Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Show notes for Episode 38

Radio Freethinker episode 38 - Our Second Fundraising Episode!! Vaccines and poor journalism by the Georgia Straight

You can donate by calling 604-822-8648 or at www.citr.ca/donate

Great swag awaits you!!

Donations give you the chance to win some great swag!
For $101.90 you get: Year’s subscription to Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry!
For $60 you get: A new copy of Richard Dawkins “The Greatest Show on Earth”!
For $60 you get: A membership, free pass and t-shirt from the Railway Club!
For $30 you get CD of the Music of Radio Freethinker! and a DVD of audio books on science, skepticism and atheism! and a Honorary membership of the UBC Freethinkers! !SOLD OUT!

If you Donate $300 or more... you get it all!!!Call 604-822-8648 or 604 UBC UNIT

Links:
Georgia Straight article on Vaccines: http://www.straight.com/article-270843/vancouver/whats-your-vaccine

Events:
Skeptics in the Pub: http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=5218449547
Skepticism and The X-Files: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=168661704305&index=1

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Show notes for Episode 37

Radio Freethinker episode 37 - Our First Fundraising Episode!! Craziness ensues!! You can donate by calling 604-822-8648 or at www.citr.ca/donate Great swag awaits you!!
Donations give you the chance to win some great swag!
For $101.90 you get: Year’s subscription to Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry!
For $60 you get: A new copy of Richard Dawkins “The Greatest Show on Earth”!
For $60 you get: A membership, free pass and t-shirt from the Railway Club!
For $30 you get CD of the Music of Radio Freethinker! and a DVD of audio books on science, skepticism and atheism! and a Honorary membership of the UBC Freethinkers!

If you Donate $300 or more... you get it all!!!
Call 604-822-8648 or 604 UBC UNIT

Links:
Water on the moon http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/prelim_water_results.html
Lake Agassiz http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Canadian+disaster+sparked+Freeze+Europe+years+scientist/2225992/story.html
Ethan's Skeptic North article in the National Post http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/16/ethan-clow.aspx
Skepticism and The X-Files Event http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=168661704305&ref=mf

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Show notes for Episode 36

Radio Freethinker episode 36 - Carl Sagan Day, more Body Soul and Spirit expo
Song: Symphony of Science "We are all connected" by John Boswell http://www.symphonyofscience.com/

Carl Sagan Day: http://www.carlsaganday.com/

H1 N1 Get the Facts: http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=161444432417

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Show notes for Episode 35

Radio Freethinker episode 35 - "Ahead of the Curve", Drug advisor fired, Mind Body and Spirit expo is discussed

Links:
UK Drug advisor fired: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8338981.stm

Vaccine "ahead of the curve" http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownlee-h1n1 and http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/2/shannon_brownlee_does_the_vaccine_matter

Show notes for Episode 34

Radio Freethinker episode 34 - Economic's Special! Topics include bailouts, HST, and Libertarianism vs Liberalism

Links:
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_45/b4154034724383.htm
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=311
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Business_Cycle_Theory
http://mises.org/story/3127
http://mises.org/story/3770

http://www.gov.bc.ca/hst/
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/09/22/HSTMyths/
http://ubyssey.ca/ideas/?p=8846
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/~ASSETS/DOCUMENT/BC_Office_Pubs/bc_commentary/bccfall09.pdf
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105998706732&v=info

Secondary links:

http://www.saynotohstinbc.ca/news-articles/harmonised-sales-tax-will-hurt-bc-service-industry/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-to-harmonize-sales-tax-with-gst/article1228772/
http://www.crfa.ca/aboutcrfa/newsroom/2009/hst_tax_increase_delivers_huge_hit_to_bc_families_and_tourists.asp

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Podcast Problems

Hello all,

Some may have noticed that episode 34 and 35 have yet to be updated on Itunes. We are aware of the problem and it should be corrected within the next 24 hours. Hopefully everything will work out. Thanks for your patience.

Radio Freethinker.