RFT - ReCast - An Old show
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Feb 28, 2017•1 hr
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RFT - ReCast - An Old show
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Feb 21, 2017•1 hr
RFT - ReCast - An Old show
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Feb 14, 2017•1 hr
RFT - ReCast - An Old show
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Feb 07, 2017•1 hr
RFT - Ep 362 - The Top Science of 2016 Edition
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...
Jan 31, 2017•1 hr
RFT - Ep 361 - The Guaranteed Journalism Edition
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...
Jan 24, 2017•1 hr
RFT - Ep360 - The Psychopath Edition
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
Jan 10, 2017•1 hr
RFT - Ep359 - the Fallout Philosophy Edition
This week's web wisdom: - The Philosophy of FALLOUT 4 – Wisecrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-4sihVgF2Y - Should the Rich Help the Poor? - Philosophy Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXanBiNxt4Y - Who Gets the Royalties for Hitler's Book? - Today I Found Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4QQJk1_pU - A New History for Humanity: The Human Era - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs - 6 Chemical Reactions That Changed History - It's Okay To Be Smart ht...
Dec 20, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep358 - Election 2016 Autopsy Edition
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.
Dec 13, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Recast - Ep 279 - Santa VS Jesus
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
Dec 06, 2016•1 hr
RFT ReCast - Ep 320 - The Buyer Beware Edition
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.
Nov 29, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Recast - Ep 315 The Juvenoia Edition
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,and Periodic Table Song - ASAPScience.
Nov 22, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 357 - Feels Like The End Of The World Edition
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_constant PBS Dark Matter Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsPUh22kYmNA6WUmOsEEi32zi_RdSUF4i...
Nov 15, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 356 - Lanour Coop Edition
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_ci...
Nov 01, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 355 - The Presidential Edition
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
Oct 25, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep354 - The Biased Algorithm Edition
The School of Life - History: Consumerism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Unq3R--M0 10 RSA Animate - Economics is for Everyone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbbcO35arw 11/49 James Gleick on Big Think - Time Travel in Science Fiction: A Brief History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSDHstiOl0 12/14 Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell - How Evolution works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfRN0KihOU 11/3 PBS Idea Channel - Bias? In My Algorithms? A Facebook News Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Oct 18, 2016•1 hr
RFT - ReCast - Ep 277 - Let's go GMO Edition
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 ...
Oct 11, 2016•1 hr
RFT ReCast - Ep 241 - Debating God Edition
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...
Oct 04, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 353 - The Saint Teresa Edition
This week web wisdom: How Words Can Harm - Crash Course Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ESU5ONMMxs We Are Built To Be Kind - Fig. 1 by University of California https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWs6bf7tvI Medical Device Failure, and How Data Can Help Us Prevent It - Healthcare Triage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aipG8f71a-I What's the Difference Between Partly Cloudy and Mostly Sunny? - Today I Found Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGeGVd7J6dQ Why Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffi...
Sep 27, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep352 - The Bathroom Bill Edition
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.
Sep 20, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 351 - The No Man Sky Edition
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
Sep 13, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 249 - The TV 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
Aug 30, 2016•1 hr 3 min
RFT – Ep 348 – The Ameripox Edition
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)
Aug 23, 2016•1 hr
RFT – no show due to technical issues
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...
Aug 16, 2016•1 hr
RFT – Ep 347 – The Flash Back Doping Edition
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
Aug 09, 2016•1 hr
RFT – Ep 346 – The Post BrExit Edition
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 Models And 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
Aug 02, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 345 - The Pride 2016 Edition
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
Jul 26, 2016•1 hr 1 min
RFT – Ep 344 – The Super Task Edition
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
Jul 19, 2016•1 hr
RFT - Ep 343 - The Electric BrExit Edition
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
Jul 12, 2016•1 hr
RFT – Ep 342 – The Mighty Ant Edition
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 -
Jul 05, 2016•1 hr
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