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Comedians Nat Armstrong and Mary Green discuss people, things, and institutions who are blowing it, and a few who aren't. This week Mary is joined by UNB faculty member, musician, and internet agitator Mike Nason! They talk fracking, the MMIWG report, the very bad and shitty racist who is no longer employed at UNB, the great Halifax ham mystery, and more. Follow us on Twitter: @maryrules | @ahemnason | @BlowingItPod Theme music by Cursing & Swearing This podcast was recorded in on the traditional territory of the Wolastoqiyik-Maliseet people. Further Reading/Viewing: PCs give shale gas development quiet go-ahead in Sussex area (CBC NB) Resistance to fracking by Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey leaders and opposition parties (NB Media Co-Op) Beer to be sold in select New Brunswick grocery stores beginning in October (Global News) UNB prof accused of being a white supremacist takes early retirement (CBC NB) Did anyone pick up my hams? (Reddit) Canadian Conservatives Are Having a Bad Time at the Online Hate Hearings (Vice News) Commissioner says calling it genocide ‘inescapable conclusion’ (APTN News) New Report Suggests 'High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End' Starting in 2050 (Vice News)
Moon farts, jellyfish bones, and op art abound. Night Call dives into this week in science. Plus the strange world of simulated people in pop culture and what this tells us about ourselves. NIGHT CALL BOOK CLUB BOOK ANNOUNCED! For the book and the episode, CHECK OUT THE NIGHT CALL PATREON (https://www.patreon.com/NightCall) ! Support the show for as little as $1 a month! Call in to Night Call at 240-46-NIGHT Articles and media mentioned this episode: Article, Vice, "New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050" (https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/597kpd/new-report-suggests-high-likelihood-of-human-civilization-coming-to-an-end-in-2050) Article, LiveScience, "Why Does the Moon Keep Flashing Us"? (https://www.livescience.com/65612-gassy-moon-flashes.html) Article, Dwell, "Discover Florida's Mysterious Dome Home Before it Sinks into the Sea" (https://www.dwell.com/article/discover-floridas-mysterious-dome-home-before-it-sinks-into-the-sea-12a0e0a0) Film, Home Movie (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275408/?ref_=nv_sr_4?ref_=nv_sr_4) Video, Swallowed Whole - a comb jelly praying on a comb jelly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmoChWQ6xCk) Film, The Little Mermaid (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097757/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Article, The New York Times, "Dementia Stopped Peter Max From Painting. For Some, That Spelled a Lucrative Opportunity" (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/business/peter-max-dementia-cruise-ship-auctions.html) TV Series, Black Mirror, "Rachel, Jack, and Ashley Too" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9053874/?ref_=ttep_ep3) Song, "Head Like a Hole" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao-Sahfy7Hg) by Nine Inch Nails Song, "I'm on a Roll" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ihqbMicm_s) by Ashley O Film, S1m0ne (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, Under the Silver Lake (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5691670/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Podcast, Who? Weekly (https://www.whoweekly.us/) TV Series, Westworld (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475784/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Film, Mulholland Drive (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Actress IMDB, Rachel Roberts (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212051/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) Music Video, "Bitch Better Have My Money" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3eAMGXFw1o) by Rihanna Play, Pygmalion (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781503290907) by George Bernard Shaw Hatsune Miku/Vocaloids (https://vocaloid.fandom.com/wiki/Hatsune_Miku) Film, The Truman Show (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741700/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, Godzilla (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2) (2014) Anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112159/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Song, Yuji Koseki, "Mothra's Song" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=9lmZRRqF6wA) "Night Call" by 4aStables (https://www.4astables.com/) . Additional sfx from freesound.org (https://freesound.org/) . Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
In episode 406, Jack and Miles are joined by poet Melissa Lozada-Oliva to discuss Ivanka and John Bolton being booed in the UK, if internet shutdowns are safe, Nancy Pelosi playing 9-D chess, if town halls are helping the 2020 presidential candidates, MTV bringing back Singled Out and Punk'd, a new study about the end of civilization due to climate change, concerning YouTube algorithms, and more! FOOTNOTES: 1. The most interesting moment of the Trump-May news conference happened before it began 2. Internet shutdowns don't make anyone safer 3. Nancy Pelosi Is Smart, Part 895 4. Are all of these town halls actually making any difference in 2020 polling? 5. MTV Is Rebooting Punk'd and Singled Out 6. Quibi: The next Go90, or streaming unicorn? 7. New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050 8. This graphic explains why 2 degrees of global warming will be way worse than 1.5 9. Framing Climate Change as a 'National Security Threat' Is Dangerous 10. On YouTube’s Digital Playground, an Open Gate for Pedophiles 11. WATCH: Shy Girls - Drain Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
La terra potrebbe sparire entro il 2050, se gli esseri umani continueranno a comportarsi come si comportano oggi. Lo scrive un think-tank australiano capitanto da un ex ammiraglio delle forse militari australiane. --- New Report Suggests ‘High Likelihood of Human Civilization Coming to an End’ in 2050 - MotherBoard