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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Mary

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – April 14
* 1775 – The first abolition society in North America is established
* 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary
* 1846 – The Donner Party of pioneers departs
* 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford’s Theatre
* 1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg
* 2005 – The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
* Ribose and related sugars from uv irradiation of interstellar ice pieces created the base for RNA, ribose sugar!
* Newton dabbled in alchemy, searching for the recipe for the Philosopher’s Stone. Recently Chemical Heritage Foundation acquired his recipe for sophick mercury, a key ingredient or the Stone.
* Yeast infection caused a blockage of blood supply, so only four days after the surgery the uterus was removed.

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Gov Butch Otter has vetoed the Bible in schools bill
* Tennessee has passed a bill to make the Bible the official state book
* Mississippi passes “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from the Government” bill
* Mississippi Church Protection Act
* Bangladeshi secular activist hacked to death
* Canada closed its Office of Religious Freedom | Via Friendly Atheist

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We are joined by scientific/skeptical paranormal investigator Ben Radford and discuss his background and skeptical investigations of the paranormal and go off about Mormons and Scientology.

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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – The Saints

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – March 31
* 1492 – Jews to be expelled from Spain
* 1776 – Abigail Adams asks her husband to “remember the ladies”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
* Terapod like pelvis found in cavefish
* Siberian Unicorn live during human times

POLITICS AND RELIGION
* State Legislative Update
– Indiana passed new abortion restrictions
– Companies threaten to boycott Georgia if anti-LGBT bill passes | Governor vetoes it
– North Carolina has passed anti-LGBT bill | AG Won’t defend it | This guy will have to go to the bathroom with your wife
– Idaho’s Bible in schools bill has passed
Brussels bombings
– Trump doubles down on plan to ban Muslim immigration, Cruz joins in and also wants patrols in Muslim neighborhoods
– Bachmann says Brussels was God humiliating Obama
* Trump and Cruz fight over their wives
* Beck believes that Cruz is divinely appointed
* Millard School Board in Nebraska had proposal to rename Winter Break to Christmas Break | via WWJTD

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We are joined by the 2015 Boise’s Best Local Comedian, Mikey Pullman. He’s also the host of the annual Boise Atheist Comedy Show and a host on the now defunct Latter Day Atheist podcast. We discuss comedy, his upbringing in “The Body”, conversation, and oh so much more.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
461 – Saint Patrick Dies
1966 – Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* State Legislative Update
– Idaho’s bill to end faith healing for children is dead
– Oklahoma’s anti-abortion bill is dead
– Debate on Iowa hate crime law derailed over abortions
– Kentucky senate Bible class bill | Via Danthropology
– Oregon to allow secular affirmations
* Tump’s just like Jesus’ disciples…
* …or not a Christian
* Ted Cruz is afraid of what will happen with one more liberal Justice
* South African Pastor challenges lions and almost loses his ass | * Via Raw Story
* Florida mayor may lose job thanks to the Satanists
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/03/10/a-florida-mayor-may-be-removed-from-office-after-satanist-points-out-numerous-ethical-violations/” target=”_blank”>Via Friendly Atheist
* Bangladesh may again become a secular state

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In this special episode we talk with Conor Robinson, Program Director for Humanist Service Corps in Ghana. He is working in a refugee community for accused witches and their care givers. He is hoping to get their local partner organization, Songtaba setup as a permanent charity on GlobalGiving, but to do that they need to raise $5000 from 40 unique donors by the end of March.

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DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE – Satan

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – March 3
* 1836 – Texas formally signed declaration of independance from Mexico
* 1904 – Dr Seuss was born
* 1915 – NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded
* 1929 – Congress passes Jones Act
* 1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
* Oldest fossil nervous system found
* US Considers approaches to fight Zika
* Update on Vaginal Seeding

POLITICS AND RELIGION
* State Governance Update
* Creationist leads in Texas Board of Education race
* Idaho Bible in schools bill amended
* Tennessee bill would allow group founded by slavery defender to accredit Christian schools | via Raw Story
* Georgia’s religious freedom bill would protect the KKK
* Racist social media fiasco at Southern Adventist University
* Germany fines atheist for blasphemy over bumper stickers | via Friendly Atheist
* There are no gay Mormons
* Top FLDS leaders arrested for fraud
* Trump promises to reverse law that prohibits tax exempt organizations from endorsing candidates

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We are joined by George Hrab of the Geologic podcast and blog, the drummer of the Philadelphia Funk Authority, frequent emcee of skeptic conferences like The Amazing Meeting, QED, and Australian Skeptics Convention, and the most frequent guest on the SGU.

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