CiTR -- Radio Freethinkers

Radio Free Thinkers - Special - The Shock Doctrine As part of our Wisdom from the Web series, this week we present an interview Naomi Klein gave at the launch of her book Shock Doctrine. In this interview she discusses the books theme that the neoliberal free market policies have risen to prominence in some countries because of a deliberate strategy of certain leaders to exploit crises by pushing through controversial, exploitative policies while citizens were too busy emotionally and physically reeling from disasters or upheavals to create an effective resistance. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thinkers - Canada Post Bank Edition The Whine of the Week - the ominous omnibus budget bill: what's wrong with presenting a bloated bill, how it subverts democracy and why its not an accident. With much discussion about the woes of Canada Post's immanent demise and the need to cut service, we take a look at the validity of this prophecy of doom and how resurrecting the Canada Post Bank would shore up the crown corp and provide a valued social service. And we review the global condemnation of the Fair Elections Act as an open letter from Canadian academics is joined by one from the worlds academics. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thinkers - Canada Post Bank Edition The Whine of the Week - the ominous omnibus budget bill: what's wrong with presenting a bloated bill, how it subverts democracy and why its not an accident. With much discussion about the woes of Canada Post's immanent demise and the need to cut service, we take a look at the validity of this prophecy of doom and how resurrecting the Canada Post Bank would shore up the crown corp and provide a valued social service. And we review the global condemnation of the Fair Elections Act as an open letter from Canadian academics is joined by one from the worlds academics. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

RFT Classics - Out take on skepticism Edition Some of the best from our first season: Ahead of the Curve - A warning about Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura Science and Skepticism Interview with Jennifer Kaban discussing Science and Media Interview with Justin Trottier, then national director of Center For Inquiry, discussing skeptical tribalism and free speech. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

RFT Classics - Out take on skepticism Edition Some of the best from our first season: Ahead of the Curve - A warning about Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura Science and Skepticism Interview with Jennifer Kaban discussing Science and Media Interview with Justin Trottier, then national director of Center For Inquiry, discussing skeptical tribalism and free speech. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thinkers - Crimean War 2014 Edition Don puts in on the record that he missing Malysian plan was stolen... This weeks harangue restated the argument against the anti-vax rhetoric and makes a case for the criminalization of such speech. We take another look the growing tension in the Ukraine as well as point out the similarities between the revolution in Kiev to that in Crimea. As well as making parallels to Putin's claims to the Crimea and Hitler's to the Sudetenland. And more wisdom from the web as we share 3 CGP Grey's talks about the problems with voting. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thinkers - Crimean War 2014 Edition Don puts in on the record that he missing Malysian plan was stolen... This weeks harangue restated the argument against the anti-vax rhetoric and makes a case for the criminalization of such speech. We take another look the growing tension in the Ukraine as well as point out the similarities between the revolution in Kiev to that in Crimea. As well as making parallels to Putin's claims to the Crimea and Hitler's to the Sudetenland. And more wisdom from the web as we share 3 CGP Grey's talks about the problems with voting. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thinkers - BitCoin Edition Don's harangue about journalist's and speaking fees. Journalist the fourth estate are a fundamental pillar of a democracy. Journalist are afforded special privileges and protections. That is all compromised when they become journo-celebrities. An in-depth look at Bitcoin...what is it, how do you mine them, how are they used and how can they be stolen. With emphasis on the MtGox event where almost a billion dollars was stolen...making it the 2nd biggest bank job in history. Wisdom from the Web - RSA animation, "Crisis with Capitalism" And another internet get, What is critical thinking? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thinkers - BitCoin Edition Don's harangue about journalist's and speaking fees. Journalist the fourth estate are a fundamental pillar of a democracy. Journalist are afforded special privileges and protections. That is all compromised when they become journo-celebrities. An in-depth look at Bitcoin...what is it, how do you mine them, how are they used and how can they be stolen. With emphasis on the MtGox event where almost a billion dollars was stolen...making it the 2nd biggest bank job in history. Wisdom from the Web - RSA animation, "Crisis with Capitalism" And another internet get, What is critical thinking? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thihkers - Fantasy Fundrive Edition This week’s show… We take a look at the Crisis in Crimea, when and how did the latest crisis start, why did Russia invade, What’s the history of the region, is Putin recreating the old Soviet Union, or is just a deluded neo-tsarist? We discuss fiction and how that plays out in the skeptical community. And we critique Bill Nye”s creation debate and will this finally but an end to skeptics debating fringe ideas? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Free Thihkers - Fantasy Fundrive Edition This week’s show… We take a look at the Crisis in Crimea, when and how did the latest crisis start, why did Russia invade, What’s the history of the region, is Putin recreating the old Soviet Union, or is just a deluded neo-tsarist? We discuss fiction and how that plays out in the skeptical community. And we critique Bill Nye”s creation debate and will this finally but an end to skeptics debating fringe ideas? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Freethinker Episode 244 - Free Trade Edition Don’s harangue is about Terrorist, capital ‘T’ and what we learned from the Sochi Olympics On the 25th Anniversary of CAFTA and 20th for NAFTA, we take a look at free trade and what to be looking at with the pending Trans Pacific Partnership. As skeptics, we are often accused of being closed minded by peddlers of pseudoscience, alt-med, and believers in supernatural. To help explain why this an inverted position, we have a guest clip from QualiSoup, who does a good takedown on why proponents of Woo are really the closed minded. We close the show with another guest clip from SciShow which talks about the topic of taboo science…are there areas or topics that should be out-of-bounds for science? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Freethinker Episode 244 - Free Trade Edition Don’s harangue is about Terrorist, capital ‘T’ and what we learned from the Sochi Olympics On the 25th Anniversary of CAFTA and 20th for NAFTA, we take a look at free trade and what to be looking at with the pending Trans Pacific Partnership. As skeptics, we are often accused of being closed minded by peddlers of pseudoscience, alt-med, and believers in supernatural. To help explain why this an inverted position, we have a guest clip from QualiSoup, who does a good takedown on why proponents of Woo are really the closed minded. We close the show with another guest clip from SciShow which talks about the topic of taboo science…are there areas or topics that should be out-of-bounds for science? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Freethinker Episode 243 - Canadian Citizenship Edition A rant about what a budget should be, a look at America’s first settlers, a segment of A head of the Curve warning about bad science, a look at how we became Canadian Citizens and in honour of the Olympics a classic RFT segment about doping in sports. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

Radio Freethinker Episode 243 - Canadian Citizenship Edition A rant about what a budget should be, a look at America’s first settlers, a segment of A head of the Curve warning about bad science, a look at how we became Canadian Citizens and in honour of the Olympics a classic RFT segment about doping in sports. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft