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!!
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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

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

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

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.

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Show notes for Episode 33

Radio Freethinker episode 33 - Halloween Special! Origins of Halloween, Trick or Treating, Scarey Myths

Song: Theme to the Crypt Keeper

Origins of Halloween - Samhain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain All Saints Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints_Day Festival of the Dead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead

Halloween is safe and always has been: http://weirdthings.com/2009/10/the-pin-poison-panic-the-true-story-of-american-candy-tampering/

Mathematical model for surviving zombie outbreak: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/zombies/

Porphyria explains vampires and werewolves: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/36662

H1N1 - Get the Facts: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=161444432417

Show notes for Episode 32

Radio Freethinker episode 32 - "Priming the well", Placebo effect study, Science and skepticism

Song: The Big Bang Theory by Barenaked Ladies

Links:

Placebo study: http://www.theprovince.com/technology/science/Placebo+effect+spine+well+mind/2111851/story.html

Copper bracelets usless: http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/741-copper-and-magnetic-bracelets-useless.html

Open Access week: http://www.library.ubc.ca/schol_comm/oa/start.html

Tck Tck Tck: http://tcktcktck.org/