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A podcast about being skeptical. We cover everything from religion, politics, science, to Big Foot.
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
The Christian nativity scene you've always seen in church is found nowhere in the Bible. It's a Christmas mashup! Let's talk the nativity!
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
In this episode Jared and Jordan respond to Alex McLellan's response to our response to his video "Top 10 questions every atheist ought to answer!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98-_P8auJ1A&t=330s
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Sources: Lawrence M. Krauss || A Universe from Nothing || Radcliffe Institute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzbU0bGOdc
Jackson Wheat - Abiogenesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK1m4xispec
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Let's vote like skeptics! In this episode Jordan and Jared breakdown their opinion on how you should approach voting as a skeptic. They give some tips and resources on how to be an informed voter.
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Resources
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
In this episode Jordan and Jared examine the concept of ghosts and some of the relative peer-reviewed literature on the subject of the paranormal.
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Sources
Pew Research Study, "18% of Americans say they’ve seen a ghost", https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/30/18-of-americans-say-theyve-seen-a-ghost/
Babylonian Exorcism, https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/oct/16/figures-of-babylon-oldest-drawing-of-a-ghost-found-in-british-museum-vault
Letter by Pliny the Younger, http://www.vroma.org/vromans/hwalker/Pliny/Pliny07-27-E.html
Vic Tandy, "The Ghost in the Machine", Published in the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (http://www.richardwiseman.com/resources/ghost-in-machine.pdf)
Dr Jason J Braithwaite, "Good Vibrations: The Case for a Specific Effect of Infrasound in Instances of Anomalous Experience has Yet to be Empirically Demonstrated", Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, vol 70.4, Number 885, pages 211-224. (https://www.academia.edu/1191555/Good_Vibrations_The_Case_for_a_Specific_Effect_of_Infrasound_in_Instances_of_Anomalous_Experience_has_Yet_to_be_Empirically_Demonstrated)
Christopher C. Frencha, Usman Haqueb, Rosie Bunton-Stasyshyna and Rob Davis, "The ‘‘Haunt’’ project: An attempt to build a ‘‘haunted’’ room by manipulating complex electromagnetic fields and infrasound", Cortex 2009
Sharpless BA. A clinician's guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Jul 19;12:1761-7. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S100307. PMID: 27486325; PMCID: PMC4958367
Dean, Akhtar, et. al. "Paranormal beliefs and cognitive function: A systematic review and assessment of study quality across four decades of research", PLOS ONE, May 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267360
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Let's answer 10 more questions for atheists, this time with an accent from across the pond! From the channel "A Jigsaw Guide to Life with Alex McLellan"
The video is titled "JG2L#15: Top 10 questions every atheist ought to answer!" and you can find it here. https://youtu.be/98-_P8auJ1A
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Essential oils are claimed to do everything from being relaxing to literally summoning archangels. Some of those claims are backed up by actual evidence! Others...not so much.
Sources:
Wińska K, Mączka W, Łyczko J, Grabarczyk M, Czubaszek A, Szumny A. Essential Oils as Antimicrobial Agents-Myth or Real Alternative? Molecules. 2019 Jun 5;24(11):2130. doi: 10.3390/molecules24112130. PMID: 31195752; PMCID: PMC6612361.
Bassett IB, Pannowitz DL, Barnetson RS. A comparative study of tea-tree oil versus benzoylperoxide in the treatment of acne. Med J Aust. 1990 Oct 15;153(8):455-8. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb126150.x. PMID: 2145499.
Babar, Ali et al. Essential oils used in aromatherapy: A systemic review Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 5(8): 601-611 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/aromatherapy-do-essential-oils-really-work
Pigeon learned behaviors: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1948-04299-001
Videos from the montage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj3tWMbYO8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iD4rYSQJeg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LHiAO313xM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVntCaDhlaQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aHmcslfzGg
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
You should define atheism our way or YOU'RE WRONG...not really. But maybe there's a better way to talk about it. We go into the multiple uses of the word and take a stance on which definition we think you should use.
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Today we talk with Adiel Kilonzi, a Kenyan Atheist and former Jehovah's Witness, about his experiences being an apostate in Africa. Turns out we have a lot in common, including becoming atheist because we just wanna sin.
Adiel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjEb9TMIInI7rHwvXjEfh8Q
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Is America a Christian nation? Depends on what you mean by that...but it probably shouldn't be.
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Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Christian apologists Dr. Sean McDowell and Dr. Paul Copan discuss some of the darker passages in the Old Testament in an attempt to justify them...and boy is it rough.
While this is a response to a YouTube video, all you need is the audio.
Check out the original video here: https://youtu.be/_qU3-pJ1u1Y