Tania Israel is a Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. Tania's book Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide, Skills and Strategies for Conversations That Work (APA, 2020) grew out of Dr. Israel’s skill-building workshop that she developed and delivered to hundreds of participants followin...
Sep 23, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Dr. Jonathan Howard is a neurologist and psychiatrist based in New York City who has been interested in vaccines since long before COVID-19. He works treating MS and on the neurology and psychiatric wards at Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the United States. We discuss Myocarditis (from Covid-19 vs Vaccines), vaccine eligibility in ages 0-12, bias among average citizens vs doctors, triaging at hospital ICUs based on vaccination status, similarities between Covid-19 and the 1918 ...
Aug 30, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 100
Scott Flansburg is from upstate New York and he is known worldwide as the Human Calculator. He holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest mental calculation after adding the same number to itself more times in 15 seconds. He is also an annual host and founder of The National Counting Bee, a fast-paced annual competition to find the fastest human counters. Flansburg discovered his mental calculation ability at the age of 9 when his maths teacher asked him to add four numbers. He can mentally...
Aug 19, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 99
Yuri Deigin is a Russian-Canadian biotech entrepreneur and life extension activist whose primary area of expertise lies in the field of drug discovery and development. He wrote a 16,000 word essay on Medium where he argued that the Wuhan Lab Leak theory of Covid-19's origins has strong evidence for it. Many virologists disagree with this sentiment, but Yuri doesn't think it should be dismissed. He has also been vocal on Twitter against Bret Weinstein and his Dark Horse Podcast regarding Bret's e...
Aug 17, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Andre Pineda is a Scientific Advisor and Communicator, he holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences and is based in New York but originally from Hamilton, Ontario. Andre and I discuss science communication, legal scientific advisory, scientific literacy, public trust / trust in experts, challenging beliefs and worldviews, and we tackle some Covid-19 misinformation surrounding viral load, what causes variants, and immunization records / vaccine passports. Andre can be followed at @DreTheScientist...
Aug 15, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 97
Lalo Dagach is the 'Chilean Palistinean', and he hosts the Lalo Dagach podcast. Lalo has appeared on shows like the Dave Rubin show and has a prominent twitter following. We discussed Chilean history, the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, Chilean politics and the election in 2021, Venezuela, the Iraq War, and a bit about Covid-19 and vaccines including mandatory vaccines / vaccine passports, vaccine hesitancy and efficacy and more. Follow him at @LaloDagach on all platforms.
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Erick Galindo is a Telly Award and James Beard Foundation-winning Latino filmmaker, journalist, and culture writer who has published and produced work for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, KPCC/LAist and more. Erick is the host of “WILD,” a new podcast from LAist Studios about perseverance in the face of moments that feel too big to overcome but end up changing the trajectory of our lives forever. The first season features optimistic stories from the time spent at home the past year and a h...
Jul 26, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 95
Mick West is a British-American science writer, skeptical investigator, and retired video game programmer. His book is Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect. Kevin M. Folta is a professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida. Kevin hosts the Talking Biotech podcast. Lalo Dagach is the Chilean Palestinian and the host of the Lalo Dagach podcast. He has appeared on the Rubin Report, and has studied film and poli...
Jun 20, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 94
Lorenzo Hagerty is the host of the Psychedelic Salon podcast, he is an author and formerly an attorney, U.S. Naval officer, electrical engineer, motivational speaker, and corporate geek. We discuss Lorenzo's past as an attorney in Texas, his first time trying MDMA, resorting to dealing MDMA to support a failing computer company being run out by IBM, psychedelics, the war on drugs and current drug laws, Terrence McKenna, Ram Dass, J. Krishnamurti and more. @PsychedelicLozo on Twitter www.psychede...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 93
Dr. Dan Wilson holds a PHD in molecular biology and hosts a YouTube channel called Debunk the Funk. His latest series called Debunking the Disinformation Dozen tackles a specific group of anti-vaxxers and covid-deniers who have been shown to produce 65% of all anti-vaccine misinformation posted online. He uses plain English and logic to examine various claims made on their videos and interviews. We discuss conspiratorial thinking, science communication and literacy, rhetoric and debate technique...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 92
Michael Gelbart is a Montreal-born comic living in LA. He is known for his work on The Latest Buzz (2007), Radio Free Roscoe (2003) and Pet Project (1996). Michael and I discuss his new special Michael Gelbart: All New Smash Hits, live vs recorded comedy, confidence vs comfort, his entry into comedy and performing, the pandemic and it's effects on comedy, admitting we as average citizens don't know more than experts about viruses, being labelled the Canadian Seinfeld, opening for Norm MacDonald,...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 91
In this episode I talk with Ron Butler (@ronmortgageguy) from the Greater Toronto Area. We discuss the history of mortgages, the stark rise in Canadian home prices since the year 2000 and especially in the past few years, possible solutions to the problem, low interest rates, Quantitative Easing and inflation, foreign investors in Canadian homes, money laundering in Canada, building homes in Canada and red-tape, Ontario's debt, Modern Monetary Theory, and more topics.
Apr 18, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 90
Frankie MacDonald (@frankiemacd) is a Canadian amateur meteorologist from the Whitney Pier area of Sydney, Nova Scotia. MacDonald, who has autism, is known for his boisterous online weather forecasts. Frankie records meteorologist reports then he posts the videos to his YouTube channel, under the handle of dogsandwolves. Joey Only (@InteriorWeathe1) runs a group called interior and weather wilderness watchers in British Columbia that has over 6,000 members. Joey and Frankie produce a show togeth...
Apr 04, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 89
Alex is a Medical Lab Technician at a large mid-Atlantic USA teaching hospital lab with a COVID test volume of about 300 daily. We discuss how PCR tests work, their efficacy in detecting Covid-19, qualitative and quantitative testing, false-positives and false-negatives, public vs private labs, the working conditions in med labs, pharma advertisement in the USA, politics in med labs and more.
Mar 22, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 88
In episode 87 of the Deekast I am joined by Nicholas Picholas the former host of Video & Arcade Top 10. Nick hosted the show from 1991 to 2006. It was the longest running Canadian Kids Game Show on Television. Nick and I discuss his radio and DJ career, the origins of Video & Arcade Top 10 and how he got to host the show, the show as a precursor to e-sports, violence in video games and how the show handled it, the crappy prizes on the show, Nick breaking records for US airplay by Canadia...
Mar 01, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 87
Lalo Dagach is the Palestinian Chilean. His tweets are commentary on international politics, culture and religion. He was born in LA, lives in Chile and has Palestinian heritage. He's lived in Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and has studied Film and International Politics. We covered Palestinians living in Chile and Arab populations in Chile, cancel culture and the firing of Mandalorian actress Gina Carano, big tech censorship and the banning of Trump from Twitter, Maajid Nawaz and his efforts to reform...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 86
Mick West is a science writer, skeptical investigator, and retired video game programmer who co-founded Neversoft (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater). He is the creator of the websites Contrail Science and Metabunk, for which he investigates and debunks pseudoscientific claims such as chemtrails, UFOs, and conspiracy theories, and has appeared in various media as an expert analyst and science communicator. Mick hosts a podcast called 'Tales from The Rabbit Hole' and has a book out called 'Escaping the Rabb...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 85
Frank Nitt is a rap artist from Detroit Michigan who is 1/2 of the rap group Frank n Dank. Frank is a childhood friend and long time collaborator of J Dilla and is hosting the upcoming event DillaFest Digital on Feb 6th, 2021 commemorating the 20th anniversary of Welcome 2 Detroit (Dilla's first major album release). We discuss the history of Frank n Dank, Frank's story of meeting Dilla, the artist Amp Fiddler who originally introduced Dilla to the MPC as well as connecting him with Q-Tip. We un...
Jan 25, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 84
Dr. Kevin M. Folta is a professor of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida. He has studied biology and agricultural biotechnology for over thirty years. He hosts the Talking Biotech Podcast which explores a variety of topics and promotes science communication. In this episode we talk about Covid19, Viruses, Vaccines, and Public Health. We touch on topics like current case and death counts, the 6% myth, Comorbidities, dying 'with' and 'of' Covid19, PCR tests and thres...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 83
It's Dice Raw of the Legendary Roots Crew. Dice Raw is a Rapper, Songwriter, Playwright, and Producer from Philadelphia. You will know his voice from iconic verses and hooks on many Roots albums and songs such as Here I Come, Lighthouse and more. I caught up with Dice while he was cooking dinner. So you could say we 'chopped it up'. I asked Dice about his background, his musical influences and preferences, how big the song Here I Come was, who is really a Money Makin Jam Boy, how the Roots sessi...
Jan 07, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Dr. Channa S. Prakash, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Tuskegee University (USA) where he has served on faculty since 1989, is professor of crop genetics, biotechnology. Dr. Prakash’s research expertise is on genetic improvement research on food crops of importance to developing countries. His lab was among the first to develop transgenic sweet potato and peanut plants and conduct pioneering genomic studies on the peanut. We discussed Biotech broadly, food security in developin...
Oct 08, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Abhijit Chanda is a skeptic blogger, podcaster and YouTuber based in India. He hosts the Rationable Podcast and the YouTube channel Rationable. We discussed Covid19 in India, The 2013 murder of Indian skeptic and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. Godmen and faith healers in India such as Sathya Sai Baba and Ram Bahadur Bomjon (The Buddha Boy of Nepal), Breatharians, the religious makeup of India, the Caste system. We also touched scientific topics like can you boost your immune system, and do lock...
Jul 20, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Richard Saunders is a skeptic and professional origamist from Australia and host of the Skeptic Zone podcast. The podcast can be found at www.SkepticZone.TV Richard and I discussed UFOs, the paranormal, 911 Truthers, Hypnosis, Uri Geller and spoon bending, Power Bands / Power Bracelets, Dr. Steven Greer's 2017 'Unacknowledged' Documentary among other topics.
Jun 29, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Zain Velji returns! We speak about Political Strategy broadly, Trump's Tulsa Oklahoma rally, voter suppression and voter fraud, Gerrymandering, Electoral Reform, 'Covid as Cloud Cover' for politicians, getting involved local and state politics in today's world, Biden's ultimate strategy for beating Trump in November and more. Zain is a political strategist specializing in campaign strategy, grassroots advocacy and behavioural economics. Zain is the co-creator and host of the highly-rated politic...
Jun 23, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Today Nick and I spoke about a bad customer service experience I had at McDonalds, and what McDonalds has really done to their burgers to make them 'BETTER'. Also we speak on Kevin O'Leary's boat crash, the local Homestead Donuts break-in, Trump pardoning aides who break the law to build the wall, whether Trump is a useful idiot or Russian agent, will Trump drop Fox News for OANN as his propaganda mouthpiece? White Supremacy and KKK membership in 2019, and do you need to be broke just to live in...
Aug 31, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Sean & Karl joined me in studio to discuss their podcast turned broadcast 'One Dish One Mic', indigenous issues in Canada, racism and anti-racism, the upcoming elections, and some current events. You can find these two thoughtful gentleman on their website/twitter below, or tune in to 610 CKTB Niagara every Sunday at noon to hear them broadcast live! http://www.1dish1mic.com/ @SeanVanderklis @KarlDockstader
Aug 19, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 68
Lalo Dagach is the Palestinian Chilean. He hosts the Lalo Podcast and has appeared on The Rubin Report. His tweets are commentary on international politics, culture and religion. He was born in LA, lives in Chile and has Palestinian heritage. He's lived in Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong and has studied Film and International Politics. We covered Palestinian migration abroad, abortion laws in Chile, Hugo Chavez and Venezuela, Trump stepping into North Korea, the generalization of Muslims from various co...
Jul 01, 2019•2 hr•Season 1Ep. 66
Terry McDermott is a journalist who served as a national correspondent with the Los Angeles Times and is author of Perfect Soldiers: The 9/11 Hijackers, Who They Were, Why They Did It, an investigative non-fiction book profiling the hijackers of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as well as the Al-Qaeda leaders who planned and orchestrated the attacks. In addition he has authored another book entitled The Hunt for KSM: Inside the Pursuit and Takedown of the Real 9/11 Mastermind, Khalid She...
Apr 27, 2019•53 min•Ep. 63
Nick Carr returns to talk about Big Macs, Hideo Kojima, Roman Raines, Shoots and Works and more.
Mar 19, 2019•40 min•Ep. 58
Ed the Sock is a Canadian television personality who first appeared in the 1990s. He is best known for his appearances hosting programming on MuchMusic and his own talk show, Ed's Night Party. Liana K is a Canadian YouTuber, television host, writer and producer. She co-hosted the final season of the variety show Ed & Red's Night Party with Ed the Sock. Her YouTube content is all about asking tough questions about women in gaming in a fun, open-ended way. They are currently traversing Ontario...
Mar 14, 2019•38 min•Ep. 57
