Cellar Door Skeptics

#109: Gay cakes and slavery Before the holidays over take us and allow us to take a much needed break, Cellar Door Skeptics hits hard on a couple of topics that have been weighing down on them over the last couple weeks. The duo talk through a conversation that Tanner had with an online friend over whether or not the Supreme Court should rule in favor of the Baker who was sued over not serving a gay couple. They talk through the outrageous statements made in a Libertarian post which tries to equate forcing a baker to either go out of business or serve every couple equally is the same as putting people in slavery. Then Hanna brings back his infamous science educational segment talking about Gravity. The show ends with the duo looking at the how the media is handling all the sexual scandals, what the long term effects could be, and how we should continue to speak in sync with women as they continue to make their voices heard. #LGBTQWKRPINCINCINNATI #SupremeCourt #Libertarian #Gravity #Science #Podcast #Me

#108: Bitcoin - Catching a Falling Knife This week's episode of Cellar Door Skeptics, Tanner interviews Phil Ferguson from Polaris Financial Planning to talk about Bitcoin, Income Tax on the rich, and his book recommendations for those who want to learn more and become better financial planners. Phil owns his own successful financial planning business and we start the episode out by talking about whether bitcoin is a good investment or not. As an expert in financial planning, we wanted to pick his brain about the phenomenon of Bitcoin and if we should jump on board or hold our distance. The show also focuses on talking about some of the items that Hanna and Tanner did not cover in episode 107 with a slant on how it affects income tax from a financial planning perspective. The show ends with some solid advice for those just getting into financial planning or those whom want to take a deeper dive. #Bitcoin #PolarisFinancial #FinancialPlanning #Investments #Podcast Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/use

#107: Robin Hood - A Tale of Two Taxpayers Cellar Door Skeptics rejoin forces this week for a show all about the new GOP tax plan. The duo does a deep dive into the income tax bracket changes, how it could affect how much money is collected by the Federal Government, and a look at other countries and their respective income tax brackets. The show is solely dedicated to analyzing this in an effort to make people aware of whom they vote for in the upcoming year. Be prepared to be shocked and amazed at what taxes are being cut, and how it could affect you over the next 10 years. #TaxReform #Senate #TaxPlan #GOPTaxPlan #BillionairesFirst #RobinHood Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id1044088575?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cella

This week Chris and Chris combat two of life’s inevitabilities, death and taxes. As a human rights catastrophe in the making, the GOP House and Senate bills, steamrolls its way through the legislative branch the casualties are piling up. The latest victims are the researchers and graduate students all over the country who depend on universities waving the cost of tuition in return for research and teaching undergraduate classes. The new plan would double, triple, or even quadruple their taxes and further drive the income inequality wedge into the intellectual capital of the United States. Also, Chris Hanna finally delivers on the last chapter of his How, What, and Why of the controversial gene editing tool CRISPR Cas 9 while Chris Tanner shifts the gun control conversation into overdrive concentrating on the new Michigan plan to allow guns into previously gun free zones. They close on the most financially intense analysis of the American healthcare system Cellar Door Skeptics has ever seen. #Healthcare #

Episode 105: Toasted Misogynist Thanksgiving After last week’s amazing full show interview Chris and Chris return to roast the number one meal in American news right now, Misogyny and Sexual Misconduct. Heads are rolling in the media, in politics, and in Hollywood which is good news to Cellar Door Skeptic ears! After that attention moves to Michigan’s Safe Delivery Law; which protects women who wish to give up their child in a safe way in exchange for a no questions asked policy. Then it’s time to plug your t shirt in and light up the night with electrified circuits in fabrics. Closing out the show, a down and dirty guide to survive your holiday break if tensions flare when the whole clan in gathered around the table. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id1044088575?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Website: http://c

#104: Losing Religion Not Family This episode of Cellar Door Skeptics explores the topics of coming out atheist and how to deal with remaining in a marriage with a Christian. Our guest for tonight is Tim Postma whom has agreed to join Tanner to talk about his conservative up bring, divinity school, his loss of faith, and his journey to continue his marriage with his Christian wife. This episode is personal and raw allowing for a story we are hoping others can relate too. Leaving religion always has its trials, but maintain a relationship with an active Christian has it own set of unique compromises. Tim talks about what it is like to raises children in this environment while maintaining his own journey of self discovery into the secular world. #Atheist #Christianity #Religion #Family #ComingOut Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/u

#103: Domestic Violence and Economics of Consent Cellar Door Skeptics delivers again with another refined episode. The duo starts by talking about the Catalonian Nationalist issue as many catalan nationalists have fled. They talk about the the uprising and look at if it is a product of revolution or if they are just being selfish. The show takes a more serious turn as they talk with Mel Rice about how she left her domestic violence situation. Her story is harrowing and worth the listen as she bares her heart to Tanner. The show closes out with a discussion with Stephanie Zvan about the economics of consent. They seek input as they discuss pay inequality amongst women and how industries can make women feel insecure with the majority of power in the hands of men. 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) #DomesticViolence #MeToo #Economics #Catalonia #PayInequality Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326

#102: Arbitration Horror Story Cellar Door Skeptics is back this year with our annual episode giving homage to horror stories. This week the duo have peppered the show with a few different horror stories for your enjoyment. Along with creepy music, they delve into a new AI that is working with folks on twitter to create unique short horror stories. Hanna's Deep Dive segment will cap off his CRISPR research proving new insight. While not quite a horror story, the team will look VP Pence's tie breaking vote in a bill that was struck down allowing for large corporations to prevent people from using class action law suits. #Halloween #HorrorStories #CRISPR #Arbitration #DefendCFPB Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id1044088575?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http:/

Episode 101: Christopher Columbus - First Terrorist in America After a two week recharging period Chris and Chris are back in the Cellar Door Skeptics command center. Starting year three with the sinking of Christopher Columbus; there is really nothing else to do with that dark smear in American history. The new and improved format has two special personal and research segments this week. Chris Hanna dove Off the Deep End with his new episodic deep dive research segment on CRISPR and Chris Tanner ruminated on secular parenting featuring a remembered, heartfelt conversation with his daughter. And ending with CHIP and CHIPRA, Chris and Chris bashed and kicked their way through the absolute absurdity of Republicans throwing millions of poor and minority children off their healthcare plans. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/c

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#100: Our Anniversary; Cellar Door Skeptics is turning 2 years old this week, and we wanted to celebrate it with everyone. As this year concludes, we are grateful for all the support that you have given us over the past two years. This show will focus on the new direction that we are taking along with a new format that will be rolled out in the next couple of weeks. Also we wanted to reflect on the how we as individuals have changed. We examine what views of ours have changed along with if there were things we got wrong. In closing we will be talking about the charity of choice that we will be donating to this year in hopes to make an impact within our own local community. Join us this week as we celebrate, reflect, and prepare for the ongoing revolution! #Podcast #Anniversary #CellarDoorSkeptics #Revolution #WMEAC Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: http

#99: Should You Fear Roko’s Basilisk? “Before you die, you see Roko’s Basilisk. It's like the videotape in The Ring.” Can Artificial Intelligence predict if people helped or tried to stop it from becoming sentient? This episode Cellar Door Skeptics tackle all angles of Rosko’s Basilisk Theory and what it means for AI and our future. They talk about their perceived notions on whether AI could predict humans who have not helped it become sentient. This dilemma falls in line with Pascal's Wager and the team takes a stance where this should be a concern or if we can feel comfortable dismissing this as a crazy conspiracy. Follow the episode as it delves into AI philosophy and the team takes rabbit hole after rabbit hole toward the reality that we live in. Will you take the Red Pill or the Blue Pill or should you just flush the pills and succumb to logic? #RokosBasilisk #ArtificialIntelligence #LessWrong #Philosophy #PascalsWager Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://

#98: Is Artificial Intelligence predicting our sexuality? Ever wondered if Cellar Door Skeptics talked about AI? Well this episode the duo take on an economist article that examines AI ability to predict your sexuality. That is right folks, this article talks about a soon to be published journal that use already existing methods to try and determine what sexuality you are. Also on the agenda for this episode is a discussion the future of evolution an article NPR covered about a new book called "Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, And The Future Of Evolution” by Biologist Jonathan Losos professor at Harvard. They continue the journey talking about the new movie IT and if IT lived up to the standards of the book and the old movie. The episode closes out looking at a study about the 2015 Reddit ban on some of the most hateful subreddits on their website. Chris Squared will investigate whether this worked or if hate speech continued to flow on other subreddits. #IT #StephenKing #Evolution #Reddit #AISexu

#97: Web of Resistance Cellar Door Skeptics is back with a few changes as they are now recording remotely but with better equipment. This episode will focus on the discussion about protests and which is the better protest method or if there is even one protest method that can be used. They look at the resistance, read scientific articles, and spend two segments fleshing out their thoughts on protests and demonstrations. Later they dive into the discussion about nanomachines and how they can affect cancer. The duo looks at two articles that are both linked through the scientific article that studies the use of nanomachine technology to kill off cancer cells and what this means for the future of humanity. The show closes out by discussing if there is a link between climate change, increasing temperatures in the world, and hurricanes. Surprisingly the science shows one thing, but the team discusses what it means and where the correlations lay. #Hurricane #Protest #Resist #NanoMachines #ClimateChange

Episode 96: Michigan Fails to Pardon Dispensaries and Other Stories Cellar Door Skeptics is back at it again examining some more articles that will leave you questioning humanity. This week the duo takes the plunge and attacks the infamous Michigan Governor Dick and his ragtime Medical Marijuana Board. This time the state is “confused” on what to do with dispensaries and they are shutting them down and leaving people in the lurches and under criminal investigation. The show continues by talking about a scientific article that has revealed some dirty laundry about “Big Oil”. The team examines the soiled remains of how Oil companies purposely mislead people by claiming Climate Change is not real. The show ends with a frank discussion on Trump’s pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and how this will affect the nation moving forward. #MedicalMarijuana #ClimateChange #BigOil #JoeArpaio #Pardon Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed

#95: The Secret Service Go Broke / Breast Milk Research / Bee Mathematicians Cellar Door Skeptics return with another episode ready to tickle your political and scientific fancy. The duo begins by taking a look at the budget that the Secret Service operates in, how it compared to Obama’s last year, and why the department is running out of money. They look at articles that predict this as far back as December 2016 while examining if other presidents have exceeded budget, or if this is exclusive to “Sun Blinded” Presidents. Later, Tanner brings up an article that looks at a new study released about breast milk properties that help fight Strep in infants. The article looks at a unique and hard to study source within mothers breast milk. To cap the show off, the team analyzes an article about whether or not bees are the first to understand the concept of zero and delve into a little bit about the history of the concept of zero. #ZeroConcept #BeeMath #SecretService #BudgetDeficit #SunBlind #BreastFeeding #

#94: Amazon Welfare and Thermodynamics This episode is the remainder of epsiode 93 that they did not record Tuesday due to the length of the discussion on the Charlottesville Terrorist Attack. But this episode comes back strong talking about how Amazon is getting corporate welfare and tax breaks. The show will end on their science segment talking about an article that discusses whether the 2nd law of thermodynamics holds the key to the origins of life. #AmazonWelfare #thermodynamics #Creation #OriginsofLife #Evolution #CorporateWelfare Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id1044088575?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkept

#93: Charlottesville and Punching Nazis CN: Violence, Foul Language, and Anger This episode is dedicated to those who oppose White Supremecy, Nazis, and Racism. The show opens as the duo talk about the most recent terrorist attack in VA, where a White Supremacist ran into a crowd of counter protesters. They will talk about their feelings, outrage, anger, and look at a few articles that they feel will help those who care to join in the resistance of White Supremacy. They also examine how the President responded and they pick apart the audio from the three press conferences Trump has given. EDIT NOTE: WE did not get to the next portion due to our episode length. Check the following out on our next show Episode 94: Amazon Welfare and Thermodynamics by clicking here: Later they try to calm down talking about how Amazon is getting corporate welfare and tax breaks. The show will end on their science segment talking about an article that discusses whether the 2nd law of thermodynamics holds the key to t

#92: Over Before it Began: the iGen Teen Social Mass Extinction The show tonight opens on a laughable note as we examine a brief filed by the ACLU which is attempting to help John Oliver in his battle with a crybaby coal “giant” who took offense to John Oliver’s comedy. We also talk about an article written in the Atlantic where they have an author who believes that screen time, cell phones, and tablets are helping to destroy the next generation. We chuckle at the iGen title and look at how habits have changed. Closing the show out, an article from Inverse peaked our interest as we look at a recent attempt in what psychedelics could do for the scientific community. We break down what seems real and where we start to feel the “woo woo” factor come into play. #iGen #JohnOliver #LSD #Psychedelics #Podcast #RobertMurray #SmartPhones Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed

#91: Military Transgender Ban / Voting in Off Years / Gerrymandering Coming back this week with a politically charged action packed episode, we will be discussing the Transgender Ban from mr Donald Trump with Marissa McCool. Later we tackle voter registration with Christopher Reader and why local politics are needed in off years. We close looking at a new ballot initiative to end Gerrymandering and what the Michigan law will bring if it gets passed. #Transgender #MilitaryBan #VoterRegistration #Gerrymandering Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id1044088575?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: http://