Archive for the ‘humor’ Category
Friday, November 21st, 2008
On November 21, 1953, evidence was released that the Piltdown Man skull was a hoax. Zoologists and palaeontologists concluded that the jaw bone was that of an ape and the skull of a human. German anthropologist Franz Weidenreich exposed the hoax in 1923 and it took thirty years for the scientific community to confirm with his findings.
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Nationwide rag USA Today reviews Playing Gods, the role-playing game created by Skeptical Inquirer managing editor Ben Radford. The article is mostly accurate (although the reporter refers to Atlanta-based Dragon*Con, where Playing Gods debuted last fall, as “DragonCom”).
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Saturday, November 1st, 2008
I guess you have to strike while the iron is hot. Come next year these get ups would barely raise a brow.
Anyway, a little white hair spray, a couple o’ flag pins and a hockey stick and - voila! - suddenly you’re transformed into Mr. Maverick and the “Hackey” Mom. (And before I get email, trust me, there’s not a dark hair spray on the planet that will tone down that red hair. I love it.)
So get out there and vote on Tuesday - and please, not for these guys.
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Sunday, October 26th, 2008
In this episode we throw in a potpourri of items in the news or random events we think our subscribers will find interesting, plus we discuss some interesting listener feedback.
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Podcast #32 - Potpourri and Feedback:
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
Comedian/pundit Bill Maher’s anti-religion documentary Religulous topped $6.7M at the end of its second weekend of release, expanding from 502 screens to 568. (For those keeping score, Ben Stein’s creationist apologetic Expelled earned $7.7M in eight weeks on over 1,000 screens.)
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Behind the “at”? No, in a Bible. An inmate in Dothan, Alabama tried to escape by hiding a hacksaw blade in the Good Book (’Good’ fer hidin’ thangs!).
Here’s the complete report (click here while the link lasts to read it online at the Dothan Eagle website):
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Sunday, October 5th, 2008
We discuss Religulous, the new documentary starring comedian Bill Maher (best known for his politically-oriented roundtable talk shows Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher). The early box office returns show Religulous making $3.5 million its first weekend on 500 screens (compare this to Ben Stein’s Expelled, which made $3 million on 1,000 screens).
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Podcast #30 - Religulous:
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
TV Comedian Bill Maher hits the big screen October 3rd with a funny but unflinching expose on the nuttiness of religion.
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Ever since Bill Clinton used Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” as a campaign theme song, I can’t help trying to think of pop tunes that match up with prominent political figures. We joked around a little bit in podcast #26 about Sarah Palin, so I decided fair’s fair - here are my picks for the 2008 Election Cycle Playlist. (more…)
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
[Apologies for the sound glitch at the very beginning. The theme music overpowers the voice track, but it only lasts a few seconds.]
Presenting our first-ever live episode, recorded August 30th at Dragon*Con as part of the Skeptics programming track, directed by Derek Colanduno of Skepticality fame. (Derek’s pod-partner Swoopy directed Dragon*Con’s Podcasting track.)
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Podcast #25 - Live at Dragon*Con!:
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