Episode 15 – Medicine, Vaccines, and the Land Down Under with Dr. Rachael Dunlop
By Dustin
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0:00:25 INTRO
- Clarification on Mormon underwear from Dustin’s contact
- Temple recommend questions and official rules on the Mormon underwear
0: 14:27 FEEDBACK – Our first hate mail
0:17:19 THIS DAY IN HISTORY – November 29
- 1929 – A Byrd flies over the South Pole
- 1942 – Coffee rationing begins in WW2
- 1963 – Warren Commission formed
- 2011 – Dr. Conrad Murray sentenced
0:28:34: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
- Robot of the episode – Nuclear radiation proof robot
- Plans to bring back Lonesome George’s species
- A directly observed exoplanet
0:38:23 POLITICS/RELIGION/CULTURE
- People are petitioning Obama to succeed from the union
- The BSA and their troubles
- Idaho law suit
- Loosing corporate sponsors like Intel and UPS (via Friendly Atheist
- The Pope admits to some of the myth around the nativity story in new book
0:51:44 MUSIC – Eve by Shelley Segal (Used by permission)
0:55:54 FEATURE – Interview with Dr. Rachael Dunlop
Dr Rachael Dunlop has a PhD from Sydney University Medical School and works full time in motor-neuron disease and aging disorders research and is a Vice President of the NSW committee of Australian Skeptics.
She is also part of the Mystery Investigators show for schools and co-organizes the Sydney Skeptics meet-up group, is a reporter on the Skeptic Zone podcast, and contributes to The Sceptics’ Book of Pooh-Pooh blog.
1:53:48 BLOOPERS
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