Episode 012

Posted on 2019-01-272020-06-26 by Scot

Border Walls: Are They Effective?

Recorded on 27 Jan 2019: Topics include Border Walls: Are They Effective? and Social Justice Warriors Gone Wild!!

Banter: The Government Reopens … Temporarily

Trump Agrees to Reopen Government for 3 Weeks in Surprise Retreat From Wall, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos, and Peter Baker, NYT, 25 Jan 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/25/us/politics/trump-shutdown-deal.html
Exclusive: White House preparing draft national emergency order, has identified $7 billion for wall, Priscilla Alvarez and Tammy Kupperman, CNN, 24 Jan 2019
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/trump-border-wall-emergency-draft/index.html
Trump’s golf course employed undocumented workers — and then fired them amid showdown over border wall, Joshua Partlow and David A. Fahrenthold, WaPo, 26 Jan 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trumps-demand-for-a-border-wall-shut-down-the-government-at-the-same-time-his-company-was-firing-undocumented-workers/2019/01/26/8cf75d66-20c5-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html

Segment 1: Border Walls: Are They Effective?

Borders and Walls: Do Barriers Deter Unauthorized Migration?, Reece Jones, Migration Policy Institute (MPI), 05Oct2016
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/borders-and-walls-do-barriers-deter-unauthorized-migration
Why the Wall Won’t Work, David Bier, The Cato Institute, May2017
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/why-wall-wont-work
Trump wall – all you need to know about US border in seven charts , Lucy Rodgers and Dominic Bailey, BBC News, 21 Jan 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46824649
Five Problems Trump’s Wall Won’t Solve, According to Professor Emeritus Michael Dear, UC Berkeley, 08 Mar 2017
https://ced.berkeley.edu/events-media/news/five-problems-trumps-wall-wont-solve-according-to-professor-emeritus-michae

Segment 2: Social Justice Warriors Gone Wild!!

Jeremy Kappell: WHEC chief meteorologist fired after apparent on-air Martin Luther King slur live on Rochester, NY news, issues video apology, CBS News, 08 Jan 2019
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeremy-kappell-whec-chief-meteorologist-fired-apparent-on-air-mlk-slur-rochester-new-york/
Could fired meteorologist Jeremy Kappell sue WHEC and win?, Mary Chao, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 08 Jan 2019
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/01/08/jeremy-kappell-racist-slur-martin-luther-king-jr-sue-whec-lawsuit/2513739002/
US teen denies mocking Native American, BBC, 21 Jan 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46943364
Covington High School closed Tuesday, uproar persists after video of encounter with Native American man, Greg Norman, Fox News, 22 Jan 2019
https://www.foxnews.com/us/covington-high-school-closes-tuesday-as-uproar-persists-following-viral-video-of-confrontation-with-native-american-man
Covington bishop apologizes for prematurely condemning students in viral incident with Native American elder, Lukas Mikelionis, Fox News, 26 Jan 2019
https://www.foxnews.com/us/covington-bishop-apologizes-for-prematurely-condemning-students-in-viral-incident-with-native-american-elder
The Righteousness and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way, Valerie Tarico, 24 Jan 2019
https://valerietarico.com/2019/01/24/the-righteousness-and-the-woke-why-evangelicals-and-social-justice-warriors-trigger-me-in-the-same-way/

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Episode 005

Posted on 2018-03-252018-05-04 by Scot

Summary
Recorded on 25 Mar 2018: Topics include Domestic Terrorism and Critical Thinking: Evidence — Evaluating Sources

Domestic Terrorism

“Why police aren’t calling Austin bombing suspect Mark Anthony Conditt a terrorist”, Elizbeth Chuck, NBC News, 22 Mar 2018
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/why-police-aren-t-calling-austin-bombing-suspect-mark-anthony-n859116
“22 U.S. Code § 2656f – Annual country reports on terrorism”, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, modified 06 Mar 2018
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/2656f
“How the USA PATRIOT Act redefines “Domestic Terrorism”, American Civil Liberties Union, modified 25 Mar 2018
https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism
“Domestic terrorism in the United States“, Wikipedia, modified 20 Mar 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States
“Domestic terrorism“, Wikipedia, modified 13 Mar 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism
“Charleston church shooting“, Wikipedia, modified 24 Mar 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_church_shooting
“The Reasons Why Dylann Roof Wasn’t Charged with Terrorism”, Faiza Patel & Adrienne Tierney, Just Security, 30 July 2015
https://www.justsecurity.org/25071/reason-dylann-roof-charged-terrorism/

Critical Thinking: Evidence — Evaluating Sources

“Skeptic Heads Podcast Episode 004”, Scot Haire & Brian Broome, 25 Feb 2018
https://skepticheads.com/podcast/2018/episode-004/
“Political Fact-Checking Under Fire”, transcript “Talk of the Nation”, Neal Conan, NPR, 10 Jan 2012
https://www.npr.org/2012/01/10/144974110/political-fact-checking-under-fire
“FackCheck.org — A Fraudulent “Fact Check” Site Funded By Biased Political Group”, 27 Aug 2012
http://www.matchdoctor.com/blog_141905/Factcheck_org_–_A_Fraudulent_Fact_Check_Site_Funded_By_Biased_Political_Group.html
“FackCheck.org — A Fraudulent “Fact Check” Site Funded By Biased Political Group”, post by user DiamondRain, MatchDoctor, 27 Aug 2012
http://www.matchdoctor.com/blog_141905/Factcheck_org_–_A_Fraudulent_Fact_Check_Site_Funded_By_Biased_Political_Group.html
“Becoming a Critical Thinker: Chapter 3 – Sources”, Robert T. Carroll, 2004, pp 31-78
http://skepdic.com/ticriticalthinking.html
“Six Questions That Will Tell You What Media to Trust”, Tom Rosenstiel, American Press Institute, 2013
https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/six-critical-questions-can-use-evaluate-media-content/
“How to Spot Fake News”, Eugene Kiely & Lori Robertson, 18 Nov 2016, FactCheck.org
https://www.factcheck.org/2016/11/how-to-spot-fake-news/

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Episode 004

Posted on 2018-02-252018-05-04 by Scot

Summary
Recorded on 25 Feb 2018: Topics include Trusted Sources: FactCheck.org, Essential Oils, and BRRPS Episode 3: Circumcision.

Trusted Resources: FactCheck.org

Essential Oils

“Essential oils and aromatherapy: A rebuttal to bunk science and the healing power of odors”, Andy’s Brain,
http://www.andybrain.com/extras/essential-oils-and-aromatherapy.htm
“aromatherapy (essential oils)”, Robert T. Carroll, The Skeptic’s Dictionary, 2015
http://skepdic.com/aroma.html
“Aromatherapy: Does It Pass the Smell Test?”, Paul DesOrmeaux, Bay Area Skeptics, 2007
http://www.baskeptics.org/basis/2007/july-september/047-aromatherapy-does-it-pass-smell-test
“What’s That I Smell? The Claims of Aromatherapy”, Lynn McCutcheon, Skeptical Inquirer, CSICOP, 1996
https://www.csicop.org/si/show/whats_that_i_smell_the_claims_of_aromatherapy
“Reflexology”, Taking Charge of your Health & Wellbeing, Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing, University of Minnesota
https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/reflexology
“Psychoneuroimmunology Research”, Encyclopedia of Complementary Health Practice, Caroly Chambers Clark, Rena J Gordon, Barbara Harris, Carl O. Helvie, Springer Publishing Company, 1999, pp 464-468
https://books.google.com/books?id=cpLSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&dq=each+foot+has+7,200+nerve+endings&source=bl&ots=DDV-j-4mIH&sig=_2IUUayKhGVyHXXoaPwG6YSw68k&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0vOOOt8HZAhVV9GMKHaOwCWMQ6AEIXDAH – v=onepage&q=each foot has 7,200 nerve endings&f=false
“ Ray Wunderlich Jr., an early advocate of holistic medicine, dies at 84″, Andrew Meacham, Tampa Bay Times, 2014
http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/dr-ray-wunderlich-jr-an-early-advocate-of-holistic-medicine-dies-at-84/2178458
“3 Amazing Reasons Why You Should Put Essential Oils on the Bottom of Your Feet!”, Katherine Crofton, 2016
https://www.davidwolfe.com/3-reasons-essential-oils-bottom-feet/
“The Impermeable Facts of Skin Penetration and Absorption”, Nathan Rivas, 2011
https://personalcaretruth.com/2011/01/the-impermeable-facts-of-skin-penetration-and-absorption/
“A Textbook of Modern Toxicology”, Ernest Hodgson, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp 88-97
https://studfiles.net/preview/409195/page:28/
“Essential oil”, Rational Wiki, 2018
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Essential_oil

BRRPS E03: Circumcision

(Beliefs, Rites, Rituals, Practices, and Superstitions)

“Circumcision in men”, NHS UK, 2016
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-men/
“Female genital mutilation (FGM)”, NHS UK, 2016
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/female-genital-mutilation-fgm/
“Circumcision”, Wikipedia, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision
“Circumcision from a historical perspective”, PubMed, NIH, 2000
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11155508
“Male circumcision: Global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability”, WHO UNAIDS, 2007
http://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/jc1360_male_circumcision_en_0.pdf
“WHO and UNAIDS announce recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention”, WHO, 2007
http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news68/en/
“HIV/AIDS: Fact Sheet”, WHO, 2017
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/
“Male circumcision for HIV prevention” WHO, 2018
http://www.who.int/hiv/topics/malecircumcision/en/
“Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in 14 priority countries in eastern and southern Africa: Progress brief”, WHO, 2017
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/258691/1/WHO-HIV-2017.36-eng.pdf
“Male circumcision and risk of syphilis, chancroid, and genital herpes: a systematic review and meta‐analysis”, Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ Publishing, 2006
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653870/
“Does Male Circumcision Affect Sexual Function, Sensitivity, or Satisfaction?—A Systematic Review”, Sexual Medicine, Journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, 2013
http://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(15)30172-7/fulltext
“Trends in Circumcision for Male Newborns in U.S. Hospitals: 1979–2010″, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC, 2013
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/circumcision_2013/circumcision_2013.pdf
“Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Following Jewish Ritual Circumcisions that Included Direct Orogenital Suction — New York City, 2000–2011”, CDC, 2012
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm
“Newborn Male Circumcision”, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012
https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/newborn-male-circumcision.aspx
“Circumcision: Medical Organization Official Policy Statements”, Circumcision Information and Resources Page (CIRP), 2016
http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/
CIRP is referenced by the BMJ as a reference for information on circumcision
“Circumcision is one of those subjects that crops up repeatedly in online medical discussion forums. For useful online information on the subject visit the circumcision information resource on http://www.cirp.org/CIRP/“, 1998
http://web.archive.org/web/19980422125257/http://www.bmj.com/archive/7128/7128ip3.htm
“Denmark, Sweden Ban Non-Medical Circumcision of Boys”, International Business Times AU Edition, 2014
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/denmark-sweden-ban-non-medical-circumcision-boys-1330592
“CDC’s Male Circumcision Recommendations Represent a Key Public Health Measure”, Global Health Science and Practice, 2017
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5478224/
“Circumcision controversies”, Wikipedia, 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_controversies
“Nontherapeutic Circumcision of Minors as an Ethically Problematic Form of Iatrogenic Injury”, AMA Journal of Ethics, 2017
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2017/08/msoc2-1708.html
“Are Physicians Blameworthy for Iatrogenic Harm Resulting from Unnecessary Genital Surgeries?”, AMA Journal of Ethics, 2017
http://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/2017/08/msoc3-1708.html

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