Part One: The Bastard Who Invented The Lobotomy
In Episode 94, Robert is joined by Daniel Van Kirk to discuss Walter Freeman, the father of lobotomies.FOOTNOTES: The Lobotomist Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy Rosemary Kennedy: the sad life of President Kennedy's younger sister Rosemary Kennedy: Telling the story of a forgotten daughter Inside Rosemary Kennedy's Disastrous Lobotomy – And How Her Father Chose Her Doctor Walter Freeman: The Father of the Lobotomy He was bad, so they put an ice pick in his brain... Joe Kennedy, Sr sought secret deal with De Valera on Irish ports during the War Mental Illness Is On the Rise in the U.S. for a Frustrating Reason The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness My Lobotomy Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
5 Nov 201958min
Ma' Barker: A Doting Mother And Gangster Overlord
In Episode 93, Robert is joined by Emily Yoshida (Night Call Podcast) to discuss Ma Barker, the notorious leader of the Barker Gang.FOOTNOTES: Barker/Karpis Gang The day 'Ma' Barker was slain in Florida TOWN WHERE MA BARKER DIED SURE THAT ALLIGATOR DID HER IN O'Connor Layover Agreement Crooks’ haven: The gangster era in St. Paul ‘Pretty Boy’ Falls Pretty Boy Floyd's Life, Crimes Retold Ma Barker: America's Most Wanted Mother The Terrible Rise (and Subsequent Spectacular Fall) of the Barker/Karpis Gang Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
31 Okt 20191h 8min
Voices of Revolution
Special Bonus Minisode: The collected unedited audio of the interviews from 'The World is Burning.' Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
30 Okt 20191h 7min
The World is Burning: Your Guide to the Current Uprisings
In Episode 92, Robert gives listeners a guide to the uprisings all over the world right now.FOOTNOTES: Catalonia's bid for independence from Spain explained Hong Kong is exporting its protest techniques around the world Wildfires blaze through Lebanon while emergency aircraft remain grounded Why are Lebanon's firefighting helicopters grounded? Lebanon protests: Huge crowds on streets as government acts Lebanon’s government proposes reforms as huge protests hit their fifth day A world on fire: Here are all the major protests happening around the globe right now Egyptian authorities threaten to 'decisively confront' protesters Curfew Tweet ‘This Is Ethnic Cleansing’: A Dispatch from Kurdish Syria China offers support to Spanish government amid Catalonia crisis Pro-independence protest in front of Chinese consulate in solidarity with Hong Kong Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam takes to Facebook to reach out to public, while strongly defending police force and questioning ‘puzzling’ calls for its disbandment What’s happening in Hong Kong? Some key questions, answered. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
29 Okt 201955min
Part Two: The Bastard Who Invented Homeopathy
In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Billy Wayne Davis to continue discussing Samuel Hahnemann and homeopathy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
24 Okt 20191h 7min
Part One: The Bastard Who Invented Homeopathy
In Episode 91, Robert is joined by Billy Wayne Davis, to discuss the baby-killing horror of homeopathy.FOOTNOTES: Hundreds of Babies Harmed by Homeopathic Remedies, Families Say Penelope Dingle's letters to Francine Scrayen Cancer victim Penelope Dingle 'in awe of homeopath' - husband Belief in Homeopathy Results in the Death of a 7-Year-Old Italian Child Antibiotic overprescribing: Still a major concern. Anticholinergic Toxicity Secondary to Overuse of Topricin Cream, a Homeopathic Medication Homeopathic Pain Medicine Contains Poison FDA confirms elevated levels of belladonna in certain homeopathic teething products Hyland's FDA warns against the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels On the ethics of clinical trials of homeopathy in Third World countries Evaluation of healing wound and genotoxicity potentials from extracts hydroalcoholic of Plantago major and Siparuna guianensis. Homeopathy THE BASIS OF HOMEOPATHY Inventing the randomized double-blind trial: the Nuremberg salt test of 1835 Homeopathy And Its Founder: Views Of A British Researcher Samuel Hahnemann : his life and work Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
22 Okt 20191h 18min
The Story Behind All Those Nazi / Clown Memes
In Episode 90, Robert is joined by Katy Stoll and Cody Johnston to discuss the war on clowns. FOOTNOTES: Apu Apustaja Clown faces fine for protesting neo-Nazi march Virginia Man Using Accordion-Playing Clowns To Get Revenge On White Supremacist Swedish neo-Nazis met by clown activists Clowns Attack KKK Rally in Charlotte, NC with Humor Clowns Kicked KKK Asses Producers, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) Springtime For Hitler The best way to fight neo-Nazis is to … laugh? Why Nazis Are So Afraid of These Clowns Patriot Prayer’s Joey Gibson has a sad day in Albany Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
17 Okt 201946min
Bjorn Lomborg: Patient Zero of Climate Denial
In Episode 89, Robert is joined by Eric Lampaert to discuss Bjorn Lomborg. FOOTNOTES:1. Bjorn Lomborg’s lukewarmer misinformation about climate change and poverty2. BJORN LOMBORG: PERFORMANCE ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE3, Bjorn Lomborg Bibliography4. Hot, It’s Not5. On Bjorn Lomborg and extinction6. The Skeptical Environmentalist: A Case Study In The Manufacture Of News7. Bjørn Lomborg: the dissenting climate change voice who changed his tune8. Bjørn Lomborg WSJ Op Ed Is Stunningly Wrong9. Who’s Behind Trump’s Claim the Green New Deal Will Cost $100 Trillion?10. Exclusive: Bjorn Lomborg Think Tank Funder Revealed As Billionaire Republican 'Vulture Capitalist' Paul Singer11. Common Core’s Global Warming Agenda12. James Harff13. Copenhagen Consensus III14. Bjørn Lomborg centre got $640,000 for report saying limiting warming rise to 2C not worth it15. Atmospheric engineering may help reverse global warming16. SCIENTIST AT WORK/Bjorn Lomborg; From an Unlikely Quarter, Eco-Optimism17. About Bjorn Lomborg18. UCS Examines 'The Skeptical Environmentalist'19. THE EXTINCTION CRISIS Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 Okt 20191h 28min
