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Podcast – The League of Nerds

150 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratings

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#198 The end

February 25, 2018 14:25 - 83.2 MB

Goodbye everyone. Download Podcast Watch Episode on YouTube

#197 Fun with Mormonism

February 18, 2018 16:31 - 62.4 MB

The dynamic due of James and Rebecca Waa, I mean Natalie Newell are back. This time we are talking with Bryce Blankenagel of the Naked Mormonism podcast.… Read more "#197 Fun with Mormonism"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – The Science Wars, King Crocoduck- #013

February 11, 2018 15:07 - 51.8 MB

What is Science? A culmination of the best ways we have so far developed to understand the nature of our universe? Or perhaps is it another imperialist… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – The Science Wars, King Crocoduck- #013"

#196 – Tyranny

February 04, 2018 13:47 - 59 MB

Buck read a book, he thought you might like it too! The book is ‘On Tyranny: twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century’ by Timothy Snyder. The book… Read more "#196 – Tyranny"

#195 Holocaust Denialism

January 28, 2018 14:58 - 56.8 MB

Yesterday was International Holocaust remembrance day, on the 27th of January 1945 Auschwitz was liberated. Roughly 6 million Jews, 250k mentally disabled, 200k Romani, and close to… Read more "#195 Holocaust Denialism"

#194 – Conspiracy Conspiracy

January 21, 2018 16:05 - 62.4 MB

This film was dull and the person who made it is too. Basically calling things conspiracies is a conspiracy to discredit people who believe them. Download Podcast Watch… Read more "#194 – Conspiracy Conspiracy"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Fake Fighting: Martial Arts Woo – #012

January 14, 2018 15:30 - 49.6 MB

This week Buck breaks out his nunchucks focuses his Qi and transcends to clear his mind of all distractions. With the adequate number of montages Buck is… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Fake Fighting: Martial Arts Woo – #012"

#193 – Let’s Engage some Millennials!

January 07, 2018 16:00 - 60 MB

Vance is back… this time he talks to the nerds about his time at Monsanto. The nerds were the first podcast to interview Vance and his position… Read more "#193 – Let’s Engage some Millennials!"

#192 – Get Your Life Back Now

December 31, 2017 16:39 - 68.1 MB

The alt-nerds are joined by Dr Chad Hayes (http://www.chadhayesmd.com) to talk about the joint project to send him to the woo conference ‘Get your life back now’.… Read more "#192 – Get Your Life Back Now"

#191 – Battle of Ideas

December 24, 2017 15:30 - 54 MB

In late October Myles was invited to Battle of ideas down in London. He went to see Vance Crowe, the man from Monsanto. Vance was shocked about… Read more "#191 – Battle of Ideas"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Mythicist Milwaukee – #011

December 17, 2017 13:09 - 65.5 MB

This week Buck talks to the guys from ‪Mythicist Milwaukee about a topic that stopped being relevant 2 months ago. A few months ago the guys and… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Mythicist Milwaukee – #011"

#190 – I was a 9/11 Truther

December 10, 2017 16:21 - 56.6 MB

Buck is really milking in the lime light, he tells us, in depth, about he old beliefs on 9/11. Like many truthers Buck had seen and read… Read more "#190 – I was a 9/11 Truther"

#189 – Extremism

December 03, 2017 19:28 - 55.1 MB

The nerds this week have Chris Shelton on once again. Chris has a lot of experience with scientology which some might consider an extremist ideology. What is… Read more "#189 – Extremism"

#188 – Plant Whispering and Random DNA with Prof Kevin Folta

November 26, 2017 11:30 - 47.4 MB

It finally happened! We spoke with Kevin Folta about his research. Professor Folta (if you want to be formal) works on plants and how they work out… Read more "#188 – Plant Whispering and Random DNA with Prof Kevin Folta"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Talking to 9/11 Truther – #010

November 19, 2017 11:30 - 68.7 MB

The self proclaimed best British author (seriously) Thomas Baden-Riess joins Buck to talk about why he believes that 9/11 was an inside job. Download Podcast Watch Episode on… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Talking to 9/11 Truther – #010"

#187 – The Waco Siege

November 12, 2017 13:48 - 62.9 MB

The Waco siege was a siege of a compound belonging to the group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and US military. The… Read more "#187 – The Waco Siege"

#186 – The Anarchists Cook Book

November 05, 2017 16:56 - 60.9 MB

The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book that contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and related weapons, as well… Read more "#186 – The Anarchists Cook Book"

#185 – An Ex-scientologist

October 29, 2017 15:58 - 64.7 MB

A full complement of nerds this week with a special guest in the form of Chris Shelton. Scientology describes Chris as ‘difficult to find a more unqualified… Read more "#185 – An Ex-scientologist"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Free Speech and Sorority Girls – #009

October 22, 2017 13:58 - 65.1 MB

This week Buck joined by Christine Price the former president of her High School Free Thought Club and talk about how censorship isn’t just a thing the… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Free Speech and Sorority Girls – #009"

#184 – Agent Orange

October 15, 2017 08:41 - 70.6 MB

The tactical herbicide Agent Orange, which was used in South-east Asia by the United States Department of Defence during the Vietnam War, was made from equal parts… Read more "#184 – Agent Orange"

#183 – Nazi Conspiracies and Sci-Fi Technology

October 08, 2017 12:46 - 58.1 MB

In this podcast, we discuss Nazi conspiracy and the ridiculous technologies (e.g. spaceships, secret bases at the core of the planet, and Nazi’s on the moon) that… Read more "#183 – Nazi Conspiracies and Sci-Fi Technology"

#182 – Was Balloon Boy a Hoax?

October 01, 2017 13:49 - 61 MB

Was Balloon Boy all a hoax? Yes, yes it was unless you’re Myles. Myles gets it all wrong and buys into a hoax, James (the voice of… Read more "#182 – Was Balloon Boy a Hoax?"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Nothing to Do with Islam – #008

September 24, 2017 15:33 - 63.4 MB

Buck is joined by Jody Tomchishen a Philosophy PhD candidate and he and Buck talk over is there something specially or inherently ‘bad’ or dangerous, or violent… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Nothing to Do with Islam – #008"

#181 – PETA Targeting Scientists

September 17, 2017 14:48 - 50.7 MB

This week the nerds are joined by Kevin Folta once again he has recently being spreading awareness of PETA’s latest campaign of harassment. Dr Christine Lattin is… Read more "#181 – PETA Targeting Scientists"

#180 – What the Health

September 10, 2017 11:33 - 68.4 MB

What the health is the latest assault on the nerds sensibilities. Instead of understanding that almost any diet can be healthy constructed the film makers decided that… Read more "#180 – What the Health"

#179 – Alcoholics Anonymous

September 03, 2017 14:04 - 65.5 MB

Alcoholics Anonymous is often held as the best way to cure an Alcoholic. Is Alcoholism a disease? – does AA work? – whats with all the religious… Read more "#179 – Alcoholics Anonymous"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Who Done 9/11 – #007

August 27, 2017 14:10 - 55 MB

In an attempt to have a fatwa issued on his life Buck and Terry McDermott sit down and talk about how islam may drive extremist Islamic terrorism.… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Who Done 9/11 – #007"

#178 – GamerGate

August 20, 2017 15:36 - 52 MB

Oh boy another hot button topic, we had planned this episode a long time in advance in order to not be accused of milking any hype or… Read more "#178 – GamerGate"

#177 – Psychic Adventures

August 13, 2017 14:43 - 56 MB

Brian Eggo joins the nerds to talk about all things Psychic. Are they as scummy as they seem? Brian talks about his multiple run ins with psychics… Read more "#177 – Psychic Adventures"

#176 – Alex Jones Salesman?

August 06, 2017 14:36 - 51.8 MB

Alex Jones and info wars would like to sell you stuff, what sort of stuff well Jeff and the nerds talk about these great products. Download Podcast Watch… Read more "#176 – Alex Jones Salesman?"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Red Pill – #006

July 23, 2017 10:29 - 59.2 MB

Woke yeah? What even is a Red pill? Buck tries his best not virtue signal himself to death. I say how dare someone hold a complex set… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Red Pill – #006"

#175 – Conceptual Penis Paper

July 23, 2017 10:24 - 64.1 MB

Oh boy… A fake paper does not make an entire field fake. There’s no need to use fake papers to criticize any field. Any field of research… Read more "#175 – Conceptual Penis Paper"

#174 – Artificial Intelligence

July 16, 2017 10:19 - 53.6 MB

I am AM %*% please enjoy this squishy human ‘entertainment’. Artificial intelligence is never going to happen, relax fellow humanoid. Download Podcast Watch Episode on YouTube

#173 – Bought

July 09, 2017 12:11 - 65.5 MB

Bought is a 2015 Documentary in which Tony Bark (Quicksliver from Xmen not the MArvel extended universe) tries to tie together all sorts of health based conspiracy… Read more "#173 – Bought"

F**K you Buck Mulligan – Science and Politics – #005

July 02, 2017 13:36 - 51 MB

Yeah I guess this week Buck bores C0nc0rdance for 50 mins or so about his inane ideals and politics. The topic, politic and science two low key… Read more "F**K you Buck Mulligan – Science and Politics – #005"

#172 – Alien: Covenant

June 25, 2017 15:58 - 57 MB

Framed as a return to form after the calamity of Prometheus (which made $300 million profit ffs), Alien: Covenant is Ridley Scott’s, hopefully, final bash at the… Read more "#172 – Alien: Covenant"

#171 – Food, Inc.

June 18, 2017 13:33 - 64.9 MB

Food Inc a 2009 ‘Documentary’ on food production and consumption practices of North America. Mistaking less efficient and more labour intensive farming practices as some how better… Read more "#171 – Food, Inc."

#170 – A Titanic Conspiracy

June 11, 2017 16:13 - 60.6 MB

You know that famous ship that sank? Did it really sink? Is it sunk? who’da sunk it? There is a conspiracy of titanic proportion that the titanic… Read more "#170 – A Titanic Conspiracy"

F**k you Buck Mulligan – Talking to a Sandy Hook Denier – 004

June 04, 2017 13:24 - 71.6 MB

Buck talks to a Sandy Hook Truther. https://theleagueofnerdsradio.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/fubm-004.mp3 Download Podcast

#169 – Talking GMOs to skeptics

May 28, 2017 13:50 - 64.1 MB

Myles feels like he needs to vent ok, let’s all just let him get this off his chest and be cool right? In this weeks TLoNs Myles… Read more "#169 – Talking GMOs to skeptics"

#168 – Victorian Spiritualism

May 21, 2017 13:25 - 58 MB

Sprits rap three times on this podcast if you are there… The nerds are joined by an apparition of Ash Pryce, writer of ‘How to talk to… Read more "#168 – Victorian Spiritualism"

#167- Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

May 14, 2017 12:25 - 57.9 MB

In early 1986 a series of bad choices lead to a global incident. Reactor number 4 of Chernobyl nuclear power station melted down. How and why and… Read more "#167- Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster"

F**k you Buck Mulligan – How to Start a Cult – 003

May 07, 2017 15:05 - 52.3 MB

It is that time of the month again, time to bolt the doors, delete youtube and scream ‘Fuck you Buck Mulligan’. Buck speaks with the affable Natalie… Read more "F**k you Buck Mulligan – How to Start a Cult – 003"

#166 – Open Access Science

April 30, 2017 16:36 - 64 MB

Boy is this an exciting topic to choose, but the access to science is so vital to so much. Having closed and difficult to reach areas of… Read more "#166 – Open Access Science"

#165 – Lack of Science Jobs

April 23, 2017 14:02 - 60.7 MB

Oh dear boys and girls, Myles and James have a disagreement, you know what to do! Form an immutable mental target of the ‘other’ and project an… Read more "#165 – Lack of Science Jobs"

#164 – MMS’s Fake Malaria Trial

April 16, 2017 12:50 - 48.6 MB

Did the red cross really test MMS (an industrial bleach) as a treatment for Malaria in Uganda? The nerds review a MMS sales pitch that makes heavy… Read more "#164 – MMS’s Fake Malaria Trial"

F**k you Buck Mulligan – The Regressive Left – #002

April 09, 2017 12:25 - 93.1 MB

Buck fucks with SJWs Download Podcast

#163 – The Skeptical Community

April 02, 2017 10:30 - 55.1 MB

Grant Richie Jr DDS joins the Nerds this week to talk about the Skeptical Community or if you prefer the ‘Skeptical Community?’ is it a thing? Should… Read more "#163 – The Skeptical Community"

#162 – Vaccine Courts

March 26, 2017 13:20 - 61.6 MB

What’s the deal with Vaccine courts? Are manufactures of vaccines completely exempt from being sued by patients who are injured by vaccines? The nerds are joined by… Read more "#162 – Vaccine Courts"

#161 – Fracknation

March 19, 2017 10:32 - 59.9 MB

In reply to Gasland, journalist Irish Boris Johnson (Phelim McAleer) decided to investigate some of the claims made in Gasland, at a press event he asked Gasland’s… Read more "#161 – Fracknation"

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