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Meg celebrates pi day with a podcast (and later, pie) about the real MVP, Archimedes.
Sources: https://www.zmescience.com/science/archimedes-legacy-inventions-discoveries/ https://www.history.com/news/where-did-pi-day-come-from
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/09/700823481/invisibilia-for-some-teens-with-debilitating-pain-the-treatment-is-more-pain
https://twitter.com/opheliajcbrown/status/1104542537232969728
https://twitter.com/erinbiba/status/1104610421170950144
https://twitter.com/BizKarten/status/1104587965701984256
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/have-pain-are-you-crazy-rare-diseases-pt-2/
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history-quackery/history-hysteria
Dan concludes his three-parter detailing the mundane-turned-insane revenge story of Marvin Heeymeyer.
Sources
Damn Interesting Writeup
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/
Denver Post 14 year followup
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/02/fourteen-years-ago-the-bulldozer-attack-on-my-newspaper-in-granby-was-a-warning/
Contemporary sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20070311112300/http://www.cozine.com/archive/cc2004/01250121.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070220134042/http://umdstudents.com/viewtopic.php?t=6125
http://archives.durangotelegraph.com/04-06-24/mountain_exchange.htm
http://www.tabpi.org/2006/fpas.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20070311015838/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=9810
Details on the machine
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/marvin-heemeyers-armored-bulldozer/
Specifics of the Land Deal
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/tiffs-predated-zoning-fight-land-deal-issues-took-place-before-town-squabble/
I’m pretty much at a loss for words regarding these… “fun” news stories. Plus my other computer is being mean to me now. Is it Saturday yet?
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Sources:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/judge-gives-trump-ex-aide-manafort-leniency-under-four-years-in-prison-idUSKCN1QO17N
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6809a3.htm?s_cid=mm6809a3_e
Meg discusses new Russian legislation, two patients who underwent an edgy treatment that solved their big HIV problem, and the DNC says uh-no to FoxNews
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parliament-outlaws-online-disrespect
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/03/05/a-second-person-has-probably-been-cured-of-hiv
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/06/dnc-fox-news-wont-host-2020-democratic-debates-reports-say/3082151002/
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Sources
https://rewire.news/article/2019/02/25/carrie-ann-lucas-disability-rights-activist-and-attorney-dies-following-denial-from-insurance-company/
https://adapt.org/
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/finance/unitedhealth-delivers-strong-q4-earnings-end-2018
Thursday chats a new study that confirms the widely held (among some, anyways) belief that the MMF doesn’t increase the risk of autism among 650,000 children.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/health/mmr-vaccine-autism-study/index.html
Dan continues to detail the events leading up to Marvin Heeymeyer's revenge.
Sources
Contemporary sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20070311112300/http://www.cozine.com/archive/cc2004/01250121.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070220134042/http://umdstudents.com/viewtopic.php?t=6125
http://archives.durangotelegraph.com/04-06-24/mountain_exchange.htm
http://www.tabpi.org/2006/fpas.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20070311015838/http://www.spokesmanreview.com/tools/story_pf.asp?ID=9810
Specifics of the Land Deal
https://www.skyhinews.com/news/tiffs-predated-zoning-fight-land-deal-issues-took-place-before-town-squabble/
Guns might be (read: but probably won’t be) harder to buy, and Oregon passes statewide rent control legislation. Sources: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/27/698512397/house-passes-most-significant-gun-bill-in-2-decades https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/26/us/oregon-rent-control.html
SOURCES:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47379991
https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/
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Citations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ54GDm1eL0
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth
thispersondoesnotexist.com
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gydydm/gal-gadot-fake-ai-porn
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/11/algorithms-court-criminals-jail-time-fair
One man. One town. One bulldozer. Dan tells the story of Marvin Heeymeyer’s revenge.
Sources
Damn Interesting Writeup
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-killdozer/
Denver Post 14 year followup
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/02/fourteen-years-ago-the-bulldozer-attack-on-my-newspaper-in-granby-was-a-warning/
Contemporary sources
https://web.archive.org/web/20070311112300/http://www.cozine.com/archive/cc2004/01250121.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20070220134042/http://umdstudents.com/viewtopic.php?t=6125
http://archives.durangotelegraph.com/04-06-24/mountain_exchange.htm
http://www.tabpi.org/2006/fpas.pdf
Mountain Park Concrete
https://www.playwinterpark.com/buildingremodeling/mountain-park-concrete-inc
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache
https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/signs-of-a-migraine-that-arent-headache#1
Meg chats recent news -- Bernie’s runnin’, Grand Canyon on the rocks, and a financially savvy teen Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-2020.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/us/teen-makes-35k-plowing-snow-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/20/health/grand-canyon-radiation-museum-trnd/index.html
SOURCES:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47296781
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/19/fda-young-blood-infusion-danger/
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm631568.htm
Content Warning – Fruit Fly Genitals: https://www.livescience.com/64790-fly-testes-fluorescent-galaxy.html
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https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/
https://nintendoeverything.com/rumor-nintendo-reviving-dead-and-buried-game-kingdom-hearts-switch-talk/
https://goose.game/
Dan introduces the thematic elements of his next episode.
Sources
Hateful Eight (Frontier Justice Quote)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/characters/nm0000619
Old Boy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Memento
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/?ref_=nv_sr_1
John Wick
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Scotland, PA (good “movietization” of Hamlet)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265713/
Tom talks about the funding for the government, the wall and how dolphins get high from pufferfish
We’ll all miss Opportunity. The pictures taken along the way can be found here:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/multimedia/images/
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Source:
https://www.space.com/mars-rover-opportunity-declared-dead.html
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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/precipitation/snow
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Sources:
https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f
https://lawandcrime.com/legal-analysis/if-amis-jeff-bezos-shakedown-was-criminal-they-can-kiss-their-non-prosecution-agreement-goodbye/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/us/politics/david-pecker-immunity-trump.html
Dan wraps up his meanderings on the Discovery Channel.
Sources (for parts I & II)
Contemporary news writeup
http://www.businessinsider.com/discovery-channel-crashes-jet-on-purpose-2012-10
Timline
https://30yearsofdiscovery.com/
History of Discovery Corporation
https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/74/Discovery-Communications-Inc.html
Runner up - the Shatner Rocket Man cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul-Y8vSr0I&feature=youtu.be&t=51
Clickbait about shark week
https://qz.com/249615/the-sad-devolution-of-discovery-channel/
Discovery Return to Roots
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/11/racing-extinction-climate-change-discovery-john-hoffman/
Revision3 Aquisition
https://web.archive.org/web/20120508085119/http://revision3.com/blog/2012/05/03/discovery-communications-to-acquire-top-digital-video-provider-revision3/
http://allthingsd.com/20120503/discovery-gets-a-web-video-arm-courtesy-of-revision-3/
The Logo
https://www.logaster.com/blog/discovery-channel-logo/
“Discovery Channel”, in Lyrics
https://genius.com/search?q=discovery%20channel
Kids these days don’t know what it’s like to do it like they do on the discovery channel
https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/4a3xa7/there_is_a_whole_generation_who_will_hear/
FCC cable history
https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/cable-television
Founding
https://web.archive.org/web/20170704094501/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/307030733.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun%2019,%201988&author=Martie%20Zad&pub=The%20Washington%20Post%20(pre-1997%20Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=&desc=The%20Discovery%20Channel;%20Science,%20Nature,%20Adventure%20and%20Animals%20That%20Bite
The Crocodile Hunter
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Crocodile_Hunter
Shows
https://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/
Tom talks about specific points of the State of the Union address and how it was viewed and what was true
Luke covers a weighty subject with the potential to impact you directly.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity
http://www.17centurymaths.com/contents/newtoncontents.html
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/171331main_NEO_report_march07.pdf
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/nasa-attempt-to-knock-asteroid-out-of-orbit-2022
https://giphy.com/gifs/6nagPyLdkRZm0
Meg discusses recent news: a 1,200 year old bible found in Turkey, New Mexico Governor dismisses border security problems, and rates of cancer increase among folk with obesity.
Sources: https://www.foxnews.com/science/ancient-bible-reportedly-recovered-from-smugglers-in-turkey https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-02-06/new-mexico-governor-orders-withdrawal-of-national-guard-troops-along-border http://pressroom.cancer.org/JemalTrendsInYoung2019
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47136308
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/05/self-charging-pacemakers-are-powered-by-patients-heartbeats/
https://www.livescience.com/64655-purest-laser.html
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Sources:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2191814-we-may-finally-know-what-causes-alzheimers-and-how-to-stop-it/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gum-disease-bacteria-alzheimers-brain-study-link-tenuous
https://www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/what-apoe-means-for-your-health
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333
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Dan goes out of his domain of expertise, and plays the role of “sports guy” to talk a bit about the New England Patriot’s history in the Super Bowl.
Sources
CJ Dudek (friend of the show, “sports guy” on trivia team)
Super Bowl game history
http://www.espn.com/nfl/superbowl/history/winners
Tom
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Tom_Brady
Bill
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bill_Belichick
Spygate
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Spygate_(NFL)
Deflategate
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Deflategate
Dan (on Luke’s behalf) reads through some “fresh off the press” reporting from the Associated Press.
Sources
https://www.apnews.com/d2767ce335644e4c9d27386231b1edf3
https://www.apnews.com/c829edb312ab4331907008f9d56afa23
Meg chats a state of emergency in Washington due to a measles outbreak, a Tyco Foods recall, and the navy’s first all female flyover.
Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/26/health/washington-state-measles-state-of-emergency/index.html https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/measles/symptoms-causes/syc-20374857 https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/30/health/panko-chicken-nugget-recall/index.html https://news.usni.org/2019/01/30/navy-honor-first-female-fighter-pilot-female-piloted-flyover-funeral
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47047089
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/28/whisper-laser-tech-sound-to-targeted-people/
https://www.livescience.com/64437-crickets-sonic-attack.html
https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/USWI0346:1:US
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Sources:
https://news.gallup.com/poll/246134/uninsured-rate-rises-four-year-high.aspx
https://www.vox.com/2019/1/23/18194228/trump-uninsured-rate-obamacare-medicaid
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/upshot/buying-short-term-health-insurance-what-to-know.html
https://www.kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/individual-insurance-market-performance-in-2017/
https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/1867050/changes-mortality-after-massachusetts-health-care-reform-quasi-experimental-study
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_05.pdf
Cat Tax
Dan begins to discuss his favorite “has been” from the age of cable television. The discovery channel.
Sources
“Discovery Channel”, in Lyrics
https://genius.com/search?q=discovery%20channel
Kids these days don’t know what it’s like to do it like they do on the discovery channel
https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/4a3xa7/there_is_a_whole_generation_who_will_hear/
Tom talks about the government shutdown, the beginning, middle, end and future. Tom also mentions he is going back to Massachusetts
Luke loudly laments the loss of his latest laptop. Well, okay, it was his desktop, but that would’ve killed the alliterative flow, you pedantic philistine >:(
Oh, and he talks about gene editing and stuff.
Sources:
(Roughly; this one was a bit off-the-cuff… You know, computer troubles. We’ve been over this. Gosh.)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-disk-partitioning-for-linux-and-windows-dual-booting/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46943593
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/spring04/warfare.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_(mascot)
Dark roast coffee has been shown to decrease DNA damage compared to non-coffee drinkers, and time restricted fasting has been shown to be a means to decrease body weight & systolic blood pressure.
Sources: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00394-018-1863-2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6004924/
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46963971
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46954585
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/tech/huawei-cfo-arrested-canada/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-commission/no-brexit-deal-means-hard-irish-border-eu-says-idUSKCN1PG1GV
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/22/galaga-shark-fossil/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhKaNvwTC7w
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Tom discusses equity and how money is derived from equity in the stock market as a PSA to the listeners
Luke tells you how to get through a bad snowstorm. And he didn’t have any audio quality problems at all, what are you on about?
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Sources:
https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2019-01-16-winter-storm-harper-things-to-know
https://www.cprcertified.com/blog/stuck-outside-in-winter-first-aid-tips-for-cold-weather-survival
https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/atg/PDF_s/Preparedness___Disaster_Recovery/Disaster_Preparedness/Winter_Storm/WinterStorms.pdf
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/140042.Carl_Reiner
Meg discusses a study out of Barnard College that shows a significant improvement in lower income student performance after destressing techniques prior to exams.
Sources: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190115121122.html
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46873386
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/business/gillette-masculinity-ad/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46885828
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Dan discusses an FBI investigation into the alleged obscenities in a popular song from the 60s.
Sources
Writeup
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150503/22075130880/fbi-spent-years-researching-lyrics-to-louie-louie-before-realizing-copyright-office-must-have-them.shtml
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/louie-louie/
FBI documents
https://vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-the-song/louie-louie-the-song
Annotated text excerpts
https://genius.com/Federal-bureau-of-investigation-louie-louie-files-excerpts-annotated
Louie Louie
Original (Richard Berry) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2CKsaq5r8
First Notable Cover (Rockin’ Robin Roberts) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihpGNoCreyg
The Kingsmen single - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCY0bAPLZ1w
Tom talks about how immigration between Mexico and the United States started and developed through the years and why immigration exists. Tom also talks about how to get around the wall and the cost of the shutdown
I’m not posting this late, you are. Shut up.
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https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-performance-vs-ford-mustang-gt-drag-race/
Meg discusses the 20 day shutdown and how cancer rates have declined from 1991 to 2016 (well, kinda).
Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/us/politics/government-shutdown-trump-senate.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/cancer-in-america-is-way-down-for-the-wealthy-anyway
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Important Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouldering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_(bouldering)
https://www.amazon.com/climbing-crash-pads/b?ie=UTF8&node=3402791
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Tom talks about taxes on illegal income and how you should report it and not be in trouble with the law
The Femoral Bureau of Imitation (FBI) gives notice that the podcast listed below was seized for femoral forfeiture for violation of femoral law. Laws and procedures applicable to the forfeiture process can be found at 19 U.S.C. Sections 1602 - 1619, 18 U.S.C. Section 983, and 28 C.F.R. Parts 8 and 9.
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Sources:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/eighth_amendment
https://www.forbes.com/2011/06/08/property-civil-forfeiture.html#3482c5df39fa
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903480904576512253265073870
https://delawarestatenews.net/news/court-rules-govt-can-keep-money-seized-in-drug-bust-even-after-suspect-acquitted/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2018/06/19/supreme-court-will-decide-if-civil-forfeiture-is-unconstitutional-violates-the-eighth-amendment/#2a1124357165
https://www.aclu.org/cases/cox-v-voyles-et-al
https://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/civil-asset-forfeiture-good-intentions-gone-awry-and-the-need-reform
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/timbs-v-indiana/
Looking for Cigs in NYC? Don’t try a pharmacy
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/nyc-pharmacies-stop-selling-cigarettes-jan-1-n953791
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The music for this episode, in order of appearance, is as follows:
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Early Bird News Jingle by Me, Maxwell Walterman
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The Smiler by Percy Wenrich http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Percy_Wenrich/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/02_-_percy_wenrich_-_the_smiler
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Upbeat by Jon Luc Hefferman http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jon_Luc_Hefferman/20170730112628821/Upbeat
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Watermelon Land and Marmalade Crossbow by Kornyshev http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maxim_Kornyshev/Twisted_Radius/05_Maxim_Kornyshev_-_Watermelon_Land_and_Marmalade_Crossbow
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Revision of the Future by Cairo Braga http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Cairo_Braga/Revision_of_The_Future/Cairo_Braga_-_Revision_of_The_Future_-_02_Revision_of_The_Future_Single_Version_Instrumental
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Happy Clappy by John Bartmann http://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/happy-clappy
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Sources:
https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=cms.page&id=1306
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/why-do-people-want-to-drink-the-sarcophagus-water/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_tariffs
https://www.mcvuk.com/business/pok%C3%A9mon-lets-go-sells-3-million-copies-in-opening-week
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_World_Series
https://www.podcastdotcom.net/
Tom starts with some economic and political news and then talks about the Astoria power distribution issues and the concerns about arc flash
Breaking from my usual tone, a very real PSA.
http://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/135333
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
1-800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/
https://www.mass.gov/suicide-prevention-program
http://suicidehotlines.com/massachusetts.html
1-508-548-8900
This song is what brought all of this to mind earlier this month:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwXXjuKRmCI
6 ½ hr flight delayed on Christmas Eve yield $10 airline vouchers & a boy called the authorities over disapproval on Christmas gift being snow pants
Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/passengers-on-diverted-air-canada-flight-could-be-eligible-for-thousands-of-dollars-advocate-1.4230537 https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/boy-calls-911-after-receiving-snow-pants-as-a-christmas-gift-1.4231562
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“Sources”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI
https://www.whamageddon.com/
Dan talks about his favorite pagan holiday.
Sources
Good essay on Saturnalia (site no longer appears to be active, but I exported it as a PDF while it was. That’s available to anyone interested)
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/calendar/saturnalia.html
A few good writeups
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/saturnalia-december-festival-joy-and-merriment-ancient-rome-004963
https://www.thoughtco.com/celebrate-the-saturnalia-festival-120955
Wiki
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saturnalia
A Christian Rebuke Against Pagan Christmas
http://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/12/no-christmas-is-not-based-on-pagan.html?m=1
Life Of Caligula (Suetonius)
https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~wstevens/history331texts/caligula.html
Luke talks about building a plastic wall on the border of the Internet. Hang on, is that right? That doesn’t sound right. We’ll catch it in editing. It’s the Early Bird News!
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Sources:
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/365903717930762242
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422311-trump-tells-gop-he-wont-sign-stopgap-threatening-shutdown
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2017/09/19/wall-how-long-us-mexico-border/676001001/
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-border-wall-how-much-it-will-actually-cost-according-to-a-statistician
https://traveltips.usatoday.com/altitude-plane-flight-100359.html
http://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2011/10/19.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/us/politics/senate-democrats-border-wall-cost-trump.html?module=inline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/senators-angry-trump-shutdown/index.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2012/01/18/what-are-sopa-and-pipa-and-why-all-the-fuss/#682ca5f322dd
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sopa-and-pipa-internet-blackout-aftermath-staggering-numbers/
https://www.cnet.com/news/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-admits-russian-interference-in-net-neutrality-debate/
https://www.battleforthenet.com/scoreboard/all/
https://www.demsagainstthe.net/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/plastic-pollution-mariana-trench-deepest-point-ocean
Johnson & Johnson loses a motion to appeal a $4.69b payout to women with ovarian cancer as a result of unsafe baby powder.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/business/johnson-johnson-baby-powder-verdict.html https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/talcum-powder-and-cancer.html
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46604625
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo#action=share
Dan concludes his exploration of signatures and such with a deep look into the autopen.
Sources:
Nice writeups on the autopen
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/president-obamas-autopen-when-is-an-autograph-not-an-autograph-574822/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/05/legality-president-obamas-autopen/351177/
History of the Autopen’s use by various US presidents
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/01/02/168477773/how-will-president-obama-sign-the-fiscal-cliff-bill
American Taxpayer Relief Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/8
US Constitution
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/constitution/
Bush Presidency Legal Counsel Opinion
https://www.justice.gov/file/450876/download
Autopen use in Washington
http://www.damilic.com/articles/09261210.pdf
Polygraph
https://amphilsoc.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/97376F1A-B2B7-4886-AEE9-269419922245
Jefferson’s Other kids
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jefferson%E2%80%93Hemings_controversy
THE autopen
http://signaturemachine.com/
Autopen sigs can even dupe the professionals
https://autographsforsaledotcom.wordpress.com/2011/11/13/gerald-fords-autopen-tricked-psadna-and-me/
Trump Autopen
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/autographed-trump-hats-books-sold-website-signed-machine/story?id=43638238
Tom discusses how the Lawrence, MA gas explosions are preventable with proper engineering design and proper safety review prior to working on a system,
Luke gets into some poetry, talks about fentanyl, and feels very sleepy while posting this.
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Sources:
http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/poetry.cgi?record=155
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-12-12/judge-halts-keystone-xl-pipeline-citing-complete-disregard-climate
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/676209258/congress-to-make-members-pay-out-of-pocket-for-sexual-harassment-settlements
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/12/676214086/fentanyl-surpasses-heroin-as-drug-most-often-involved-in-deadly-overdoses
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/fentanyl.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambalappuzha_Sri_Krishna_Temple#Legend_of_the_Ambalappuzha_Paal_Payasam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi
Trump’s previous lawyer sentenced to prison and supervised release.
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-cohen-sentencing-in-federal-court-12-12-2018-today-live-updates/
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-46505704
https://www.livescience.com/64280-chickens-taking-over-world.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/12/intel-teraflop-graphics-sunny-cove/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOPS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_nanometer
Dan talks about the nature of signatures.
Sources
US Constitution
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/founding-documents/constitution/
Jimmy Stewart’s Wiki
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/James_Stewart
EBay’s autograph authenticity help page
https://www.ebay.com/gds/How-to-Determine-if-an-Autograph-is-Authentic-or-Copied-/10000000177627442/g.html
In-The-Presence authentication
https://www.psacard.com/cert/
Tom rants about Trump and how he had a bad week with the stock market. He also discusses the political drama for the future. He encourages drinking and then talks about how snow is formed and some big storms from the past.
Luke tells it like it is about vaccines, chats with an inanimate object, and gets into the nittiest, grittiest bit of science.
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Sources:
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/anti-vax-movement-blamed-for-30-per-cent-jump-in-measles-cases-worldwide
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/general-recs/adverse-reactions.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890451/
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module6_Planck.htm
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/P/Planck+Length
Meg chats a new study which highlights a novel approach to meth addiction treatment, and discusses the benefits of Chamomile
Sources: https://www.psypost.org/2018/11/study-high-doses-of-cbd-can-act-to-reduce-methamphetamine-consumption-in-rodents-52602 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995283/
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Sources:
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181204/state-police-rescue-dog-ruby-shows-shes-ok-after-her-own-rescue--videos
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/dog-depression-symptoms-pet-adoption-cat-study-science-portugal-a8662471.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002239561830164X#mmc1
Content Warning – Anecdotes about harm to dogs: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/travel/want-to-take-your-pet-on-your-next-vacation-here-is-what-you-need-to-know.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FDogs&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
Dan stumbles around Wikipedia trying to define the Kilogram.
Sources
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/2019_redefinition_of_SI_base_units
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/13/18087002/kilogram-new-definition-kg-metric-unit-ipk-measurement
https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/kilogram.html
Tom reviews the meetings between Russia, China, US, Japan and Saudi Arabia, along with other news from the G-20 and how it can affect the markets.
Luke welcomes you to this fine Friday morning with tales of sleep, bad puns, and an actual bird for the Bird of the Day!
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Sources:
https://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2018/11/27/sleepanger
Here’s a pic of David Draiman for comparison, I wasn’t kidding
https://news.rutgers.edu/how-convert-climate-changing-carbon-dioxide-plastics-and-other-products/20181120#.W_p0KRbZUlS
http://www.10000birds.com/how-fast-can-a-roadrunner-run.htm
Luke was very tired and congested when he recorded this episode. He would like to apologize and then go to bed.
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Sources:
http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/volcanoes-and-glaciers-combine-as-powerful-methane-producers-2
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/28/new-research-finds-there-is-no-right-thing-to-say-when-you-want-to-be-supportive/
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46357449
https://www.livescience.com/64172-mitochondrial-dna-dads.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/27/mars-nasa-insight/
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/multimedia/raw-images/?order=sol+desc%2Cdate_taken+desc&per_page=50&page=0&mission=insight
https://twitter.com/WantToBePodcast
Dan talks briefly about his favorite pen.
Sources
Histories
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-fisher-space-pen-boldly-writes-where-no-man-has-written-before-1020748/
https://history.nasa.gov/spacepen.html
http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-history/history-of-space-pens/
http://www.spaceflownartifacts.com/flown_writing_instruments.html
https://www.spacepen.com/about-us.aspx
Misconception about NASA’s spending
https://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2014/9/16/degrasse-tyson-space-pen/
How Ballpoint Pens work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPlOM5MTSM
http://www.historyofpencils.com/writing-instruments-inventors/l%C3%A1szl%C3%B3-b%C3%ADr%C3%B3/
Get One For Yourself!
https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Space-Brass-Bullet-400-RAW/dp/B00KQSMAYU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1543163466&sr=8-6&keywords=fisher+space+pen
Tom discusses the history of decorating for Christmas and the history of the Christmas tree
AN EPISODE SO CHEAP WE'RE PRACTICALLY GIVING IT AWAY
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Sources:
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.213903
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9zc2mn/researchers_turned_a_156yearold_law_of_physics_on/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(electromagnetism)
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/03/long-distance-charging-rf-charging-primer/
For more information, please visit us at http://www.podcastdotcom.net/
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46275742
https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/20/snap-spectacles-augmented-reality/
https://www.livescience.com/health
Dan has a whale of a time talking about an admittedly gross but wholly interesting piece of a whale’s anatomy.
Sources
Whale Stress level analysis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07044-w
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/whales-are-stressed-out-by-climate-change-and-it-shows-in-their-earwax/
Prior works
https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/09/16/giant-gob-of-earwax-reveals-blue-whale-secrets/
Luke talks about fish, pregnancy, and dumpster fires. Well, a metaphorical dumpster fire anyway.
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Sources:
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003402.pub3/full
http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/foods-to-avoid-during-pregnancy/
http://americanpregnancy.org/pregnancy-health/mercury-levels-in-fish/
Sources for audio lost to the dumpster fire:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965261832849X?via%3Dihub
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/aabu-hee111418.php
https://www.wired.com/story/resiniferatoxin/
https://www.psypost.org/2018/11/behavioral-synchrony-between-partners-linked-to-heightened-intimacy-and-sexual-desire-52553
Meg chats a new exoplanet, a new study explaining how stress can affect people earlier than we thought (in the 40’s), and safer versions of nonstick compounds debunked
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46196279 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ldquo-stress-hormone-rdquo-cortisol-linked-to-early-toll-on-thinking-ability/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/epa-flags-new-fears-about-nonstick-coatings/2018/11/14/0bd87096-e860-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html?utm_term=.ed687d1c59e2 https://www.ewg.org/release/epa-genx-nearly-toxic-notorious-non-stick-chemicals-it-replaced
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SOURCES:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46201263
https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/13/senators-ftc-investigation-ads-children-apps/
https://www.livescience.com/64079-midnight-sun-lime-burn-skin.html
Dan continues to talk about counterfeit currency and stenography.
Sources
EFF Expose
https://www.eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14501894
Paper Reverse Engineering the Code
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325976319_Reverse_Engineering_the_Machine_Identification_Code
History of Steganography
http://csis.pace.edu/~ctappert/srd2005/d1.pdf
https://bookbindersmuseum.org/invisible-ink/
History of Counterfeiting
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Virginie_De_Barnier/publication/290342205_Counterfeiting_The_challenges_for_governments_companies_and_consumers_The_Handbook_of_Security_Martin_Gill_Edition_Palgrave_Macmillan_Handbook_2nd_edition_2014_1049_p_p_340-358_ISBN_9781137323279/links/5696548808ae34f3cf1d91f8/Counterfeiting-The-challenges-for-governments-companies-and-consumers-The-Handbook-of-Security-Martin-Gill-Edition-Palgrave-Macmillan-Handbook-2nd-edition-2014-1049-p-p-340-358-ISBN-97811373.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_money
Paper Money
https://www.nbbmuseum.be/en/2007/09/chinese-invention.htm
Contemporary Incident of Counterfeiting USD
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-inkjet-counterfeiter
Intercept NSA leak
https://theintercept.com/2017/06/05/top-secret-nsa-report-details-russian-hacking-effort-days-before-2016-election/
Tom discusses a personal work discussion about the difference between cheap and expensive scotch and how one can tell the difference
Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-senate-elections.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46076389 https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/historic-firsts-midterms/index.html https://www.businessinsider.com/2018-midterm-election-records-early-voting-women-lgbt-candidates-2018-11#the-first-openly-lgbt-governor-11 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/nov/07/midterm-elections-democrats-trump-republicans-house-latest-live https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/07/jeff-sessions-resigns-attorney-general-trump/512600001/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/07/matt-whitaker-jeff-sessions-acting-attorney-general-mueller
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Sources:
Extra-Life
Tiger
Capacitors
Helium
The Creeping Geyser Mystery
Grey Goo
Super Mario Bros Movie 2022
Reggie
Dan chats briefly about counterfeit currency.
Sources
History of Counterfeiting
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Virginie_De_Barnier/publication/290342205_Counterfeiting_The_challenges_for_governments_companies_and_consumers_The_Handbook_of_Security_Martin_Gill_Edition_Palgrave_Macmillan_Handbook_2nd_edition_2014_1049_p_p_340-358_ISBN_9781137323279/links/5696548808ae34f3cf1d91f8/Counterfeiting-The-challenges-for-governments-companies-and-consumers-The-Handbook-of-Security-Martin-Gill-Edition-Palgrave-Macmillan-Handbook-2nd-edition-2014-1049-p-p-340-358-ISBN-97811373.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_money
Paper Money
https://www.nbbmuseum.be/en/2007/09/chinese-invention.htm
Luke fights the good fight and subdues his pitiful internet connection, bringing you the “news”
Sources:
https://www.syfy.com/theexpanse
https://science.howstuffworks.com/how-does-a-galileo-thermometer-work.htm
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000362/
Meg chats BMI and gut microbiome relationships & impacts on smoking on generational cognitive ability
Sources: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181023085640.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181016142422.htm https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2012/11/03/grandmas-curse https://www.whatisepigenetics.com/fundamentals/
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The music used in this episode is ‘Dusk’ by Somewhere Off Jazz Street from the Free Music Archive.
Other Sources:
https://www.weather.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawkey_Way
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Damon
Dan debts a new bottle episode format, exploring the answer to a trivia question he wish would be asked.
Sources
Picture rich source
https://rusue.com/abandoned-kola-superdeep-borehole/
Atlast Obscura writeup
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kola-superdeep-borehole
Juicy PDF
http://www.muststayawake.com/SDAG/library/Kozlovsky(DeepestWell).pdf
Well To Hell hoax
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Well_to_Hell_hoax
Sounds
https://www.wired.com/2014/01/an-artist-records-the-mysterious-rumblings-of-middle-earth/
Moho
http://www.nationalacademies.org/history/mohole/
Moho Discontinuity
https://geology.com/articles/mohorovicic-discontinuity.shtml
Exposed Mantle Survey
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002GC000472
Tom discusses what is volatility, why its occurring and how to act and what the future holds for the stock market
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Meg discusses the most difficult languages to learn for native English speakers.
Sources: https://hungaryforyou.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/noun-cases/ https://www.businessinsider.com/hardest-language-to-learn-2018-5#icelandic-9
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Sources:
Severe Weather
Thunderstorms
Snow
Monsoons
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Dan talks about the Ancient Egyptian’s domestication of the wild cat.
Sources
Ancient Animal Burials
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/09/17/pet-cemetery-animal-burials/#.W6u9vxNKhTZ
Domestication of Cats
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Serpell/publication/297163879_Domestication_and_history_of_the_cat/links/5ad7692fa6fdcc2935836a24/Domestication-and-history-of-the-cat.pdf
Cat Taming in Egypt
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wim_Van_Neer/publication/222692159_Evidence_for_early_cat_taming_in_Egypt/links/5a69fd600f7e9b01f3efb487/Evidence-for-early-cat-taming-in-Egypt.pdf
Bani Hasan Cat Tomb
https://www.thegreatcat.org/cat-mummies-and-tomb-paintings-at-beni-hassan/
http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/12/18/tens-of-thousands-of-egyptian-mummies-in-english-soil/
http://judithweingarten.blogspot.com/2012/04/million-mi-aw-mummies.html?m=1
http://clfrancisco.com/cat-mummies-of-ancient-egypt/
Battle of Pelusium
https://www.ancient.eu/article/43/the-battle-of-pelusium-a-victory-decided-by-cats/
Polyaenus on Pelusian
http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus7.html
Tom reviews the events of the week and the Season 3 of Man in the High Castle. Tom discusses the story line for Frank, Ed, Robert, Joe and others, leading up to the finale about John and Julianna
Luke vivisects another scientific paper after it fails to live up to the “scientific” part.
Sources:
https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news/2018/new-study-links-common-herbicides-and-antibiotic-resistance.html
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9nivyf/a_new_study_finds_that_bacteria_develop/e7mx4da
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon#Fission_weapons
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_quail
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Meg chats Swiss pet laws and an interesting cow study. http://veterinarybusiness.dvm360.com/swiss-law-orders-pet-buddy-system https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17638982
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Sources:
Fox Sports Unreal Studio
Obsession for Tigers
Cushnie’s Burial Confusion
Perfume Slogans
Dan explains why he loves the X-Files.
Please consider donating to Boston Children’s Hospital via Max’s Video Game Marathon
Sources
Some History of the X-Files, and a bit of light reading on the iconic poster.
Tom had a podcast and then the file was corrupted, he will recover tomorrow or next week
On the Friday installation of the Early Bird Nerd Week, Luke discusses - and demonstrates - ADHD. You can find sources and more at https://www.podcastdotcom.net/early-bird-news, and if you’d like to reach out to the network, we can be reached at gmail@podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3101894/
https://adhd-institute.com/assessment-diagnosis/diagnosis/dsm-iv/
https://adhd-institute.com/assessment-diagnosis/diagnosis/dsm-5/
https://www.additudemag.com/symptoms-of-add-hyperarousal-rejection-sensitivity/
https://www.additudemag.com/secrets-of-the-adhd-brain/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/adhd-experts-podcast/id668174671?mt=2
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References:
Doctor Who
Gallifrey
Actors
The UK’s Longest Running Shows
Television
The Sycorax
Daleks
The Ood
The Judoon
Hey! Listen! https://www.podcastdotcom.net/
This episode is not a shill for Amazon, I swear. That’s just where Doctor Who is currently hosted and like, everyone should experience this magic, okay? Okay.
Dan reads off the top of the AP news wire to deliver some sobering news.
Source:
Kavanaugh Confirmed
https://www.apnews.com/78cd880123494650b08012fe28178e75/Kavanaugh-sworn-in-as-protesters-chant-outside-Supreme-Court
Tom talks about a quick review of seasons 1 and 2 and starts to give details of the first 3 episodes of season 3
Luke talks about Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering, and muon tomography! Come check out our website at https://www.podcastdotcom.net, a totally logical website name.
Sources:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/atmos/blusky.html
https://cms.cern/content/muon-tomography
https://www.lanl.gov/org/padste/adeps/physics/thrusts/muon-tomography.php
Artificial sweeteners are still bad for you, Australia modernizes away from a feminine product tax, and presidential alerts are not sync with a presidential twitter stream (yet)
Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/politics/cellphone-federal-emergency-alert-system-test/index.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/03/artificial-sweeteners-are-toxic-to-digestive-gut-bacteria-study.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-45727980
If you would like to know more, please visit us at our website.
Sources:
Nobel Prize
Amazon Minimum Wage
Sneezing Deer
Meg fills in for Mel and pleads audiences to both wear a night guard if they need it and consider adding mushrooms to their diets.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/health-benefits-mushrooms https://hub.jhu.edu/2018/09/26/psilocybin-scheduling-magic-mushrooms/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22582152
Dan talks about some news concerning a cousin of the Great White.
Sources
Manta ray filter feeding
https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/manta-rays%E2%80%99-food-capturing-mechanism-may-hold-key-better-filtration-systems
https://www.aaas.org/news/ricochet-mechanism-makes-manta-rays-effective-filter-feeders
(earlier paper) - http://contentstore.fullerton.edu/news/2013fa/rays-study-paig-tran%20.asp
“Several wikipedia articles”
Luke talks physics and dissects a recent study.
Sources:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/parcon.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Forces/higgs.html#c1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson#Higgs_mechanism
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/9immmj/honey_bees_exposed_to_glyphosate_the_active/
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/9iodkg/monsantos_global_weedkiller_harms_honeybees/
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/09/18/1803880115
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/09/18/1803880115#ref-24
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2014/07/23/jeb.109520
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01705439
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf00094a045
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/9j82u3/passive_aggressive/
^^^make sure to turn on sound to watch the bird, it’s necessary
Meg discusses the details of whole body donation and the cool technology we have today due to donations
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-happens-to-your-body-when-its-donated-to-science#So,-what-exactly-happens-when-you-donate-your-body-to-science?- http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/cb-medcure/a-brief-history-of-medical-advancements-derived-from-cadaveric-study.html
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Opener Articles:
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-45369165/cuddle-buddy-robot-wants-to-spoon
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-45397654/glowing-walls-respond-to-strokes
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-45563154/would-you-play-a-video-game-about-brexit
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45246840
https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/25/fujifilm-instax-square-sq20-instant-photos/
https://www.livescience.com/63660-two-headed-snake-virginia.html
Dan takes a dive into the mysteries of the Great White Shark.
Sources
research team finds the food
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/28/613394086/great-white-sharks-have-a-secret-cafe-and-they-led-scientists-right-to-it
https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Mysterious-great-white-shark-lair-discovered-in-13234068.php
https://schmidtocean.org/cruise/voyage-white-shark-cafe/
On tagging
https://adventurebaycharters.com.au/shark-tagging/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/253238516_Historical_Review_of_the_Development_of_External_Tags_and_Marks
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a044807.pdf
What we don’t know about GWS
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/07/great-white-shark-research-population-behavior/
Great White vs Captivity
https://www.sharkbookings.com/why-great-white-sharks-cannot-be-kept-in-captivity/
Diet
https://www.azula.com/how-much-does-great-white-shark-eat-2592396270.html
Whale sharks in Georgia
http://www.southernfriedscience.com/ethical-debate-captive-whale-sharks/
Overly Inspirational Video of Whale Shark Tagging
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBzUjcxvbs
Shark Fin Soup
https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/07/many-sharks-killed-year-many-humans-killed-sharks-7808952/
https://www.ocweekly.com/why-is-sharks-fin-so-controversial-6623306/
Appetite
https://phys.org/news/2013-03-white-sharks-larger-appetite-thought.html
https://www.sharksider.com/great-white-shark-diet-great-whites-really-eat/
Tom discusses credit card regulations in brief and how credit card companies make money
Sources:
On Greece and the atom:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_theory
On elementary particle physics:
https://physics.info/standard/
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Particles/parcon.html
On smol burd:
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/smallest-bird
Did you know you can charge your cellphone with the electricity produced from your gut? Well, you probably can’t now, but maybe someday. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/...causes/syc-20355745 1. https://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20180919/does-childbearing-delay-result-in-more-multiples#2 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180912133442.htm
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Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45555749
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/18/649174398/floodwaters-rise-in-carolinas-taking-lives-and-prompting-environmental-concerns
https://www.livescience.com/63597-compost-trash-in-landfills.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/18/avatar-the-last-airbender-netflix-series/
Dan delivers some grim news.
Sources:
Wellfleet Beach Shark Fatality
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/15/swimmer-attacked-shark-wellfleet-beach/BUHXXP2zGvNYQ5QoyyAD8I/story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/09/15/shark-attack-kills-man-cape-cod-beach-first-such-fatality-massachusetts-years/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6105df3cf89a
Shark Attack in Turo
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/14/getting-back-normal-life-says-cape-cod-shark-bite-victim/Xjh5ckBIdPhRFb36eOIjOP/story.html
1936 Buzzards Bay Attack
http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/25/75_years_later_shark_fatality_still_hits_home/?page=2
Tom discusses the news and then starts a conversation about the early start and early history of credit cards
Luke talks at length about energy sources and medical research. Buckle in, this is a long one!
Rats in soup in China, and Toyota is the largest car company in the world https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45505522 https://money.usnews.com/investing/slideshows/the-10-most-valuable-auto-companies-in-the-world https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2018/09/13/volkswagen-beetle-killed/1293768002/
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Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/12/647113406/novelist-who-penned-how-to-murder-your-husband-essay-charged-with-husband-s-murd
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160930-this-weird-bird-may-have-been-the-first-protected-species
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_bald_ibis
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22697488/0
https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/12/fda-usda-meet-debate-future-of-lab-grown-meat/
https://www.livescience.com/63557-how-brain-ignores-sound-footsteps.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0520-5.epdf?referrer_access_token=rgH6b05BcUCxTNu9PBqFB9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Pe5apvTgJAylLFC_kr5N_5PjFMfKU0F4bHQ9wP_AonD04VQRHeXWg7c_eNt9DpBMam8DzNvJiS-YHuZkzYdkyOKBYgYDsOxboh7Wl1_u5og3NcR6Wpg_v9FWX5OCcBAisr2EqlgfzjG6CtVV5dVxAe_1U-51NicncVzmAuVwaSfkxPVNEiHJwAPFMe9qbVgjJMZO_kucg5coRA0YuGiZzA&tracking_referrer=www.livescience.com
https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/JAXX0047:1:JA
Krysten can only stand to bring you so much US-specific news, so she brought you some other cool stuff instead. Please excuse her rough voice and rougher alert tone.
Dan explains how computers store numbers, so that he can talk about what happens when the numbers they store get too big.
Sources
Int overflow in C/C++
https://www.cs.utah.edu/~regehr/papers/overflow12.pdf
Gangam Style view count crisis
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/12/gangnam-style-overflows-int_max-forces-youtube-to-go-64-bit/
ESA Rocket lost to floating point cast
http://www-users.math.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.html
https://hownot2code.com/2016/09/02/a-space-error-370-million-for-an-integer-overflow/
Float -> Int overflow undefined behavior
http://blog.frama-c.com/index.php?post/2013/10/09/Overflow-float-integer
Int overflow primer
http://phrack.org/issues/60/10.html
IPv4 vs IPv6 Article and Discussion
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17925703
Morse Code
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Morse_code
Binary
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Binary_number
Tom talks about getting a free portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, Trump, Tariffs, Nike and Google.
Luke sleepily talks about cheese and yearns for the soft embrace of a bed. Any bed, really. I'm so tired.
India unbans gay sex in a historic Supreme Court ruling https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/world/asia/india-gay-sex-377.html
If you would like to know more, please visit our webpage at podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45408017
https://www.livescience.com/63487-chemicals-environment-weight-gain.html
Tom briefly reviews the NAFTA agreement, history and how Trump wants to change the agreement against the advice of his advisors
Spoiler: FGF21 increases after endurance exercise and less so after strength training; being in good shape can improve your ability to handle social stress. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoct-cea082418.php https://www.medicaldaily.com/fgf21-hormone-makes-you-live-longer-boosts-your-immune-system-and-activates-weight-368954 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00852/full
On this evening edition of Early Bird news, with guest Wednesday anchor Dan Robertson, Twitter and Facebook join forces to accidentally delete a bunch of content.
Sources
Twitter crossposts removed from facebook
https://www.axios.com/how-cross-posted-tweets-disappeared-from-facebook-e65fd350-1898-4bc5-af0f-81e9614f5ec1.html
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/28/facebook-has-removed-all-cross-posted-tweets/
Twitter’s Help Center re: facebook account linking
https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/link-twitter-to-facebook
Facebook’s API change that started it all
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/01/psa-cross-posting-tweets-to-facebook-no-longer-works-as-of-today/
https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2018/04/24/new-facebook-platform-product-changes-policy-updates/
Cambridge Analytica Accessed 87 Million Users Infos
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-exposed-87-million-users-to-cambridge-analytica/
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/27/flight-times-extended-by-major-airlines-to-avoid-payouts-report-claims
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45288429
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/report-calls-genocide-charges-myanmar-officials-180827062244502.html
https://www.ecowatch.com/mexico-bans-fracking-2592125998.html?xrs=RebelMouse_fb&ts=1533240757
https://www.livescience.com/63406-massive-shimao-pyramid-unearthed-china.html
Dan talks about Italian architecture and elementary particles.
Sources
Guardincerri‘s paper exploring muon imaging for the Dome
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.4940897
Muon imaging the Duomo
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/08/cosmic-rays-could-help-unlock-the-secrets-of-brunelleschis-dome/
Filippo Brunelleschi, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi
Florence Cathedral, Wikipedia
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Florence_Cathedral
I Honestly Didn’t Know What A Buttress Was, So Here’s Britanica’s Summary
https://www.britannica.com/technology/buttress-architecture
Book Plug with Some Duomo Facts
https://truexcullins.com/brunelleschis-dome/
Muono Tomography, Wikipedia
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Muon_tomography
Muon Tomography in Layman’s terms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34iuc8Wt59Q
Tom talks about the experience at the grand opening of MGM Springfield, the casino and the poker room
Meg chats measles outbreaks in Europe and a quick study diminishing the benefits of the keto diet. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-45246049 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-ketogenic-diets-diabetes.html
If you would like to know more about our show, information can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources:
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/21/640537446/paul-manafort-jury-asks-for-instructions-about-consensus-on-1-charge
https://www.newsweek.com/paul-manafort-trial-whats-stake-bank-fraud-charges-1083274
https://www.livescience.com/63383-ant-stealing-diamond.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/21/galaxy-note-9-water-cooling-tested-does-it-really-work/
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45264994
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1133284/
Dan spins up his "describitory" vernacular to caption a grainy photo.
Photo and Article
https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/07/Every_point_is_a_galaxy
Tom provides his financial advice about cryptocurrency and some stocks to purchase ahead of earnings season
Zombies to the left of me, zombies to the right, here I am! Stuck in this zombie with you…
Meg gives a PSA about stitches and sutures as she currently has them and had no idea what to expect pre-sowing! https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/getting-stitches-and-caring-for-stitches#3 https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/cosmetic-procedures-stitches#2
Dan looks back at the "invention" of sandwich.
Sources
The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book (1909)
https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-up-to-date-sandwich-book-400-ways-to-make-a-sandwich-1909/
How The Sandwich consumed Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/24/how-the-sandwich-consumed-britain
Corned Beef in Space
http://gemini3.spacelog.org/page/00:01:49:03/
https://www.space.com/39341-john-young-smuggled-corned-beef-space.html
Dutch Open Face Sandwich
https://www.npr.org/2011/01/04/132627711/the-art-of-the-danish-open-face-sandwich
Sandwich: A Global History, by Bee Wilson
Tom celebrates his own birthdays and how birthdays are celebrated around the world as a good distraction from the news
Through the miracles of editing, Luke manages to scrape together a podcast about not getting eaten alive by ticks
Meg chats up ginger and cinnamon like they are listening (maybe they are?!) https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-benefits-of-cinnamon#section7 https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-proven-benefits-of-ginger#section11
If you would like to know more about our show or if you would like a way to contact us, more information can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45058971
https://www.local.gov.uk/
https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/07/snap-snapchat-q2-2018/
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/killifish-can-go-egg-sex-two-weeks
Dan explores the evolution of industrial processes which eventually led us to individually wrapped American cheese slices.
Nawrocki’s History of individually wrapped slices
http://www56.homepage.villanova.edu/david.nawrocki/Arnold%20Nawrocki%20IWS%20Paper.pdf
History of Kraft Singles
https://culinarylore.com/food-history:when-were-kraft-singles-introduced/
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/magazine/who-made-that-kraft-single.html
https://culturecheesemag.com/blog/real-cheese-product-kraft-keepsakes-part-i-the-american-single
History of Kraft
http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/kraftfoods.pdf
Kraft’s First Patent for Processed Cheese
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1186524
Kraft’s Brother’s Patent for Chill Rolling
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2361775
Nawrocki’s Patent For CO2 sealed individual slice wrappings
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2753268
Early History Of Sliced Bread
http://time.com/3946461/sliced-bread-history/
Tom discusses Apple’s net value at 1 trillion dollars and how this compares to the US national debt, other companies, historical figures and the universe in general
Meg discusses the health benefits of saunas (i.e. possible decrease risk of cancer due to increase anti-inflammatory biomarkers, increased circulation (and there increased detoxification and oxygenation of body tissues), improved nutrient distribution, improved immune system and sleep for follks with insomnia.
Sources: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/313109.php https://www.organicfacts.net/sauna.html https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/chronic-inflammation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29682518
More information on our show, as well as ways to reach out to us, can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45027242
https://www.livescience.com/63220-shark-stolen-in-baby-carriage.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/31/honda-smartcharge-ev-program-beta/
https://money.cnn.com/2018/06/12/technology/xiaomi-mi-store-europe/index.html
Tom discusses the factors that affect the GDP and how the GDP affects the rest of the economy and your life
Tom discusses the earnings reports released from major companies this week and the meaning of these reports. He also discusses the GDP figures and what they mean
Luke talks nerdy this morning about Dungeons & Dragons, and the special birthday boy: Gary Gygax.
A summary explaining that microbiomes of women can be linked to autism rates in their future children, and how people should maybe limit their nitrate intake. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718113343.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718082225.htm
More information on our show and The So You Want To Be A Podcast Network can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44889596
https://events.airbus.com/exomarsnamecomp
https://www.livescience.com/63126-dont-drink-sarcophagus-mummy-juice.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/24/guacamelee-2-launches-august-21st/
Dan talks about Moai statues.
Easter Island Statues “Walked”
https://www.nature.com/news/easter-island-statues-walked-out-of-quarry-1.11613
Moai statues on Wikipedia
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Moai
Meg chats Amazon Prime Day and Omega-3 supplements not convincing folks of their impact on heart health Also NHS probably stands for "National Health Service" (from the United Kingdom!) https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44845879 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/17/amazon-announces-2018-prime-day-results.html
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Sources:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/reported-burglar-actually-squirrel_us_5b4a3622e4b0bc69a787b74b
https://www.livescience.com/63076-einstein-relativity-neutrinos.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628789534/man-with-the-worlds-longest-fingernails-cuts-them-off-after-66-years
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/grocery-sees-dirty-word-summa-cum-laude-censors-cake-n876796
https://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/police-post-mugshot-lost-dog-bail-paid-cookies-56636199
Meg (filling in for Mel) chats mirror neurons and a very sly bird that took the money and ran (flew!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/fspCMXHRbXH8XzQTC9HPF6/five-fascinating-facts-about-the-human-brain https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Wallet-Swiped-by-Seagull-Returned-to-Owner-488209321.html
Dan takes a look at the culinary and anthropological history of dinner.
Sources
What Time Is Dinner?
http://www.history-magazine.com/dinner2.html
Viking Dinner
https://www.historyonthenet.com/what-did-vikings-eat/
Roman Lie and Dine
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/reclining-and-dining-and-drinking-in-ancient-rome/
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner in Latin
https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/1891/breakfast-lunch-dinner
Commensality and Ceremonial Meals in the Neo-Assyrian Period
http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/media/pdf/book/978-88-7543-401-4/978-88-7543-401-4.pdf
Persian King Dinners
http://zoroastrianheritage.blogspot.com/2011/07/achaemenian-persian-kings-table.html
Hunter-Gatherer evening meal
https://www.quora.com/Did-hunter-gatherers-have-a-set-meal-time
Evolution of the Neolithic Diet
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/
Neolithic spices, over 4000 years ago
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070583&type=printable
Merging of Old French and Middle English
http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_middle.html#French
Columbus and the Spice Trade
https://steemit.com/history/@mountainwashere/columbus-and-the-spice-trade
A Culinary History of Food
https://books.google.com/books/about/Food.html?id=-UirAgAAQBAJ
Tom discusses Trump’s trips and the destruction of the US gov’t. Then he talks about the history of lunch, following the breakfast saga, creating an epic trilogy
Meg chats soybean prices, serotonin facilitation, and sunscreen bans. Also, the clip from CSPAN that makes Meg LOL tangentially related:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4660419/tax-sun
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4660426/confuse-ice-cream-tanning
Articles referenced:
https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/11/news/economy/soybean-prices/index.html
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322416.php
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/02/hawaii-to-ban-sale-sunscreen-containing-chemicals-damaging-to-coral-reefs.html
More information on our show can be found at podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44682354
https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/10/facebook-messenger-flag-dms-fake-accounts/
https://www.livescience.com/62979-nurse-shark-bites-womans-finger.html
Dan dictates a photo of a street in war torn Syria.
The Photo, by Hosam Katan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/m5IfFvVfoFlSZ1HKtjvuieMBx2Q=/480x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/AK2LXTRRFA3WTE3TB3YNFJKKGE.jpg
Washington Post piece on Katan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/06/29/looking-at-the-war-in-syria-through-a-syrian-photographers-eyes/
Tom talks about escalating trade wars between US and the rest of the world, the new EPA head who replaced Pruitt and the story of the trapped Thai soccer team and the rescue efforts
A sunburnt Meg chats concussions and how parents may want to put their smartphones down (unless they are listening to this podcast and their kids are also fully engaged!)
https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/digital-devices-during-family-time-could-exacerbate-bad-behavior/15838792
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/starting-aerobic-exercise-soon-after-concussion-improves-recovery-time-u-t-study-finds
A brief message regarding holiday outages at Early Bird News.
~Sources~
A Bit About Holidays In The United States
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41990.pdf
Said Decree To King George
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2004pe76546/?sp=1
Krysten is 30,000ft over her house at the moment and can't come to the microphone. Please leave a message for her to transcribe, print, frame, and cherish at her convenience.
Dan talks about a few cases in history where planes have flown without their intended pilot's, for quite some time.
Sources
Stack Exchange Question about Autopilot after eject
https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/52862/if-a-pilot-ejects-what-is-the-autopilot-programmed-to-do
NYT Coverage of MiG Incident
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/05/world/pilotless-soviet-jet-crosses-europe-before-crashing.html
F-106A Unpiloted Landing
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/plane-flew-pilot-ejected-f-106a-flew-miles-landing-gently-field.html
Tom talks about the border and how he feels about politics, he also discusses the Capital shooter and the market conditions
Luke talks about new research into a potent antidepressant, recommends good communication in relationships, and spontaneously decides to reread the dystopian classic 1984, by George Orwell.
Meg chats muscular strength on a bunch of diseases, Russia not being a fan of Canada being a fan of weed, and you may be able to tell if food bad's by your cellphone.
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/food-poisoning/news/20180627/is-the-milk-in-your-fridge-off-smartphone-might-someday-tell#1
http://www.newsweek.com/g00/russia-condemns-canada-decision-legalize-weed-994690?i10c.encReferrer=&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=14
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0953620515001089?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb
More information on our show can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources:
https://www.livescience.com/62729-ceramics-bend-electric-field-flash-sintering.html
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/23/worlds-smallest-computer-dwarfed-by-rice/
Dan talks about his favorite conspiracy theory: Chemtrails.
Sources
Conspiratorial side of it
http://www.thrivemovement.com/human-geo-engineering-chemtrails-and-haarp
General debunkery
https://web.archive.org/web/20000817072216/http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/swallowtail/619/linesinsky.html
Debunkery
https://web.archive.org/web/20010309094441/http://www.weatherwise.org/qr/qry.chemtrail.html
USAF Fact Sheet (excerpt)
https://web.archive.org/web/20130306001902/http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-051013-001.pdf
Paper that started it all
http://csat.au.af.mil/2025/volume3/vol3ch15.PDF
Highlighting of the paper by conspiracist, circa 2004
http://www.chemtrails911.com/docs/2025sum.html
2025
http://csat.au.af.mil/2025/
Patrick Smith Quote
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/chemtrails-contrails-and-other-aviation-conspiracy-theories/
Alex Jones on Chemtrails (see also Paul Watson?)
https://youtu.be/i3ZGrEENzVw
Alex Jones Gay Frogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sh9vYu4i5c
County in CA Investigates Chemtrails
http://www.mtshastanews.com/article/20140723/News/140729883
Chuck Norris on Government Sponsored Geo engineering
http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/08/a-government-cover-up-of-epic-proportions/
Chuck Norris on Chemtrails
http://mobile.wnd.com/2016/04/sky-criminals/
Tom discusses news about various conspiracy theories around Area 51 regarding UFOs, energy weapons, the U-2 planes and OXCART
Luke makes no mistakes, is completely prepared, and definitely doesn't bump his microphone in this episode. That's just straight up unprofessional. Luke would never be unprofessional.
Meg chats various health topics including inflammatory responses and multivitamins. https://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/probiotic-shot-may-alleviate-brain-stress/81255891 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-popular-vitamin-mineral-supplements-health.html
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Dan (through Lyndon B. Johnson's words) proclaims fathers day, and discusses an upcoming ballot initiative to split California into 3 states.
Sources:
Tim Draper’s 6 state proposal
http://www.geocurrents.info/place/north-america/northern-california/tim-drapers-proposed-six-californias
Draper’s 3 state proposal
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-california-could-become-three-states-cal3-ballot-measure-2018-6
Virginia v. West Virginia
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/246/565/case.html
Key Dates in US Statehood
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/statehood.phtml
Florida Split
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/sfl-flbnewstate0507pnmay07-story.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/os-state-of-south-florida-20141021-post.html
Chicago, Illinois
https://web.archive.org/web/20111125190746/http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1431167324/2-GOP-legislators-propose-separating-Cook-County-from-Illinois
Lincoln, Idaho
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19130222&id=sOFVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZuADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6888,4909398&hl=en
First Fathers Day Proclamation
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=105733
Draper’s Horses
http://dfj.com/portfolio/index.php
Tom discusses the Trump Saga and tariffs with China. Also we discuss immigration and then get into the meat of poker strategy. Tom also previews next week’s episode
As the sun rises over the pyramids of his living room, Luke sleepily delivers what passes for news around here.
Meg chats about Ice melting, women's voice lowering, medications that can have adverse side effects
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44452750
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180612-the-reasons-why-womens-voices-are-deeper-today
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44470208
More information on our show can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources for today’s stories:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44465587
https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/12/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-details/
https://www.livescience.com/62730-higgs-boson-new-top-quark-signal.html
Dan talks about the motion picture production code that enforced a strict moral policy on all film in the early days of Hollywood.
Sources:
screen prism overview
A History
Hays, as president of the MPAA (MPPDA at the time), vowing to clean up the moral tone in film
MPPDA Archives (For “Motion Pictures and Their Censors”)
Overview of Film Censorship
McKenna’s Opinion in Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio
The Devil's Advocate Will H. Hays and the Campaign to Make Movies Respectable
Sound on Film
Sound proof booth for filming
Luke talks about nontraditional food sources (for bacteria) and that pesky CO2 everyone keeps breathing about.
Meg chats about an exciting happening in Canada today, and travel news from India. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180606-the-worlds-highest-post-office
More information on our show can be found at podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44359614
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44357243
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aabc5f/meta
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/12/13/193-nations-sign-pledge-tackle-global-crisis-plastic-oceans/
Dan brands his intra-special cop-out episdoes, “Inbetweeners”, starting off with some readings from the Associated Press.
Bare Knuckle Boxing
Russian Soyuz Landing
Audiobooks
Weinstein
China Tarrifs
Nuclear Summit
My friend (Mike)
Tom discusses the NK summit, the job report and the WSOP start. We also complete the scotch discussion and led into the poker discussion next week
Luke just moved. Luke is very very tired. Luke said things into a microphone whilst sitting in his walk-in closet, which dreams of being a podcast studio when it's all grown up.
Scottish government buildings cannot host single use coffee cups, and Venezuelans have lost an average of 19 lbs since the death of their previous President in 2013.
If you would like to know more about our show, please visit http://www.podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44290012
https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/29/color-changing-fibers-compression-bandages/
https://www.livescience.com/62610-garnet-stealing-iron-from-earths-crust.html
"Amber, amber, amber everywhere!" - the most probable response if you, a 99 million old tick, find yourself encased in amber and soon-to-be weighted with a delayed onset of teen angst
In the final episode of his supersonic travel overview, Dan talks about the FAA's ban on sonic booms.
Sources (For Entire Series)
News piece on NASA X plane
https://www.nasa.gov/lowboom/new-nasa-x-plane-construction-begins-now
A History
http://www.historynet.com/supersonic-revolution.htm
Transcript of PBS documentary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2412barrier.html
Intro to sonic booms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO4_VHM69oI
NY Times Article on the 60s Boom Tests
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/14/sonic-boom-test-in-oklahoma-city.html
Report on Community Reactions, Paul N. Borsky
http://www.norc.org/PDFs/publications/NORCRpt_101.pdf
Borsky’s obituary
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/15/nyregion/paul-borsky-75-studied-effects-of-sonic-booms.html
FAA Research Overview of Sonic Boom Testing through the late 60s, Johnny M. Sands
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/684806.pdf
Details on Congress Striking budget for SST
Have to google “site:library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac "supersonic travel"” to see this without loginwall
http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal71-1252799
History of FAA SST ban
http://reason.com/archives/2016/07/26/how-the-faa-killed-supersonic-flight
FCC Ruling (I think)
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2013-title14-vol2/pdf/CFR-2013-title14-vol2-sec91-817.pdf
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?collectionCode=CFR&searchPath=Title+1&granuleId=CFR-2011-title14-vol2-sec91-817&packageId=CFR-2011-title14-vol2&oldPath=Title+14%2FChapter+I%2FSubchapter+F%2FPart+91%2FSubpart+I%2FSection+91.817&fromPageDetails=true&collapse=false&ycord=0
2008 reaffirmation
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/noise_emissions/supersonic_aircraft_noise/media/noise_policy_on_supersonics.pdf
FAA Supersonic Fact sheet
https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsid=22754
Index of Airport and Airplane Noise laws
http://airportnoiselaw.org/acts.html
Citizens League Against Sonic Booms
https://libraries.mit.edu/archives/research/collections/collections-mc/pdf/mc12.pdf
Researched Argument In Favor of Reinstating SST
https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/mercatus-dourado-supersonic-transport-v1.pdf
Airport Noise NIMBYism
https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/dourado-airport-noise-mop-v1.pdf
Peter Masefield
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/feb/17/theairlineindustry.guardianobituaries
Richard Wiggs Obituary
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1334496/Richard-Wiggs.html
Quick Account of Failed SST Flare Ups In The 80s
https://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/Search-for-Quiet-SST-180952125/
Boeing 2707
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160321-the-american-concordes-that-never-flew
Tupolev 144
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20171018-the-soviet-unions-flawed-rival-to-concorde
FAA Rules For Over ground Mach 1
https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/appendix-B_to_part_91
Oklahoma Tests Summary
https://www.avgeekery.com/faas-operation-bongo-mark-2-proved-supersonic-flights-land-werent-feasible/
NASA 2019 Budget Overview
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/nasa_fy_2019_budget_overview.pdf
Tom discusses the NK/SK/US summit news and the importance and description of labels on bottles of scotch
More information on our show can be found at podcastdotcom.net.
Sources:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/23/impossible-em-drive-is-actually-impossible-after-all/
If you would like to know more about this show, please visit www.podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/21/nasa-cold-atom-lab-launches/
https://www.livescience.com/62621-why-is-ice-slippery.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-44070470
https://weather.com/
Dan, buying time to prepare for his next Supersonic Travel episode, describes a particularly compelling photo out of the National Geographic.
Sources
http://uwaterphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc8596-101.jpg
http://uwaterphoto.com/?lens_gallery=man-against-ocean
Tom discusses the royal wedding and the history of scotch production, mostly related around early taxation.
Luke talks about some science and says "38" instead of "33", bringing to mind all the times in college he did his calculus right, but got the wrong answer because he misread his own 5 as a 2.
Meg chats about a Finnish study on sauna usage, and a cereal manufactuer's recent decision to cease operation in Venezuela
More information on this show can be found at podcastdotcom.net
Sources:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44128540
https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/16/amazon-whole-foods-prime-discounts-florida/
https://www.livescience.com/62577-earth-magnetic-field-drifts.html
The weather is sourced from weather.com