Radio Free Thinkers - Sex Sells Redux Edition This week's whine - Iraq and global rights...of the UN's Right to Protect ushered in the idea of Global Citizen's with universal rights and how Syria and now Iraq exemplifies who horrible we have cocked it up in it's implementation. A look at the new prostitution bill...Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. A bill that is more oppressive than the one just struck down and ironically named for it is a bill to exploit sex workers for poli...
Jul 01, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Sex Sells Redux Edition This week's whine - Iraq and global rights...of the UN's Right to Protect ushered in the idea of Global Citizen's with universal rights and how Syria and now Iraq exemplifies who horrible we have cocked it up in it's implementation. A look at the new prostitution bill...Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. A bill that is more oppressive than the one just struck down and ironically named for it is a bill to exploit sex workers for poli...
Jun 24, 2014•1 hr
Radio Free Thinkers - What Good is the News Edition This week more web wisdom... A 2008 interview with the very nationalist Mel Hurtig about his book "Truths about Canada"...about how Canada has changed, very much for the worse, in the last twenty years. As a result of these profound (often hidden) changes, we are no longer the people we think we are. Mel states that he wrote the book because we cant do anything to fix the direction were drifting in unless we recognize it and recognize The T...
Jun 17, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Dirty Dozen Edition This weeks whine - The dirty dozen and misreporting toxic food Blinded by Science - Mice gotta run, The Beast asteroid and DNA expands Prairie Correspondent - Reflections on the phrase "thank god" Web Wisdom - Ted-ED - How to choose your news - Damon Brown And D-Day...meaning to Canada and the context of controversy Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft...
Jun 10, 2014•59 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Dark Origins Edition This week a whine about Evidence Based Medicine and a childs capacity to consent, Our Prairie Correspondent Talks Language, Bias and Politics, a Bright Side Segment on a New Prize to Save the World and a shyte just got interesting segment on Dark Origins of Fairy-tales and Nursery Rhymes. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft...
Jun 03, 2014•1 hr
Radio Free Thinkers - No Bananas Edition This week -Too big to jail
there seems to be two legal system, one for you and me and one for corporations (and the rich). We get put into jail, they get a fine and have go back to doing what they do. -Fair Election Law
just days away for become the law of the land, we look and what was change and what we lost. -Media consolidation
Canada has the highest levels of media concentration in the world, we also have the most vertically integrated media in the w...
May 27, 2014•1 hr 1 min
RFT - Classic - Best of 240s take 2 Due to technical difficulties, the podcast was cut short, so this week is a rebroadcast of the show in it's entirety. This time a rewind on Killing the CBC plus a bonus update to the story. Also, what is it to be a Canadian? and a debunking of Astrology plus a bonus clip of Carl Sagan on astrology. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft...
May 20, 2014•58 min
RFT - Classic - Best of 240s NOTE: due to technical issues, this episode is 15 minutes short. The complete show can be heard here: http://www.radiofreethinker.ca/podcasts/RFT-BestOfThe240s.mp3 This time a rewind on Killing the CBC plus a bonus update to the story. Also, what is it to be a Canadian? and a debunking of Astrology plus a bonus clip of Carl Sagan on astrology....
May 13, 2014•44 min
Radio Free Thinkers - The GMO and You Edition This week: A special report from the Prairies on poverty How kicking out a homeless man from a grocery store reflects on the deficiencies of our society. Non-english signs Recent debate about a Chinese only sign in Richmond leads to thought about what multiculturalism ultimately means. Temporary foreign workers A 40yr old program gone off the rails under Harpers watch
how did it happen? Chernobyl at 28 28yrs later, life has not only survived...
May 06, 2014•1 hr
Radio Free Thinkers - The Sector Edition This week: NGOs, non-profits and charities
what are they and what are they good for? We also have our irregular regular Ethan Clow talk about his new venture The Sector. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft
Apr 29, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Landmark 250th Edition This weeks whine is about the Senates push back on the Fair Elections act...weak tea. As well as the mystifying comments of Senator Frum accusing Elections Canada of a conflict of interest. Celebrating our 250th episode we have a visit for past host Chloe, Daniel and Rob...we as read a message from Jenna. And as a special treat we are rebroadcasting the very first episode of Radio Free Thinker...how the show has evolved. Check us out online at www.rad...
Apr 22, 2014•1 hr 2 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Killing the CBC Edition This weeks whine: Killing the CBC, how the Harper government is yet again trying to destroy another crown jewel of Canada. Seriously the Unfair Elections Act is Important: How did Poilievre become Minister for Democratic Reform, how the the act craft and again...how it can destroy democracy in Canada - The Harper fix is in! Climate Change...even more certainty and dire warnings, again - The IPCC released it latest report on the state of the worlds cl...
Apr 15, 2014•1 hr 3 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Special - The Shock Doctrine As part of our Wisdom from the Web series, this week we present an interview Naomi Klein gave at the launch of her book Shock Doctrine. In this interview she discusses the books theme that the neoliberal free market policies have risen to prominence in some countries because of a deliberate strategy of certain leaders to exploit crises by pushing through controversial, exploitative policies while citizens were too busy emotionally and physically...
Apr 08, 2014•1 hr
Radio Free Thinkers - Canada Post Bank Edition The Whine of the Week - the ominous omnibus budget bill: what's wrong with presenting a bloated bill, how it subverts democracy and why its not an accident. With much discussion about the woes of Canada Post's immanent demise and the need to cut service, we take a look at the validity of this prophecy of doom and how resurrecting the Canada Post Bank would shore up the crown corp and provide a valued social service. And we review the global condemna...
Apr 01, 2014•58 min
RFT Classics - Out take on skepticism Edition Some of the best from our first season: Ahead of the Curve - A warning about Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura Science and Skepticism Interview with Jennifer Kaban discussing Science and Media Interview with Justin Trottier, then national director of Center For Inquiry, discussing skeptical tribalism and free speech. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft...
Mar 25, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Free Thinkers - Crimean War 2014 Edition Don puts in on the record that he missing Malysian plan was stolen... This weeks harangue restated the argument against the anti-vax rhetoric and makes a case for the criminalization of such speech. We take another look the growing tension in the Ukraine as well as point out the similarities between the revolution in Kiev to that in Crimea. As well as making parallels to Putin's claims to the Crimea and Hitler's to the Sudetenland. And more wisdom f...
Mar 18, 2014•1 hr
Radio Free Thinkers - BitCoin Edition Don's harangue about journalist's and speaking fees. Journalist the fourth estate are a fundamental pillar of a democracy. Journalist are afforded special privileges and protections. That is all compromised when they become journo-celebrities. An in-depth look at Bitcoin...what is it, how do you mine them, how are they used and how can they be stolen. With emphasis on the MtGox event where almost a billion dollars was stolen...making it the 2nd biggest bank ...
Mar 11, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Free Thihkers - Fantasy Fundrive Edition This weeks show
We take a look at the Crisis in Crimea, when and how did the latest crisis start, why did Russia invade, Whats the history of the region, is Putin recreating the old Soviet Union, or is just a deluded neo-tsarist? We discuss fiction and how that plays out in the skeptical community. And we critique Bill Nyes creation debate and will this finally but an end to skeptics debating fringe ideas? Check us out online at www.radiofreethi...
Mar 04, 2014•1 hr 5 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 244 - Free Trade Edition Dons harangue is about Terrorist, capital T and what we learned from the Sochi Olympics On the 25th Anniversary of CAFTA and 20th for NAFTA, we take a look at free trade and what to be looking at with the pending Trans Pacific Partnership. As skeptics, we are often accused of being closed minded by peddlers of pseudoscience, alt-med, and believers in supernatural. To help explain why this an inverted position, we have a guest clip from QualiS...
Feb 25, 2014•59 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 243 - Canadian Citizenship Edition A rant about what a budget should be, a look at Americas first settlers, a segment of A head of the Curve warning about bad science, a look at how we became Canadian Citizens and in honour of the Olympics a classic RFT segment about doping in sports. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft...
Feb 18, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 242 - Whats Your Sign Edition This week an extended look at Bill C-23 the Fair Elections Act and how it can destroy fair elections in the future. We also take a quick look at Astrology as MacMillan Space Center hosts a Valentines event that is NOT science. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft...
Feb 11, 2014•1 hr
Radio Freethinker Episode 241 - Debating God Edition Dons Rant's 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...
Feb 04, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Freethinker - Classics - Best of the 230s Dons Rant's about Harper's redefinition of Antisemitism and his twisted logic of criticizing 'apparent' moral relativism but stating moral acts must be judged relatively...you cannot condemn Israeli actions with weigh them compared to Arab/Palestinian actions. Also from the vaults, my extended interview with Dale McGowan, author of "Atheism for Dummies" and executive director of Foundation Beyond Belief. We discuss that others think of atheism, th...
Jan 21, 2014•58 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 240 - Polar Vortex Edition Dons Rant's about the cold snap, what is a polar vortex and why this is NOT proof the climate change is bogus. Ina new segment Moral Dilemma's, we discuss the sad case of a pregnant woman who suffered a aneurysm and is now brain dead. Now there is a legal fight between the spouse who wants to honour his dead wife's wish to not be kept alive via extraordinary means and the hospital that is legally bound to keep her on life support as long as s...
Jan 14, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 239 - Pope Francis Gambit Edition Dons Rant is all about the closure of almost all of the DFOs libraries. The contents of the libraries were either given away or tossed in the trash. Scientist complain that the government did not live up to its promise to digitize the libraries contents and that this is just another front Harper has opened on his war on science. We also discuss the charm offensive of Time Person of the Year, Pope Francis. Does this pope spark real ch...
Jan 07, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 237 - World Federalist Movement Edition Don's Rant is about Affluenza, Povertiitus and how growing inequality is creating two separate legal standards. How our own Minister of Industry, can not so image what its like to help others, that he finds the idea that AS a minister and servant of the people that he may have to help those in need...when he say "", he laughed as thought the idea preposterous. We talk to Vivian Davidson from the World Federalist Movement and how t...
Dec 17, 2013•59 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 236 - Pentecostal History Maker Edition Randolf Richardson returns as one of our irregular regulars. Don's Rant is about the impact of Nelson Mandela, how he may be the greatest person for generations and how he turned hate to love, and as he put it "The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity...my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.". We talk to Sam Fenn and Gordon Katic who created the documentary History Maker 2013...a Pe...
Dec 10, 2013•1 hr
Radio Freethinker Episode 235 - Pseudo-scientist Take-down Edition Randolf Richardson returns as one of our irregular regulars. Don's Rant is about the Harper Governments silence about the the how the American Home Land Security seem have complete access to Canadian private medical records. Is this a sign of weakness, incompetence, arrogance or is the Harper Government breaking the law by willingly sharing this information. We discuss an exchange between Jerry Coyne and Deepak Chopra at The New ...
Dec 03, 2013•58 min
Radio Freethinker Episode 234 - Doctor Who Edition Host emeritus Ethan Clow returns for a look at Doctor Who, and what lessons we can learn from both the Doctor and his enemies. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft
Nov 26, 2013•1 hr
Radio Freethinker Episode 233 - Privatized Edition Host emeritus Daniel Gipps returns for an extended look at public vs private corporations - what is public ownership? What wrong with private corporation? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft
Nov 19, 2013•56 min
