by cameron | Jan 2, 2007 | Podcast
My guest host this week is Duncan Riley (no relation). Duncan was one of the founders and VP Operations of blogging network b5 Media until his sudden departure recently. He hails from Bunbury in Western Australia.
Mitch Denny’s joins us briefly (my PC stopped recording… sorry Mitch) to give us his overview of the Ferrari thing. Read more on his blog.
So… the US had Saddam executed before he could spill the beans on them during the next phase of his trial. Duncan and I debate the whole thing a bit on the show and here’s a list of links for you to read more.
Top Ten Ways the US Enabled Saddam Hussein
The High Commissioner for United Nation Human Rights, Louise Arbour, warned that there should be no rush to execute former Iraqi leader Sadddam Hussein saying the trial wasn’t fair. The Human Rights Watch agrees. But John Howard doesn’t. Surprise Surprise.
Apparently someone might be stealing rocket launchers and other weapons from the Aussie Army.
The Europeans launch the COROT satellite to find planets outside of our solar system.
Whatever you do, go listen to these podcasts:
Richard Dawkins interview
Sam Harris interview
Then help me “Cure A Christian” on future episodes! If you’re a Christian, and you want to be cured, come on the show or suggest a friend!
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by cameron | Dec 30, 2006 | Christianity, Podcast, Uncategorized
I can’t tell you how exhilarated I am tonight after watching Richard Dawkins’ two-part DVD “The Root Of All Evil?“. For years I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the feeling that I should just accept christianity as a reasonable viewpoint. Particularly as my boys grow up, I find it unreasonable that they should be told that the religious perspective is as equally valid a way of thinking about the world and their place in it as a rational, reason-based perspective which takes in all of the facts available to them.
Earlier today I also listened to the Point of Inquiry podcast with Sam Harris, author of “Letter To A Christian Nation” and it was equally as exhilarating. To finally have some highly erudite statesmen for the reason-based community is a relief and inspiration, even though the message they are delivering, that reason is on a slippery slope in the West at the moment, is one that is deeply concerning to me.
Humanity has had to endure thousands of years of persecution and being held back from progress as a result of the particular mythologies of the leaders of our societies. Too many millions of people had to die to get us to the privileged position we are in the 21st century, where we have the freedom to review the facts and make a reason-based decision on how the world works and our position in it.
The thought that religious zealots could reverse that trend, sending us back to the dark ages, should be terrifying to any sane person.
by cameron | Dec 28, 2006 | Podcast
Today my guests are TPN’s host of The Atomic Show, Rod Adams, and we’re very honoured to have with us again the Wisconsin Secretary of State, Doug La Follette.
**I want to apologize straight off for the poor sound quality. Despite a soundcheck, my mic settings were way off and I’ve done the best I can to make it survivable.**
Doug tells us a little about his recent trip to Thailand and then the gents discuss the pros and cons of nuclear energy versus other forms of alternative energy.
Some other links:
Rod mentioned the Externe report that was supported by the European
Commission. Here is a link to that study.
The Wikipedia link to Thomas Malthus – the intellectual founder of the Zero Population Growth
(ZPG) issue.
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by cameron | Dec 22, 2006 | Podcast
Dec 20, 2006, was Carl Sagan Day, the 10th anniversary of the death of one of history’s great scientists and communicators. He touched hundreds of millions of people with his work, his books and his TV series “Cosmos”. Joel Schlosberg organised the Sagan Blogathon and many people wrote about the impact Sagan had on their lives. On this podcast my co-host Hugo Sharp and I discuss Sagan’s life, work and read out some of the blog posts, from his widow, his son and bloggers whose lives he touched.
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thepodcastnet-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0679438416&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
Wikipedia entry on Carl Sagan
Ann Druyan’s blog
Fermi’s Paradox
The Drake Equation aka The Green Bank Equation
Nick Sagan’s blog
Halfway There’s blog
The Whatever blog
National Geographic article “Was Darwin Wrong?”
Richard Dawkins video:
The Root of All Evil
Sam Harris: (a younger Dawkins)
A great email debate he had with a christian. Well worth reading each of the emails.
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by cameron | Dec 20, 2006 | Podcast
Ewan has the news:
A massive big congrats to Thom Allen, host of The Podcast Network’s Jazz Show. It’s just been listed as one of the Best Podcasts of 2006 by the Staff at iTunes:
Just glancing at the other nominated podcasts, the list includes This American Life (NPR), The South Bank Show podcast and The National Geographics World Music Profiles. That’s a great list to be in, and it’s notable that a lot of the picks are from media such as the BBC, the Guardian and other established printed media going audio.
Want to know what you’re missing? Well you could visit The Jazz Show in iTunes, or just hit play for the latest show.
Congrats Thom! I think it’s a great show as well. In fact I’m listening to it right now. Very smooth. I guess that makes it my TPN Random Feed of the Day!
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by cameron | Dec 18, 2006 | Podcast
Ross Dawson is a strategy consultant, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. He runs a company called Future Exploration Network, a global events and consulting firm specializing in the future of business.
Earlier in 2006 he ran the The Future Of Media Summit and we chatted for a while last week about the future of media and the future of innovation in business.
You can read his Future Of Media report here.
Keep up to date with his views of the world from his blog.
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