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This Week: - My top science stories of 2016 - Top science stories of 2016 from Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/top-science-stories-2016 - Top science stories of 2016 from SciShow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzdhNX6b01I - Top science stories of 2016 from SciShow Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppIp7FfvauQ

This week's web wisdom: - Are We The Only Humans? -Think Fact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJY3q3cNMWU - A Brief History of Everything - Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KYTJ8tBoZ8 - The Case for a Universal Basic Income - The RSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkO2CwLWRvg - Journalism - Last Week Tonight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq2_wSsDwkQ

This weeks web wisdom: - Strange answers to the psychopath test by Jon Ronson - Epistemology: The Problem of Skepticism by Jennifer Nagel - History of Prohibition: Why It Failed by KnowledgeHub - Why Can't You Sleep? by Thoughty2 - and, Is Aspartame Bad for You? by Today I Found Out

This week's web wisdom: - The Philosophy of FALLOUT 4 – Wisecrackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-4sihVgF2Y - Should the Rich Help the Poor? - Philosophy Tubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXanBiNxt4Y - Who Gets the Royalties for Hitler's Book? - Today I Found Outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie4QQJk1_pU - A New History for Humanity: The Human Era - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgOWmtGVGs - 6 Chemical Reactions That Changed History - It's Okay To Be Smarthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb4CMnT2-ao - 5 Baffling Mysteries About the Universe - SciShowhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ABgp2QomQA

This week a take down about how Donald Trump won the US Presidential election, how Hillary Clinton lost it and who stands to gain from a Trump win.

This Week: - Why Christmas is better for non-believer than believers,A flash back with Christmas reality check, - Humanism and Christmas, and - A cavalcade of Christmas music from Scientific Songs of Praise > Oh Chemistry > Single Cells > Solar Light > Tectonic Plates > Oh Satellite

This Week: - The psychology of shopping - The Compromise effect - The Reality of Boxing Day - When less cost more and - A lot more on tricks retailers use to get your money.

This Week's Webs Wisdom:Juvenoia - Vsauce,Why we hate cheap thing - The School of Life,Debunking Exoplanets - PBS Space Time,A history of Robotics - SciShow,andPeriodic Table Song - ASAPScience.

This Week:Thought about the Trump Election,Web Wisdom: - What Does Dark Energy Really Do? - Did Dark Energy Just Disappear? - Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR - Weapons of Math Destruction - Talk by Cathy O'Neil Notes: Link to the Math Equation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constantPBS Dark Matter Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsPUh22kYmNA6WUmOsEEi32zi_RdSUF4i

This week some web wisdom on unions and the power of coops: - On Wealth and Labor - Progressive Faith Sermons www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gkejN5WSnU - The social and ecological benefits of sharing the load - Economic Update www.bestoftheleft.com/the_social_and_ecological_benefits_of_sharing_the_load_economic_update_w_profwolff - The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizen-less Democracy - Belabored www.bestoftheleft.com/john_nichols_nicholsuprising_the_fight_against_a_jobless_economy_and_a_citizen_less_democracy_belabored_dissentmag - Uber's revolution was mostly about circumventing labor unions - Economic Update www.bestoftheleft.com/uber_s_revolution_was_mostly_about_circumventing_labor_unions_economic_update_w_profwolff - Unions and Wages - Thomas Hartman Show www.bestoftheleft.com/ - The Promise and Limitations of Worker Co-ops - Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjicvAjGEY

This week we take a deep dive into how one becomes President of the United States...how much power does the president really have.We close the show with some web wisdom from Crash Course Government and Politics: - Political Parties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEmOUHxessE - Party Systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkltAl_cO5Y

The School of Life - History: Consumerism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Unq3R--M0 10RSA Animate - Economics is for Everyone! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdbbcO35arw 11/49James Gleick on Big Think - Time Travel in Science Fiction: A Brief History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBSDHstiOl0 12/14Kurzgesagt: In a Nutshell - How Evolution works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfRN0KihOU 11/3PBS Idea Channel - Bias? In My Algorithms? A Facebook News Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXQA6D4JC0A 9/40Wisecrack Edition – The Philosophy of House of Cards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2de3LhPxpZU 14/26

This week:A whine about the threat of AI to the future of humanity... Also, everything you need to know about GMO - We cover the basics of genetics... - How we have manipulated the genome of plants and animals for countless millenniums... - How are GMO type foods evaluated... - How anti-GMO is often the same as climate change denialism... - Where most anti-GMO-ers get the science wrong... - How anti-GMO conflates with anti-Monsanto, anti-capitalism, etc... - And why labeling GMOs is not only a bad idea there is a better way...learn from the organic movement.

Don's Rant turned into a primer and tutorial about how to debate a charismatic christian apologist. Having listened to a debate between an Atheist and an Apologist on the topic "Is it rational to believe in god". However quickly the Apologist changed the question to "What is a rational belief" and then it became "Can a rational person believe in god?" So, this weeks show is what are the arguments for and against god, but more importantly how do you debate rhetoric instead of facts.Find out more:Debate – Is Belief in God Irrational? Chris Hallquist vs. Randal Rauserfreethoughtblogs.com/reasonabledoubts/2014/01/18/rd-extra-debate-is-belief-in-god-irrational-chris-hallquist-vs-randal-rauser/"

This week web wisdom:How Words Can Harm - Crash Course Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ESU5ONMMxsWe Are Built To Be Kind - Fig. 1 by University of California https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWs6bf7tvIMedical Device Failure, and How Data Can Help Us Prevent It - Healthcare Triage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aipG8f71a-IWhat's the Difference Between Partly Cloudy and Mostly Sunny? - Today I Found Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGeGVd7J6dQWhy Don't Ants Get Stuck In Traffic? - It's Okay To Be Smart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkiuw0HbRq4Science of Fire Extinguishers - SciShow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epa_2mCi4lwThe Perfect Country - The School of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shanIOl7MyE

This week we are joined by one of our irregular regulars, Gulid who wants to know what's up with Bathroom bills south of the boarder. WE also take a deep dive into the concept of gender...what is it, why is it and just what does it really mean.