathan, Cal, and Jenna are joined by none other than Jenna’s brother Fred Bowyer! Fred Bowyer studies at The University of Edinburgh’s School of GeoSciences, where he is working in a PhD program specializing in the geochemistry of the Ediacaran Period -- the period lasting from about 635 to 542 million years ago -- which preceded the famous Cambrian Period.

Fred provides us with an overview of the research he’s involved with, and how modern geochemical and geophysical techniques and technology have enabled scientists to resolve Darwin’s famous dilemma and come to an understanding of the environmental conditions way back at the dawn of animal life prior to the so-called “Cambrian Explosion.” We talk about what equipment scientists in this field are using, a primer on how fossils form, why pseudoscientific creationist arguments against geological dating techniques are wrong, the question of whether a rise in oxygen precipitate the evolution of animal life in the Cambrian, what dissolving rocks with acid can tell us about prehistoric atmospheres, and more. “Ediacaran Park” may not be as entertaining as Jurassic Park, but hearing from an active researcher in this prehistoric period reminds us of the amazing power and long reach of science and technology to illuminate aspects of the distant past unreachable by earlier generations of scientists.

Links:

Andrew H. Knoll and Erik A. Sperling, “Oxygen and Animals in Earth History,” PNAS 111, no. 11 (March 18, 2014): 3907-3908; http://www.pnas.org/content/111/11/3907.full.pdf.

Fred Bowyer’s profile at ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fred_Bowyer/publications

Popular-science books recommended by Fred for those interested in learning more:

Douglas H. Erwin, ‘The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity’: https://www.amazon.com/Cambrian-Explosion-Construction-Animal-Biodiversity/dp/1936221039

Andrew H. Knoll, ‘Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth’: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Young-Planet-Evolution-Princeton/dp/069116553X

Donald E. Canfield, ‘Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History’: https://www.amazon.com/Oxygen-Billion-History-Science-Essentials/dp/0691168369

Tim Lenton and Andrew Watson, ‘Revolutions that Made the Earth’: https://www.amazon.com/Revolutions-that-Made-Earth-Lenton/dp/0199673462

#046 - Network Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 23:12:30 +0000

We’re mad as hell, and we’re not going to take it anymore! In this episode Nathan, Cal and Jenn review Paddy Chayefsky’s 1976 dark satire “Network,” the eerily-prophetic and highly prescient story of a down-and-out television news anchor named Howard Beale whose on-air descent into madness turns him into a populist icon that millions tune in to see. But when his pro-human spirit message runs afoul the agenda of the “corporate cosmology” of the infotainment industry, “the mad prophet of the airwaves” Beale changes course and begins preaching a new message: nihilism.
Links

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/
Dave Itzkoff’s book-length analysis of the movie, mentioned by Nathan on this episode: https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Hell-Network-Fateful-Angriest/dp/0805095691
James Parker, “Madder Than Hell: How Network Anticipated Contemporary Media,” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/03/madder-than-hell/357572/

#045 - Christine (2016) Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:01:00 +0000

Content Warning: In this episode there are lengthy discussions about suicide, mental illness and specifically, depression.

In this episode we review the 2016 movie "Christine" and the issues arising from the film. Christine is a biographical look at the life and tragic suicide of the news reporter, Christine Chubbuck. Christine infamously shot herself live on air in 1974.

Film synopsis "In Sarasota, Fla., circa 1974, an ambitious, 29-year-old reporter is relentlessly motivated to succeed. She knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the '70s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with her serious brand of issue-based journalism."

If you are affected by the issues raised in the movie or by our discussion, please seek help
samaritans uk: www.samaritans.org/
samaritans USA: http://www.samaritansusa.org/
US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.

Christine on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80097814
Story of Christine Chubbuck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Chubbuck

Synopsis "In Sarasota, Fla., circa 1974, an ambitious, 29-year-old reporter is relentlessly motivated to succeed. She knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the '70s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with her serious brand of issue-based journalism."

Team for this show:
Nathan Dickey
Cal MacDonald
Jenna

Further Viewing & Reading:
Network on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/70044752
Kevin Hines "Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cracked-Not-Broken-Surviving-Thriving/dp/1442222409
13 Reasons Why on Netlfix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117470
13 Reasons Why (Novel): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thirteen-Reasons-Why-Jay-Asher/dp/0141328290
The Bridge Documentary: https://youtu.be/u10VsLsWPc4
Taxi Driver: https://www.netflix.com/bl/title/18907685
R. Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who fatally shot himself in front of TV news cameras in 1987: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer

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#044 - Treknology with Ethan Siegel

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 00:01:00 +0000

Captain’s Log, Stardate 11708.05. The Trolling with Logic crew welcomes aboard Dr. Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist with expertise in cosmological perturbations. He has reported on his journeys “Beyond the Galaxy” in his book carrying that title, published two years ago. We have invited him on board to brief us on his latest research endeavor, an upcoming book entitled “Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive.” The question we are trying to answer: Are the technological advances that make possible the universe inhabited by millions of Trekkies an impossible pipe dream, or is such technology becoming more and more achievable with every forward step in understanding and harnessing the physical world?

From tricorders, hyposprays, replicators, and Synthehol to warp drive, holodecks, and the ethical conundrums we must face if we ever get our transporter working, we explore just how blurry the line between science fiction and science is becoming. Is our crew in for a hard awakening, or will Dr Siegel convince us that the next generation of technology is closer to home than any of us realized?

Links:

Ethan Siegel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StartsWithABang

Ethan Siegel’s Forbes column “Starts with a Bang”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/

Ethan Siegel’s “Starts with a Bang” podcast: https://soundcloud.com/ethan-siegel-172073460/

Ethan Sigel’s book “Treknology” available for pre-order here: https://www.amazon.com/Treknology-Science-Star-Tricorders-Drive/dp/0760352631

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#043 - Beware the Slenderman

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 29 Jul 2017 00:01:00 +0000

In May 2014, two 12 year-old girls lured another girl their age into the woods in the town of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Their victim was stabbed multiple times but narrowly survived. What drove these two young girls to commit such an act? They were inspired by the fictional online Creepypasta character known as Slenderman, a very tall, thin, faceless, humanoid figure with tentacles. In another TwL movie review, Nathan, Cal, and Lundi discuss the chilling HBO documentary “Beware the Slenderman,” which examines this incident with actual footage from detectives’ interrogations of the two girls, interviews with the girls’ families, and interviews with psychologists, psychiatrists, and experts in “digital folklore” and meme replication.

Links:

Beware the Slenderman official website: http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/beware-the-slenderman

“The Slender Man” page on the Creepypasta Wiki: http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man

MrCreepyPasta YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrCreepyPasta

Red Letter Media, “Did Red Letter Media Invent Slenderman?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgq3k2qCZgg

#042 - Comics and Science with Miles Greb

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:01:00 +0000

On this episode, Cal and Nathan speak with special guest Miles Greb, a Seattle-based comic writer, folk singer, and advocate for science, skepticism, and atheism. He has authored science-and-skepticism-based comics in the optimistic sci-fi tradition, including “After the Gold Rush,” a series of comics chronicling the adventures of a distant future in which a 16 year-old biologist who grew up on Saturn’s moon Titan returns to a sparsely-populated Earth to find she is the last scientist.

We talk to Miles about the value of comics as a storytelling medium, the importance of optimistic sci-fi in a landscape dominated by pessimistic dystopian stories, why science and the humanities should cross paths, and his experiences advocating for science outreach and education through campaigns like the March for Science.

Links:

Miles Greb’s website: http://www.afterthegoldrush.space/

Miles Greb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Goldrushcomic

Miles Greb’s Kickstarter campaign for “After the Gold Rush”: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/919052445/after-the-gold-rush-1-3-a-return-to-optimistic-sci

#041 - Fake News & Post Truth with Gleb Tsipursky

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:01:00 +0000

Are we living in a post-truth era? What is “fake news,” and what problems does it pose to critical thinkers and reason-oriented activists? What is the alternative to “alternative facts”? In this episode, we speak with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, a consultant, speaker, and author who specializes in behavioral science and the psychology of decision-making. Dr. Tsipursky is the President of the non-profit organization Intentional Insights, dedicated to advocating for truth and reason in politics. He is the author and organizer of the Pro-Truth Pledge, part of a movement designed to reverse the tide of lies and fake news in politics and the wider culture by providing incentives to public figures to base their statements on verifiable truth.

Gleb Tsipursky’s website: http://glebtsipursky.com/.

Gleb Tsipursky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gleb_Tsipursky

Intentional Insights website: http://intentionalinsights.org/

The Pro-Truth Pledge: https://www.protruthpledge.org/

Gleb Tsipursky, “A Science-Based Solution to Lies in Politics,” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/intentionalinsights/2017/06/a-behavioral-science-solution-to-lies-in-politics/.

Gleb Tsipursky, “How to Address the Epidemic of Lies in Politics,” https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-address-the-epidemic-of-lies-in-politics/

Gleb Tsipursky’s website: http://glebtsipursky.com/.

Gleb Tsipursky on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gleb_Tsipursky

Intentional Insights website: http://intentionalinsights.org/

The Pro-Truth Pledge: https://www.protruthpledge.org/

Gleb Tsipursky, “A Science-Based Solution to Lies in Politics,” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/intentionalinsights/2017/06/a-behavioral-science-solution-to-lies-in-politics/.

Gleb Tsipursky, “How to Address the Epidemic of Lies in Politics,” https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/how-to-address-the-epidemic-of-lies-in-politics/.

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#040 - Chris Waston the Podunk Polymath

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:01:00 +0000

Chris Watson is the host of the Podunk Polymath Podcast (or Triple Po for short), a podcast "dedicated to the sentiments of a secular, sarcastic, screwed up Southern SJW and skeptic." He joins us on this episode to talk about his show, how secular humanism as a movement can grow and move in positive directions, why we need both "firebrands" and "diplomats" in the atheist/skeptical community, and shares a little about the historical figure who inspired his podcast, the 19th century social reformer and atheist Charles Chilton Moore.

The Podunk Polymath Podcast website: https://thepodunkpolymath.com/

Chris Watson's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGP9y9qvA7peJCvILn0J8w

Chris Watson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodunkPolymath

The Podunk Polymath Podcast Posse on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/The.Podunk.Polymath.Podcast.Posse/

Charles Chilton Moore (1837-1906): http://www.therestorationmovement.com/_states/kentucky/cc_moore.htm

Biography of Charles Chilton Moore: https://www.amazon.com/Kentuckys-Most-Hated-Man-Bluegrass/dp/189323999

#039 - Satanism with Magister Bill M

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:26:40 +0000

About the church of satan "Founded on April 30, 1966 c.e. by Anton Szandor LaVey, we are the first above-ground organization in history openly dedicated to the acceptance of Man’s true nature—that of a carnal beast, living in a cosmos that is indifferent to our existence. To us, Satan is the symbol that best suits the nature of we who are carnal by birth—people who feel no battles raging between our thoughts and feelings, we who do not embrace the concept of a soul imprisoned in a body. He represents pride, liberty, and individualism—qualities often defined as Evil by those who worship external deities, who feel there is a war between their minds and emotions.

As Anton LaVey explained in his classic work The Satanic Bible, Man—using his brain—invented all the Gods, doing so because many of our species cannot accept or control their personal egos, feeling compelled to conjure up one or a multiplicity of characters who can act without hindrance or guilt upon whims and desires. All Gods are thus externalized forms, magnified projections of the true nature of their creators, personifying aspects of the universe or personal temperaments which many of their followers find to be troubling. Worshipping any God is thus worshipping by proxy those who invented that God. Since the Satanist understands that all Gods are fiction, instead of bending a knee in worship to—or seeking friendship or unity with—such mythical entities, he places himself at the center of his own subjective universe as his own highest value."

We Satanists are thus our own “Gods,” and as beneficent “deities” we can offer love to those who deserve it and deliver our wrath (within reasonable limits) upon those who seek to cause us—or that which we cherish—harm.

"Opening and closing quotes: Recording of Anton LaVey from “The Occult Explosion” LP (United Artists Records, 1973)

Opening music: Anton LaVey playing the calliope, from Nick Bougas’ documentary “Speak of the Devil” (Wavelength Video, 1993, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Nlu7LMWUI).

Closing music: Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” played backwards.

Church of Satan official website: www.churchofsatan.com/

Anton LaVey’s “The Satanic Bible” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Satanic-Bible-Anton-Szandor-Lavey/dp/0380015390

Church of Satan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChurchofSatan

Bill M., “The Darth Vader Shirt,” http://www.churchofsatan.com/the-darth-vader-shirt.php

Bill M., “Satanism is not a Congregational Religion,” http://www.churchofsatan.com/satanism-is-not-a-congregational-religion.php

Bill M., “Hail Science! Earth Day 2017,” http://www.churchofsatan.com/hail-science-earth-day-2017.php

Bill M.’s podcast “The Devil’s Mischief”: http://www.radiofreesatan.com/category/devilsmischief/ "

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#038 Dental Quackery with Grant Rtchey

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:27:04 +0000

Opening quote from "Dr. Strangelove" (Columbia Pictures, 1964)

Follow Grant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkepticalDDS

PRISM Podcast: https://twitter.com/PrismPodcast

Grant Ritchey, Jr.'s writings on Science-Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/auth...

Grant Ritchey, Jr. on The League of Nerds podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOs1...

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#037 - Science-Based Investing, Skeptical Money, and Atheism with Phil Ferguson

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 20 May 2017 00:30:00 +0000

In this episode we welcome back Big Lundi as our Co-host alongside super sexy Nathan. The team talk Economics and sceptical money with Phil Ferguson.

Phil Ferguson has been an investment advisor representative since 1996 and is the president of Polaris Financial Planning LLC.

Phil is also a long time activist in the secular movement. He has been on the board of The Secular Student Alliance and Atheist Alliance International. He is an active member of many of the national organizations and has helped start three local groups. Phil also gives talks to local groups and Large conventions. He has presented at TAM (The Amazing Meeting) and Skepticon – just to name a few. (more listed below).

Ferguson Show website): http://www.skepticmoney.com/

Polaris Financial Planning: http://polarisfinancialplanning.com/

Phil Ferguson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skepticmoney

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#036 - The Biology of Religious Belief with John Wathey

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 06 May 2017 12:00:00 +0000

We take a look at the possible Biological component of religious experience with Dr John C Wathey

John C. Wathey is a computational biologist whose research interests include evolutionary algorithms, protein folding, and the biology of nervous systems. From 1991 to 1995, he was a senior applications scientist at Biosym Technologies (now named Biovia), a company that develops molecular modeling software for the pharmaceutical industry. In 1996, he founded his own business, Wathey Research, and since that time most of his scientific research has been funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He is currently writing a follow-up work to The Illusion of God's Presence, which explores in detail the neurobiology of religious emotion and behavior.

#035 - Alien Autopsy Review

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000

In this episode Nathan, Jenn & Cal take a look at the infamous mid-90's documentary "Alien Autopsy - Fact or Fiction". Produced by Fox at the height of X-Files the influenced UFO/conspiracy craze and hosted by number one himself, AKA Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek Next Generation's Will Riker).
Alien Autopsy focuses on the alleged footage of the US Army performing an autopsy on an apparent alien being, whose body was extracted from the Roswell "UFO" Crash.

This documentary whilst not in anyway remarkable serves as an interesting historical artefact, showing how in the pre-internet age memes and fake news were still prevalent.

Sources:
Alien Autopsy fact or Fiction? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyh36fQf7p8
Background on the footage - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy
Santilli admits the hoax - http://www.thelivingmoon.com/49ufo_files/03files2/1947_Roswell_Alien_Autopsy_Video.html
Stan Winston and Kevin Randle claim they were quote mined -
http://www.dirtypoetfilms.com/JcJarchives/Alien_Autopsy.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,983764-1,00.html
Kevin Randle's website - http://kevinrandle.blogspot.co.uk/

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#034 - Vaxxed Vs Facts with Dr David Gorski

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 14:43:33 +0000

In this episode we take a look at the now infamous "Vaxxed" documentary directed by none other than Mr Andrew Wakefield.

Special guest is Dr David Gorksi

David H. Gorski is an American surgical oncologist, Professor of surgery at Wayne State University School of Medicine, and a surgical oncologist at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, specializing in breast cancer surgery. He is an outspoken skeptic. He is also a critic of alternative medicine and the anti-vaccination movement. He is the author of a blog, Respectful Insolence, and is the managing editor of the website Science-Based Medicine.

David Gorski's writings at Science-Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/auth...

David Gorski's "Respectful Insolence" blog: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/

Check out the League of Nerds podcast's recent episode for more in-depth information about vaccine courts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMnvk...

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#033 - Rock it's your decision

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 21:24:26 +0000

We review the infamous christian propaganda movie "Rock It's Your Decision" with Buck from league of Nerds. Will our straight laced white christian male hero be able to resist the horror of rock music?

Buck - https://twitter.com/ThatBuckGuy

Music: Kiss "God Gave Rock and Roll to You"

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#032 - Alien Contact, Buck and Other Curious Beasts

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:19:39 +0000

An improvised show with Buck from league of Nerds.

#031 - Conspiracy Theories with Joe Uscinski

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 14:30:01 +0000

This episode we look into the psychology behind conspiracy theories, their prevalence and are they on the increase?
Our special guest is Professor Joe Uscinksi.

Joe is a Political Science Professor in the University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences and co-author of American Conspiracy Theories (Oxford, 2014).

Joe Uscinski, "Fake News Freakout," http://reason.com/archives/2017/02/05/fake-news-freakout .

Lecture by Uscinski and Parent that covers everything discussed in the book:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0XK2s920w .

And of course, Joe's website: http://www.joeuscinski.com/.

Music: Rage Against the Machine: "Wake Up"

Intro Clip: Monty Python's Flying circus, (c) BBC

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#030 - Life After Death with Matt O'Neil

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 11 Feb 2017 00:30:00 +0000

NDE's, OBE's, how much does a soul weigh exactly? We look at what science says about life after death with special guest Matt O'Neill. Matthew O’Neil is an activist, theologian, and teacher. He has an MA in Theology from Saint Michael's College and is a certified Humanist chaplain and celebrant. He is the author of "What the Bible Really Does (and Doesn't) Say About Sex" and writes for the Danthropology blog through the Patheos network. He lives in Saint Albans, Vermont.

Matt's twitter: https://twitter.com/mwoneiI

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Matt's books: https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-ONeil/e/B015BZNXW0/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1

Music: Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear The Reaper

Intro Clip: Monty Python's Flying circus, (c) BBC

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#029 - Mission to Mars with Astronaut Abby

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:30:00 +0000

We talk possible missions to mars in addition to general space travel topics with special guest Abby Harrison AKA Astronaut Abby.

Abigail Harrison is a girl with a dream. She aspires to be a scientist and dreams of becoming a NASA astronaut. But it doesn’t stop there–she also dreams of becoming the first astronaut to Mars. With a dreams this big, it takes setting goals and working hard each day to make them a reality. She is one step closer, having completed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity–traveling to Russia in May 2013 as a special guest of Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano to be a part of a legendary Soyuz launch–Soyuz-TMA-09M. After the launch, Abby was charged with a BIG responsibility: she served as Parmitano’s Earth Liaison, bringing space down to Earth by sharing Parmitano’s space mission with her followers and other young people interested in space. Abby has also created a worldwide outreach program called the #FutureOfSpace that is geared toward igniting passion and excitement about space, STEM and dreams with kids around the world. It includes an email pen pal program, classroom visits, web chats, speaking at events and sharing on her social media channels and blog.

Early STEM Education

Abby is committed to inspiring her generation, The Mars Generation, to dream big, act big and inspire others. Since the age of five, Abby has been dreaming of space and flying. A hands-on experience in the fifth grade cemented her commitment to her dream: Abby was chosen to participate in the Minneapolis Public School GEMS program (Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science) at her school. Four years later, she had built robots, conducted science experiments and participated in NASA’s weather balloon program through the University of Minnesota.

How AstronautAbby.com Got Started

By 8th grade, Abby was a member of her school’s top-ranked Science Bowl team and had created an award-winning State History Day Project titled Debate and Diplomacy: The History of the ISS. The project spanned both history and science and included Abby’s interviews with astronauts as well as industry space experts like Susan Freedman, an NASA engineer for the International Space Station.

It was during this project that Abby created an online presence and became Astronaut Abby. She found the power of social media allowed her to connect with people around the world who were both space professionals as well as enthusiasts. In December 2011, Abby was invited as a guest blogger for NASA’s ISS blog, in which she wrote a post titled “Meet a Teen with Space Dreams.” In March 2012, Abby was featured in an article on NASA’s education website titled “Astronaut Abby Hearts NASA.” In October of 2013, Abby was invited to present a TEDx talk in Tampa Bay. Her talk titled “What’s Your Mars?” has been shared around the globe, inspiring thousands of kids and adults to find their Mars and follow their own passion and purpose. Watch the video now to be inspired and please share with your friends!

Abby’s goal with her blog at AstronautAbby.com, Twitter account, Facebook Page, Instagram account and Google+ Page is to share her experience of reaching for these amazing dreams and to inspire other teens and young adults to set their own goals and reach for the stars. Abby hopes to encourage adults to continue to invest in STEM education and to re-commit to the research of NASA and human space exploration. She takes the responsibility of being the Ambassador of The Mars Generation and continues to empower her generation to keep the torch burning.

Working Hard Everyday to Achieve Her Goals

Having graduated high school in June 2015, Abby took all of her courses her senior year at the University of Minnesota as part of an exclusive post-secondary education program through Minneapolis Public Schools. Abby continues to conduct her STEM and Space outreach program as well as volunteer to help run kids science programs within her community. She has been a Model UN member and part of the Youth in Government Program through her four years of high school. She has also participated in the statewide steering committee for these programs. Abby served as a captain of her high school gymnastics team, a varsity member of her high school dive team and a varsity member of her high school track and field team with pole vaulting as her main event. It’s obvious that keeping Abby on the ground is a challenge, as she loves to be flying through the air!

Abby is attending Wellesley College, where retired NASA Astronaut Pamela Melroy also attended. She plans to study microbiology and physics with a goal of attaining a doctorate and becoming a scientist. The one piece of advice Abby always refers back to in her following her own dreams and also encouraging others was given to her by her mentor, Astronaut Luca Parmitano: “Follow your heart in your studies and do what you love. NASA is looking for people who are passionate about what they do.” This counsel has helped Abby to set goals and navigate a path to space that not only prepares her for applying to become a NASA astronaut, but also keeps her excited about the process. She continues to correspond with Astronaut Luca Parmitano. He has graciously offered to be Abby’s mentor as she works for a goal that may seem impossible to some. He stated in an interview Abby conducted several years ago “Someday I will be training you to be an astronaut.” It’s a dream that Abby hopes to see become reality.

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#028 - Secret Space Program

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 00:30:00 +0000

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We take a look at the "documentary" Space Program

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#027 - Skeptical Parenting with Natalie Newell

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:40:35 +0000

We talk skpetical parenting and the mommy blogger movement with our friend at the Science Enthusiasts podcasts, Natalie Newell.

Skeptical Prenting Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NatalieCNewell/

Science Enthusiast Podcast:
http://ascienceenthusiast.com/

Science Moms documentary:
http://www.sciencemomsdoc.com/

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#026 - Eco-Modernism with Rauli Partanen & Vance Crowe

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 00:01:00 +0000

#026 - Eco Modernism

We take a look at the Eco-Modernist movement.
With Special guests:

Rauli Partanen (BBA) is an author, an entrepreneur and a father of three. His first book Suomi öljyn jälkeen(with Harri Paloheimo and Heikki Waris) got shortlisted for both of Finlands large national non-fiction book awards. Its adapted translation The World After Cheap Oil was published by Routledge in late 2014, with a German translation (self-published) Die Welt nach dem billigen Öl following in early 2015. Rauli also writes articles on different papers and magazines and gives frequent lectures, presentations and interviews on the subjects of his expertise (energy in general and as a enabler of economic activity and well-being and environmental problems such as climate change, oil and nuclear energy especially, resource scarcity and so forth).

Twitter: @kaikenhuippu
Linkedin: fi.linkedin.com/in/raulipartanen
Blog: kaikenhuippu.com (mainly in finnish)

Vance Crowe is the Director of Millennial Engagement at Monsanto in Saint Louis, Missouri. Vance is a former Communications Strategist for the World Bank Group, a returned U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer stationed in Kenya, a former communications coordinator at a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate in Northern California and was a deckhand on an eco-tourism ship that traveled in the Western Hemisphere. Vance holds an undergraduate degree in communications from Marquette University and a Master's Degree in Cross-Cultural Negotiations from the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy.

Connect with Vance on twitter @VanceCrowe

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EcoModernist Manifesto: http://www.ecomodernism.org/

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#025 - Cancer Cures?

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 04 Dec 2016 11:12:45 +0000

We talk about the various claims for the cure for Cancer. Joining us for this one are our guests:

League of Nerds co-host JimTheEvo
https://www.youtube.com/user/JimtheEvo

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#024 - New Age Woo

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 13:47:01 +0000

In this episode, the team take a look at new age woo and the claims they make.

Your team for this episode:

Host: Nathan @thenatheist

CoHosts:

Michael "The Kitch" Kitching : @Bio_insipiration
Genetic Julia : @GeneticJulia
Jenn : @PhotoJennBo
Cal : @ZuluCal

Futher sources for New Age Skeptics:

Martymer81 : https://www.youtube.com/user/Martymer81

Robert W Lester : https://www.youtube.com/user/robertwlester

Pure Carbon : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1Iy_qqZl-TBWrwOIE5ALw

Chocolate Hat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyM7SByfijTbWwhIoOpo8BA

For reference:

Deepak Chopra https://www.deepakchopra.com

David Avacodo Wolfe https://www.davidwolfe.com/

Spirit Science http://thespiritscience.net/

Teal Swan https://tealswan.com/

Deepak Chopra v Michael Shermer/Sam Harris: https://youtu.be/nupB70anRrQ

Chocolate is an octave of the sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4wRtURwZw

Jordan "spirit science" enters a hospital https://youtu.be/MSh4omTySq4

#023 - Rebooted New Team's Chick Tract of Monsanto's Alternative Media

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 20:08:59 +0000

Show has returned, all new team. All new tech issues! please enjoy.
Jenn: https://www.youtube.com/user/Jennaralize Julia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCOCu3T6InzOZ826l8ryFzA
Jack Chick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Chick Monsanto Tribunal: http://www.monsanto-tribunal.org/ Maddox's article: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=alt_news_sucks
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monsanto genetic modifciation alex jones jack chick alternative media

#021 - Politics & Science with Shawn Otto

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 16 May 2016 10:18:40 +0000

Here we discuss politics and science with Shawn Otto.
http://bit.ly/1s11QU7
http://www.shawnotto.com/ Shawn Otto is an award-winning science advocate, writer, teacher, and speaker. He is the cofounder of ScienceDebate.org and the producer of the first US Presidential Science Debates, for which he received the IEEE-USA’s National Distinguished Public Service Award. He has advised science debate efforts in several countries. He is also a novelist and filmmaker. His novel Sins of Our Fathers, a literary thriller, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and his film House of Sand and Fog was nominated for three Academy Awards. His latest book is The War on Science. He lives in Minnesota with his wife, Rebecca Otto, in a wind-powered, green, solar home he designed and built with his own hands. The couple have one son, Jacob.

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#020 - Contagion! With c0nc0rdance

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 05:01:00 +0000

Uploaded on 11 Apr 2016

We talk about the facts and myths behind viruses and helath scares with the always awesome c0nc0rdance.

c0nc0rdance on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/C0nc0rdance
c0nc0rdance on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/c0nc0rdance

From RationalWiki

C0nc0rdance is a vlogger with (as of February 2016) over 45,000 subscribers and 6.3 million views. He came to YouTube with the goal of "show[ing] through the use of solid evidence and rational argument what is junk science, and what is real." In so doing,

C0nc0rdance made dozens of videos examining:
Medical evidence of various pseudosciences and quack medicine (such as acupuncture and homeopathy).

Alternative medicine, such as if medical marijuana is effective.
AIDS and HIV denialism
Vaccine hysteria
Sweeteners

Finally, he also examines several myths involving technology and health, such as whether cellphones cause ear cancer.
Due to his high knowledge of health and biology, C0nc0rdance became a strong defender of the theory of evolution against religious dogma and a strong critic against intelligent design. He targeted online creationists (such as VenomFangX and NephilimFree) and even confronted the Discovery Institute (particularly Casey Luskin).

He came under a lot of fire for his (age-restricted) video alleging that marijuana was dangerous, even getting a death threat he called "disturbingly specific."

C0nc0rdance is also very critical of faith-based medicine and prayer. He made several videos providing he data and reports of young children who died because their parents failed or refused to give them proper medical treatment, and rather resorted to prayer, exorcisms, and faith-healing.

C0nc0rdance is also a frequent co-host on the online Magic Sandwich Show.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/C0nc0rdance

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#019 - Who's Afraid of Biotech? With CS Prakash

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 19:45:25 +0000

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Our guest is CS Prakash
Dr. Channapatna S. Prakash is Dean, College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University. He has served at Tuskegee University since 1989. Globally renowned for his advocacy and outreach on agriculture and science issues, his current research interest is on genomics of crop plants. His group has earlier studied transgenic plants, gene expression, tissue culture and plant genomics and also led the development and biosafety testing of transgenic sweetpotato plants, establishment of biosafety guidelines in Ghana (with Dr. Egnin), first to identify genomic variation among cultivated peanut, and development of genetic map of cultivated peanut (with Dr Guohao He). His papers, especially on peanut genetic markers, are among the most cited from Tuskegee University. His annual workshop on crop genomics at TU, conducted along with Dr. Jackson, targets high school students and teachers. Dr. Prakash has a bachelor's degree in agriculture and masters in genetics from India and Ph.D. in forestry/genetics from the Australian National University, Canberra. Dr. Prakash recently received the prestigious Borlaug CAST Communication Award from the Council on Agricultural Science and Technology for his lifetime contribution to agricultural science communication.
Dr. Prakash has played a key role in enhancing the societal awareness of food biotechnology issues around the world and instrumental in catalyzing the scientific community in many countries to be more proactive in the biotechnology debate. A popular speaker, he has delivered more than 500 scientific and public lectures in 70 countries, including locales such as UN, US Congress, FAO, Alexandria Library, Aspen Ideas Festival, World Food Prize and the Vatican (where he recently met the Pope Francis). As a result of his social media efforts, Huffington Post recognized him recently as ‘among the Top 30 social influencers in biopharma and biotech’. Dr. Prakash’s contribution to ag biotech outreach has been recognized time and again, including by the magazine Progressive Farmer who conferred him ‘Man of the Year’ award for service to Alabama Agriculture. He was named one of a dozen ‘Pioneers, Visionaries and Innovators behind the progress and promise of plant biotechnology’ by the Council for Biotechnology Information; and chosen as one of the "100 Top Living Contributors to Biotechnology" (2005) .
He has received Faculty Performance Award at Tuskegee University (1994), a commemorative award from U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and recognized by the President of Zambia (2010). He has also received the Morrison-Evans Outstanding Scientist Award, presented by the Association of 1890 Research Directors, as well as the Kalpavriksha Award in Mysore, India.
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#018 - "How do you Solve a Problem like #Monsanto ?" with Vance Crowe

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 05:01:00 +0000

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As part of our #GMMarch season we take a look the agriculture corporation Monsanto with special guest Vance Crowe, Director of Millennial Engagement. How do you engage the public and communicate effectively about a company like Monsanto?
Vance is a former Communications Strategist for the World Bank Group, a returned U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer stationed in Kenya, a former communications coordinator at a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate in Northern California and was a deckhand on an eco-tourism ship that traveled in the Western Hemisphere. Vance holds an undergraduate degree in communications from Marquette University and a Master's Degree in Cross-Cultural Negotiations from the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy.
http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/page... https://twitter.com/vancecrowe
Monsanto Company is a publicly traded American multinational agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology corporation headquartered in Creve Coeur, Greater St. Louis, Missouri. It is a leading producer of genetically engineered (GE) seed and Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide. Monsanto's role in agricultural changes, biotechnology products, lobbying of government agencies, and history as a chemical company have made the company controversial.
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#017 - Going Nuclear with Rauli Partanen

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:56:31 +0000

In this re-scheduled show we speak to Rauli Partanen co-author of the book "Climate Gamble". The climate gamble addresses the question of weather we are ignoring the one possible solution to out gorwing energy needs - Nuclear Power.
buy the book here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Climate-Gamble-Anti-Nuclear-Activism-Endangering-ebook/dp/B013WGG8AO
”Climate Gamble – Is Anti-Nuclear Activism Endangering Our Future?” is a thought-provoking, short and easy to read book on one of the biggest problems of our time, climate change, and one of its most misunderstood and misrepresented solution, nuclear power."
Rauli Partanen (BBA) is an author, an entrepreneur and a father of three. His first book Suomi öljyn jälkeen (with Harri Paloheimo and Heikki Waris) got shortlisted for both of Finlands large national non-fiction book awards. Its adapted translation The World After Cheap Oil was published by Routledge in late 2014, with a German translation (self-published) Die Welt nach dem billigen Öl following in early 2015. Rauli also writes articles on different papers and magazines and gives frequent lectures, presentations and interviews on the subjects of his expertise (energy in general and as a enabler of economic activity and well-being and environmental problems such as climate change, oil and nuclear energy especially, resource scarcity and so forth).

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016a - Let's Watch House of Numbers with The League of Nerds

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:22:35 +0000

James and Myles from the League of Nerds join us as we watch the AIDs denialist "documentary" House of Numbers
The League of Nerds (TLoN for short) came into existence around october 2013 when long time Youtubers Myles Power (powerm1985) and James Gurney (jimtheevo) decided to set up their own podcast.
Check out LoN:
https://www.youtube.com/user/LeagueOf... Myles and James The League of Nerds
About Myles.
For those of you who are just tuning in, my name is Myles Power and I run the educational YouTube channel powerm1985. I am originally from a small town in the North East of England called Middlesbrough, but have spend a large potion of my adult life living in Manchester. I am a chemist who is is currently working in industry, but what little free time I have I spend sharing my love of SCIENCE! through home experiments, visiting sites of scientific interest and angry rants at pseudoscience opponents. I studied chemistry specialising in organic chemistry at the University of Manchester and Toronto. Later in my career, I moved more towards bio-chemistry and worked on projects including the synthesising various nucleic acid analogues for non-enzymatic transcription and controlling gene expression using a mutant riboswitch. I have over 7 years of experience working in a research lab, which has given me the skills I need to research and debunk virus psuedoscience theories. Some of the theories I have discussed on my YouTube channel including AIDS denialists, 911 truthers, the anti-vaccination movement and homeopathy to name a few.
https://www.youtube.com/user/powerm1985
About James.
James is a microbiologist who specialises in evolutionary microbiology. He knows very little about anything else. Currently he is about to start a postdoc on bacterial co-evolution with Phage for therapeutic reasons in France. He has been doing stuff online since about 2008. His biggest annoyance is Antivaxers.
https://www.youtube.com/user/JimtheEvo
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#016 - Open Discussion

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:41:53 +0000

Or guests couldn't make it, so we had an open forum / ramble.

#015 - Geo-centrism and Other Curious Beasts with Cool Hard Logic

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:23:02 +0000

New show for the new year! We speaks to Youtube content creator ColdHardLogic about bizarre conspiracy theories from Flat Earth and Geocentrism to everyone's favourite clickbait pseudoscience website, Spirit "Science".
CHL began making videos in 2012 after encountering another Youtuber who was determined that the Earth was the center of the universe, inspiring him to make a series called "Testing Geocentrism", in which he uses the ridiculous notion of Geocentrism as a comedic backdrop to explore the history and science of astrophysics.His other series include:
Testing Homeopathy - in which he explores where this pseudoscientific idea came from and how viable it is (spoiler alert: It isn't. At all);
Testing Spirit Science - in which he explores some of the more outlandish claims made by Jordan and his gang (warning: be sure to have your face protecting oven gloves at the ready);
World of Batshit - which looks at various different crazy ideas from flat Earth, space denialism (yes, that really is a thing), moon hologram, and planes actually being flying demons.
His "Testing Geocentrism" series got so up the nose of Robert Sungenis, who wrote "Galileo was wrong" and made the pseudoscience propaganda-fest "The Principle", that he felt compelled to write a "rebuttal" to part of his series (you can guess how successful that wasn't).
https://www.youtube.com/user/CoolHardLogic

#014 - Vaccines and You with Dr Paul Offit

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 14:20:42 +0000

In a change to our schedule, Dr Paul Offit will be our guest to discuss Vaccine myth and fact as well as the prevalence of the Anti-Vax movement.
Paul A. Offit, MD is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a recipient of many awards including the J. Edmund Bradley Prize for Excellence in Pediatrics from the University of Maryland Medical School, the Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development from the Infectious Disease Society of America, and a Research Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Offit has published more than 150 papers in medical and scientific journals in the areas of rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety. He is also the co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, RotaTeq, recommended for universal use in infants by the CDC; for this achievement Dr. Offit received the Luigi Mastroianni and William Osler Awards from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Charles Mérieux Award from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases; and was honored by Bill and Melinda Gates during the launch of their Foundation’s Living Proof Project for global health.
In 2009, Dr. Offit received the President’s Certificate for Outstanding Service from the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2011, Dr. Offit received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Biologics Industry Organization (BIO), the David E. Rogers Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges, the Odyssey Award from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, and was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2012, Dr. Offit received the Distinguished Medical Achievement Award from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Drexel Medicine Prize in Translational Medicine from the Drexel University College of Medicine.
In 2013, Dr. Offit received the Maxwell Finland award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, the Distinguished Alumnus award from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and the Innovators in Health Award from the Group Health Foundation.
In 2015, Dr. Offit won the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching from the University of Pennsylvania and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Dr Offit was a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation and the Foundation for Vaccine Research.
He is also the author of six medical narratives: The Cutter Incident: How America’s First Polio Vaccine Led to Today’s Growing Vaccine Crisis (Yale University Press, 2005), Vaccinated: One Man’s Quest to Defeat the World’s Deadliest Diseases (HarperCollins, 2007), for which he won an award from the American Medical Writers Association, Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure (Columbia University Press, 2008), Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All (Basic Books, 2011), which was selected by Kirkus Reviews and Booklist as one of the best non-fiction books of the year, Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine (HarperCollins, 2013), which won the Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking from the Center for Skeptical Inquiry and was selected by National Public Radio as one of the best books of 2013, and Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine (Basic Books, 2015), selected by the New York Times Book Review as an “Editor’s Choice” book in April 2015.
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#013 - GMO and You with Dr Fred Perlak of Monsanto

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 21:19:11 +0000

Dr Fred Perlak of Monsanto, developer of Bt cotton is out guest to address any questions you have regarding GMOs.
Dr. Frederick J. Perlak is in the Pipeline, Strategic Partnerships and Sustainability Team working to identify ways that Monsanto can improve lives, increase agricultural efficiency and conserve resources in developing countries. In this role Dr. Perlak will lead engagement with social partners to address global issues of the environment and food security.
Dr. Perlak has been employed at Monsanto since 1981 and has held a number of positions in the technical organization. Dr. Perlak was appointed to the Monsanto Fellow Program in 1993 in recognition of his scientific achievement and in 1994, Drs. Perlak and Fischhoff were awarded the Thomas and Hochwalt Science and Technology Award. The award recognizes individuals who advance Monsanto’s technical leadership by contributing breakthrough fundamental or applied research to the scientific community. Drs. Perlak and Fischhoff’s discoveries on the expression of Bt genes in plants has directly lead to the commercialization of insect resistant cotton, potato and corn. Dr. Perlak was a co-recipient of the 2000 Edgar M. Queeny Award for Science and Technology for his contributions to Bollgard cotton. Dr. Perlak received the First Annual Cotton Incorporated Biotechnology Achievement Award, 2001, presented by Cotton Incorporated for his groundbreaking work in the application of biotechnology to cotton. Dr. Perlak was appointed Distinguished Science Fellow in 2003, Monsanto’s highest research honor. Dr. Perlak was the Director of Cotton Technology at Monsanto (1995-2008) responsible for providing strategy and direction to Monsanto’s future cotton efforts.
Most recently, Dr. Perlak led the Monsanto Hawaii organization (2008-2014) where he was responsible for strategy and direction across the functional areas of Monsanto Hawaii including research, manufacturing, future planning and community affairs.
Dr. Perlak has presented and published numerous papers and holds numerous patents for his work while at Monsanto. He has also been elected as a Fellow in the St. Louis Academy of Science in 1998.
Dr. Perlak earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Fairfield University and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts -Amherst.
Dr. Perlak resides in St. Louis with his wife.

#012 - Conspiracy theories with Myles Power

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 00:44:18 +0000

We talk about conspiracy theories with You-tube Vlogger Myles Power. Myles has made many video addressing conspiracy theorist claims, and at one point was on the receiving end of a false copyright claims for his videos addressing HIV/AIDS denial ism.
Myles also hosts the League of Nerds podcast.
Myles on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/powerm1985Myles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/powerm1985Myles on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powerm1985League of Nerds: https://www.youtube.com/user/LeagueOfNerdsPodcast

#011 - Politics & UK Election with DLandonCole

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 23:25:55 +0000

Cal & Ziller speak to political you-tuber, DLandonCole about UK politics and the upcoming UK general election.
We give you the lowdown on all the major political parties and their chances at the ballot box.
Check out DLandonCole: https://www.youtube.com/user/DLandonColeTwitter: https://twitter.com/dlandoncole
About DLandonCole from his about.me:

I'm studying for a PhD in Politics at the University of York, looking at why some European far right parties do better than others.
I'm also the co-chair of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism.

#010 - What the Bleep? Review and Analysis

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:51:26 +0000

Round table discussion on the "What the Bleep" 'documentary' that the team watched last week.

#009 - What the Bleep do we Know? - Audio Commecntary

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 10:47:00 +0000

Load up your copy of "What the Bleep - Down the Rabbit Hole" and join the TwL team as we cast our eye over the new age tour de force and give our opinions.

#008 - Nasa's new director's cancerous anti-vaccination critique of Islam

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 03:31:27 +0000

In the news:

NASA's new chief
New Cancer Research
Anti Vaxer Music

Interview with Klngschor, host of Jinn & Tonic show.

#006 - Mouse Bacteria's Dangerous Atheistic Memory of Skeptical Books

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:29:40 +0000

In the news:

Mouse Gut Bacteria
Atheists are Dangerous!
The Brain Can't Store Memories

Feature: Marty, Kitch and Cal reveal their Skeptical influences.

#005 - Astrological Rape of Quantum Teleporting GMO Crowd Funding

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:27:43 +0000

In the news: - Astrological Rape - Medical Ethics - Quantum Teleportation - Anti-GMO music reviewed
Plus Kitch discusses crowd funded Science

#004 Philosophy 101, Spirituality In Healthcare with Rob Poole and Kitch's Irish Science

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:30:02 +0000

Sadly no news this week.
Big Lundi continues his journey through Epistemology in Philosophy 101
We Interview Rob Poole on the matter of Spirituality in Health Care
Kitch's Irish science looks at Biofilms.

#003 Rosetta Lands, Rosetta Conspiracy Theories, Phil Moriarty Interview, Geometry 101, Viking Skepticism and Philosophy 101

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 11:19:02 +0000

In the news:

Rosetta Lands
Rosetta Conspiracy Theories

Mahrai Ziller's guide to geometry

BigLundi's Philosophy 101 returns

Martymer's Viking Skepticism

Phil Moriarty, Professor at University of Nottingham and star of "60 symbols" is interviewed.

#002 Trolling With Logic - 911 Truther Music, Life After Death, Geometry and Philosophy Tube Interview

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:01:39 +0000

In this episode Lundi, Cal and Ziller take a look at the news and review 911 "truth" themed music
Ziller introduces his Geometry feature
In our interview we welcome Ollie, AKA PhilosophyTube on popularizing philosophy

#001a SPECIAL: Intelligent Design Creationism's Dilemma

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 22:22:45 +0000

The Live PWNage returns
Marty, Cal, Kitch, Ziller, Pumpkin and Slendy take a look at the intelligent design creationist "documentary" made by Illustra Media : Darwin's Dilemma which examines the science of the Cambrian Explosion.
Footage copyright of Illustra media is used under fair use of copyright law
Fair use is a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. In United States copyright law, fair use is adoctrine that permits limited use of copyrighted material without acquiring permission from the rights holders. Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. It provides for the legal, unlicensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work

#001 Jack the Ripper, Bacteria and special guest Zoltan Istvan

contact@trollingwithlogic.com (Trolling With Logic) — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 18:22:00 +0000

In this episode
The news with Cal, Marty and AngryPumpkin

Jack the ripper ID's again!
Black Holes will kill us all
Iain Paisley is remembered

Skepticism - Viking Style with Marty
Interview: Big Lundi speaks to Zoltan Istvan - Philosopher, Trasnhumanist and futurist
Kitch's science - What have Bacteria ever done for us?