303 – From Aesop to Captain Kirk: Boldly moralizing / TV shows that deserved to be cancelled / Mars: from fiction to reality

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Jun 062013
 

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Topics:
00:07 The Story Of The Moral: stories, fairy tales, morality, pinnacle of thought, need for arts and entertainment, culture’s focal point, sense of life, Star Trek, Rob Ford, sacrifice, Aesop, fables, moral of the story, The Dog And The Wolf
14:45 From Aesop To Star Trek – The Moral Of The Stories: The Coyote And The Jackrabbit, Rocky And Bullwinkle, Aesop’s fables, Aesop’s sayings, favourite stories, Star Trek’s moral messages
26:28 Still Seeing Red – From TV Frustrations To Martian Distractions The Forgetful King, cancelled TV shows, Caller Scott: An Aesop Fable, needs of the few vs needs of the many, TV story endings, TV stories – good and bad, TV shows that killed themselves: Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, Lost, Mars Attracts – Martian Books and Movies – a history, Jules Verne
50:15 Once Upon A Tale – At Least Ten Stories Tall: [An Original Rob Ford Fairy Tale] 55:51 END

 

172 – Prostitution / Moon landing conspiracy / The case for space

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Oct 072010
 

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Prostitution: The Law, Morality, And Consent
Legalizing Prostitution: Why The ‘Harm’ Argument Avoids The Issue
Have We Been Mooned? Margaret Atwood And The Moon Landing Conspiracy
The Case For Space – Why Canada Should Greatly Expand Its Space Program

152 – Marc Emery’s extradition / Pot laws / UFOs again?

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May 202010
 

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From ‘Prince Of Pot’ To ‘King Of Pot’ – Marc Emery Extradited!
Pot Laws, The Media, Conservatives – Evading The Injustice Of Prohibition
Second Sighting – UFOs Again?
No Simple Answers – Sometimes The Obvious Isn’t

151 – UFOs – Out of this world or out of our minds?

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May 132010
 

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UFOs – Out Of This World? Or Out Of Our Minds?
UFO Sighting – A Personal Experience
Something Happened At Roswell
“Beware Of ET” Warns Stephen Hawking
Exhibit A Is Missing – So Where’s The Evidence?

148 – Guest: Professor Christopher Essex, Dept of Applied Mathematics; Past Director, Theoretical Physics, UWO

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Apr 222010
 

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Christopher Essex

 
 
 
 

Earth Day – Are Science And Mathematics On The Cultural Fringe?
The Limits Of Computation – Can We Trust Our Computers And Calculators?
Chaos – Not A Theory, But A Phenomenon
Is The Universe Expanding? Beware: Dangerous Eclipse Radiation!

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