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Didactic SynCast
by Eric S. Piotrowski
A weekly discussion of current events, popular culture, unpopular culture, economics, hip-hop, and killer robots
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DS #99: Heresy & Heresy
France, ISIS, ideology, and sperm counts.
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DS #98: A Huge Explosion of News
Police brutality, ISIS, Fracking, and Scott Walker.
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DS #97: Charlie, Chinny, and Chamillionaire
A chat with Chinny about Charlie Hebdo, plus Chamillionaire.
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DS #96: Wall Street Is Your Enemy
Police brutality, fracking bans, and Wall Street's Evil Machinations.
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DS #95: Castrating Pigs on a Urine Comet
Ferguson, Iraq, fracking, and Republicans. Also comets that smell like horse urine.
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DS #94: Fracking for the Cure
Destroying the Earth to Cure Breast Cancer. Also ISIS and Malala and Wall Street Rats.
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DS Interview: Adam Sherburne
An hour with Adam Sherburne from Consoldiated and Free Music
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DS #93: The Formula
Edward Snowden, Iraq, and Ear-Chewing Robots in the Summer
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DS #92: Gargling with Chemicals
High-Frequency Trading during Spring Break
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DS #91: Jenkins Belovavich
MOOCs, Batkid, ADHD, and War in Africa
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DS #90: A Leaning Tower of PISA Stories
How to read the PISA results
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DS #89: Punitive Damages
Elizabeth Warren, The Jerky Boys, and fracking
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DS #88: Shut Up, Burnout Hippie Dork!
Malala Yousafzai, Janet Yellen, and a random burnout hippie dork.
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DS #87: An Evening with Avner Vengosh
Syria, war, Republicans, fracking, and Wall Street craziness. Plus a visit from Avner Vengosh!
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DS #86: This Ain't The SynCast You Rung For
Selections from my new book of stories, along with trivia and behind-the-scenes stuff.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #85: You Need Blegga Blehbleh
World Cup protests, Lemonade vs. WBC, and news about the TTIP
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Didactic SynCast Episode #84: Pegatron and the Cult of Money
After a pathetically long hiatus, Eric P is back with a bucket full of news, but no revenue.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #83: Return of the Snot Burglar
This week we announce the launch of SnotBurglarNews.com, a totally independent and trusted site for news.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #82: Trading Through The Puke
Stabbing with letter-openers, trading while vomiting, killer super weeds, and cinder blocks to the face.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #81: The Dutch Sandwich
Fecal transplants, Yahoo profits, and lots of yelling.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #80: East Timor
A special report on East Timor from 1975 to 2002.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #79: Nuclear Fracking
77 minutes of news and perspectives on fracking, movies, gun violence, economics, and killer robots.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #78: Frack The UK
Get ready, UK listeners. Flaming water is on the horizon!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #77: Aslack Grinsted
Finally, a new show! Storms, Obama, Gaza, and more!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #76: How Much to Use the Sun?
After a three-week hiatus, Eric P is back with a bushel of news and ranting. Buckle up for a dose of truth with a side order of awesome.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #75: Peeing While Driving
This week we look at a strike at Foxconn, criminal cell phones (and criminal cops), and the dangers of listening to this show while you drive. How meta! Enjoy.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #74: Foxconn and the A-Bomb
This week we look at riots at Foxconn, the horrible reviews for Maggie Gyllenhall’s dumb new movie, and regrets of a-bomb scientists. Strap in and enjoy!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #73: Hooters and the Pendulum
This week’s show is all about Hooters (the restaurant), a pendulum named Elizabeth Warren, union thugs in Chicago, morons making movies as well as morons murdering because of movies, and robots making noodles.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #72: Swimming Naked
This week we talk about Warren Buffet swimming naked. WOOO! Also: Maggie Gyllenhall, EPMD, Susan Sarandon, and Clint Eastwood.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #71: Brazilian Drug Dealers Are More Ethical Than US Corporations
This week I explain how drug dealers in Brazil show more ethical standing than corporations in the United States. Plus Starhawk and Hopsin!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #70: We Got Stats!
I've finally achieved basic audience numbers. Now I know how many of you there are, and where you live. Cower before my mighty data power!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #69: Algorithmic Terrorism
What if terrorist sharks and robotic butts were fighting it out in the North Atlantic? Wouldn't you watch that TV show? Also: Hurray for Rachel Maddow and Jean Grae!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #68: 27!
Feminist killed in Pakistan, John Huntsman skips GOP convention, and a robotic butt!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #67: Old People Are Not Buildings!
This week I shout out an old friend from high school, explain the difference between old people and buildings, and argue against using nipples and houseplants to drive the stock market.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #66: Monsanto Loses!
On this week's show: Monsanto loses in court, TFA partners with JPM, and a guy shoots himself.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #65: Get Destroyed
This week's show is focused on education news and views, especially questions of merit pay, accountability, and the future of charter schools. Of course there's plenty of economics and current events too.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #64: Microwaves and Kafka
High-frequency trading through microwave dishes, sexual assault in Egypt, Ray Bradbury on Mars, and the mystery of Kafka's undiscovered final works.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #63: Coded Language
Join Eric P for a discussion of margin stock exchanges, high-frequency trading, education policy, and killer robots. Plus Saul Williams!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #62: Class Size and Fish Farts
Dead kids in Afghanistan, huge class sizes, workers falling off cell phone towers, and lying bank executives. Fortunately, we also have fish farts and Gift of Gab for an antidote.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #61: Poetastery
This week I take on social media among teachers, pathetic juvenile behavior among supposed professionals, and hideous polemical poetry -- and that's just ONE story!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #60: Flux Capacitor Jokes
What the heck is a gigawatt? And what is a flux capacitor joke? Join me as I try to figure it out. Also: Higgs-Boson for stock trading? And hurray for Loyalty Day!
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Didactic SynCast Episode #59: Laser Finance
Laser stock trading, a history of killer robots, student debt, and sweatshops making kit for the Olympics. Plus DJ Krush and a blind guy escaping from Chinese house arrest.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #58: Fake Stock Robots Boo
The SEC takes on fake robots on Wall Street, while offering no suggestions on how to deal with the real ones. Also: schoolgirls poisoned in Afghanistan, and Tupac is a hologram. Plus robot prison guards in South Korea.
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Didactic SynCast Episode #57: Shut Up, Robert!
This week I'm joined by an annoying guy named Robert as I discuss people more overweight than Americans, why Newt Gingrich is mad at FoxNews, and teachers who lie to children. Enjoy!
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Deviant SynCast Episode #56: A Key to the Nose
This week I take on earthquakes from oil drilling, neo-Nazis in Sanford, and killer robots in the US military.
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Deviant SynCast Episode #55: The Kony Show
ESP comments on The Lords Resistance Army, Kony 2012, Invisible Children, human rights activism, and an assortment of related issues. Links online at fbesp.org/synapse
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Deviant SynCast Episode #54: Sharks and Stocks
ESP comments on Foxconn, Afghanistan, High-Frequency Trading, education, killer robots, and hip-hop. Links online at fbesp.org/synapse
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Deviant SynCast Episode #53: Fury over Foxconn Fakery
ESP is back with more commentary about Foxconn, Kony2012, High-Frequency Trading, Syria, Afghanistan, education, and hip-hop. Links online at fbesp.org/synapse
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Deviant SynCast Episode #52: Resist Cynicism, Believe in the Transcendent!
Kony 2012, Amnesty International, Iran, Spies among Weapons Inspectors, High-Frequency Trading, and Killer Robots
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Deviant SynCast Episode #51: Drones and Thrones
4 March 2012: A discussion about Syria, Iran, Israel, US drones, economics, OWS, education, and hip-hop.
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