Long-time friend Shane Plesiuk joins us to talk about religion and atheism in Calgary’s gay community and share his thoughts on a number of stories in this episode of the Legion of Reason Diversion, including: the despicable witch hunt of Bret Weinstein at so-called progressive Evergreen State College; faux pas by comedienne Kathy Griffin and […]
We have two interviews to bring you today. The first is with James Lindsay who, along with his partner in crime Peter Boghossian, recently hoaxed Cogent Social Sciences with a paper chalking climate change up to toxic masculinity and claiming manspreading was an act of raping the air around them. We ask James about why […]
In this episode, we look at a Sokal-style hoax perpetrated by James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian on a gender studies journal exposing gender studies’ problems publishing utter drivel so long as it is compatible with a PC moral position; In Islam Today, an unmarried couple in Linda Sarsour’s idea of paradise were stoned to death […]
Welcome to the 202nd episode of LoRD, the Legion of Reason Diversion! Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, are joined by Kevin Francis from our friends at the Left at the Valley podcast. In this episode, we look at a variety of stories, including the decision by the premier of Saskatchewan, […]
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In this episode we are joined by Cami Ryan, a social scientist with Regulatory Policy and Scientific Affairs for Monsanto. We also tackle a number of items: In a far-reaching decision a Saskatchewan judge says non-Catholics can not attend Catholic schools; A publicly-funded Catholic school in Red Deer shows an anti-choice video comparing abortion to […]
Later on in this episode we get to some juicy stories, including a CBC report which outlines how the Alberta government has been funding unproven experimental health programs on the elderly and homeless; Ayaan Hirsi Ali cancels a visit to the Land Down Under because of threats on her person from Islamists; Conrad Black goes […]
Later on in this episode we get to some juicy stories, including a CBC report which outlines how the Alberta government has been funding unproven experimental health programs on the elderly and homeless; Ayaan Hirsi Ali cancels a visit to the Land Down Under because of threats on her person from Islamists; Conrad Black goes […]
In the 199th episode Feisty Twyla, Incorrigible Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson bring you another potpourri of religious absurdity and even some science. First, researchers at the University of British Columbia put another nail in the coffin of liberation therapy for MS; Singaporean Amos Yee is granted asylum in the […]
In this episode Christine and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson are joined by superstar cosmologist Lawrence Krauss. Lawrence is director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University in Phoenix. He’s also involved with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock, recently set back to 2 and a half minutes to […]
Welcome to episode 197 of The Legion of Reason Diversion for March 12, 2017! Co-host Christine and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, are joined by guest co-host Paul Ens. In this thrilling installment topics range a wide gamut, including the following: A Montreal osteopathic school faces charges of practicing medicine without a […]
Stephen Law is a professor of philosophy at Heythrop College across The Pond at the University of London, and is the author of a number of books such as “Believing Bullshit: How Not to Get Sucked into an Intellectual Black Hole” and “The Great Philosophers: The Lives and Ideas of History’s Greatest Thinkers”. He joins […]
Tonight’s mashup of stories includes events surrounding Motion 103 put forward by a Liberal MP in the House of Commons; the chair of the Edmonton public school board’s idea of cost-saving measures is to offer Catholic faith programming; A website promoting a Muslim conference in Melbourne, Australia does the magic trick of making women speakers […]
Michael Kruse joins the Legion of Reason this week. Michael is executive director of Bad Science Watch. The mission of Bad Science Watch is to “provide analysis of dubious scientific claims to Canadians, our government, and the media, promote objective critical thinking, and advocate for the enforcement and strengthening of consumer protection regulation.” They’ve been […]
Melissa Chen will be on to talk about Amos Yee’s asylum request in the US from Singapore. Singapore has some of the most restrictive laws against offensive speech. We’ll also be talking about the regressive nature of social justice and of course events surrounding Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Melissa Chen will be on to talk about Amos Yee’s asylum request in the US from Singapore. Singapore has some of the most restrictive laws against offensive speech. We’ll also be talking about the regressive nature of social justice and of course events surrounding Donald Trump’s inauguration.
We have a chat about money and saving for retirement with podcaster Phil Ferguson.
Welcome to our first interview of 2017! Our guest Dr Edzard Ernst trained as a physician in Germany in the late 1970s, as well as in acupuncture, autogenic training, herbalism, homoeopathy, massage therapy and spinal manipulation. After occupying professorships at the Hannover Medical School and University of Vienna, he became became the Chair in Complementary […]
Later in this episode we look back at 2016 and the people we interviewed and the stories we covered. Then Tom Leeds returns for a cameo. But first we take a look at the rise of the pseudoscientific allergy elimination clinics and the Canadian government looks to expand who can access medical assistance in dying.
We interview Tom Leeds, Atheist YouTuber.
In this the 187th episode of the Legion of Reason Diversion, join yours truly, the Supremely-Bigoted Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, the Internally-Misogynized Christine and the Constantly-Triggered Twyla, as we discuss the trial of a Calgary woman accused of failing to provide the necessaries of life for her son because of her distrust of modern medicine […]
In this episode, join Kris, Twyla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy, as we talk about the Trumpocalypse and the various levels of hysteria which has gone on in the aftermath. Before we get to that, however, we have a look at a new Charter of Rights and Freedoms court challenge in BC […]
Faisal Saeed Al Mutar (founder of the Global Secular Humanist Movement), Aron Ra (president of Atheist Alliance of America) and Lilandra Nelson join Christine, Twyla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson to talk election talk. Before that, though, we discuss the bruhaha the Southern Poverty Law Center caused in naming Maajid Nawaz […]
Catholic Watch Ugly baby Jesus head Sex offender running for CSB in Saskatoon Shhhhh! Don’t tell them about the internet! Islam Watch NY Times Op-ed – Don’t blame Wahhabism for terrorism Ipso criticisized for not fighting hate speech for criticism of the hijab Skepticism Chiropractor kills Playboy model Regressive Left Files Seriously, camo paint is […]
In this, the 182nd installment of LoRD, the Legion of Reason Diversion, Kris, Twyla and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson share relevant news items in another potpourri episode: Duke University’s Women’s Center is offering men a nine-week reprogramming to get in touch with their feminine side; a theater group in Bristol canceled […]
Join us for this installment of our humble podcast I, your Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy Tyson, am joined by Kris and Twyla in another one of our potpourri episodes. Tonight we talk about the death of Nahed Hattar, murdered in front of the courthouse in which he had been defending himself against accusations of blasphemy […]
In this, the 180th episode Kris and yours truly, the Supreme Irreverend Doctor Randy, are joined by actor John de Lancie. Most of our listeners will know John as the smug omnipotent Q from Star Trek The Next Generation; he’s acted in many films including “The Fisher King” and “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” […]
In this, the 178th episode of LoRD, the Legion of Reason Diversion, we are joined by fellow Canadian podcaster Sean McGuire in another potpourri episode. We visit the story we forgot on the last episode, a victim of chiropractic sues for damages after a series of strokes following 48 sessions… We discuss the French burkini […]
We present here the third and final installment of our descent into inebriation, which likely saved our sanity watching this….
Welcome to Part II of our deconstruction of Ray Comfort’s most recent comedy, The Atheist Delusion. After a short break, we descend deeper into inebriation and wax philosophical. Ray keeps on with his “a book can’t write itself” nonsense, and we keep laughing and eye rolling. I’m still an atheist, Ray! We start with Lawrence […]
