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0:00:25 INTRO

• Clarification on Mormon underwear from Dustin’s contact
• Temple recommend questions and official rules on the Mormon underwear

0: 14:27 FEEDBACK – Our first hate mail

0:17:19 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – November 29

• 1929 – A Byrd flies over the South Pole
• 1942 – Coffee rationing begins in WW2
• 1963 – Warren Commission formed
• 2011 – Dr. Conrad Murray sentenced

0:28:34: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Robot of the episode – Nuclear radiation proof robot
• Plans to bring back Lonesome George’s species 
• A directly observed exoplanet

0:38:23 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• People are petitioning Obama to succeed from the union
• The BSA and their troubles
  • Idaho law suit
  • Loosing corporate sponsors like Intel and UPS (via Friendly Atheist
• The Pope admits to some of the myth around the nativity story in new book

0:51:44 MUSIC – Eve by Shelley Segal (Used by permission)

0:55:54 FEATURE – Interview with Dr. Rachael Dunlop

Dr Rachael Dunlop has a PhD from Sydney University Medical School and works full time in motor-neuron disease and aging disorders research and is a Vice President of the NSW committee of Australian Skeptics.

She is also part of the Mystery Investigators show for schools and co-organizes the Sydney Skeptics meet-up group, is a reporter on the Skeptic Zone podcast, and contributes to The Sceptics’ Book of Pooh-Pooh blog.

1:53:48 BLOOPERS

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0:0:25 INTRO

0:26:11 FEEDBACK – Dan S

0:38:58 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – November 15

• 1777 – Articles of Confederation adopted
• 1864 – Sherman’s March to the Sea
• 1977 – President Carter hosts Shaw Pahlavi of Iran
• 1984 – Baby Fae dies

1:13:09 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Robot of the day – The farming robot swarm
• CRS-1 – Dragon’s first mission – Launch 10/07/12, docking 10/10/12, return and splash down 10/28/12
• Microsoft & 343 Industries crack down on X-Box Live sexism

1:26:59 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Obama reelected 332 – 206 (electoral college) 51% of the popular vote
• Marriage equality won – Passed by referendum in Maine, Maryland, and Washington, constitutional ban in Minnesota fails
• Congressional races of note:
  • McCaskill kicked Akin’s sexist ass 55% – 39%
  • Donnelly beat Mourdock 50% – 44%
  • Baldwin beat Thompson 51% – 46%
  • It looks like Sinema will win in AZ, but the reports of her non-theism are exaggerated. She appears to more accurately be one of the many unaffiliated.
  • Pete Stark lost to a fellow Democrat, leaving us with no open atheist in the legislature. One campaign issue was the motto.

1:49:31 MUSIC – Saved by Shelley Segal

1:53:40 FEATURE – Interview with Rich and Deanna Joy Lyons from the Living After Faith podcast. You can find Rich’s story in depth in the early episodes, Deanna shares her story in Episode 25.

To find the episode where they interviewed Dustin, check out Episode 19.

2:11:16 BLOOPERS

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0:01:18 INTRO

0:16:11 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Octber 25th

• 1881 – Pablo Picasso born
• 1944 – First Japanese kamikaze attack of the war
• 1973 – Nixon vetoes war powers resolution
• 1980 – ACDC first Billboard top 40 hit
• 1983 – United States invades Grenada

0:40:12 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• New IBM microscope can view 100x smaller than an atom
• Robot of the week – The Navy’s new “MacGyver-bot”
• Frogs that are reminiscent of X-men’s Wolverine
• An earth sized exoplanet found a mere 4 light years away
• Recalibrating carbon dating

1:10:11 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals rules DOMA unconstitutional
• The pre-election roundup
• D’Souza’s issues

1:43:43 MUSIC – “Probably Gay” by Katie Goodman and Broad Comedy. You can find out more about Katie and the band at wwww.katiegoodman.com (used by permission)

1:48:53 FEATURE – Interview with Sam Mulvey from Ask an Atheist

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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

Web Accessibility Initiative

1:44:14 BLOOPERS

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0:00:25 INTRODUCTION

0:12:38 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – SEPTEMBER 27TH

• 1540 – Jesuit order established
• 1938 – Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace
• 1938 – Poland Surrenders
• 1940 – The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan
• 1959 – Khrushchev ends trip to the United States

0:27:55 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Users: Apple iOS 6 maps are a mess
• SpaceX is headed back to the ISS
• Curiosity Update
  • Astronomy
  • Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS)
• The evolution of gliding

0:42:02 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• The crazy BS going on in the Middle East in protest to the “innocence of Muslims”
  • Google rejects request to remove clip
  • Summary on dwnomad
  • BBC
  • Wikipedia
  • Interactive Map
• Chase Community Giving results – Secular Student Alliance $50,000, Foundation Beyond Belief $20,000, and Camp Quest $20,000

0:52:01 MUSIC – The Existential Blues by Arthur Thomas Heist (Used by permission)

0:54:23 FEATURE – Interview with JT Eberhard
JT Eberhard blogs at What Would JT Do on Patheos and also contributes to AtheismResource.com. He is a co-founder of Skepticon, lead in the organizing of Skepticon 1, 2, and 3, and served as the Secular Student Alliance’s High School Specialist for a year and a half. Now JT is a full time writer and public speaker.

Aside from discussing his activism and writing, we discussed many topics of geeky interest.

Also joining us briefly was JT’s roommate Cambrige.

2:00:10 Poor Unfortunate Souls as performed by JT Eberhard in his operatic karaoke style. (Used by permission)

2:04:16 BLOOPERS

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0:25 INTRODUCTION
A little more on e-cigs, thanks to Skeptics with a K.

6:34 THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1814 – Key pens Star-Spangled Banner
• 1993 – Israel-Palestine peace accord signed
• 1996 – Tupac Shakur dies
• 2004 – Oprah gives away nearly 300 new cars

27:26 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Google Listen is dead
• Curiosity update
• DARPA’s new 28 mph Cheetah
• Organic foods are not any healthier or better for the environment

42:19 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• The newest Popemobile is electric
• Christian monastery in Israel vandalized
• Romney moves back to the middle
• Or maybe not….
• The Democrats have added a little god to to their platform

55:23 FEATURE

Recently the Skeptics Guide to the Universe and Skeptics with a K both covered the FDA’s recent warning letter issued to British homeopathic manufacturer A. Nelson & Co, but they missed some nuances that Dustin’s experience with the FDA might help with.

• A. Nelson & Co
• Alfa Vitamin Laboratories
• Kare-N-Herbs
• Healing Ways
• Dragon Herbs

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Recorded on 08/25/12 for release on 08/30/12

After issuing a correction, covering this day in history and the latest in science and politics, we talk with Dr. Robert M. Price about the historicity of Jesus, the Q gospel, the future of Christianity, and BBQ.

INTRODUCTION

FEEDBACK
Kristi – with correction on genetic resistance to HIV

06:08 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – August 30

• 30 BCE – Cleopatra commits suicide
• 1918 CE – Vladimir Lenin shot
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice
• 1980 – Christopher Cross has his first of two #1 hits with “Sailing”

16:46 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• A bonobo makes stone tools
• The origin of the Indo-European language group
• The Texas West-Nile outbreak

26:49 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Akin, Romney, rape, and abortion – article 1, article 2
• Obama and Romney on faith (Via Friendly Atheist)

38:55 INTERVIEW

Dr. Robert M. Price, PhD is Professor of Biblical Criticism at the Center for Inquiry Institute as well as the editor of The Journal of Higher Criticism. His books include Beyond Born Again, The Widow Traditions in Luke-Acts: A Feminist-Critical Scrutiny, Deconstructing Jesus, and The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man. Forthcoming titles are The Crisis of Biblical Authority, Jesus Christ Superstar: A Redactional Study of a Modern Gospel, The Da Vinci Controversy and The Amazing Colossal Apostle. He is also host of the Human Bible and the Bible Geek.

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00:00 INTRODUCTION

01:41 FEEDBACK

Kudos from Neil and mixed reviews on iTunes. If you think there’s room for improvement and we know there is, please email us at [email protected] with specifics on what we can do better.

05:27 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – August 16

• 1896 – Gold discovered in the Yukon
• 1948 – Babe Ruth dies
• 1958 – Madonna is born
• 1977 – Elvis Presley dies
• 1972 – Moroccan king survives attack by own air force

12:59 SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY

• Curiosity has landed
  • Curiosity pictures
  • OTA software upgrade
  • Only a 2MP camera?
• Two HIV patients now non-reactive
• Neolithic logging
• Size does matter, at least it does if your a rhinoceros beetle
• Ozone hole forming over the US

30:14 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE

• Sikh temple shooting. For more information on Sikhism check out the article in Wikipedia
• Giant idol found in Turkey
• New photo of Nessie
• Taped German Olympic beach volleyball player, but not the good kind, pervert

44:33 INTERVIEW

SGT Justin Griffith, USA, is the Military Director for American Atheists and was the project lead for the original Rock Beyond Belief at Fort Brag and SSgt Christopher Herr, USMC, is the project lead for Rock Beyond Belief 2 that is being planned for Camp Pendleton.

• The official Rock Beyond Belief website
• Rock Beyond Belief on Freethought Blogs
• Facebook – Rock Beyond Belief | Justin Griffith | Chris Herr | Paul Loebe
• Rock Beyond Belief/Justin Griffith on Twitter

***The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not represent the views of the DoD, US Army, or US Marine Corp.***

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