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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – October 2

* 1789 – George Washington forwards parchments to states for ratification * 1836 – Darwin returns to England
* 1919 ~ Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke | History.com | Washington Post | Wikipedia
* 1971 – Rod Stewart earns his first #1 hit with “Maggie May”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Mt Ontake erupts, but not in a predictable fashion
* E coli used to synthesize propane and diesel
* National Institute of Health’s BRAIN Initiative releases awards

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Texas judge refuses lesbian couple’s divorce request
* County Commissioner walks out over pagan invocation
* Clergy on patrol in Rochester | HuffingtonPost | Friendly Atheist
* Archbishop arrested and found to have over 100,000 child images
* Priest arrested for “mission” trip activities
* Another Muslim beheading, in Oklahoma
* Stephen Hawking came out as an atheist

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Recorded for release on 2014-10-02

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We are joined by Mike Aus, Executive Director of the Houston Oasis. He is also a former pastor who came out as an atheist on MSNBC in March 2012.

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INTRO
*Change in format

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

* Federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed
* Fidel Castro comes to New York

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Artificial spleen cleans pathogens from blood
* The government is finally taking on agricultural antibiotic use
* Prayer increases risk of complications after surgery

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Dress codes violating religious freedom of students | Rastafarian | Navajo
* Hobby Lobby get’s FLDS member out of testifying
* According to Bryan Fischer Bacon proves we’re a Christian Nation
* Airman denied reenlistment over oath
***UPDATE – The policy has been change and reenlistment processed***
*Tenn Supreme Court takes on Faith Healing Case

FEEDBACK

* Miisa via Facebook
* @puneit via Twitter
* From Travis via email

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Recorded for release on 2014-09-14

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INTRO

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – September 4th

* 476 – Western Roman Empire falls | History.com | Wikipedia
* 1951 – President Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast
* 1957 – Little Rock becomes a Cold War hotspot

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
* Robot swarms!
* Ebola Patient Zero has been identified
* Tick bite can make you allergic to mammalian meat

POLITICS AND RELIGION
* It’s now illegal to like us in India
* ISIS forces mass Yazidi conversion
* Louisiana judicial candidate plans to put up a 10 commandment monument
* Georgia pastor openly breaks the law with church sign
* Adventist church reaffirms creation, yet again

INTERVIEW – Ian Harris | Shows | 2 Tone Productions | Twitter

FEEDBACK

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In this episode we go off topic and delve in the current geopolitical issues of Ferguson, MO, Ukraine, Iraq, Gaza, and Rick Perry. Our normal programming will be back next time.

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Recorded for release on 2014-08-21

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INTRO

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – August 7th

* 1789 – The United States Department of War is established
* 1869 – Astronomer impresses Indians with eclipse
* 1990 – Bush orders Operation Desert Shield
* 2005 – Trapped Russian sub rescued

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Rosetta reaches comet
* Ken Ham’s not a fan of NASA
* The Vitamin K shot is the latest target of the antivaxers

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* IRS settles with FFRF
* Ebola is a plague from God
* Clive Bundy was just doing what God told him to do
* KKK is Christian, not a hate group

INTERVIEW – Hemant Mehta from the Friendly Athiest

FEEDBACK

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CALL TO ACTION!

* Petition to remove Idaho’s child welfare faith healing exemptions

INTRO

0:09:01 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – July 24

* 1487 – City sacked due to foreign beer ban
* 1959 – Nixon and Khrushchev have a “kitchen debate”
* 1982 – “Eye Of The Tiger” from Rocky III tops the U.S. pop charts
* 2005 – Lance Armstrong wins seventh Tour de France

0:20:32 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Solar sails are on their way
* Voyager I hit by another solar tsunami
* Yellowstone roads melting
* Ohio Amish are getting vaccinated

0:33:05 POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Ted Cruz thinks Democrats are at war with Catholics
* Abstinence only Louisiana senate candidate will be a grandpa
* Colorado’s free contraceptives program results
* Iraqi Christians ordered to convert, pay up, or die
* Kentucky church knowingly hired a convicted sex offender for a pastor and guess what, he raped a 14 year old boy
* Study shows that religious children are more credulous

0:50:15 INTERVIEW – Teresa MacBain

1:53:44 FEEDBACK

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For the interview we are joined by David Silverman from American Atheists

CALL TO ACTION

* American Humanist Association to brief congress on need for humanist chaplains
* Secular Humanists of Everett homeless care kits

Vote Goddamnit!

INTRO

*Changing the format a bit

0:03:57 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – July 10

* 1925 – Scopes Monkey Trial
* 1962 – US Patent 3 point seatbelt
* 1985 – French Agents Sink Greenpeace Boat

0:15:04 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Off switch discovered for human consciousness
* Psychotropic drugs affect men and women differently
* Woman has nasal growth on back from stem cell treatment
* McCarthy and Shepherd fired from The View

0:24:57 POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Update – Rev Schaefer reinstated by Methodist Church
* Update – Meriam Ibrahim released

The Good in Recent US Jurisprudence:

* Anti-vaxers lose in court
* 9th Circuit rules that gays and lesbians require special protections

The Bad:

* Florida judge faces suspension for promoting ministry from the bench
* Greece comes home to roost

The Ugly:

* Hobby Lobby
* Hobby Lobby Hypocracy
* Wheaton College
* Senate Dems Challenge It
* Government Contractor hiring

0:49:38 INTERVIEW – David Silverman, President of American Atheists

1:50:54 FEEDBACK

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* @libsyn via Twitter
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* Graham via email

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY –

* 1807 – Lightning strikes in Luxembourg
* 1911 – Babe Didrikson born
* 1949 – U.S. begins Berlin Airlift
* 1975 – Sonny and Cher’s divorce becomes final
* 2003 – Former U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond dies

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

* Developing ethical robots
* Chimps gave us herpes
* UK bans teaching creationism in any publicly funded school
* GM Mosquitoes could wipe out malaria
* Leukemia drug surprisingly inhibits other cancers too
* Recreating the 1918 Spanish Flu

POLITICS AND RELIGION

* Gay fathers in Texas denied being listed on their children’s birth certificates
* US’s largest Presbyterian denomination accepts gay marriage
* Pagan “church” denied permits once identified
* Atheism growing in Saudi Arabia
* Spain’s secular coronation
* Mars Hill want’s members to stay off the internet
* Mormons issue statement on the appropriateness of questions

INTERVIEW – Evan Bernstein from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe

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Recorded for release on 2014-06-26