#199: Burnt Starfish and the Humanist Flavored Water This episode of Cellar Door Skeptics is NOT brought to you by Limp Bizkit. Tonight the team talks about their charities of choice for the new year as well as some of the statistics around why giving is so important. They also bring the science segment back this week to talk about the Butt Sunning trend and if it is worth the pain of spreading those cheeks. The Canada segment addresses a mass shooting they had and what Canada did to stop future...
Dec 11, 2019•2 hr 36 min•Transcript available on Metacast #198: Is Tulsi a Viable Candidate Cellar Door Skeptics is back this week to talk about Tulsi Gabbard and her positions. They discuss her positions, history, and if she can be a viable candidate in the upcoming primaries. They also talk about some events that happened this week around the world. They look into what China is supposedly starting to require of anyone who owns a cell phone as well as how countries are passively working against Trump’s tariffs. For the science segment this week, the t...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast #197: Trump’s Tariff Bump / Analyzing Joe Biden’s Policies This episode marks the return of the infamous Chris Hanna, or Hansel, as we fire up the Cellar Door Skeptics machine for another episode. This episode examines how Trump’s tariffs have affected the Logistics Industry and if they have helped make america great again or if the tariffs are harming other industries within the United States. The team will also look at a new bill introduced in Canada that will make you reconsider living there ...
Nov 27, 2019•2 hr 46 min•Transcript available on Metacast #196: Let’s Look at Yang’s Policies This week Cellar Door Skeptics is back on schedule with their weekly podcast. Make sure to check us out on our LIVE stream Sunday Nights on Facebook. The episode this week looks at how Michigan has moved up the date you can purchase legal weed in Michigan. The State has decided to let the sales happen on December 1st. The team look at what this means for Michigan. A new segment has been added to the show to examine the democratic candidates policies before the...
Nov 19, 2019•2 hr 49 min•Transcript available on Metacast #195: Is Tucker Carlson Becoming Progressive / Canadian Horror Stories The Halloween episode that the Canadian’s warned you about is coming to you a couple weeks after Halloween. With Tanner’s work schedule this episode was delayed due to editing and work but here we a double episode this week. The begins with talking about if Tucker Carlson has turned tale and now is coming out against Trump. They talk about some of the shows Tucker has done recently that demonstrate that he has probably had en...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 194: Dissecting Elizabeth Warren’s HealthCare For All Tonight on Cellar Door Skeptics the team discusses how Google has bought fitbit. They talk about what that means for us as consumers and if there is a possibility that this capitalist corporation has gotten to powerful for their own good. They also delve into a talk about Voyager 2’s recent decent away from our solar system and a new discovery about the heliopause phenomenon that looks like it is not something that happens by random chance. T...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast #193: Free Tuition and the Ohio Democratic Debates This week the team gets back together to talk about Carrie Fisher and her impact on culture. They also talk to Boyce about his travels to the Ohio Democratic debates a couple weeks ago.They go out talking about Free Tuition that the University of Michigan is offering residents with less than 70K a year income. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.sp...
Oct 29, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Transcript available on Metacast #192: Is Canadian Politics Like Watching American Reruns? This week Buddy the Lumberjack and I compare the most recent Canadian Debate and the Canadian Political Election coming up to American Debates and American Politics. Keith helps break down the similarities and how we are similar to Canada. We also highlight some of the great and embarrassing moments from the last couple weeks in Canadian Politics. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.co...
Oct 16, 2019•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast #191: Incels Flee from The Settlers of Canadian Catan The team gets together this week to review the new developments in the Trump Impeachment Case as new developments present themselves with yet another whistle blower lending testimony to the case. They also discuss the new Joker movie and if they feel it is catering the incel group or if it is a story about abuse and how the government can restrict and harm its own citizens. This topic is close to Tanner’s heart as he has been an advocate of a...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 26 min•Transcript available on Metacast #190: The Climate Justice League Tackles the Impeachment Crisis Cellar Door Skeptics decided to join forces with some of the super heros of society to talk about the recent uproar from some Republicans who cannot help themselves but to attack Greta Thurnberg. The team looks at what she is up to and why people are so up in arms over what she is speaking about in the media. They also review the Canadian Space Agency and their new technological advancement called CanadaArm. The comedy relief for th...
Oct 01, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast #189: Free College and Canadian Politics Cellar Door Skeptics are back this week with another action packed episode. This week we are pleased to announce that Keith has permanently joined the show to be the voice of Canada giving us another perspective on American Politics. He will resume his Canadian Segment examining news, politics, and trivia from Canada. This week though the team examines Mike Pence’s vehicle fleet driving on a part of Michigan that has not had vehicles driven on it before. ...
Sep 24, 2019•2 hr 39 min•Transcript available on Metacast #188: A Game Show or a Debate Arena Tonight on Cellar Door Skeptics they discuss the Democratic Debates. They are joined by their friend Buddy The Lumberjack as he helps decipher whether we are watching a Game Show Production or if the Democratic Contenders really came to debate policy. With Biden again getting the most talking time because everyone is taking a shot at him, it almost feels like we are here to be entertained and not educated on their political platform. But do not take it from th...
Sep 18, 2019•2 hr 48 min•Transcript available on Metacast #187: Labor Day Shenanigans This week Boyce joins Tanner as they talk about the origins of Labor Day. They review the difference between May Day and Labor Day. Also they talk about how Unions have affected society and if Unions are socialist, communist, or democratic socialist. They also review a new science discovery that compares audiobook consumption versus actual reading a book. The show concludes with a review of Trump’s tweet about “Not” being involved in an accident at the launch site in ...
Sep 03, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast #186: Trade Wars and a Koch Brother Dies Subtitled: What we should have learned from Monopoly This past week we saw China decide to retaliate against the US with new tariff regulations applied to American Imports. They have finally had enough of 45’s actions and are now striking back. Boyce and Tanner talk about how this has worked in the past and if we truely are surging toward a trade war. The due also talk through the death of a Koch brother. They discuss the impact of this individual's caree...
Aug 26, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast #185: Is Michigan Helping Catholics Cover Up Abuse? Guest Co-Host: Boyce from Mindful Skeptics Podcast Cellar Door Skeptics is back this week talking about the recent suicide of child trafficer Jeff Epstien. We also talked about the Catholic Church and how they have a Michigan based non profit that helps Church Leaders to get out of the abuse of their parishioners. The show ends as usual with our weekly Quick Saves. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Guest Co-Host: Boyce from Mindful Skeptics Podcast We are back this week with another amazing episode. We apologize for the delay but this week we cover the Democratic Debates. We analyze statistics and graphs that 538 has put out. We compare the difference between both debates and who made the biggest impact. We then talked about gun control. With the recent shootings that are now being carried out on US soil, we decided to talk through the upcoming candidates stances and where they stand on gu...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Transcript available on Metacast This show is guest hosted by Keith from Not Another Atheist Podcast Tonight the show highlights a discussion on Keith’s entry to our show as well as his background and love for Canada. They also tackle a few science segments highlighting the stone tool use amongst monkeys and HIV Gene editing tools. Keith kicks off a new segment called Maple Syrup Store Run about Canada and some of the base differences in Canadian politics and US politics. The show ends as usual with our weekly Quick Saves. Subs...
Jul 16, 2019•2 hr 31 min•Transcript available on Metacast 182: Poser Military Parade Shenanigans This show is guest hosted by Boyce from the Mindful Skeptics Podcast. Tonight the show continues as we bring on a guest host to help out in Hanna’s absence. We discuss Trump’s Military Parade and the Democratic Debates. Tanner and Boyce dive deep into each of the candidates, the highlights from their “speeches”, all while trying to use analytics to determine how these debates will affect the outcome of the September debate rooster. The show ends as usual wi...
Jul 09, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Transcript available on Metacast #181: Give Me Wall or Your Children Will Die This week's episode we get together and announce a big change to the show. As the show continues, we talk about Tanner’s concert experience at Five Iron Frenzy. They also talk about the legalization of Marijuana in Illinois and how it could impact the state. Lastly we spend 40 minutes talking about the internment camps that look and feel very much like concentration camps. We talk about the definitions and if they fit the concentrations camps we grew ...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast #180: Why Should Nazis Be Able to Disrupt a Pride Event? Cellar Door Skeptics is back this week to talk about Nazi’s. While we still promote the punching of nazis we need to look at what happened at the Detroit Pride Festival this last week. What appears to be either a purposeful ignorance on the detroit police departments behalf or a misplaced thoughtful guesture to try and keep things civil, Detroit Police gave an escort to the NSM Nazi movement that decided to protest the Pride Festival in De...
Jun 14, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast #179: Are Aliens buying back stocks in Africa? As we come back from memorial day, we have another amazing episode. We talk about companies buying back their own shares and how it is harming the economy. Also we reviewed a cool science article about extraterrestrial matter found in Africa. Lastly we have to talk about Mueller's retirement. The show ends as usual with our weekly Quick Saves. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSke...
Jun 06, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Transcript available on Metacast #178: New Theory on Distribution Method for Salaries Cellar Door Skeptics have an extended weekend but cram out an episode between cooking and working this holiday week. We apologize for not releasing on Wednesday but we promise this episode is worth the wait. The show begins with a conversation on a new theory that has been tested by a few companies where they give more money to those on the bottom of the workforce verses distributing it back to the top. The team also talks about Ford’s job res...
Jun 01, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast #177: Has Trump been a good President? Tonight the episode looks into a debate that was had between two passionate individuals. One of those individuals is a trump supporter and believes that Trump has been a great president. The other debater does not feel that trump is a good president and is hopeful of a change next election cycle. The debate format is casual, with Christopher Tanner acting as the moderator. The concept of the debate is to allow for the two to discuss some major points about ...
May 22, 2019•2 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast #176: How State's Rights Fail Women The show goes back to its roots this week with a live episode looking at different current events and some interesting information they felt was worthy of an episode. As we begin the show, we look into Trump’s desire to steal and claim quotes and accomplishments for his own even if he did not actually affect the outcome. Trump has been given the GEOTUS title more than once, but really is he god or god-like? We look at his ridiculous claim made this week. Later...
May 15, 2019•2 hr 40 min•Transcript available on Metacast #175: Secular Parenting at the Michigan Atheist Convention This weeks episode the long awaited speech that Tanner and Hanna gave on secular parenting at the 2018 Michigan Atheist convention. This episode is the audio and question and answer time give at the convention. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast #174: Wight Walkers Carbon Foot Print The shows starts off with the duo talking about End Game and the recent GOT epic battle. They try and leave out all the spoilers and focus just on their experiences with these shows. The show continues with examining if Non-believers could be the key to swing the election for the democrats or if it will just be another Trump 2020 pony show. They look at the recent studies that show non-belief has surpassed christians and how this could affect things. A great...
May 01, 2019•2 hr 45 min•Transcript available on Metacast #173:Changing Your Mind Through Psychedelics Cellar Door Skeptics is back again with another timeless episode. This week the duo take a break from a solely political episode to talk about the book How to Change Your Mind. They journey through some of the studies that talk about psychedelics and how they can affect us and what the sciences are saying about them. They also review studies about micro dosing and how those affect how people perceive “alternative medicines”. They do touch on how trump...
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Transcript available on Metacast #172: Sir Scams A lot Cellar Door Skeptics are back this week after a one week hiatus. We apologize for the week off and come back full force this week to talk about some important topics. This week the duo talks about digital remote diagnosis that has been sweeping the country and is what some has lauded as an answer to expensive doctors visits. The discussion centers around if this is worth it and what the constraints to this method of diagnosis could be. The show continues talking about a sup...
Apr 17, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast The show takes a dive back into politics this week as we look at the difference between Andrew Yang’s policy proposals and Bernie Sanders Proposals. With the 2020 election geering up, we felt it would be a benefit to look into if there was differences between two candidates. We our joined b y our podcast friend Boyce from Mindful Skeptics right here in West Michigan as we meet up to share our opinions on the subject. This episode broke on of our oaths to not discuss candidates till closer to the...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Transcript available on Metacast #170: Vaccine Science with Doctor Abbie This week we bring on Scientist Dr Abbie Smith to talk about vaccinations for humans and insects alike. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id1044088575?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ce...
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
