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0:00:25 INTRO
0:08:13 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 11th
- 1925 – Elmore Leonard is born
- 1962 – Pope opens Vatican II
- 1975 – Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham
- 2002 – Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
- 2008 – Blind driver breaks land-speed record
0:20:55 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
- A possible alluvial fan in Mars’ Gale Crater
- Snakes on a plane with lasers
- California approves driverless cars
- The Catlin Seaview Survey confirms a new seahorse species
0:30:39 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE
- Nazis, Buddha, and meteorites
- Innocence of Muslims film maker jailed for probation violation
- Google takes down anti-candidate video in Brazil
- Ambassador Stevens’s death was orchestrated by al Queda
- Russia’s new blasphemy law (via WWJTD)
0:39:12 MUSIC – “The F You Song” by Arthur Thomas Heist (Used by Permission)
0:40:21 FEATURE – Interview with Chris Hofstader
Chris Hofstader blogs at www.hofstader.com addressing topics of skepticism and vision impairment as well as the 21st Floor blog. He’s a semi-retired freelance hacker.
I became familiar with Chris when he did a guest post on Skepchick about accessibility in the atheist/skeptic communities
1:44:14 BLOOPERS
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