We’ve all had uncomfortable conversations with family that are political hardliners at Thanksgiving. If it feels like you’re talking to a brick wall, it’s not that you’re debating skills are bad. Turns out, research is showing that people with deeply held political views – and those of the fringes of the left or right wing […] More
The results of last night’s election were pretty much what everybody expected to happen. Democrats won control of the House, Republicans maintained control of the Senate, and the anti-gay religious bigot Kim Davis lost her bid for re-election. But something we might not have expected to happen happened. Last night, over 20 candidates who have […] More
Kim Davis is (well, was) the Kentucky clerk who, in 2015, became nationally-known for her refusal to sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples because: religion. But tonight, she lost her bid for re-election. According to NPR: With all 19 precincts reporting, preliminary results show Caudill earned 4,210 votes to Davis’ 3,566. It was Davis’ first […] More
In a closed-door meeting last night, president Donald Trump told evangelical leaders that they are “one election away from losing everything that you’ve got” and that their opponents are “violent people” who will overturn everything Trump has achieved “violently.” Captured in a recording, Trump said: They will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do […] More
It seems that we’re in a time period where the division between the two major political parties is more vast than it’s been before. Civil discourse seems to be on the decline as we fear the worst of others. Sometimes this is justified, but many times its not. Author Kurt Andersen was recently featured on […] More
First off, we can definitively say that climate change is real. It’s just not a debate. There are no “climate change skeptics,” there are denialists and then there are those who recognize that climate change is happening. Got it? Are we all on the same page now? Great. It goes without saying that it’s cold […] More
After #LastNightInSweden, Today We Are All Swedes. On the heels of the #BowlingGreenMassacre, already we face another international tragedy as we reflect on what happened last night in Sweden. What happened remains to be made clear, though one can only speculate regarding the amount of meatballs that accidentally rolled onto the floor. Some have taken […] More
Donald Trump is not even wrong Something tells me that if you told Donald Trump that he’s “not even wrong,” he would take it as a compliment. Things that satirize him aren’t even satire anymore, because his actual words are far more ridiculous. The excerpts from his press conference were absolutely ridiculous. Check out this […] More
tSE 038 – Shaughnessy Naughton, founder of the pro-science PAC 314 Action! [iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5086235/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/no/render-playlist/no/theme/standard/tdest_id/466777″ height=”100″ width=”480″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Hosts: Natalie Newell (Skeptical Parenting) and Dan Broadbent (A Science Enthusiast)! Watch us LIVE on YouTube for parts of the podcast:https://youtu.be/cFtz_qMsE2A (with Miles) and https://youtu.be/s3v7kcfqAso (intro/GoTW/extended outtake)! Sponsor: Fuck it. God of […] More
tSE 021 – Lawrence Krauss, Theoretical Physicist & Author New to podcasts? Subscribe on Stitcher, iTunes, or on the podcast’s homepage. Be like James, Alice, the trio of Michaels, Kris, Sarah, Janet, and Amanda: Become a patron at patreon.com/tSEpodcast! Hosts: Natalie Newell (Skeptical Parenting) and Dan Broadbent (A Science Enthusiast)! Login to access this episode’s […] More
