Beyond Our World

This week, John and Paul explore the tense and complicated issues of Social Sciences and Politics. Abortions in America have been a debate long-standing for the last 30 years... But has it always been the issue it is today? What drove it? What are the risks of attacking a Woman's right to choose? What other nations share similar laws? It's a contentious subject, but the Hosts take it on with an eye towards the future of civil rights and the impact of growth of the science and tech community.

This week, John and Paul explore the past, present, and future of nuclear energy throughout the world. After events like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, are there justifications behind the panic? Should we abandon nuclear energy altogether? What are the risks if we do? What are the risks if we don't? And is John fat? Find out all of this and more on this week's Beyond Our World! We are also pleased to welcome our third co-host, Breanna Everton from Phoenix, Arizona! She will begin joining us on Episode 7!

This week, John and Paul are joined by Dr. Devang Mehta, plant systems and synthetic biologist, writer, and Fellow at the University of Alberta, to learn about and discuss GMO's. This oft-misunderstood science has come under a lot of (unwarranted) criticism in recent years, while researchers like Dr. Mehta struggle to improve the lives of many with their research. Join them as they discuss the struggles of a social climate that rejects GMO's, explore the history, safety, challenges, and learn about the benefits and necessities they'll provide in our future. Special thanks to our guest, Dr. Mehta for his time on this episode. Be sure to check out his work at devang.bio and follow him on twitter for more of his amazing work.

Join John and Paul as they explore the nature and mindsets of conspiracy theories. Listing four of their favourites, the moon landing hoax, Project Blue Beam, Birthers, and Denver International Airport, the hosts explore the theories and the always-shifting logic and goalposts behind them. Get out your tinfoil hat and explore the stranger side of the internet and what we can possibly do to improve the situation with an ever-growing world that supports baseless but rapidly exchanged theories.

This week, John and Paul explore the mindset, history, and future of the Anti-Vaccine movement. Join them as they explore their own views on the subject, look at the past, review the present, and envision the future. This light-hearted approach takes on a serious subject that is impacting vast portions of the world and bringing back preventable disease at an alarming rate. Venture Beyond Our World on the topic of vaccines, why they are necessary, and the implications to come if we don't wise up... And please, pardon Paul's dust as he works out the kinks of his microphone set-up!

On the first episode of this "Solo Journey", you will travel Beyond Our World and go back in time to Earths early history. Join host John as we go back to the first five mass extinctions on earth... Explore the real implications of the sixth one unfolding in front of us, the risks humans pose as a species, and explore the mindsets needed to carry us forward and.... Beyond Our World....

On the inaugural episode of Beyond Our World, Paul and John discuss the challenges faced by science skepticism, and the surprising fact that it is not a new concept. Join them on their first episode as they explore the history of early science, the complications that early discoveries brought, and the profound effects that may come from a world that continues to disregard or mistrust science efforts. This first journey is just a toe-dip into the waters that will carry us.... Beyond Our World.