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181: Skepticrat181 – Arizoned Out Edition
On this week’s episode we’ll finally have a story about mysterious bones in someone’s yard that doesn’t involve Catholic schools, Donald Trump is deeply confused about how the FBI can just “HAVE a David”, and we’ll talk about later cheese of the green variety. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat To check out our sister show, The Scathing Atheist, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/scathing-atheist To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Headline Sources: GOP reigning in spending on shitty Senate candidates: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/15/gop-slashes-ads-in-key-senate-battlegrounds-00051969 and https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/26/shifting-strategy-senate-gop-super-pac-cancels-ad-buys-in-arizona-alaska-00053965 and https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/mcconnell-says-republicans-may-not-win-senate-control-citing-candidate-rcna43777Republicans, Once Outraged by Mar-a-Lago Search, Become Quieter as Details Emerge https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/us/trump-search-republican-reactions.html Far right Christian cellphone provider takes over multiple school boards: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-christian-cell-company-patriot-mobile-took-four-texas-school-boards-rcna44583 Skeleton of an 82-foot-long dinosaur was found in a man’s backyard in Portugal. It could be the largest ever found in Europe. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dinosaur-skeleton-backyard-portugal/ NASA still planning on 2025 moon mission: https://phys.org/news/2022-08-nasa-artemis-moon-mission.html Woman Who Allegedly Took Nancy Pelosi’s Laptop On Jan. 6 Gets ‘Fair’ Break From Arrest https://www.huffpost.com/entry/woman-accused-stealing-nancy-pelosi-laptop_n_62fef15ce4b063894831ab07 Truth Social faces uncertain financial future: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/27/trump-truth-social-mar-a-lago-fbi/
180: Skepticrat180 – But His Emails Edition
On this week’s episode: Heath gets robot spider nightmares … We look at the only kind of honour that Boris Johnson is familiar with … AND HEATH GETS ZOMBIE ROBOT SPIDER NIGHTMARES! To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat135 https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat Headline Sources: Trump gets raided by the FBI and the GOP has a meltdown: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/08/us/trump-fbi-raid House passes climate, tax, and health package: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/us/politics/house-climate-tax-bill.html Vlog Brothers video about the importance of the new climate bill: https://youtu.be/qw5zzrOpo2s Boris Johnson’s plan to create large number of new peers comes under fire: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/23/boris-johnsons-plan-to-create-large-number-of-new-peers-comes-under-fire Boris Johnson’s draft resignation honours list includes wife of former Putin minister: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/29/boris-johnsons-draft-resignation-honours-list-includes-wife/ Latest CPAC highlights including performance art of a sobbing J6 rioter in a jail cell: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-fake-jail-jan-6-rioter_n_62ed419fe4b0c5501619eace Literally including a banner that said “WE ARE ALL DOMESTIC TERRORISTS”: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cpac-banner-domestic-terrorists/ Scientists use necrobotic spiders to grip objects: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-use-dead-spiders-to-grip-objects-180980498/ Psychic Uri Geller fires warning to Vladimir Putin about attacking Scotland: https://www.thenational.scot/news/20597816.psychic-uri-geller-fires-warning-vladimir-putin-attacking-scotland/ https://twitter.com/theurigeller/status/1554502442829611008 Uri Geller wants to make his island a micronation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62150163
179: Skepticrat179 – Emutant Ninja Edition
On this week’s episode: Noah will undo both of his stories from the last episode … Andrew will tell you that the guy some of you only reluctantly voted for – only after Marianne Williamson dropped out of the race – is FUNDING INTERNATIONAL ATHEISM and it’s 100% true … And we learn about the greatest bird versus drunk guy fight since Peter Griffin and Ernie the Giant Chicken. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: Trump thinks running for president again is his get out of jail free card: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/07/donald-trump-2024-prison Homeland Security watchdog halted plan to recover Secret Service texts, records show: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/29/homeland-inspector-general-texts Fox News discovers SFOP0007977: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-demand-answers-biden-admin-grants-promote-atheism Actual proposal: https://www.state.gov/statements-of-interest-requests-for-proposals-and-notices-of-funding-opportunity/drl-fy20-irf-promoting-and-defending-religious-freedom-inclusive-of-atheist-humanist-non-practicing-and-non-affiliated-individuals/ Manchin finally agrees to reduced climate bill, then Sinema remembers she also sucks: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/climate/manchin-climate-deal.html https://www.axios.com/2022/07/30/sinema-schumer-manchin-deal-democrats Emu and chef help stop driver fleeing crash site: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/27/uk-emu-fleeing-driver-chef-hotel/ Christianity Today: “With Gen Z, Women Are No Longer More Religious Than Men”: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2022/july/young-women-not-more-religious-than-men-gender-gap-gen-z.html Russia announces it will drop out of ISS missions after 2024: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-science-241e789005f6375eeac3189acbdbc140
178: Skepticrat178 – Tory Book Ending Edition
On this week’s episode, Marsh keeps us up to date on the death of the empire, we’ll check in on a Manchin more haunted than Luigi’s, and Eli won’t let Marsh leave America until he fully understands how Prime Ministers are chosen … so he’s pretty much a resident now. — To support the show on Patreon, click here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To check out our sister show, The Scathing Atheist, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/scathing-atheist To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out our half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ To check out our sister show’s sister show, D and D minus, click here: https://danddminus.libsyn.com/ Hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Headline Resources: Boris Johnson to resign: https://apnews.com/article/boris-johnson-resignation-60da3c4b29a4e9c93c7db9f53034ad0e Joe Manchin wants everyone to know he sucks even harder: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/07/16/white-house-manchin-biden/ 988 Mental crisis line opens: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/988-suicide-prevention-hotline-launch-nationwide-rcna38297 US/Russia hammer out space carpool rules amid ongoing Russian war crimes: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/nasa-russian-space-agency-sign-deal-share-space-station-flights-roscosmos-2022-07-15/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/15/putin-orders-shake-up-at-russias-space-agency https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/14/putin-signs-expanded-foreign-agents-law-a78298 https://www.thejournal.ie/russia-shelling-from-ukraine-nuclear-plant-5818580-Jul2022/ Fetterman trolls Dr. Oz: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/us/politics/snooki-fetterman-new-jersey.html
177: Skepticrat177 – Unborn on the 4th of July Edition
On this week’s episode: Rudy Giuliani hires Jussie Smollett as a very specific acting coach … Florida will take all your “couldn’t be any stupider” jibes as a challenge … And Donald Trump has a really fun limo ride with Tall Tyler and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: Fetal personhood is absurd: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/04/we-are-not-going-back-to-the-time-before-roe-we-are-going-somewhere-worse https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/if-a-fetus-is-a-person-it-should-get-child-support-due-process-and-citizenship/2019/05/17/7280ae30-78ac-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html N.Y. Lawmakers Respond on Guns and Abortion After Supreme Court Rulings: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/nyregion/ny-guns-abortion-supreme-court.html Educating in Florida is as terrifying as you thought: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/02/desantis-civics-separation-church-state/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/07/01/desantis-florida-universities-laws/ Cassidy Hutchinson testimony at J6 hearings: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/06/cassidy-hutchinson-testimony-the-most-explosive-revelations.html COVID-19 Vaccines Authorized for Children 6 Months and Older: https://time.com/6187674/covid-19-vaccines-kids-under-five-fda/ Rudy Giuliani freaks the fuck out about tiny little pat on the back: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/27/nyregion/rudolph-giuliani-smack-charge.html
176: Skepticrat176 – Doge-Eat-Doge Edition
On this week’s episode: The sane wing of Congress rejects the idea that insurrections become legal if they’re stupid enough … Committed Dogecoin investors get trapped like the passenger of a flaming Tesla that locks itself from the inside … And a Google AI does a better job mimicking human interaction than the guy who claims it’s sentient ever managed. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: Jan 6 Hearings recap: https://www.npr.org/2022/06/10/1104103404/new-revelations-and-other-takeaways-from-first-jan-6-committee-hearing https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104657476/recap-jan-6-committee-hearing https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105513685/recap-jan-6-committee-hearing Elon Musk getting sued for running Dogecoin “pyramid scheme”: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-sued-lawsuit-dogecoin-b2102939.html https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/elon-musk-sued-258-billion-over-alleged-dogecoin-pyramid-scheme-2022-06-16/ Lunatic claims Google AI is sentient, gets put on leave: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/technology/google-chatbot-ai-blake-lemoine.html “How to Murder Your Husband” writer sentenced to life for killing husband: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/14/how-to-murder-your-husband-life-sentence/ Chinese telescope signal turns out not to be extraterrestrial: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/18/science/china-alien-signal.html Mike Lindell has a meltdown after Walmart pulls MyPillow off their shelves: https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-rages-walmart-over-mypillow-pull-youre-canceling-us-1716705
175: Skepticrat175 – Peach Tree Edishion
On this week’s episode: Marjorie Taylor Greene gets stuck up a speech tree … The UK will try parading on a reign for a change … And we’ll be speaking with a state representative who made headlines last week by shoving the hypocrisy of anti-choice Republicans right in their faces. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To connect with Representative Mickey Dollens, go here: https://twitter.com/MickeyDollens https://www.facebook.com/MickeyDollensOK https://www.instagram.com/mickeydollens To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: MTG is wrong about every single major news item this week: https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxjwa/mtg-trudeau-gun-law-canada-russia https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2022/05/30/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-latest-republican-spreading-lie-uvalde-massacre-gunman-was-transgender https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2022/06/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-doubles-down-on-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-suggests-pride-month-needs-to-end https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/06/03/lab-meat-politics Platinum Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/01/jubilee-platinum-queen-elizabeth-guide/ Turkey changes its name to Türkiye so that we’ll stop making stupid bird jokes: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61671913
174: Skepticrat174 – Hurricane Gun Control Edition
On this week’s episode: Primary season makes us miss the time of locusts … Noah makes a strong case that we should just outsource our voting stuff to Australia … And against all odds, we learn that Donald Trump is even dumber than we thought. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: PA Primaries: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/18/oz-mccormick-trump-pennsylvania/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/20/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-republican-governor-trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/21/voting-is-surging-georgia-despite-controversial-new-election-law/ Madison Cawthorn is a losing loser who lost: https://www.thedailybeast.com/madison-cawthorn-vows-dark-maga-takeover-after-losing-to-chuck-edwards-in-north-carolina-primary Activision Blizzard heavily edits King’s Diversity Generator Blog, removes all race ranking: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/05/14/activision-blizzard-heavily-edits-kings-diversity-generator-blog-removes-all-ranking-images/?sh=2bf293043de0 US Congress wastes time with silly UFO shit: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/05/17/ufo-hearing-congress/ Jordan Peterson continues to be a parody I couldn’t write if I tried: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/jordan-peterson-twitter-sports-illustrated-swimsuit-yumi-nu-rcna29382 Trump kept asking if China was shooting us with a “hurricane gun”: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-hurricane-gun-china-world-war-1350638/
173: Skepticrat173 – Recorded Early Before the Roe News Edition
On this week’s episode: New Jersey’s weed is as legal as it is expensive … Madison Cawthorn’s existence continues to be the “free space” of political comedy … And Twitter just got recalled for running a red light and killing a pedestrian. Also, we recorded this a week earlier than normal, and the news about Roe hadn’t come out yet. We’ll obviously be yelling about that next episode. But for now, enjoy the one podcast from this week that’s not about real life Gilead. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: Elon Musk is buying Twitter: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/25/business/elon-musk-twitter-trump-return.html https://stratechery.com/2022/back-to-the-future-of-twitter/ NJ legal weed sales begin: https://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/marijuana/2022/04/27/nj-legal-weed-first-day-sales/9558217002/ Trump’s border wall causing grievous injuries: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/29/trump-border-wall-injuries-deaths/ Russia bizarrely includes Sims 3 among evidence of ‘Staged’ assassination plot: https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gpmg/russia-sims-3 Dog dumped for being gay is adopted: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fezco-dog-dumped-shelter-gay-adopted_n_623a3dc2e4b0d39357ce1a85 Madison Cawthorn somehow keeps getting worse: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/us/politics/madison-cawthorn.html
172: Skepticrat172 – Bronze Balls Edition
On this week’s episode: A Trump appointee sends masks to jail for their crimes against humanity … Tucker Carlson’s lie to his wife about it being suntan lotion he was slathering his balls with gets out of hand … And InfoWars goes from morally bankrupt to the other one too. To support our show on Patreon, go here: https://www.patreon.com/skepticrat To hear more from Evil Giraffes on Mars, go here: https://www.facebook.com/EvilGiraffesOnMars Get great deals while supporting the show by checking out our sponsors: https://www.policygenius.com https://www.betterhelp.com/skepticrat https://www.greenchef.com/skepticrat10 Headline Sources: Florida judge strikes down national mask mandate because insanity is legal: https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-business-travel-tampa-3408cc825582126fbda5fbedd3a49dd3 Florida releases 4 examples from math textbooks it rejected for public schools: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/us/florida-math-textbooks-critical-race-theory-examples/index.html Alex Jones’s Infowars Files for Bankruptcy: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/18/us/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy.html Tucker Carlson urges his viewers to irradiate their testicles: https://www.salon.com/2022/04/21/tucker-carlson-testicle-tanning/ MTG testifies in hearing on whether to disqualify her from seeking reelection: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/22/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-disqualification/index.html White House reporters laugh at Peter Doocy after Jen Psaki reminds him he’s not a doctor: https://www.rawstory.com/peter-doocy-question-draws-mockery/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10721853/Psaki-says-Doocy-sounds-like-stupid-son-b-h-questions-Fox-gives-him.html