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This Week: - My top science stories of 2016 - Top science stories of 2016 from Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/top-science-stories-2016 - Top science stories of 2016 from SciShow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzdhNX6b01I - Top science stories of 2016 from SciShow Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppIp7FfvauQ

This week's web wisdom: - Are We The Only Humans? -Think Fact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJY3q3cNMWU - A Brief History of Everything - Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYTJ8tBoZ8 - The Case for a Universal Basic Income - The RSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkO2CwLWRvg - Journalism - Last Week Tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2_wSsDwkQ

This weeks web wisdom: - Strange answers to the psychopath test by Jon Ronson - Epistemology: The Problem of Skepticism by Jennifer Nagel - History of Prohibition: Why It Failed by KnowledgeHub - Why Can't You Sleep? by Thoughty2 - and, Is Aspartame Bad for You? by Today I Found Out

This week's web wisdom: - The Philosophy of FALLOUT 4 – Wisecrackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-4sihVgF2Y - Should the Rich Help the Poor? - Philosophy Tubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXanBiNxt4Y - Who Gets the Royalties for Hitler's Book? - Today I Found Outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4QQJk1_pU - A New History for Humanity: The Human Era - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs - 6 Chemical Reactions That Changed History - It's Okay To Be Smarthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb4CMnT2-ao - 5 Baffling Mysteries About the Universe - SciShowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ABgp2QomQA

This week a take down about how Donald Trump won the US Presidential election, how Hillary Clinton lost it and who stands to gain from a Trump win.

This Week: - Why Christmas is better for non-believer than believers,A flash back with Christmas reality check, - Humanism and Christmas, and - A cavalcade of Christmas music from Scientific Songs of Praise > Oh Chemistry > Single Cells > Solar Light > Tectonic Plates > Oh Satellite

This Week: - The psychology of shopping - The Compromise effect - The Reality of Boxing Day - When less cost more and - A lot more on tricks retailers use to get your money.

This Week's Webs Wisdom:Juvenoia - Vsauce,Why we hate cheap thing - The School of Life,Debunking Exoplanets - PBS Space Time,A history of Robotics - SciShow,andPeriodic Table Song - ASAPScience.

This Week:Thought about the Trump Election,Web Wisdom: - What Does Dark Energy Really Do? - Did Dark Energy Just Disappear? - Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR - Weapons of Math Destruction - Talk by Cathy O'Neil Notes: Link to the Math Equation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constantPBS Dark Matter Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsPUh22kYmNA6WUmOsEEi32zi_RdSUF4i

This week some web wisdom on unions and the power of coops: - On Wealth and Labor - Progressive Faith Sermons www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gkejN5WSnU - The social and ecological benefits of sharing the load - Economic Update www.bestoftheleft.com/the_social_and_ecological_benefits_of_sharing_the_load_economic_update_w_profwolff - The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizen-less Democracy - Belabored www.bestoftheleft.com/john_nichols_nicholsuprising_the_fight_against_a_jobless_economy_and_a_citizen_less_democracy_belabored_dissentmag - Uber's revolution was mostly about circumventing labor unions - Economic Update www.bestoftheleft.com/uber_s_revolution_was_mostly_about_circumventing_labor_unions_economic_update_w_profwolff - Unions and Wages - Thomas Hartman Show www.bestoftheleft.com/ - The Promise and Limitations of Worker Co-ops - Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjicvAjGEY

This week we take a deep dive into how one becomes President of the United States...how much power does the president really have.We close the show with some web wisdom from Crash Course Government and Politics: - Political Parties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmOUHxessE - Party Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkltAl_cO5Y

The School of Life - History: Consumerism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Unq3R--M0 10RSA Animate - Economics is for Everyone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbbcO35arw 11/49James Gleick on Big Think - Time Travel in Science Fiction: A Brief History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSDHstiOl0 12/14Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell - How Evolution works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfRN0KihOU 11/3PBS Idea Channel - Bias? In My Algorithms? A Facebook News Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQA6D4JC0A 9/40Wisecrack Edition – The Philosophy of House of Cards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2de3LhPxpZU 14/26

This week:A whine about the threat of AI to the future of humanity... Also, everything you need to know about GMO - We cover the basics of genetics... - How we have manipulated the genome of plants and animals for countless millenniums... - How are GMO type foods evaluated... - How anti-GMO is often the same as climate change denialism... - Where most anti-GMO-ers get the science wrong... - How anti-GMO conflates with anti-Monsanto, anti-capitalism, etc... - And why labeling GMOs is not only a bad idea there is a better way...learn from the organic movement.

Don's Rant turned into a primer and tutorial about how to debate a charismatic christian apologist. Having listened to a debate between an Atheist and an Apologist on the topic "Is it rational to believe in god". However quickly the Apologist changed the question to "What is a rational belief" and then it became "Can a rational person believe in god?" So, this weeks show is what are the arguments for and against god, but more importantly how do you debate rhetoric instead of facts.Find out more:Debate – Is Belief in God Irrational? Chris Hallquist vs. Randal Rauserfreethoughtblogs.com/reasonabledoubts/2014/01/18/rd-extra-debate-is-belief-in-god-irrational-chris-hallquist-vs-randal-rauser/"

This week web wisdom:How Words Can Harm - Crash Course Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ESU5ONMMxsWe Are Built To Be Kind - Fig. 1 by University of California https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWs6bf7tvIMedical Device Failure, and How Data Can Help Us Prevent It - Healthcare Triage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aipG8f71a-IWhat's the Difference Between Partly Cloudy and Mostly Sunny? - Today I Found Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGeGVd7J6dQWhy Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic? - It's Okay To Be Smart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiuw0HbRq4Science of Fire Extinguishers - SciShow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epa_2mCi4lwThe Perfect Country - The School of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shanIOl7MyE

This week we are joined by one of our irregular regulars, Gulid who wants to know what's up with Bathroom bills south of the boarder. WE also take a deep dive into the concept of gender...what is it, why is it and just what does it really mean.

This Week's Web Wisdom : - No Man’s Sky: A Simulation Inside a Simulation? - PBS Idea Channel - Why you think you're right, even if you're wrong - Julia Galef - Racial Ontology - Wireless Philosophy - Naturalist Theories of Race - Wireless Philosophy - What is a Sociohistorical construct - Wireless Philosophy, and - Sociohistorical Theories of Race - Wireless Philosophy

This weeks web wisdom from Wisecrack - The philosophy of Star Trek - The philosophy of The Simpsons - The philosophy of Rick and Morty - The philosophy of Fallout

This Week’s Web Wisdom : - Americapox – The Missing Plague – CGP Grey - Zebra vs Horses- Animal Domestication – CGP Grey - Is Most Published Research Wrong – Veritasium - How DOES The Media Tell You What To Think – PBS Idea Channel - Questions No One Knows the Answers to – Chris Anderson, and - Champion of the World – Melodysheep (Muhammad Ali tribute song)

Note - Due to techincal issue, CiTR's podcast of todays show was lost. You can listen to it at this link:https://radiofreethinker.com/listen-now/This Week’s Web Wisdom : - Americapox – The Missing Plague – CGP Grey - Zebra vs Horses- Animal Domestication – CGP Grey - Is Most Published Research Wrong – Veritasium - How DOES The Media Tell You What To Think – PBS Idea Channel - Questions No One Knows the Answers to – Chris Anderson, and - Champion of the World – Melodysheep (Muhammad Ali tribute song)

This Week some recasts: - The Purple-Pee Olympics - Lance Armstrong and professional doping.And some Web Wisdom from the Last Week Tonight about Doping and the Olympics

This Week’s :We examine the fallout of the BrExit win in the UK… What happened, what happens next and what are the possible out comes of the UK leaving the EU.BrExit ModelsAnd some Web Wisdom from the Real News Network: - 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio Eclipsed By Controversy, and - Italian Bank Failures Could Disintegrate the EU

This Week's Web Wisdom : - There is progress - Dan Savage - Reacts to 'thoughts and prayers' after Orlando - Barbara Herr - Every time i check myself - Panti Bliss - The Stonewall Riots Explained - Keith Hughes - Stonewall Veterans Talk - Gwist, and - The Gay Pride Rainbow Flag - Calum McSwiggan

This Week’s Web Wisdom : - 6 Things That Changed The Way You Eat – Thoughty2 - How Far Can We Go? Limits of Humanity – Kurzgesagt - 10 Things We Didn’t Know 100 Years Ago – SciShow – - Supertasks – Vsauce - What’s the Deal with E-cigarettes and Vaping? – Healthcare Triage, and - What to Do about Kids and Vaping? – Healthcare Triage

This week's mix: - BeExit and the lack of leadership - Prairie Corespondent - What is Electricity?And a collection of SciShow clips - North American Mega Drought - 5 most important molecules in your body - Cryptography: The Science of Making and Breaking Codes, and - Sleep: Why We Need It and What Happens Without It

This Web Wisdom Week: - History of Ideas - Religion – The School of Life - - Is Science Reliable? – SciShow - - Why are GMOs Bad? – SciShow - - Widely Believed Animal Facts That Are Completely Wrong – TopTenz - - Top 10 Awesome Facts You Didn't Know About Ants – TopTenz, and - 25 Towns that Changed Names – Mental Floss -

This Web Wisdom Week: - What Happened Before History- Human Origins – Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell - The Sixth Extinction – It’s Okay To Be Smart - The Problem with Time & Timezones – Computerphile - AI Self Improvement – Computerphile - Would You Buy a Car That’s Programmed to Kill You – Big Think, and - Will Robots Make Us More Human – Vsauce2

This Web Wisdom Week: - Orlando - John Green - How Common Are Gay Animals? - DNews - Rituals - History of Ideas - What "Orwellian" really means - Noah Tavlin - What makes something "Kafkaesque"? - Noah Tavlin - 5 Chemicals That Are in (Almost) Everything You Eat - SciShow - 10 Surprising Chemicals Your Body Makes - SciShow, and - Can I Die From Too Much Water? Blood? Oxygen? - SciShow

This Week:We look at the UK choice to stay or leave the EU.

This Web Wisdom Week:Click Bait Health Headlines - Health Care TriachWhy we collect things - VSauseThe failure of the three rules of robotics - ComputerphileThe Dangers of AI = ComputerphileAre we ready for aliens - VSause, andWhy people make their own language - Xidnaf

This Web Wisdom Week: - Click Bait Health Headlines - Health Care Triach - Why we collect things - VSause - The failure of the three rules of robotics - Computerphile - The Dangers of AI = Computerphile - Are we ready for aliens - VSause, and - Why people make their own language - Xidnaf

This Week:Something new - de-Conspiracy Theory...we start with a look at the motivations, evidence and validity of the claim that the moon landing was faked.we also have some web wisdom about why we procrastinate...Also, a new virtual co-host...Hal, the AI

This Week:Do aliens exist?What are the criteria for lifeWhat are correlates for lifeWhat’s so special about carbon and waterSnowball EarthHow do we detect exoplanets and their typesWhat is intelligent aliens lifeThe Fermi ParadoxLife in our solar system (Europe, etc)Risks of AliensOur first message to aliens, Nazies

This week a special show with guest Matt Harvey. We take look at the way popular media portrays and stigmatized mental illness…The disconnect between the reality of mental illness and the fictional account we all assume it true...Matt shares a very personal and inspirational story of being stricken with Bi-Polar Disorder, learning to live with and finding that it can be both a source of strength but a lens to help one realize how very lucky we are…not sure what I mean by that, listen and find out.

This week a whine about the threat of AI to the future of humanity...Also, everything you need to know about GMO- We cover the basics of genetics...- How we have manipulated the genome of plants and animals for countless millenniums...- How are GMO type foods evaluated...- How anti-GMO is often the same as climate change denialism...- Where most anti-GMO-ers get the science wrong...- How anti-GMO conflates with anti-Monsanto, anti-capitalism, etc...- And why labeling GMOs is not only a bad idea there is a better way...learn from the organic movement.

This week: - Interview with BC Humanist Association's Executive Director, Ian Bushfield… > What is Humanism? > Why a secular society if important? > What campaigns are they perusing?- The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick from TED-Ed, and- IF - from VSause…

This Week: - Where is outer space - Laser powered space ships - Gravity Waves - Black Hole twins - The prairie correspondent on censorship - Who invented the internet and - Who owns the moon...

This week a cavalcade of web humour as we fill our plates with Atheist stand up comedy: - Ricky Gervais - The Bible - George Carlin - Religion is Bullshit - Tim Minchin - Spiritualism and feet - Dave Allen - religious jokes for the decades past - Lewis Black - Creationism and The Old Testament, and - Dave Foley - Atheists

This week's :The Brussels terrorist attack...integration vs surveillance.Brazil's political unrest and the possibilities of a coup-d'etat, andWhen is it valid to overthrow a democratic government?

Note to listeners...due to illness, i was forced to record portions of this episode with an artificial voice. I hope you find it a novity and an example of how far technology has come.On this weeks show: - Anarchically Science - is Rick, of Rick & Morty, an ideal scientist? - The Ideas Channel - Capital in the Twenty-First Century - Bill Moyer and company - International comparisons of child poverty - Economic Update - Marx - The System is the problem - Chris Hedges, The Left Form

Joining us again is Matt.This week - AI and what you need to know - Meteorite murders - Twins and space, and - Fukushima 5 years later.

This week a collection of web wisdomThis week: - Escalating aggression marks Trump's rally rhetoric - Rachiel Maddows Show - Trump finds political utility in violence - Rachiel Maddows Show - Why the war on drugs is a huge failure - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell - 3 Ways Prohibition Shaped America - Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - 3 People Who Probably Saved Your Life - SciShow - Why do we hallucinate - SciShow, and - Do humans have pharamones - SciShow

We are joined by Matt as we rap out some of the latest stories while asking our loyal listeners to donate at citr.ca/donateThis week: - Super Tuesday - Syria, Iraq and boots on the ground, and - pseudo-legalization of pot

Joining me this week our irregular regular, Guled, our thoughtful criminologist to be, Nicholas, our resident electrical engineer and also returning, Matt, a person with a point of view…This Week: - A special segment were Guled explains the origin and purpose of Black History month - Gun violence and the ammo-sexual, a full group discussion, and - The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - Anthony Hazard

Joining me this week our irregular regular, Guled, our thoughtful criminologist to be, Nicholas, our resident electrical engineer and also returning, Matt, a person with a point of view…This Week:Have we found a Dyson Sphere?Running water on Mars,Planet 9 from stellar space andGravitational wave revolution.

Joining me this week our irregular regular, Guled, our thoughtful criminologist to be, Nicholas, our resident electrical engineer and also returning, Matt, a person with a point of view...This Week: - The Paris Climate Agreement, and - Trumped - the Rise of Donal Trump, the Politician.

Joining me this week our irregular regular, Guled, our thoughtful criminologist to be, Nicholas, our resident electrical engineer and also returning, Matt, a person with a point of view...This Week: - Indigenous Women and the Black Lives Matter movement, - Syrian Refugees, - Militarization of the police, - UBC president resignation, - The free fall of oil, and - China's one child policy.

Joining me this week our irregular regular, Guled, our thoughtful criminologist to be, Nicholas, our resident electrical engineer and also returning, Matt, a person with a point of view...This Week:- ISIS and Terrorism, and - Federal Election 2015, the failed Coup.

Joining me this week our irregular regular, Guled, our thoughtful criminolgist to be and introducing Nicholas, our resident electrical engineer…This Week: - Space X success…finally - 3 Person Babies? - Man-made Earthquakes, - Climate Change, - VR becomes reality…again, - Internet of Things, - Back to the Future is now and - Year of the Drone