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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #5 – “No Show Jones”
In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys are waiting around Disgraceland Studios for a HUGE guest (country music superstar, George Jones) to show up. With some time on their hands, the boys delve into local commercials, the Jim Crockett and NWA professional wrestling promotions, as well as the number one radio show in the midnight to four slot, Coast to Coast AM. Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod Rivers is @RiversLangley Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS MoreOrLess: Population explosion?
"We just shut our eyes to the fact that the world's population is increasing out of control." Is broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough right about global population projections? And Tim Harford wonders whether it's true that Scotland is home to 20% of the world's redheads. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #428 – Sep 28 2013
Interview with Jamie Williams; This Day in Skepticism: Thomas Crapper; News Items: GMO OK, Angry Internet, Warning Labels, When Black Holes Explode, Carbon Nanotube Computers; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 09.27.2013
Government shutdown looms, JC Penney does it again, and Nike hits an all-time high. Our guys analyze the latest on Microsoft’s next CEO and share 3 stocks on their radar. Plus, craft beer pioneer Ken Grossman takes us inside the industry with his new book, Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - NHS hospital deaths
Tim Harford examines the claim that NHS hospital patients are 45% more likely to die than US ones. Is Sir David Attenborough right that the world's population is increasingly out of control? And are 20% of the world's redheads in Scotland? Plus, the story of the Hawthorne Experiment, one of the most famous studies in industrial history.
Start the Week - Greek myth and the Indian epic Ramayana
Stephanie Flanders talks to the Canadian poet Anne Carson about updating a three thousand year old myth, in which the red winged monster becomes a moody teenage boy. Daljit Nagra takes inspiration from poets across Asia for his own version of the ancient text, Ramayana. The sins of the father are revisited in Richard Eyre's version of Ibsen's Ghosts. And Celtic Europe is the setting for Graham Robb's latest journey, as he uncovers a lost map which reveals hidden meanings in an ancient civilisation.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
Cato Daily Podcast - Rethinking Nuclear Weapons Policy
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TLDR - #2 – Stereotyped
Christopher Hermelin has a project called "The Roving Typist," where he writes stories for people in the park on his typewriter. One day last summer, he found his photo posted to Reddit, and suddenly his image was the butt of jokes all over the internet. We talked to him about what it feels like to become a meme.
Cato Daily Podcast - Counterintuition on EPA, the ‘War on Coal’
A Looming Policy Disaster by Jason Scott Johnson, Regulation, Fall 2008.
An EPA War on Coal? by Richard L. Gordon, Regulation, Spring 2013
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