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In this episode Cory, Angela, Lisa, Brandon, guest Jeanne and the always amazing Dave talk protein, guns, and religion.  Here are some links   Brandon’s Story- https://www.consumerreports.org/dietary-supplements/heavy-metals-in-protein-supplements/ Angela’s Story- https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-plans-to-blame-video-games-for-gun-violence Lisa’s Story- http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/when-nra-members-meet-for-convention-gun-injuries-fall.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s3&utm_campaign=sharebutton-t Cory’s Story- http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/03/08/tennessee-pastor-arrested-on-47-counts-of-raping-sexually-abusing-young-boys Cory’s Story 2 - http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/03/10/the-tn-gop-is-triggering-a-soldiers-ptsd-just-to-attack-an-atheist-candidate This week's book excerpt is from Peter Coffin's book Custom Reality and You available on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2DTOMow  As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow th

In this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, Brandon, and the amazing Dave talk to Jeanne Ikerd, formerly of the Polyaskery Podcast and friend to many in the atheist community.  Jeanne wanted us to share a link to the book Opening Up by Tristan Taormino so you can find that here http://amzn.to/2FS3sq1  As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com For more show notes (once I get caught up) check out our website www.brainstormblog.net I want to mention that we have a new store onli

In this episode Destin hosts with Basit, Lisa, Brandon, Rene, and the amazing Dave to cover a variety of stories and take the train right off the tracks a couple of times.  Here are some links Woo Report Rene’s Story - https://arcdigital.media/what-if-there-was-video-of-crisis-actors-exploiting-school-shootings-9ccdb3017f9a Basit’s Story - https://dralice.blog/2018/02/20/trends-in-pseudoscience-raw-water/ Science Lisa’s Story - https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/02/19/gmo-corns-yield-human-health-benefits-vindicated-21-years-studies/?mc_cid=c24e247c71&mc_eid=3b2e1845c4 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2018/02/25/russia-seeks-influence-usa-opinion-gmos-iowa-state-research/308338002/ Religious Nuttery Brandon’s Story - https://www.christiandaily.com/article/atheist-and-secular-philosophy-endangers-christianity-more-than-terrorism-says-newt-gingrich/62119.htm As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out

In this episode Cory talks to Peter Coffin, Youtuber personality, prolific Twitterer, and new author about Planet Fitness, social collectivism, and his new book. This interview was a lot of fun and we were laughing right from the start. I hope you enjoy it. Here are some links for Peter's stuff. https://www.youtube.com/user/petercoffin https://www.facebook.com/PeterCoffinFans http://petercoffin.com/ https://twitter.com/petercoffin https://www.patreon.com/petercoffin you can find his book at http://amzn.to/2FTbVdr As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The

This time around Destin hosts and is joined by Lisa, Brandon, Basit, Rene and the amazing Dave to talk to David Silverman; President of American Atheists and well known atheist spokesperson. They talk about the upcoming AAcon and some other great stuff.  Here are some links https://www.atheists.org/ https://www.facebook.com/AmericanAtheists/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=619971701 https://www.atheists.org/convention2018/ As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind

In this interview I talk to Rick Harp from the podcast Media Indigena. We talk a little about Gerald Stanley, lot about racism and Indigenous issues in Canada, and little about capitalism. I hope you enjoy. There is a bit of glitch at one point where my recorder acted up for some reason and didn't pick up what I said but I think it worked out ok.   You can find Rick's stuff at   www.mediaindigena.com www.facebook.com/mediaindigena https://twitter.com/mediaindigena   As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com

In this episode Cory, Lisa, Brandon, Basit, Rene, guest host; George, and the always amazing Dave cover a few stories that range from fun to infuriating. First Rene covers some silly martial arts stuff, then Lisa talks about David Stephan and a wellness expo that pulled him from being a featured speaker. Basit talks about Georgian College starting a homeopathy program and then pulling it after some backlash. Cory talks about a religious leader who blames the victims of Larry Nassar, and Brandon talks about the recent change in the Canadian anthem to make it gender neutral. Our excerpt this week isn't from a book but is a Facebook post about the recent trial of Gerald Stanley for the murder of Coulten Boushie.    Here are some links    Just For Fun Rene’s Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etEhr7mkJYg&feature=share   Woo Report Lisa’s Story - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/david-stephan-son-meningitis-death-speaker-wellness-expo-1.4530355   https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/can

This week Cory, Basit, Lisa, Rene, Brandon, and Dave were joined by guest host George to interview Dr. Gleb Tsipursky to talk about his new book, The Truth Seekers Handbook. Followed by a conversation with George as a member of the SSA here in Regina. Some links https://www.protruthpledge.org/ http://www.intentionalinsights.org/ https://www.amazon.ca/Truth-Seekers-Handbook-Science-Based-Guide-ebook/dp/B078429WCF As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com For more show

This is a rebroadcast of my interview with Peter Coffin on the subject of social justice. Since this interview I have become an even bigger fan of Peter and his work on Youtube. I encourage everyone to check it out. Keep your ears open for an upcoming interview on Brainstorm's Skeptic Studio with Peter about his new book.  Here are some links www.youtube.com/petercoffin  How Donald Trump won (this was from before the election) https://youtu.be/evQa8YZlQtc Election Pre-Postmortem https://youtu.be/UVfXPW3Tsw4 Is Hate Speech... Free Speech? https://youtu.be/WJALPCjYBTI  Check out Peter's book amzn.to/2FEsqJR  You can email me at mail@brainstormblog.net You can find more of these episodes at www.spreaker.com/show/thehardcoreskepticexamines you can find me on Itunes, Stitcher, Google Play and just about anywhere else you can find podcasts.  Make sure to follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic and like my page on facebook. www.facebook.com/hardcoreskeptic  If you want to support my work you can become a patron at w

This time around it's Cory, Angela, Lisa, Brandon, and Dave in an entirely religious nuttery episode. We talk about Noah's Arc, religion in schools, letting Jesus take the wheel, and a case in Saskatchewan that puts funding of Catholic schools in jeopardy.    Here are some links    Brandon’s Story - http://onlinenews24.info/noahs-arc-found-right-where-the-bible-prophesied-this-is-beyond-miraculous/    Angela’s Story – http://christiannews.net/2018/01/26/school-district-refuses-atheist-demand-to-dissolve-pastor-led-program-as-offering-has-no-religious-content/ https://ffrf.org/images/EastPorterCountySchoolCorporationIN.pdf http://www.secularnews.org/2018/01/ffrf-protests-sermonizing-in-indiana-public-school/   Lisa’s Story –http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/01/26/man-flips-truck-5-times-says-jesus-told-him-to-let-go-of-the-wheel   Cory’s Story – http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/theodore-costs?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm

In this episode Cory talked to Eiynah Nicemangos about atheism, the right, the left, Jordan Peterson, and Islam. It was a great conversation.  Here are some links https://twitter.com/NiceMangos http://nicemangos.blogspot.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/Eiynah-Nice-Mangos-1223100414378627/ https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations https://www.patreon.com/nicemangos As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com For more show notes (once I get caught up) check out our website w

In this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, and Dave are joined by some guest hosts, Brandon and Connor to interview Matt and Phil from the Semi Intellectual Musings podcast.   Links https://twitter.com/The_SIM_Pod http://thesim.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thesimpod/   As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com For more show notes (once I get caught up) check out our website www.brainstormblog.net   You can support the upcoming Shift To Reason conference at

In this one I'm joined by Alix Jules to talk about racism. It was very informative even though we barely scratched the surface. I have to apologize for the audio quality, for some reason my levels were out of whack.  Here are some links and stuff http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thegraffitiwall/ https://the-orbit.net/alixjules/author/alixjules/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Freddie_Gray http://angryblackrant.com/2016/08/15/abr-podcast-047-alix-jules/ http://angryblackrant.com/2017/06/13/abr-podcast-77-twitteria/ http://angryblackrant.com/2017/04/25/abr-podcast-75-gimme-an-o-for-oreilly/ http://angryblackrant.com/2017/02/21/abr-episode-69-listen-to-the-bell-milo-it-tolls-for-thee/ http://angryblackrant.com/2017/02/14/abr-podcast-68-the-take-over/ http://angryblackrant.com/2017/01/25/a

In this episode Cory, Lisa, Leo, Rene, and the amazing Dave talk about the underground railroad for atheists, coffee enemas, raw water, and a bit of a deep dive into carbon tax versus cap and trade.  links https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/the-underground-railroad-to-save-atheists/550229/ Woo Report http://metro.co.uk/2018/01/06/doctor-explains-shouldnt-follow-goops-advice-shooting-coffee-bum-7208712/amp/?__twitter_impression=true   https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/59wy85/raw-water-is-an-expensive-trend-you-should-only-try-if-you-like-diarrhea?utm_source=vicefbus Politics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/31/carbon-tax-cap-and-trade As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for

This is the re-broadcast of episode 9 from The Hardcore Skeptic Examines Social Justice and I got to talk to Donna Barker, a Phd student who studies implicit bias and subversive racism. It was an amazing interview and she really knows her stuff. I hope you enjoy it.  Here's a bunch of links for some references https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/canada/takeatest.html http://scienceblogs.com/thoughtfulanimal/2010/10/18/ed-tronick-and-the-still-face/  https://cgscholar.com/bookstore/works/employment-inequities-and-minority-women?category_id=common-ground-publishing http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v15/n10/full/nrn3800.html?foxtrotcallback=true https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.90.4.715 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7EVJ5zHKBhsOVdKZzZ0T3lHOTA https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/09/27/yale-study-suggests-racial-bias-among-preschool-teachers/?utm_term=.7614a768990e https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27454041 http://www.thesecularbarbershop.com/2016/09/the-

This week Cory, Leo, Lisa, Rene, and Dave talk to Phd philosopher Marianne Garneau about politics, sexual misconduct, and collective action by workers. It should satisfy all your lefty leanings.  Then we talk about the guests from 2017 and some of the best interviews.  As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net  Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com For more show notes (once I get caught up) check out our website www.brainstormblog.net   You can support the upcoming Shift To Reason conference at https://www

In this episode Cory, Lisa, Angela, Rene, Destin, Leo, and Dave cover some misleading news, some common myths and some less common findings about a few different subjects. Here are some links Cory’s Story - http://www.exposinggovernment.com/2017/12/23/pedophiles-to-be-given-child-sex-bots-to-prevent-them-from-attacking-children/ http://www.neonnettle.com/news/3450-pedophiles-to-be-given-child-sex-bots-to-prevent-them-from-attacking-children https://www.rt.com/uk/413762-sex-love-robot-conference/ https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/668182/child-sex-robot-treat-paedophiles-paid-by-taxpayer http://www.news.com.au/news/sex-robots-could-be-used-to-treat-paedophiles-experts-claim/news-story/0cdc729cc326955ed094aa08a77cb908 http://loveandsexwithrobots.org/program/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5194967/Sex-robot-convention-axed-uni-terror-fears.html https://youtu.be/WTCMe7BMrWU http://kron4.com/2014/07/21/child-sex-robots-could-be-used-to-treat-pedophiles/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmir

In this episode I talked to X from the Utah Outcasts. We talked about life, music, art, and family. It was great conversation and a great way to get to know someone who we usually just hear talk about the news or issues. You can find out more about X at www.utahoutcasts.com or by following the Utah Outcasts on Facebook or Twitter. https://www.facebook.com/utahoutcasts/ https://twitter.com/UtahOutcasts For everything else Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod or follow me @hardcoreskeptic. Check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ You can email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Music for this episode is used under the SOCAN license to play For more show not

Full crew this week with Cory, Leo, Lisa, Angela, Rene, Destin and the Amazing Dave talking to Keith Spielman from the Not Another Atheist Podcast podcast before going into some regular segments and random derailing.  Here are a couple links for Keith's podcast    https://www.facebook.com/NotAnotherAtheistPodcast/ https://notanotheratheistpodcast.wordpress.com/   As for the rest you can contact us at mail@brainstormblog.net Follow the show on twitter @brainstormpod, check out the facebook page at facebook.com/brainstormpodcast, or join our discussion group; The Brainstorm Podcast Discussion Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1562304800464606/ or email us at mail@brainstormblog.net for your email to be read on the air. If you have a question or thoughts and want to remain anonymous then just let me know in the email or you can message me on facebook. The url for that is www.facebook.com/cjbrainstorm Remember to check out aloststateofmind.com For more show notes (once I get caught up) check out our website

This is a re-broadcast of another one of the infamous anti side interviews. I talked to Joe an atheist and anti-theist who considers himself a bit on the fence in regards to social justice. I changed up the format a little bit in this one so let me know what you think. I think I only need a couple links for this chat.  Atheist Joe youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYGjJU95ZxYxgp_rNcvwmhA?&ab_channel=AtheistJoe Story about no gender ruling in court http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/judge-gender-genderless-legal-patch-us-landmark-ruling-a7651036.html You can find more of these episodes at www.spreaker.com/show/thehardcoreskepticexamines you can find me on Itunes, Stitcher, Google Play and just about anywhere else you can find podcasts.  Make sure to follow me on twitter @hardcoreskeptic and like my page on facebook. www.facebook.com/hardcoreskeptic  If you want to support my work you can become a patron at www.patreon.com/hardcoreskeptic Remember to check out my other s