Who knew that Flying Spaghetti Monsters were controversial? We also talk space balloons with the Canadian Space Agency, Olympic Pictograms and much more!
Flying Spaghetti Monster Censored (1:54) by James O’Malley (ft Rory Fenton) Space Balloons! (13:52) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Daniel Levesque) Olympic Pictograms (30:25) by Henry Hocking Vatican UN Report (36:08) by Paul Orton (ft Keith Porteous Wood) Marriage Certificates (44:43) by Morgan Phillips (ft Ailsa Sadler)
This week we speak to COMMANDER CHRIS HADFIELD, who recently spent six months on board the International Space Station, whilst simultaneously becoming a hero to everyone on Twitter. We find out Hadfield’s thoughts on the current on-going ISS ammonia leak, how he got involved in Robin Ince & Brian Cox’s Christmas show, what it was like meeting Stephen Hawking, and much more.
Plus back on earth we speak to a man suing the FBI because of Freedom of Information, figure out if scientists should boycott the major journals, and weigh up whether Christmas is a good thing, or a bad thing.
COMMANDER CHRIS HADFIELD Interview (1:46) by James O’Malley & Liz Lutgendorff (ft Chris Hadfield) Suing the FBI (31:26) by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Ryan Shapiro) Scientific Publishing (55:13) by Andrew Holding Sochi Pride Houses (59:02) by Marc Naimark Boo Christmas (67:38) by Chris Chapman Yay Christmas (74:02) by Charlotte Hooson-Sykes
Chemical Weapons Sold To Syria? (2:16) by Dr*T Space Ants! (9:26) by Kash Farooq (ft Prof Max Vasile) The IOC and Human Rights (21:20) by Marc Naimark Debating Religion (28:44) by Sean Slater Z-List Dead-List (36:38) by Iszi Lawrence The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy & Brian Two
This week we speak to the deputy project scientist on NASA’s recently landed MARS CURIOSITY expedition. Amazing! We also tackle the boundary review, look into some Olympic conspiracy theories and much, much more!
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Curiosity Landing by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Dr Joy Crisp, deputy project scientist on the Curiosity mission at NASA!) Boundary Review by Cory Hazlehurst Olympic Conspiracy by Blakeley Nixon Suffragettes by Jennifer D Kylie Sturgess Interview by Jonny Scaramanga The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two
Should the DPP consider his position now the Twitter Joke Trial is over? How can maths be used to show that those badminton players were deliberately playing badly? And does all modern music sound the same, or are we all just getting old?
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Twitter Joke Trial and the DPP (2:54) by Matt Flaherty Badminton or Goodminton (14:24) by Dan McNeil Pop Goes Bland? (23:14) by Dan Stowell and Matthias Mauch More from Winchester Science Festival (32:18) by Liz Lutgendorff and Sean Ellis Twitter Joke Trial Updates (53:40) by James O’Malley (ft Paul Chambers, David Allen Green, Al Murray and Louise Mensch MP and John Cooper QC)
Updated (Friday lunchtime): We’ve added on a segment on the latest news surrounding the Twitter Joke Trial featuring interviews with Paul Chambers himself, David Allen Green and John Cooper QC (Paul’s legal team), Al Murray and Louise Mensch.T
This week: Why some colic treatments have been smacked down as rubbish, why we shouldn’t jump to conclusions about the Aurora shooter, why government policy could use some control trials, what happened at Winchester Science Festival, Cyborgs, Olympics, and Dinosaurs!
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Colic Treatments (2:07) by Dr*T Aurora and Autism (10:25) by Tannice Pendegrasse Test Learn Adopt (17:40) by Prateek Buch Winchester Science Festival (24:32) by Liz Lutgendorff and James O’Malley
(ft Tori Herridge, Anna Scaife, and Sheila Kanani) Cyborgs and McDonalds (39:46) by Alex Fitch Performance Enhancing Drugs (49:22) by Salim Fadhley Dinosaur Dinners (55:35) by Kash Farooq (ft Dave Hone)
We find out if the anti-GM protesters managed to smash up the GM crops experiment, what the latest on the Twitter Joke Trial is, and why the proposals for equal marriage don’t go far enough. We also have more on LOCOG’s draconian brand enforcement and discover why file sharing might not be all that bad for the music industry.
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Rothamsted Update (2:16) by James O’Malley (ft Mark Lynas) Twitter Joke Trial Update (9:15) by Matt Flaherty Equal Marriage Doesn’t Go Far Enough (18:35) by Naomi Phillips Olympic Branding (24:06) by Alex Fitch File Sharing & The Music Industry (36:40) by Salim Fadhley (ft Prof Bob Hammond) Paul Zenon Interview (47:56) by Brian Two Questival (56:26) by James O’Malley (ft Jenny Bartle) Surprise (60:23) by Martin Robbins & Dean Burnett The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two
A bit of a censorship special this week as we find out how awful things are in Eurovision host nation Azerbaijan, discover how over here LOCOG are clamping down on dissent and censorship of The Pirate Bay is raising some interesting questions. We also find out all about the latest rationalist theatre, investigate spiritualism and, er, look at breast implants.
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Azerbaijan and Human Rights by Liz Lutgendorff (ft Paidraig Reidy) Space Hijackers Hijacked by James O’Malley (ft Agent Undecided) BitTorrent and Censorship by Salim Fadhley Festival of Spoken Nerd Tour by James O’Malley (ft Helen Arney, Matt Parker and Steve Mould) Enlightenment Cafe by James O’Malley (ft Andy Franzkowiak) Spiritualism by Adam Cuerdon (ft Christopher) PIP Implants by Peter English The sketch at the end is by David Lovesy and Brian Two
