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November 29, 2018November 29, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 154: A Trail of Tear Gas

Cellar Door Skeptics starts the show off talking about their Thanksgiving experiences and if the politics divided their dinner tables this year. They also talked about their charity of the week BeNice. Mental health is the main focus for this program as it works to educate schools on bullying and techniques to help schools better cope with the issues that are affecting students now a days. Their science segment this week looks at Plants and Ants, which came first and how evolution played a role between species that are not able to breed. The political segment this week talks about Trump’s desire to take control of the military troops to “protect” the border without running afoul of Congress. He has authorized “Force” for the troops to deter individuals seeking asylum. The duo looks at what legal asylum is and if Trump is violating the law. They also examine the border spectrum to determine what the long game that Trump is trying to play. The show ends as usual with the Quick Saves of the week.

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Links
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Local Charity of the Week: The Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan
https://www.benice.org/
https://www.givegr.org/donate
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Science Segment: Plants VS Ants
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/11/13/ants-plants-symbiosis-evolution/#.W_HrURZOmaO
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/11/07/1719794115
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Politics Segment: Trump Fires At the Border
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/14/flake-coons-border-troops-stunt-989876
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/trump-troops-border-caravan-stunt
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/11/23/trump-approves-use-of-force-by-troops-at-the-border/
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/11/21/white-house-approves-use-of-force-some-law-enforcement-roles-for-border-troops/?fbclid=IwAR0-Q-Bect6SOr25GZv5R-y7shZTh_kk7kQg8OsuG1G_IcNLJrF_Lyq583w
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-closes-major-crossing-as-caravan-migrants-mass-at-border-in-mexico/2018/11/25/f94aabe0-f0ea-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ea4652f5e6e1
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/25/children-screaming-and-coughing-mayhem-trump-border-patrol-fires-tear-gas-mexico
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-has-no-legal-authority-to-make-asylum-seekers-stay-in-mexico
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Quicksaves Segment
Hanna: Hitchens starts his war!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA57_Pjqf_0
Tanner: Dogs love high pitched voices?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43315466
https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/dog-speak-important-for-social-bonding/

November 26, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 153: Thankskilling the Ranked Choice Ballot

Cellar Door Skeptics is back this week with a full installment of mayhem and conversations. Join the duo as they talk about their new segment highlighting local businesses who make a difference locally. They also talk about Rank Choice Voting and the pros and cons that come along with this different type of voting measure. The move on to their science segment of the week where they discuss Hanna’s favorite science segment, Crispr, and a new discovery that maybe or maybe not set the project back. They end the show talking about their Quick Saves this week. While Hanna talks about his love of watching engineering videos, Tanner throws it back to a discussion about Thanks Killing the holiday horror extravaganza of a Thanks Giving Horror Movie. Don’t miss out on the laughter this week along with the knowledgeable conversations.

Intro: Local community focus of the week
https://www.miwf.org/about/primary-initiatives/
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20180424/news/658871/michigan-womens-foundation-rebrands-to-michigan-women-forward

Segment: Ranked Choice ballot
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/18/maines-pioneering-ranked-choice-election-likely-to-catch-on-nationally/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRPMJmzBBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNxwMdI8OWw

Science Segment Crispr Update
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2018/11/412356/new-slice-tool-can-massively-expand-immune-systems-cancer-fighting-repertoire
https://xconomy.com/boston/2018/10/29/pre-existing-immunity-to-crispr-found-in-96-of-people-in-study/

Quick Saves:
Tanner: Thanks Killing
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129441/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThanksKilling
Hanna: How a Transmission Works (Manual)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOLtS4VUcvQ

October 24, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 149: Changing the Political Landscape with Ron, Garnet, and Jerry

The local political discussion continues with Cellar Door Skeptics as they interview politics at the local level who will help make a difference in our society. The GOP continues to want to claim states rights is the only way to go. Well we feel we need to fight back by taking local politics back while moving Michigan from a hazy red toward a strong blue. The wave is coming and without your voice, we can not change society to be more progressive without you.

This week we talk with Ron Draayer running for office in the 72 district, Garnet Lewis in the 26th District, and Jerry in the 89th district. The common theme we talk about is helping the populous of Michigan, while continuing to help those in need. Each candidate focuses on how they can help shape Michigan to be more humanistic in their values while protecting minorities and creating as fair a landscape as possible.

Segment: Ron Draayer Michigan State Representative for District 72
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/committee-to-elect-ron-draayer
https://www.rondraayer.com/
https://www.facebook.com/RonForStateRep/

Segment: Garnet Lewis Michigan State Senator for District 26
https://www.facebook.com/GarnetLewisforStateSenate/
https://www.garnetlewisforstatesenate.com/
https://www.garnetlewisforstatesenate.com/support-us

Segment: Jerry Sias Michigan State House Dist 89
https://www.jerrysiasmi89th.com/
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jerrysiasmi89th
https://www.facebook.com/bluecollar89/

Quick Save
Hanna – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj6XAvuRn4Q
Tanner – https://www.facebook.com/1231683663/posts/10217447499759372/

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 147: Early Prevention with the Blue Wave Vaccine, Featuring Heidi Zuniga

Cellar Door Skeptics has started the push to help give a voice to the local candidates running for office in Michigan. They start their series talking with the candidates that will make a difference if elected into office this year.

The series kicks off by talking with Democrat, Mother, and Teacher Heidi Zuniga. We talk a look at the 88th district and the changes that Heidi could bring to help decrease the amount of Red we all see in our state. She is facing off against Luke Meerman, an ultra conservative Republican who has a hard time working for women’s rights while using his status, money, and friends to help get him a seat on the ticket this November.

We talk with Heidi about the beginning of her campaign, what she is doing to better her community, and why we should work toward voting in grassroots campaigns that care about the constituents without succumbing to large corporate interests.

Check out a down to earth women who deserves your vote this November.

Shoutout to our New Patreon: Freethinker215

Links
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https://www.zunigaformi.com/
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/zuniga18
https://www.facebook.com/HeidZuniga/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1605330073099320/
https://www.hudsonvilleevents.com/urban-hayday
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https://www.facebook.com/OttawaDems/
www.ottawadems.com
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https://www.ailantha.com/blog/the-grad-student-the-archivist-and-mitch-mcconnells-wife
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell
https://webapps.sos.state.mi.us/MVIC

Ottawa County Democrats
https://www.facebook.com/OttawaDems/
www.ottawadems.com

Quick Save
https://www.ailantha.com/blog/the-grad-student-the-archivist-and-mitch-mcconnells-wife
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_McConnell
https://webapps.sos.state.mi.us/MVIC

October 3, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 146: How Activism Helped Change Amazon

Cellar Door Skeptics has waited all week to bring you another exciting episode. They have traversed the sea of politics and taken a break to talk about Marvel Comics, Amazon’s Wage Increases and whether the Nobel Prize is all it is cracked up to be. The duo hit it hard talking through these topics as they sort out the information and embrace the reality that we live in.

Join them in registering to vote as well so that your voice can be heard within the sea of millions here in Michigan. Let’s change the direction of our great state and only you can help by showing up at the polls.

https://www.rockthevote.org/voting-information/election-dates-deadlines/michigan/

Links
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Segment: Tom Hardy is a god of Comic Movies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hardy
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Segment: Amazon raising wages
https://www.wired.com/story/why-amazon-really-raised-minimum-wage/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/business/amazon-minimum-wage.html
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ignore-amazons-self-serving-calls-to-raise-the-federal-minimum-wage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/05/bernie-sanders-introduces-stop-bezos-act-senate/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f6ed2d79ef29
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/409430-sen-sanders-commends-amazon-minimum-wage-increase-i-want-to-congratulate
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Quicksaves
Tanner: New Gremlins Planet
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06885-1
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/02/new-dwarf-planet-spotted-very-fringe-our-solar-system/?utm_term=.3d0894ab6906
Secessio Plebis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secessio_plebis
http://rickandmorty.wikia.com/wiki/Plumbus
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Segment; Nobel Prize fails the Sexism Test
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-explainer/swedish-academy-to-reform-after-controversy-postpones-nobel-prize-idUSKBN1I5215
https://www.nobelprize.org
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-prize-awarded-women-3/
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/02/653639583/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-117-years-three-women-and-counting
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/10/the-absurdity-of-the-nobel-prizes-in-science/541863/
https://m.phys.org/news/2016-10-decisions-nobel-prizes-bad.html

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 145: Demon Rats Summon Brett Kavanagh from the Dead

“In the immortal words of BMO: Sometimes life is scary and dark. That is why we must find the light.”

Cellar Door Skeptics takes a serious turn this week looking at the Brett Kavanagh situation and some the ridiculous arguments people are using to try and demonize those who support the women he abused. We look into why people feel the need to try and minimize women like they have been doing for thousands of years while looking at why this is NOT a witch hunt but society starting to come to terms with how we need to change how we treat women. They side step into a science segment on a new discovery of how a new non-toxic glue could help revolutionize the toxic waste our societies produce. The shows last segment covers China’s new social credit score. Chris Squared discuss amongst themselves their hesitancy toward this new policy all while Hanna poses a solution that Tanner does not quite agree with. This segment they talk through the pro’s and con’s of Hanna’s solution while looking at alternative ways to help deter the problematic parts of the internet. The show’s final note rings true with a new quick segment called “Quick Save” where they discuss an article or circumstance that they each quick saved and looked back on later as a new idea that made them stop and think while appreciating life a little bit more.

Links
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Kauvengh’s Lies and Demon Rat Problem
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=demonrat
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/23/christine-blasey-ford-letter-alleged-assault-brett-kavanaugh/1406932002/
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/18/politics/ford-letter-fbi/index.html
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/406933-schumer-senate-must-postpone-vote-on-kavanaugh
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/business/brett-kavanaugh-yearbook-renate.html
https://abc7news.com/politics/brett-kavanaughs-yale-roommate-says-he-believes-second-accuser/4330055/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/24/new-kavanaugh-allegation-is-precarious-legal-ground-former-sex-crimes-prosecutors-say/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8d3141486c41

Science of Underwater Glue
https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q3/is-your-furniture-putting-you-at-risk-for-cancer-underwater-glue-could-provide-safer,-sustainable-solution-for-100-billion-industries.html
https://youtu.be/rhblikR3SBU
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adsu.201700159

Chinese Social Credit System
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System
https://www.forbes.com/sites/audreymurrell/2018/07/31/pushing-the-ethical-boundaries-of-big-data-a-look-at-chinas-social-credit-scoring-system/#5091ddf125e5
https://www.coursera.org/lecture/data-science-ethics/case-study-social-credit-scores-7TBhz
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2018/04/no-china-isn-t-black-mirror-social-credit-scores-are-more-complex-and-sinister#amp

Quick Save the Universe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann_hypothesis
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2180504-riemann-hypothesis-likely-remains-unsolved-despite-claimed-proof/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Prize_Problems
https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/4/17819856/adventure-time-finale-ending-marceline-princess-bubblegum
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System
https://www.forbes.com/sites/audreymurrell/2018/07/31/pushing-the-ethical-boundaries-of-big-data-a-look-at-chinas-social-credit-scoring-system/#5091ddf125e5
https://mashable.com/2018/08/12/adventure-time-series-finale-song-rebecca-sugar/#hM4FwgBlHSq3

August 23, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 140: Death of a Military Parade

Special Guest: Boyce L of Mindful Skeptics Podcast

Trump is at it again blaming others for the failings of his team and the governments unwillingness to support his military parade. The parade has been called off by Trump and we have the latest discussion on why Trump thinks it is ridiculous he had to cancel his military parade.

If that put you in too much of a sad clown mood, the team decided to cover the top 100 horror stories ever written. NPR categorized the top 100 horror stories and the team decides to talk through all the nostalgia of their youth growing up reading some amazing stories.

They transition into talking about a new wear resistant alloy metal that could revolutionize how often parts break down. A new discovery has happened where a team has discovered platinum gold alloy that does not have as much wear and tear as other metals. This could change how we make things and how we can reduce the amount of waste in our environment.

Lastly Chris Squared talk about Manafort and the charges that he could be facing. While this is nothing new, they look at what it would mean for Trump to pardon him, if Trump will pardon him, and what that means for other countries.

Links
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-cancels-military-parade-blames-dc-officials-high-cost-n901576
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/08/19/mulvaney-money-not-only-factor-trump-military-parade-delay/1036602002/
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/politics/trump-cancels-military-parade/index.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/632779706/click-if-you-dare-100-favorite-horror-stories
https://share-ng.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/resistant_alloy/
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/19/trump-ukraine-manafort-trial-788028
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/manafort-trial/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/manafort-trial-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/us/politics/paul-manafort-trial.html

August 16, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 139: Tis The Season to Kneel / Slayer Loves us All

Cellar Door Skeptics is back at it with another action packed episode. The duo talks about the NFL decision to postpone their ruling on suspensions for not standing for the national anthem while examining #45 tweets that fit into an authoritarian government that the GOP hates so much. They also cover a new medical study that is studying medical marijuana on mice for intestinal issues. The research is starting to expand as people are now testing different theories of how marijuana can help others.

As the show winds down they cover Tanner’s recent Slayer concert, his distaste of some of the bands personal interests and takes a look at the accusations of Slayer being linked to White Supremacy. If that was not enough they covered a new article about how facial recognition and replication software can map one face to another persons face. This has become concerning because it can be used to bolster the fake news industry.

Links
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https://www.theroot.com/several-nfl-players-protested-during-national-anthem-s-1828259762
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/sports/nfl-national-anthem-kneeling-protest.html
https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/07/19/miami-dolphins-national-anthem-policy-rule-nfl-training-camp
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-sports/why-nfl-put-new-kneeling-protest-policy-on-hold-701802/
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/10/trump-nfl-national-anthem-protests-771427
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https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2018/03/umass-medical-school-ranked-among-nations-finest-for-primary-care/
https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2018/08/umass-medical-school-researchers-explain-why-cannabis-may-relieve-intestinal-inflammation/
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/96817
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEmBdes28AI
https://www.westword.com/music/kerry-king-of-slayer-on-angel-of-death-politics-trump-and-jeff-hanneman-9322184
https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/05/02/180702073/a-truth-never-told-remembering-slayers-jeff-hanneman
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-computer-program-generates-eerily-realistic-fake-videos?tgt=nr
https://s2018.siggraph.org/presentation/?id=papers_129&sess=sess146
https://web.stanford.edu/~zollhoef/papers/SG2018_DeepVideo/page.html
https://youtu.be/qc5P2bvfl44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=29&v=cQ54GDm1eL0

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 136: Amazon is NOT a Public God

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https://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics/amazon-is-not-a-public-god

Cellar Door Skeptics is back this week looking to tackle whether or not Amazon should take over public libraries. A since retracted article from Forbes, stated that Amazon is so efficient maybe public libraries are no longer necessary. The duo takes on this claim and talk about how capitalism always thinks it is better than any social program.

They also reflect on how inflation has created an offset for any tax reform we have seen over the last couple years. All the gains that lower and middle income families and individuals have seen have slowly been drown out by the inflation of goods we purchase.

Lastly the team talk about the new show Who is America. They review a few of the segments on the show, highlight some of the people who decide they will show their true colors, and laugh as the host outs many of the people in public office.

Links
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https://qz.com/1334123/forbes-deleted-an-op-ed-arguing-that-amazon-should-replace-libraries/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/07/21/amazon-should-replace-local-libraries-to-save-taxpayers-money/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2018/07/21/amazon-should-replace-local-libraries-to-save-taxpayers-money/#355e3a4860a8
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/23/twaddle-librarians-respond-to-suggestion-amazon-should-replace-libraries
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-inflation-rates-20180713-story.html
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http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/who-is-america-recap-season-1-episode-1.html
http://www.vulture.com/2018/07/who-is-america-recap-season-1-episode-2.html

July 18, 2018

Cellar Door Skeptics 135: The Darkest Timeline – This week in American Politics

Cellar Door Skeptics returns with a more serious episode. Tanner and Hanna talk about how America has entered the darkest timeline. Society seems to continue to feel like we live in Bizarro World as Trump creates a denaturalization taskforce. This is not as funny as space force was because it is setup to start deporting citizens. To help ease some of the bad news this week, the duo talk about their love of the local art museum,what it was like to see a dragon exhibit, and how even as skeptics we love some of the romanticised ideas of the past. They close the show out by talk about Trump’s new pick and how maybe he is the new Forest Gump of republican politics.

Links
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https://www.theroot.com/trump-creates-denaturalization-task-force-to-pursue-d-1827372139
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/04/625980910/white-house-launches-effort-to-take-citizenship-from-those-who-lied-to-get-it
https://www.uscis.gov/news/news-releases/uscis-updates-notice-appear-policy-guidance-support-dhs-enforcement-priorities
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/Static_Files_Memoranda/NTA%20PM%20%28Approved%20as%20final%2011-7-11%29.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/626773440/u-s-army-is-discharging-immigrant-recruits-who-were-promised-citizenship?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180710
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https://www.grpm.org/dragons/
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/politics/trump-supreme-court-pick/index.html
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/10/brett-kavanaugh-presidential-investigations-708705
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/09/politics/kavanaugh-on-the-issues/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/07/09/brett-kavanaugh-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-helped-write-starr-report.html
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/396223-hundreds-protest-kavanaughs-nomination-outside-supreme-court
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/10/627504728/brett-kavanaugh-supported-broad-leeway-for-presidents-under-investigation
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/9/17537808/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-right-cartoon
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/10/brett-kavanaugh-donald-trumps-supreme-court-nominee/

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