The Domestic Yak: Recent Episodes
Ajax & Ed
The world is a wild place. Ajax & Ed help make the world a little less chaotic. Join us as we discuss popular topics & special interests.
Ajax & Ed bring back a reoccurring guest and acquire a new one to talk about energy in Canada. Nuclear Reactors are being decommissioned worldwide, but our global needs for sustainable energy are rising. It's time to take Nuclear off the shelf.
In 2021 you can't afford extra calories. That's why the hottest new/old natural sweetener is back on the table. Lead is a great alternative to sugar, it guarantee's permanent long term weight loss. In this sugary episode we talk about Flint Michigan and water quality. We don't actually advocate anyone deliberately ingest any amount of Lead. It is extremely bad for your health.
Sources:
- http://www.pollutionissues.com/Fo-Hi/History.html https://sites.google.com/site/theromanaqueducts/innovations
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScpGNGYQE4w https://hekint.org/2019/09/24/rich-man-poor-man-a-history-of-lead-poisoning/
- https://www.childtrends.org/blog/redlining-left-many-communities-color-exposed-lead
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/du-bois-review-social-science-research-on-race/article/the-racial-ecology-of-lead-poisoning/F39AF4724258606DCC1CDA369DC08707
- http://www.sfu.ca/~delicial/Final/Timeline/timeline.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis#:~:text=The%20Flint%20water%20crisis%20was,with%20lead%20and%20Legionnaires%27%20disease.&text=Between%206%2C000%20and%2012%2C000%20children,with%20high%20levels%20of%20lead
The authors of this podcast can neither confirm nor deny if this podcast episode was funded by Alberta's Energy War Room. Energy advocate and friend of the podcast, Jay, joins for an energized discussion about energy in Canada.
When I was a young boy, my papa told me, he said son
one day when you grow up, the stonks will too.
- Elon Musk
In part 2 we discuss loss porn & the various meme stocks on WSB.
Let's stack some tendies gentlemen.
3 highly unqualified people discuss surviving in Canada as a twenty-something-year-old in a broken system. We discuss Inflation, Tax Brackets, Capital Gains & Credit. Featuring special guest, Raj.
In Part 2 we tell the tale of Analfarmer2 and discuss everyone's favorite stock, GAMESTOP.
Sources:
- https://twitter.com/elonmusk
- https://old.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets
- https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/
On this week's thrilling episode of The Domestic Yak podcast we discover just how many dick pics Ray sends. Traditional money is boring, follow along as we provide a somewhat introduction level discussion to the next iteration of money, Money 2.0
Sources:
- https://www.money20.org/
This episode is probably why we won't get advertisers.... Ajax provides a deep dive into the "Investigation of Competition in Digital Markets" which is a 450 document produced by a committee assembled on behalf of the American Legal System. (Committee on the Judiciary). This document provides strong conclusions and evidence for 4 major companies in the U.S breaking Antitrust, competition & Monopoly laws. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars... unless you give all your data away.
Sources:
- https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/competition_in_digital_markets.pdf
- https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG-116-JU05-Wstate-PeraultM-20190716.pdf
- https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG-116-JU05-20190716-SD039.pdf
- https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/21/facebook-removes-onavo/
- https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Onavo
- https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG-116-JU05-Wstate-WuT-20190716.pdf
- https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU05/20190716/109793/HHRG-116-JU05-Wstate-MitchellS-20190716.pdf
- https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Charting-A-Way-Forward_Online-Content-Regulation-White-Paper-1.pdf
Yeah, we gotta talk about what happened at the U.S capitol. Ajax & Ed try to look at the bigger picture. Elon Musk is the ultimate hype man. Ajax yells angrily into the microphone about traveling politicians.
Ajax talks about Alberta's greatest natural resource... The Rocky Mountains. Local Legend Vern Dewitt runs a famous website called Explor8ion. Ajax and Ed discuss mountain safety & recent changes to this famous website.
Sources:
- https://www.explor8ion.com/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrambling
In a surprising turn of events Ajax & Ed take a break from heavily formatted content and discuss topics with biased opinions.
In the epic finale of our award winning investigative journalism series we catch up to modern times. We are once again joined by Ray, thanks for being a friend of the pod.
Sources:
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/brian-jean-jason-kenney-take-first-steps-toward-uniting-alberta-conservative-parties-1.4033389
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-the-kamikaze-candidate-continues-to-haunt-jason-kenney/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/kenney-callaway-campaigns-collaborated-against-brian-jean-1.5059899
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-ucp-election-commissioner-callaway-kamikaze-1.5255041
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JH7xSrWQsc
- https://www.macleans.ca/politics/what-really-happened-inside-the-alberta-ucps-kamikaze-campaign/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-election-commissioner-findings-hardyal-mann-irregular-political-contributions-voter-fraud-1.5066753
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ucp-leadership-voter-fraud-membership-lists-data-1.5091952
- https://www.macleans.ca/politics/why-jason-kenney-is-now-defying-alberta-social-conservatives-hed-rather-win/
- More sources available upon request. (we hit the limit)
Ed was feeling chaotic neutral and brought up the topic of Sex. Ajax & Ed discuss sexy calendars, foreplay, FWB, Relationships and more.
In the 2nd part of our Emmy Award winning series Ed advertises his new internet based religion.
Sources:
· https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/01/facebook-free-basics-ending-myanmar-internet-org/
· https://time.com/5880118/myanmar-rohingya-genocide-facebook-gambia/
· https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-mark-zuckerberg-should-71796243/
· https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-mark-zuckerberg-should-71796243/
· https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tu5P35SSCM2nlv34dX9U9?si=zzwaLPXrTWuf0DlO_oPPqw
· https://archive.is/rCvAy
· https://www.fcc.gov/general/telecommunications-act-1996
· https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/23/22197796/trump-ndaa-veto-section-230-defense-bill-facebook-twitter
· https://ctrlaltdissent.com/2019/03/31/thank-you-for-coming-to-my-ted-talk/
In this informational series Ajax explains what Section 230 is and why changing it could ruin the internet. Ed begins a new life as an arms dealer.
Sources:
· https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/01/facebook-free-basics-ending-myanmar-internet-org/
· https://time.com/5880118/myanmar-rohingya-genocide-facebook-gambia/
· https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-mark-zuckerberg-should-71796243/
· https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-mark-zuckerberg-should-71796243/
· https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tu5P35SSCM2nlv34dX9U9?si=zzwaLPXrTWuf0DlO_oPPqw
· https://archive.is/rCvAy
· https://www.fcc.gov/general/telecommunications-act-1996
· https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/23/22197796/trump-ndaa-veto-section-230-defense-bill-facebook-twitter
· https://ctrlaltdissent.com/2019/03/31/thank-you-for-coming-to-my-ted-talk/
Special Guest Ray Tracing joins us.
Sources:
- https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rec/tech/ivote/comp&document=gen⟨=e
- https://www.macleans.ca/uncategorized/harpers-secret-weapon/
- https://www.canadianimmigration.net/blog/in-retrospect-jason-kenney-as-gatekeeper-of-canadian-immigration/
- https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/kenney-launches-crackdown-on-foreign-criminals-who-abuse-appeals-process-to-delay-deportation#:~:text=Article%20content-,New%20legislation%20introduced%20today%20by%20Immigration%20Minister%20Jason%20Kenney%20will,the%20government%20to%20deport%20them
- https://thewalrus.ca/true-blue/
- https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2012/10/13/why_the_roma_are_fleeing_hungary_and_why_canada_is_shunning_them.html
- https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/232638172.pdf
- https://openparliament.ca/debates/2015/3/26/jason-kenney-2/?page=2
- https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/paula-simons-stephen-khan-quits-pc-leadership-race
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Progressive_Conservative_Association_of_Alberta_leadership_election#Timeline
- https://www.elections.ab.ca/finance/expense-limits/#party_limit
Introducing our new shoot-the-shit series, Ed & Ajax break live news & discuss all the tropes existing podcasts fall into.
Podcasts mentioned:
- Behind the Bastards: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/
- The Dictionary: https://open.spotify.com/show/4nsuFBxVsBhJhRe3Hs7Rl4?si=h35JWNZ3S1KFBtq8MDfuaQ
- Last Podcast on the Left: https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/
- The Ongoing History of New Music w/ Alan Cross: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/category/ongoing-history-of-new-music/
- No Dogs in Space: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pg4bQx8OsDIiDFZ7XtKy0
- Ancient History Fangirl: https://www.ancienthistoryfangirl.com/
- The Adventure Zone: https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/adventure-zone/
- Critical Role: https://critrole.com/
- Dungeons & Daddies: https://www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/
Free Domain Audiobooks: https://librivox.org/
After discovering exactly how Jason Kenney fucks our intrepid young podcasters take to lighter topics like 9/11.
Sources:
- https://pressprogress.ca/jason_kenney_once_argued_the_constitutional_protection_of_lgbtq2s_rights_opened_the_door_to_polygamy_and_incest/
- https://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/primetime-politics/episodes/90003455/#
- https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Canada_and_the_Iraq_War
- http://www.gaycalgary.com/Magazine.aspx?id=167&article=5789
- https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/05/09/Equal-Marriage-Fight/
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jason-kenney-appointed-multiculturalism-head
On this special we overview Jason Kenney's first real job and his subsequent foray into politics. We go over Kenney's sumple wumple and his entry into the political boy band The Snack Pack (one c in Snack). Stay tuned for the next iteration into Alberta's least favorite Premier.
Sources:
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/a-jason-kenney-alberta
https://twitter.com/paulisci/status/1117542448090079233/photo/1
https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-young-zealot-part-2
https://pastebin.com/BRDMSBmR
In this episode discover how to become a digital pirate and sail the scurvy seas of emotion with introspection & grace. Ed almost contracts COVID-19 & Ajax is bad with dates.
Behind the Bastards style deep dive on Alberta Premier, Jason Kenney. Shoutout to Robert Evans. <3
Join Ajax as he listens to a well researched book report by Eddy. Paint by numbers narrative storybook sold separately
Sources:
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jason-kenney
- https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/athol-murray-college-of-notre-dame
- https://thewalrus.ca/true-blue/
- https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.26.2.527
- https://www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-young-zealot-part-1
This podcast may or may not be sponsored by Jason Kenney. Ajax & Eddy tackle hot issues taking place right now in the Texas of Canada.
If you don't shop at Costco you're dead to me. Ajax goes on a deep dive into his troubling shopping addiction that was years in the making.
Ajax & Ed duke it out in a passionate debate about what it means to be human. Also discover what 4/5 dentists have been hiding from you, the real meaning of 'Nuclear Family'.