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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A Primer On Socialism with Jason Noblet
August 10, 2018 06:47 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBIn this episode Cory talked to Jason Noblet about that dirty word, socialism. It was informative and interesting to learn some things that I didn't really have parsed out on my own. Then I finally get around to doing some feedback from the past few weeks. I hope you all enjoy the interview. Some links https://www.facebook.com/Dictatorship-Of-The-Swoletariat-371793039976753/ https://twitter.com/MarxistSoccer Some references https://www.youtube.com/user/RichardDWolff https://youtu....
Progressive Skepticism with Chrisiousity
July 31, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBIn this episode Cory talks to Youtuber, Chrisiousity about her channel, some of the subjects she's covered in her videos, the atheist movement, and bringing progressive ideals to skepticism. Here are some links for her stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1bhOC69Z4TplynafVv7ng https://twitter.com/chrisiousity https://www.facebook.com/Chrisiousity-113922822344711/ https://www.patreon.com/chrisiousity As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the sh...
Women V Religion with Karen Garst
July 24, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBThis is the 3rd in the summer series of Skeptic Studio interviews. In this one Cory talks with Karen Garst author of Women Beyond Belief about her new book Women V Belief. They also touch on Mythcon, a friend leaving the atheist movement, and local politics. Here are some links https://faithlessfeminist.com/ https://www.facebook.com/faithlessfeminist/ Karen's video on Goddesses https://youtu.be/DclnBR8Msqw https://amzn.to/2Ni8hfU As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brain...
Objective Morality with Aaron Rabi
July 17, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBIn the second of our summer interview series Cory talked to Aaron Rabi from Embrace the Void and Philosophers In Space. They talked about morality, empathy, free will, and the value of philosophy. As always it was a great conversation and Aaron was great to talk these subjects out with. Here are some links https://voidpod.com/ http://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2018/6/27/ev-049-opportunity-vs-outcome-with-cory-johnston http://thebrainstormpodcast.com/emb...
Conspiracies Declassified with Brian Dunning
July 10, 2018 07:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MBThis is the first in the series of interviews that will be coming out over the course of the summer. In this one Cory talked to Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid about his upcoming documentary and his new book. Here are a few links for fun and information https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4401 https://principlesofcuriosity.com/ https://sciencefriction.tv/ https://skeptoid.com/ https://amzn.to/2tPiNTG As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on...
Lots Of Norwegian Wood
July 03, 2018 07:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBIn this one Cory, Angela, Lisa, Destin, and the amazing Dave talk about IQ, life span, god's appearance, and perpetual motion machines. Some links Science Cory’s Story- https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-iq-scores-1970s.html http://time.com/5311672/iq-scores-decline-environment/ http://www.techtimes.com/articles/230241/20180614/iq-scores-dropping-since-the-1970s-are-people-getting-dumber.htm https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/norwegian-study-iq-scores-dropped-for...
Religion and The State in Canada with Ian Bushfield
June 30, 2018 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBIn this episode Cory, Destin, Angela, Lisa, and the amazing Dave talked to Ian Bushfield about a recent supreme court ruling on the rejection of Trinity Western University's law school by the law societies of BC and Ontario, as well as various other ways that religion and government mix in Canada. Here are a couple links http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trinity-western-supreme-court-decision-1.4707240 https://www.bchumanist.ca/humanists_react_to_twu_decision As for the rest ...
Talking Skepticism with The Credible Hulk
June 26, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBIn this episode Cory, Angela, Lisa, Destin and the amazing Dave talk to Matthew Lee Loftus aka The Credible Hulk. They talked about the Hulk's origin story, anti science activists, and how to reach the public. Here are some links https://www.facebook.com/therealcrediblehulk/ http://www.crediblehulk.org/ https://twitter.com/_Credible_Hulk_ As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at faceb...
Spiders Giving Rim Jobs
June 19, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MBIn this installment of Shift To Reason Radio Cory, Lisa, Angela, Leo, Brandon, and Dave talk about politics, spiders, and pseudoscience. It was a lot of fun and many laughs were had. Here are some links Religious Nuttery Brandon’s Story - http://deadstate.org/22-year-old-christian-preacher-clarifies-that-he-wants-gays-executed-humanely/ Cory’s Story - http://www.patheos.com/blogs/accordingtomatthew/2018/06/no-atheists-are-not-more-religious-than-christians/ https://www.theatlantic.c...
Legalizing Drugs and Crushing Capitalism
June 16, 2018 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBIn this one Cory, Lisa, Angela, Leo, Brandon, and Dave talk about what the effects of drug legalization would be and then they talk about a meme that's been going around again. Here are some links https://news.vice.com/article/ungass-portugal-what-happened-after-decriminalization-drugs-weed-to-heroin http://www.urban75.com/Drugs/drugten.html https://www.projectknow.com/the-case-for-legalizing-drugs/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arguments_for_and_against_drug_prohibition https:/...
Being a Black Non-Believer with Mandisa Thomas
June 12, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBIn this episode of the Skeptic Studio Cory, Angela, Lisa, Leo, Brandon, and the amazing Dave talk to Mandisa Thomas. Mandisa is the founder and president of Black Non-Believers. She tells us about herself and some of the struggles she's had to face because of her identity. Here are some links to find her https://www.patreon.com/mandisalateefah https://blacknonbelievers.wordpress.com/ https://blacknonbelievers.wordpress.com/a-word-from-our-president/ http://www.aahumanism.net/stor...
We're Intellectually Pure
June 08, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBIn this one the Cory, Rene, Lisa , Brandon, and Dave talk about the Santa Fe shooting and its connection to incels and then of course they discuss the intellectual dark web and Jordan B. Peterson. Here are some links https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/style/jordan-peterson-12-rules-for-life.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/opinions/santa-fe-shooting-was-different-kayyem/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/us/texas-school-shooting/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-...
Nutzies Not Nazis
June 05, 2018 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this episode of the Brainstorm Shift To Reason Radio, Cory, Rene, Lisa, Brandon, and the always amazing Dave cover stories about stargates, pot, the NFL, and eggs. It's quite the mix of topics and a lot of fun. Here are some links Rene’s Story - https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/533gxx/there-are-people-who-think-the-west-invaded-iraq-over-a-stargate?utm_source=vicefbus Lisa’s Story - https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/marijuana-treats-vaccine-adverse-effects/...
Incels, Incels, Incels
June 02, 2018 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBThis is the second Rectable portion from the May 11th live show where Cory, Angela, Brandon, Lisa, Rene, and the always amazing Dave talk about incels and then trail off onto some other subjects every now and then. Here are some links http://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/incels/#ffs-tabbed-11 http://www.bodyforwife.com/incels-are-a-hate-group-promoting-rape-and-murder/ https://youtu.be/zvuoD9FoRsI https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2018/5/2/ev-041-part1-siri-whats-...
Investigating Psychic with Bob Nygaard
May 29, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Brandon, Rene, and the amazing Dave talk to Bob Nygaard. Bob is a private investigator who deals with psychic fraud who has recovered over 3 million dollars for his clients. It was a mind blowing chat. Some links https://twitter.com/buncopi https://about.me/bob.nygaard https://vimeo.com/153985874 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nygaard As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, che...
re-broadcast: Racial Resentment with Philip Klinkner
May 25, 2018 18:44 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBThis was a great interview with PhD political scientist and professor, Phil Klinkner (@pklinkne). I really enjoyed talking to Phil and learning more about the subject of racial resentment and comparing it to other info regarding social justice. Audio quality could be better but sometimes Skype was junk. Here are some links. https://theintercept.com/2017/04/06/top-democrats-are-wrong-trump-supporters-were-more-motivated-by-racism-than-economic-issues/ https://www.washingtonpost.co...
Hating Imaginary Characters
May 22, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn this episode of Shift to Reason Radio Cory, Angela, Lisa, Rene, Brandon, and the amazing Dave talk about a bunch of woo, some great stories under the F*** you category, and some legit science. You get almost double the stories this week. Here are the links Woo Report Brandon’s Story- https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/naturopath-claims-to-treat-aggression-in-children-with-diluted-dog-rabies-saliva-no-really/ http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/homeopath-claims-to-h...
Mother's Day, Blended Families, and Identity
May 18, 2018 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode of the Rectable, Angela takes issue with Mother's Day so Cory, Lisa, Rene, Brandon, and Dave follow where she leads. It makes for a great conversation. There aren't really any links for this chat as we all just kind of ran off the top of our heads. As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Di...
Skeptical Comedy with Ian Harris
May 15, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBOn this episode of The Skeptic Studio, the crew (Cory, Angela, Rene, Brandon, Lisa and Dave) talk to Ian Harris aka The Skeptical Comedian. They talk about skepticism, comedy, #metoo, and why there seems to be an abundance of bad stand up coming out on Netflix and other streaming services lately. Here are some links for Ian's stuff http://www.ianharriscomedian.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5GLNlAbEmKiabY_6qHazgw http://www.facebook.com/comediocre http://www.twitter.com/co...
Commonly Held Fallacies About Religion by Will Arnal
May 08, 2018 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBHere's another one of our talks from the 2016 Shift To Reason Conference. This one is from Will Arnal. Will is a professor of Religious Studies at the University of Regina. He talks about a few fallacies that people believe about religion and gives us a bit different perspective from those we usually see in the atheist community. Links to find Will https://www.uregina.ca/arts/religious-studies/faculty-staff/faculty/arnal-william.html As for the rest you can contact us at mail@bra...
Re-Broadcast: Feminism and Social Justice with Dr. Kristi Winters
May 04, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBThis is a rebroadcast of my interview with Dr. Kristi Winters regarding feminism and social justice. They were all really good but this interview was particularly good. Kristi is a brilliant person and I think I learned quite a bit that I didn't know before and got a perspective that I hadn't entirely understood before. New episodes of The Hardcore Skeptic Examines Social Justice are still in the works but other things slow them down quite a bit. I'm hoping to have them out before too lon...
Opening Up The Secular Movement with Lavada Luening
May 01, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBHey folks, with the technical glitches that we had during the live show we were starting way too late and gave up on doing the show. As a result we don't have any new content to share. Instead I'm going to give you this talk from the conference we held in Regina, Saskatchewan in 2016. This talk is by Lavada Luening aka The Secular She-thinker and she talked about how we can make the secular movement more appealing to women and members of minority groups. I hope you enjoy it. Some links for...
Getting To Know Ian Bushfield
April 27, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBIn this episode of Skeptic Voices I talked to Ian Bushfield. Ian is the president of the BC Humanists Association and co-host of the Politicoast podcast. We talked about growing up in Alberta, what it's like living in BC now, and how he got to head up one of Canada's most successful and most progressive secular organizations. You can find more from Ian at https://www.bchumanist.ca/ and https://politicoast.ca/ or you can follow him on twitter @ibushfield As for the rest you can co...
F**k Conspiracy Theorists and Quacks
April 23, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBIn this episode Cory, Brandon, Angela, Lisa, and Rene break down some news about conspiracy theorists, homeopaths, and other people who spread misinformation. Here are some links Brandon’s Story- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmg3dj/man-sues-infowars-for-spreading-rumor-he-was-the-parkland-shooter?utm_campaign=sharebutton Rene’s Story- https://www.facebook.com/VICE/videos/845202149001110/ Woo Report Lisa’s Story - https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/the-new-s...
Talking About People
April 20, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBIn this installment of the Brainstorm Rectable, Cory, Rene, Lisa, Angela, Brandon, and the amazing Dave talk about how to separate people and ideas. You know, before they go off on random tangents. Here are some links for the Harris/Klein discussion Original Harris/Murray podcast: https://samharris.org/podcasts/forbidden-knowledge/ Original Vox criticism: https://www.vox.com/.../charles-murray-race-iq-sam-harris... Editor-in-chief of Intelligence scientific journal response: ...
Left At The Valley Visits The Skeptic Studio
April 16, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, Brandon, Rene, and the always amazing Dave talk to the crew from the Left At The Valley podcast. It was a lot of fun with a lot of tangents and jokes along the way. Here are some links https://www.leftatthevalley.com/ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kandk https://www.spreaker.com/user/leftatthevalley https://www.facebook.com/Left-at-the-Valley-1410191742576771/ As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show...
Deconversion and Addiction with Josh Richards
April 13, 2018 10:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBIn this episode Cory talks to Josh Richards of the JRR talking podcast about his deconversion, his struggle with addiction, and some other topics. You can find his stuff at www.jrrtalking.com As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or...
Beecupunture, Parallel Universes, and Ice Cream
April 09, 2018 10:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBIn this episode Cory, Angela, Lisa, Rene, Brandon, and Dave talk about all some deadly pseudoscience, some silly woo, some religious snowflakes, and some politics. Here are the links Brandon’s Story- http://nationalpost.com/health/woman-dies-after-acupuncture-using-live-bee-stings-instead-of-needles https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/03/23/bee-venom-acupuncture-deadly-quackery-that-can-kill/ Angela’s Story- http://tetribe.net/scientists-say-we-can-sneak-into-parallel-univers...
Criticizing Atheist Leaders
April 06, 2018 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBIn this segment Cory, Angela, Lisa, Brandon, Rene, and Dave talk about some of the recent back and forth that has been going on in the atheist community. Do we have leaders? Should we? How should we be criticizing them? As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/gr...
The History of American Atheism with Justin Clark
April 02, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBThis episode Cory, Rene, Angela, Lisa, Brandon and the always amazing Dave talk to Justin Clark. Justin founded the Reason Revolution online community and is a public historian with an interest in philosophy. It was a great chat. Check out Reason Revolution http://reasonrevolution.org/ https://www.facebook.com/reasonrevolution/ https://twitter.com/ReasonOrg As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check...
Lisa Doesn't Get A Bumper
March 26, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBIn this episode Cory, Angela, Lisa, Brandon, guest Jeanne and the always amazing Dave talk protein, guns, and religion. Here are some links Brandon’s Story- https://www.consumerreports.org/dietary-supplements/heavy-metals-in-protein-supplements/ Angela’s Story- https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-plans-to-blame-video-games-for-gun-violence Lisa’s Story- http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/when-nra-members-meet-for-convention-gun-injuries-fall.html?utm_source=fb&utm_...
Polyamory, Relationships, and #MeToo with Jeanne Ikerd
March 19, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, Brandon, and the amazing Dave talk to Jeanne Ikerd, formerly of the Polyaskery Podcast and friend to many in the atheist community. Jeanne wanted us to share a link to the book Opening Up by Tristan Taormino so you can find that here http://amzn.to/2FS3sq1 As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion gro...
Do Smarter People Taste Better?
March 12, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBIn this episode Destin hosts with Basit, Lisa, Brandon, Rene, and the amazing Dave to cover a variety of stories and take the train right off the tracks a couple of times. Here are some links Woo Report Rene’s Story - https://arcdigital.media/what-if-there-was-video-of-crisis-actors-exploiting-school-shootings-9ccdb3017f9a Basit’s Story - https://dralice.blog/2018/02/20/trends-in-pseudoscience-raw-water/ Science Lisa’s Story - https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/02/19/gmo...
Custom Reality and You with Peter Coffin
March 09, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBIn this episode Cory talks to Peter Coffin, Youtuber personality, prolific Twitterer, and new author about Planet Fitness, social collectivism, and his new book. This interview was a lot of fun and we were laughing right from the start. I hope you enjoy it. Here are some links for Peter's stuff. https://www.youtube.com/user/petercoffin https://www.facebook.com/PeterCoffinFans http://petercoffin.com/ https://twitter.com/petercoffin https://www.patreon.com/petercoffin you can fin...
Hearts Plus Brains Minus Assholes with David Silverman
March 04, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBThis time around Destin hosts and is joined by Lisa, Brandon, Basit, Rene and the amazing Dave to talk to David Silverman; President of American Atheists and well known atheist spokesperson. They talk about the upcoming AAcon and some other great stuff. Here are some links https://www.atheists.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AmericanAtheists/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=619971701 https://www.atheists.org/convention2018/ As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brains...
Indigenous Issues with Rick Harp
March 02, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBIn this interview I talk to Rick Harp from the podcast Media Indigena. We talk a little about Gerald Stanley, lot about racism and Indigenous issues in Canada, and little about capitalism. I hope you enjoy. There is a bit of glitch at one point where my recorder acted up for some reason and didn't pick up what I said but I think it worked out ok. You can find Rick's stuff at www.mediaindigena.com www.facebook.com/mediaindigena https://twitter.com/mediaindigena As for the ...
The Harm of Misinformation
February 26, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Brandon, Basit, Rene, guest host; George, and the always amazing Dave cover a few stories that range from fun to infuriating. First Rene covers some silly martial arts stuff, then Lisa talks about David Stephan and a wellness expo that pulled him from being a featured speaker. Basit talks about Georgian College starting a homeopathy program and then pulling it after some backlash. Cory talks about a religious leader who blames the victims of Larry Nassar, and Br...
Productive Conversations with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
February 19, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBThis week Cory, Basit, Lisa, Rene, Brandon, and Dave were joined by guest host George to interview Dr. Gleb Tsipursky to talk about his new book, The Truth Seekers Handbook. Followed by a conversation with George as a member of the SSA here in Regina. Some links https://www.protruthpledge.org/ http://www.intentionalinsights.org/ https://www.amazon.ca/Truth-Seekers-Handbook-Science-Based-Guide-ebook/dp/B078429WCF As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Foll...
Re-broadcast: Social Justice with Peter Coffin
February 16, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis is a rebroadcast of my interview with Peter Coffin on the subject of social justice. Since this interview I have become an even bigger fan of Peter and his work on Youtube. I encourage everyone to check it out. Keep your ears open for an upcoming interview on Brainstorm's Skeptic Studio with Peter about his new book. Here are some links www.youtube.com/petercoffin How Donald Trump won (this was from before the election) https://youtu.be/evQa8YZlQtc Election Pre-Postmortem h...
It Only Works When Angela Says It
February 12, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBThis time around it's Cory, Angela, Lisa, Brandon, and Dave in an entirely religious nuttery episode. We talk about Noah's Arc, religion in schools, letting Jesus take the wheel, and a case in Saskatchewan that puts funding of Catholic schools in jeopardy. Here are some links Brandon’s Story - http://onlinenews24.info/noahs-arc-found-right-where-the-bible-prophesied-this-is-beyond-miraculous/ Angela’s Story – http://christiannews.net/2018/01/26/school-district-refuses-at...
Atheism and The Right with Eiynah Nicemangos
February 09, 2018 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBIn this episode Cory talked to Eiynah Nicemangos about atheism, the right, the left, Jordan Peterson, and Islam. It was a great conversation. Here are some links https://twitter.com/NiceMangos http://nicemangos.blogspot.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/Eiynah-Nice-Mangos-1223100414378627/ https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out ...
Discussing Resilience with Matt and Phil
February 05, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, and Dave are joined by some guest hosts, Brandon and Connor to interview Matt and Phil from the Semi Intellectual Musings podcast. Links https://twitter.com/The_SIM_Pod http://thesim.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thesimpod/ As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainsto...
Re-broadcast Race and Racism with Alix Jules
February 04, 2018 19:54 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBIn this one I'm joined by Alix Jules to talk about racism. It was very informative even though we barely scratched the surface. I have to apologize for the audio quality, for some reason my levels were out of whack. Here are some links and stuff http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thegraffitiwall/ https://the-orbit.net/alixjules/author/alixjules/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_...
Atheist Persecution, Raw Water, and Carbon Tax
January 29, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Leo, Rene, and the amazing Dave talk about the underground railroad for atheists, coffee enemas, raw water, and a bit of a deep dive into carbon tax versus cap and trade. links https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/the-underground-railroad-to-save-atheists/550229/ Woo Report http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/06/doctor-explains-shouldnt-follow-goops-advice-shooting-coffee-bum-7208712/amp/?__twitter_impression=true https://munchies.vic...
Re-Broadcast: Implicit Bias with Donna Barker
January 23, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBThis is the re-broadcast of episode 9 from The Hardcore Skeptic Examines Social Justice and I got to talk to Donna Barker, a Phd student who studies implicit bias and subversive racism. It was an amazing interview and she really knows her stuff. I hope you enjoy it. Here's a bunch of links for some references https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/canada/takeatest.html http://scienceblogs.com/thoughtfulanimal/2010/10/18/ed-tronick-and-the-still-face/ https://cgscholar.com/bookst...
Collective Action with Marianne Garneau
January 22, 2018 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBThis week Cory, Leo, Lisa, Rene, and Dave talk to Phd philosopher Marianne Garneau about politics, sexual misconduct, and collective action by workers. It should satisfy all your lefty leanings. Then we talk about the guests from 2017 and some of the best interviews. As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcas...
Manly Environmentalism and Sex Robots
January 15, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBIn this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, Rene, Destin, Leo, and Dave cover some misleading news, some common myths and some less common findings about a few different subjects. Here are some links Cory’s Story - http://www.exposinggovernment.com/2017/12/23/pedophiles-to-be-given-child-sex-bots-to-prevent-them-from-attacking-children/ http://www.neonnettle.com/news/3450-pedophiles-to-be-given-child-sex-bots-to-prevent-them-from-attacking-children https://www.rt.com/uk/413762-sex-love-robo...
Getting To Know X
January 09, 2018 20:41 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBIn this episode I talked to X from the Utah Outcasts. We talked about life, music, art, and family. It was great conversation and a great way to get to know someone who we usually just hear talk about the news or issues. You can find out more about X at www.utahoutcasts.com or by following the Utah Outcasts on Facebook or Twitter. https://www.facebook.com/utahoutcasts/ https://twitter.com/UtahOutcasts For everything else Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod or follow me @hardcor...
Not Another Brainstorm Podcast with Keith Spielman
January 08, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBFull crew this week with Cory, Leo, Lisa, Angela, Rene, Destin and the Amazing Dave talking to Keith Spielman from the Not Another Atheist Podcast podcast before going into some regular segments and random derailing. Here are a couple links for Keith's podcast https://www.facebook.com/NotAnotherAtheistPodcast/ https://notanotheratheistpodcast.wordpress.com/ As for the rest you can contact us at [email protected] Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out t...
Re-broadcast : Sitting On The Fence With Atheist Joe
January 06, 2018 14:52 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBThis is a re-broadcast of another one of the infamous anti side interviews. I talked to Joe an atheist and anti-theist who considers himself a bit on the fence in regards to social justice. I changed up the format a little bit in this one so let me know what you think. I think I only need a couple links for this chat. Atheist Joe youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGjJU95ZxYxgp_rNcvwmhA?&ab_channel=AtheistJoe Story about no gender ruling in court http://www.independent....