Brainstorm Podcast
101 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Brainstorm podcast is Saskatchewan's first skeptic and atheist podcast. An eclectic group of local skeptics discuss a variety of topics relating to science, skepticism, religion and politics while having a few drinks and a few laughs.
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We're back!!
November 24, 2019 07:52 - 1 hour - 131 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, and Rene cover a variety of topics for the return episode after a very long break. If you want to contact the show then you can do that by emailing us at [email protected] and if you like what we do and want to keep the show going then you can do that at www.patreon.com/brainstormpodcast Saudi Arabia declares feminists, atheists, and the LGBTQ community as extremists https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/11/12/saudi-arabia-homosexuality-feminism-atheism...
The 49th Parahell with Rob Rousseau
May 14, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm podcast Skeptic Studio, Cory talked to Rob Rousseau who is a well known Canadian leftist and host of the podcast 49th Parahell. They talk about the far right, politics, and being a leftist in Canada. Here are some links to Rob’s content http://49thparahell.libsyn.com/ https://soundcloud.com/49thparahell https://www.patreon.com/49thparahell https://twitter.com/robrousseau https://twitter.com/49thParahell For anything else you can contact ...
Context and Empathy with Tom Curry
May 06, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBIn this episode of the Skeptic Studio, Cory, Lisa, and Destin talk to Tom Curry. Tom is one of the co-hosts on the podcasts Cognitive Dissonance and Citation Needed. It was kind of a undirected conversation but it was a lot of fun and we touched on a lot of different topics. Here are some links for Tom’s shows http://dissonancepod.com/ https://www.facebook.com/dissonancepod/ https://twitter.com/dissonance_pod http://citationpod.com/ Any links that Destin promised ...
Black Holes, Misogyny, and Carbon Tax
April 29, 2019 07:00 - 52 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode of the Shift to Reason Radio, Lisa takes Cory and Destin through some of the details around the recent image of a black hole that was created as well as some of the controversy that arose from it. Then Destin discusses the recent introduction of a carbon tax with the help of a post written by Christopher Bird. Here are some links to our sources Science with Lisa https://aasnova.org/2019/04/10/first-images-of-a-black-hole-from-the-event-horizon-telescope/ Pos...
Atheism, Cats, and Politics
April 22, 2019 07:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm Rectable, Cory, Lisa, and Destin talk a lot about politics, a little about atheism, and a little about cats. Here are some links for the stories they covered (and some they didn’t) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atheism-is-inconsistent-with-the-scientific-method-prizewinning-physicist-says/ https://globalnews.ca/news/5110019/class-action-lawsuit-filed-cancellation-ontario-basic-income-pilot-project/ Mueller Report stuff ht...
Becoming a Communist with Felicia Entwistle
April 16, 2019 17:39 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBIn this episode of Brainstorm's Skeptic Studio Cory talks to Felicia Entwistle. Felicia is a co-host on the Utah Outcasts podcast and Youtube show. She has moved closer and closer to socialism and communism over time until a little while ago she openly identified herself as a communist. This conversation is about that transformation and some of the ideas that she accepts because of it. For Patrons there is an extra 30 minutes on the topic of sex work. https://www.patreon.com/posts/2...
Postmodernism and Marxism with Peter Coffin
April 08, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm podcast Skeptic Studio Cory talked to Peter Coffin about Postmodernism and Marxism. What they are, why they aren’t compatible, and why they kind of are in some way. Basically, Peter does philosophy while Cory tries to help. If you want to contact the show then you can do that at [email protected] Here are some links to Peter’s content https://www.youtube.com/user/petercoffin http://petercoffin.com/ Here is a link to Cuck P...
Intelligent Speculation with Jonathan Maloney
April 02, 2019 02:48 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm Podcast Skeptic Studio Cory, Lisa, and Rene talk to Jonathan Maloney. Jonathan runs the website www.intelligentspeculation.com which is a website and blog that is dedicated to educating people in critical thinking. Here are some links to find Jonathan's stuff www.intelligentspeculation.com https://www.facebook.com/CritclThnkr https://twitter.com/CritclThnkr https://www.instagram.com/critclthnkr/?hl=en For anything else you can contact us at mail@...
A Looney Toon Sort of World
March 25, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBIn this episode of the Rectable Cory, Rene, and Lisa take on different stories in the news from the last month or so. Here are some links for the stories we talked about Michael Cohen Hearing https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/podcasts/the-daily/michael-cohen-trump.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/27/key-takeaways-michael-ohen-hearing/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ab7167620f32 SNC Lavalin scandal and the treatment of Jody Wilson Raybould https://nationalpost.c...
High Strangeness with Eric Bickernicks
March 18, 2019 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIn this episode Cory talked to Eric Bickernicks. Eric is a skeptic, author, and film maker. Eric wrote a fiction novel about an alien encounter in Cape Cod. It was a fun chat that covered writing, aliens, and skepticism. Here are some links for Eric's stuff http://adeadguy.com https://www.facebook.com/adeadguy.bickernicks/ https://twitter.com/bickernicks http://capecodufo.com/ http://high-strangeness.net/ For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] You can...
STEM Equity with Dr. Nicole Cabrera Salazar
March 11, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBIn this episode the crew (Cory, Angela, Rene, Lisa, Destin, and Dave) talk to Dr. Nicole Cabrera Salazar, science communicator and STEM Equity advocate. Links for Dr. Cabrera Salazar’s stuff http://www.nicole.cab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8aDo4dV3Q https://www.movebold.ly/ https://twitter.com/jazztronomy For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page a...
Fascists Ruin Everything
March 04, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm Shift To Reason Radio each of the crew take on a different topic. Rene(@renedoyon) rants a little about the Canadian Yellow Vests, Lisa(@torturouspath) talks about Kuiper belt object Ultima Thule, Angela(@sparklingmedusa) talks about some of the ways that women aren’t listened to, Dave covers myths that are being spread about immigration, and Cory(@hardcoreskeptic) takes a dive into learning about fascism. Rene Rants about the Yellow Vests Memes t...
Billionaires Don't Make Good Presidents
February 25, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBIn this episode the crew (Cory, Lisa, Angela, Destin, Rene, and Dave) cover news from the past month including stories on the Harold Shultz and Donald Trump. https://lawandcrime.com/opinion/new-york-convicted-a-white-supremacist-as-a-terrorist-for-the-first-time-and-its-exactly-what-2019-needs/?fbclid=IwAR2jrimvVK-cNbZoTQG4IpKVRvXbDV9UUvovXU405iLodumm9hjxH2J10i0 Howard Shultz sparked a conversation online about why billionaires don’t make good presidents https://www.latimes.c...
Watching the Far Right with Jared Holt
February 18, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBIn this episode Cory (@hardcoreskeptic) talked to Jared Holt (@jaredholt) about how he got started in journalism, working for Right Wing Watch, some of the different kinds of far right extremists there are and who seems to be running different factions. Here are some links to Jared’s stuff https://twitter.com/jaredlholt http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post_author/jared-holt/ https://shtpostpodcast.wordpress.com/ Here are some links to Right Wing Watch’s stuff http://www.rightwingw...
Toxic Masculinity with Aaron Rabi
February 12, 2019 01:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBIn this episode Cory(@hardcoreskeptic) talked to Aaron Rabi(@ETVPod ) about the recent APA guidelines for treating men and boys, the Gillette ad that got so many people outraged, and toxic masculinity in general. Sources https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/01/ce-corner https://www.apa.org/about/policy/boys-men-practice-guidelines.pdf Gillette ad on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/15/gillette-metoo-ad-on...
Our Favourite Studio Memories
February 04, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBFor this episode of Shift To Reason Radio we change up our format a little bit. Lisa talks about fast radio bursts, Sarah talks about Lapis Lazuli, and Cory talks about the yellow vest movements around the world. Then the crew talks about their favourite memories from the studio. Here are some links for the different segments Science with Lisa and Sarah https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00049-5 https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/the-woman-with-lapis-lazuli-...
The Holy Sh*t Moment with James Fell
January 28, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 35.6 MBFor this episode we(Cory, Lisa, Angela, Sarah, and Dave) talked to James Fell who blogs at bodyforwife.com and writes for a number of fitness magazines and websites about his new book. Here are some links for James' stuff https://www.facebook.com/bodyforwife/ https://twitter.com/BodyForWife https://www.bodyforwife.com https://amzn.to/2szYRUF For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook ...
I Used to be a Conservative
January 22, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, Sarah, and Dave talk news, politics, and current events. Here are the links for the news stories US government shut down https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/us/politics/government-shutdown-trump-democrats.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/world/facebook-moderators.html?module=inline https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/us/politics/trump-wall-shutdown.html Jameela Jamil’s campaign for body pos...
Conversations About Religion with Cass Midgley
January 14, 2019 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode of the Skeptic Studio Cory talked to Cass Midgley. Cass is the host of the podcast Everyone's Agnostic which has been a staple of the atheist community for almost 5 years. They talked about a bunch of stuff but mostly about religion. If you want to contact the show then you can shoot us an email at [email protected] Here are some links for Cass's stuff http://www.everyonesagnostic.com https://www.facebook.com/everyonesagnostic/ https://twitter.com/evry...
Riots and Protests with Dan Arel
January 01, 2019 05:10 - 1 hour - 45.9 MBIn this episode of The Hardcore Skeptic Examines, Cory talked to Dan Arel author of The Secular Activist and Parenting Without God. They talked about various aspects of social justice activism including protests and property damage. Here are some links https://www.facebook.com/danarelblog/ http://www.danarel.com https://twitter.com/danarel His books The Secular Activist Parenting Without God Image background photo by Warren Wong on Unsplash For anything else you can c...
Social Justice with Callie Wright
December 24, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBOnly 2 and a half years late, this interview with Callie Wright for the Hardcore Skeptic series on social justice is still as relevant and worth publishing as it ever was. Society hasn't suddenly fixed itself since we talked and if anything it's gotten more important that we talk about this stuff and acknowledge how much farther we still have to go. Here are some links for Callie's stuff http://www.thegaytheistmanifesto.com https://www.facebook.com/TheGaytheistManifesto/ https://twit...
What is Libertarian Socialism? with Kevin Watson
December 17, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBIn this episode of the Skeptic Studio Cory talked to Kevin Watson about Libertarian Socialism which to a lot of Americans may sound like a contradiction but for someone like Kevin it fits very well. A lot of Kevin's views match up pretty good with mine so we had a great chat. You should check out the book he recommended, The Dispossessed. (I know that Amazon sucks but here's the link for it anyway) https://amzn.to/2Qyakma Also here are the links to the Youtubers we talked about http...
Totally Unqualified
December 11, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBIn this episode of the Shift To Reason Radio, Cory, Lisa, Rene, Dan, and Dave talk Religious Nuttery, Woo, Politics, and Hate. This is from our November 23rd show. Links Religious Nuttery Rene’s Story – https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/ev3vqp/an-untouched-tribe-killed-9– the-missionary-trying-to-convert-them? Rene’s Story – http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/texas-pastor-says-concert-by-devil-worshipping-band-ghost-is-not-healthy-for-our-community Woo Report Cory’s Story – ...
Talking To Climate Change Deniers
December 04, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBIn this one Cory, Dan, Rene, Lisa, and Dave talk about how we talk to the opposition about climate change, among other things. Then they talk about Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and how she deals with Republican trolls. Then you get our What's the Deal segment on globalism and Cory rants about mainstream media conspiracies. What’s the deal with globalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization https://www.nytimes.com...
Wielding the Lasso of Truth with Dr. Jen Gunter
November 29, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBIn this episode Cory, Rene, Lisa, Dan, and Dave talked to Dr. Jen Gunter about topics related to health, pseudoscience, and misinformation. It was a great chat and Dr. Gunter was an awesome guest. Here are some links to her stuff https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/DrJenGunter Here are some of the the references she recommended https://www.nlm.nih.gov/ https://www.aap.org/en-us/Pages/Default.aspx https://www.acog.org/ https://sogc.org/ Here's a link ...
Ghost Sex Is Just Another Name For Masturbation
November 26, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBIn this episode of Shift To Reason Radio, Cory, Rene, Sarah, and Dave talk about Halal soup, ghost sex, alien probes, animal vaccines for anthrax, the science of pot in your bloodstream, and yet another incel who murdered people. Links for stories WTF!? Rene’s Story - https://www.facebook.com/woodbine777/posts/10160845178880063 Woo Report Dave’s Story - https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/woman-who-had-sex-with-20-ghosts-is-now-engaged-to-a-spirit Cory’s Story – https://ktla.com/...
Midterms, Brazil, and the Far Right
November 20, 2018 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm Rectable, Cory, Sarah, Rene, and Dave talk about some of the stuff from a few days after the midterm elections in the US, Brazil's new fascist leader, and Cory does a rant about the danger of the far right. Here are some links https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-house-elections.html Brazil links https://www.facebook.com/tanyasau/posts/10110737942059853 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/10...
Point of Inquiry with Kavin Senapathy
November 17, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBIn this episode of the Skeptic Studio Cory, Sarah, Rene, and Dave talk to Kavin Senapathy. Kavin is very well known in skeptical circles for her blogs and her book The Fear Babe: Shattering Vani Hari's Glass House. Kavin and the crew talk about the state of skepticism and some recent events that make it seem like some parts of the skeptic movement are a little out of touch. Here are some links for her stuff https://scimoms.com/ https://twitter.com/ksenapathy https://www.facebook.com...
Extremists: From Sovereign Citizens to Incels with Dr. Edwin Hodge
November 14, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIn this episode of The Skeptic Studio Cory talked to Dr. Edwin Hodge from the University of Victoria in British Colombia. They discussed various extremist groups, some links between ways they approach the world, and some of the history behind them. Here is a link to the last time Cory talked to Dr. Hodge https://www.brainstormblog.net/the-hardcore-skeptic-examines/2017/5/21/an-academic-talks-social-justice You may also find Cory's interview with David Neiwert interesting and relevant ...
Late Night Coffee and Prayers with Michael L. Smith
November 11, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBIn this episode of Skeptic Voices I talked to Michael Smith from the Poorly Summarized podcast. He was on The Skeptic Studio in the past and I thought it would a lot of fun to talk to him again. He's a good guy and we had a great chat about a lot of things. You can find Michael on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. https://www.facebook.com/michael.l.smith.391 https://twitter.com/probablyforsale https://www.instagram.com/goodlordzilla/?hl=en For anything else you can contact us at...
Happy Canadian 420!
November 09, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBIn this episode of Shift To Reason Radio Cory, Lisa, Rene, and Dave talk about a bunch of stuff but most importantly they talk about the day that pot became legal and some of the issues that brought up. Here are all the links for stories Woo Report Rene’s Story - https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evw7ne/tom-delonges-ufo-organization-is-37-million-in-debt Dave’s Story- https://www.popsci.com/polygraph-test-science Lisa’s Story - https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2018/10/13/...
What's The Deal With Rape Culture?
November 06, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBIn this episode of the Rectable, Cory, Rene, Lisa, and Dave talk about Elizabeth Warren and her supposedly Indigenous ancestry, some of the recent right wing terror attacks, and a new segment called What's the Deal. This time around for What's the Deal we talk about rape culture. Hint: It's bad. Here are some resources for these topics https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/10/16/claims-that-us-is-a-genetic-melting-pot-appear-overblown-if-youre-white/?mc_cid=e18402a57a&mc_eid=3b2e1845c4...
American Right Wing Extremism with David Neiwert
November 02, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBAs soon as I listened to his book, Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in Trump's America, I knew that I wanted to talk to David Neiwert. He has covered far right extremists for various news outlets for decades and has written about hate crimes and extremist groups for a long time as well. In this episode I talked to him about the extremist right, some of the history of them, and how that plays into current events. It was a very interesting chat and I think David does a great job of h...
Space Related Things with Dr. Jillian Scudder
October 30, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBIn this episode of The Skeptic Studio, Cory, Rene, Lisa, and Dave talked to Dr. Jillian Scudder who is an author, a blogger, and assistant professor at Oberlin College about space, education, and the mix of science and politics. Here are some links to her content https://www.jillianscudder.com/ https://astroquizzical.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jillianscudder/#5f566b84216b http://astroquizzical.tumblr.com/ https://amzn.to/2q18Ktb Here is a link to listener Ivan's critiq...
Womansplaining and Manspreading
October 26, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBIn this episode of Shift to Reason Radio we talk about some seriously WTF!? stories, some Woo, some science, and some politics. A little bit of everything from Cory, Sarah, Lisa, Angela, and Dave. Plus we had a lot of fun with the Discord chat so make sure to join us for live shows and chat with us while listening live. Here are the links for the stories WTF Dave’s Story - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/06/1600-scientists-sign-petition-against-cern-physicist-alessandro-...
Civility?
October 22, 2018 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBIn this episode of the Rectable Cory, Angela, Lisa, Sarah, and Dave talk about the whether we should act in a civil way to those we disagree with in politics. I don't have any source links for this episode. For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group, search for The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group https://www.facebook.co...
Confirmation Bias with Kevin from TWIN
October 19, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBSorry this isn't as early as I wanted it to be. Life has been crazy In this episode of The Skeptic Studio Cory, Angela, Lisa, Sarah, and the amazing Dave talked to Kevin from This Week In News and This Week In History with Kevin and Benedict. The topics ranged from silly to serious and back again. Some links for Kevin's content http://kevinandbenedict.com/ https://www.facebook.com/kevinandbenedict/ https://twitter.com/kevandbenedict Kevin sent a link for one of the things we...
Grievance Studies with HJ Hornbeck
October 15, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBIn this episode of The Skeptic Studio, Cory talked to HJ Hornbeck who has done quite a bit of writing for his blog on the recent attempted hoax by Peter Boghossian, James Lindsay, and Helen Pluckrose. We go through some of the reasons it didn't quite prove as much as they think it did. Here are some links http://www.patheos.com/blogs/driventoabstraction/2018/10/academic-hoax-intellectual-dishonesty https://freethoughtblogs.com/reprobate/2018/10/03/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/ htt...
Orgasmyths and Monsters
October 12, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBIn this installment of the Shift To Reason Radio, Cory, Lisa, Sarah, Dan, and the always amazing Dave talk about religious people who see monsters and are fooled by doctored photos, the impact of crowdfunding on quack cancer cures, myths about hysteria treatments, and the chicken pox vaccine being important. There's also the new Crackpot Audio segment. Here are the links Crackpot Audio Paul Joseph Watson (right wing crackpot) defends musician Michale Graves from those evil leftists w...
Not Quite Coffee with Stephanie Zvan
October 10, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBIn the first episode of Skeptic Voices in a long time I talked to Stephanie Zvan a couple days after her birthday. We talked about Secular Women Work, organizing conferences, and politics. You can follow Stephanie on Twitter and on her blog https://the-orbit.net/almostdiamonds/ https://twitter.com/szvan For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] You can follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast...
Pissing People Off with Dusty Smith
October 08, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MBIn this episode of The Skeptic Studio; Cory, Lisa, Dan, Sarah, and the always amazing Dave talk to the one and only Dusty Smith about how he became an atheist, how he became interested in creating videos, and why nobody should be sending unsolicited dick pics. Here are some links https://www.youtube.com/user/CultOfDusty http://www.cultofdusty.com/ https://www.facebook.com/cultofdusty https://www.instagram.com/cultofdusty/ For anything else you can contact us at mail@brain...
Of Course We Talked About Brett Kavanaugh
October 05, 2018 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBThe next couple episodes are going to be a little out of our normal order because this Kavanaugh episode is much more poignant if we have it out first. You can expect he Dusty Smith interview to be out soon and the next Shift To Reason Radio to be out after that. In this one Cory, Lisa, Sarah, Dan, and the amazing Dave talk about the hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and the very troubling way that these hearings were carried out a...
Selling Bulls**t
October 01, 2018 07:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIn this episode of the Shift To Reason Radio Cory, Rene, guest host Rob, and the so amazing he can be on the panel while also doing the sound work Dave talk about some harm caused by religion, some good news finally coming from GOOP, probiotic yogurt not doing what people think it does, and a study that connects pot with schizophrenia. Here are some links Religious Nuttery Rob’s Story - https://religionnews.com/2018/09/06/after-bombshell-pennsylvania-catholic-sex-abuse-report-which...
Sports, Politics, and Society
September 28, 2018 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this episode of The Rectable, Cory, Rene, guest host Rob, and the always amazing Dave talk about the recent issues surrounding sports celebrities and their impact on society. Here are some related links https://globalnews.ca/video/4437179/u-s-open-serena-williams-reignites-debates-on-sexism-and-sportsmanship https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/serena-williams-violations-reaction-1.4816450 https://ewn.co.za/2018/09/09/opinion-why-serena-williams-fight-should-make-us-all-feel-unc...
The Earthbound Parent with Richard A Conn Jr.
September 24, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIn this installment of The Skeptic Studio Cory, Rene, the doubly amazing Dave, and guest co-host Rob Ray of the Original Motto Project interview Richard A Conn Jr. who is the author of the book The Earthbound Parent (How and Why To Raise Your Little Angels Without Religion) Here are some links for Richard and his content https://www.facebook.com/TheEarthboundParent/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf8hvm3AjUcuzzuTUXpOIjQ https://amzn.to/2oUK8BJ http://www.eurasiadvisors.com/ ...
How Is Anyone Still Catholic?
September 21, 2018 07:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBSorry about how late these are but here's the Shift to Reason Radio segment from the August 31st recording. Cory, Lisa, Leo, and Rene talk about the grand jury report on the Catholic church in Pennsylvania, GOOP coming to Canada, blue light's effects on the eyes, and race and DNA. Religious Nuttery Cory’s Story - https://www.npr.org/2018/08/14/636855561/report-reveals-widespread-sexual-abuse-by-over-300-priests-in-pa https://www.cbsnews.com/news/predator-priests-identified-grand-...
Speaking Ill of the Dead
September 18, 2018 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBJohn McCain died and everyone was talking about it, and him for nearly a week (which may as well be a year in the attention span of modern society). In this Rectable session the crew figured they'd hash it out and see where they all stood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_John_McCain For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join...
The End of Privacy with BJ Mendelson
September 10, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm Podcast Skeptic Studio Cory, Lisa, Leo, Rene, and Destin talk to BJ Mendelson. BJ is the author of Social Media is Bullshit and The End of Privacy. We talked to him about social media, politics, and a bunch of other stuff. Here are some links https://bjmendelson.com https://twitter.com/BJMendelson Get your copy of the End of Privacy https://amzn.to/2ocB4rH For anything else you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitte...
The Podcast Community Loves Marissa McCool
September 02, 2018 23:29 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBThis is a special crossover episode put together by a ton of people in the atheist and skeptic podcast community to show love and support for Marissa Alexa Lennex-McCool. Here are some links to help support Rissy financially while she is recovering from her surgery as well as some links to find content that she has created. https://www.patreon.com/IncitingIncidentPodcast https://www.gofundme.com/3z5hf2 http://rismccool.com https://www.spreaker.com/show/2240735 https://www.sprea...
Interviewing the Atheist Community with Zach Law
August 25, 2018 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBBetter late than never, here's the newest(and last) episode from the Brainstorm summer interview series. In this one I talked to Zach Law from the Zachrilegecast. It was a good chat and I had a lot of fun talking to him about podcasting, interviewing, and life. Here are some links for his stuff https://www.facebook.com/zachrilegecast/ https://bit.ly/1yDoOAf https://zachrilege.podbean.com/ https://twitter.com/zachrilege https://www.patreon.com/zachrilege As for the rest you can ...