CiTR -- Radio Freethinkers

Radio Free Thinker - Science Word Abuse Edition This week science words that we misuse in everyday conversations, Web wisdom…facts about evolution you may have forgotten WWI – Lest we Forget…the dominoes that lead to the start of world war one. 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 - Gaza's Burning Edition Because of the myopia of main stream media, this week episode will provide alternative views about the crisis in the Gaza strip from the alternative media This week's whine - Gaza and the biased reporting by the main stream media Web wisdom...Israeli Propaganda and the Politics of Revenge against Gaza - interview with Ali Abunimah and Max Blumenthal discuss how the Israeli government manipulated the public into accepting an escalated military operation against Gaza after the murder of three Israeli teenagers - July 11, 2014 Web wisdom..."Israel Targets Civilians, the Casualties Speak Volumes": Int’l Protection Urged for Besieged Gaza - interview with Palestinian attorney Diana Buttu, who has served as a legal adviser to the Palestinians in negotiations with Israel and to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Web wisdom...A Ground Invasion of Gaza Will Achieve Nothing But More Bloodshed - interview with Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy says the people of Gaza are victims of Israeli domestic politics and treated like hostages by Hamas - July 14/2014 Real News Network 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 - Who Shot the Archduke Edition Facebook big experiment editing you friends feed…why are we not more angry? Snowden one year later…what have we learned and what have we done about it? And Legal anachronisms…immorality still a crime and crime comic still illegal 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 - Sex Sells Redux Edition

Radio Free Thinkers - Sex Sells Redux Edition This week's whine - Iraq and global rights...of the UN's Right to Protect ushered in the idea of Global Citizen's with universal rights and how Syria and now Iraq exemplifies who horrible we have cocked it up in it's implementation. A look at the new prostitution bill...Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. A bill that is more oppressive than the one just struck down and ironically named for it is a bill to exploit sex workers for political gains. A case for the justification of brothels...should brothels and sex work in general be legalized and regulated or is prostitution innately harmful? We scour the globe to find evidence as to what is the better social policy. Lastly, some web wisdom - How Class Works...what class is all about and applies that understanding to the foreclosure crisis of 2007--2011. 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 - What Good is the News Edition This week more web wisdom... A 2008 interview with the very nationalist Mel Hurtig about his book "Truths about Canada"...about how Canada has changed, very much for the worse, in the last twenty years. As a result of these profound (often hidden) changes, we are no longer the people we think we are. Mel states that he wrote the book because we can’t do anything to fix the direction we’re drifting in unless we recognize it — and recognize The Truth About Canada. Now this book was published in 2008 and he makes some predictions about Canada…now, 8 years on, it is surprising how these predictions fared. also, Alain de Botton asks: “What is it that we’re really looking for when we watch or read the news – and is it doing us any good?” Listen as de Botton turns his philosophical lens on The News, to examines the peculiar position it holds in our lives – and offers counsel on the precautions we should take before venturing anywhere near it and the “noise” it generates. Lastly, how many of you have gone out and spent too much money to watch X-Men: days of future past? I bet a number of you wish you were mutants with special powers…well it may surprise you that many of you ARE mutants and that power may have help your kind rule the world. 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 - Dirty Dozen Edition This weeks whine - The dirty dozen and misreporting toxic food Blinded by Science - Mice gotta run, The Beast asteroid and DNA expands Prairie Correspondent - Reflections on the phrase "thank god" Web Wisdom - Ted-ED - How to choose your news - Damon Brown And D-Day...meaning to Canada and the context of controversy 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 - Dark Origins Edition This week a whine about Evidence Based Medicine and a child’s capacity to consent, Our Prairie Correspondent Talks Language, Bias and Politics, a Bright Side Segment on a New Prize to Save the World and a “shyte just got interesting” segment on Dark Origins of Fairy-tales and Nursery Rhymes. 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 - No Bananas Edition This week - Too big to jail…there seems to be two legal system, one for you and me and one for corporations (and the rich). We get put into jail, they get a fine and have go back to doing what they do. - Fair Election Law…just days away for become the law of the land, we look and what was change and what we lost. - Media consolidation…Canada has the highest levels of media concentration in the world, we also have the most vertically integrated media in the world. We look at how this harms society and what we can do the fix it! - Justin and the Pope…Justin Trudeau exercises dictatorial powers to deny an anti-abortion candidate from running as a liberal, he then get threatened with excommunication for his “pro-choice” views…so, we are left wondering is religious people should be banned from public office? - “Yes, We have no more bananas”…It is likely that with a decade our beloved proof of god, the Cavendish banana will be on the verge of extinction…how did it happen and what can be done about it? Plus, why doesn’t banana pudding taste like bananas? Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

RFT - Classic - Best of 240s take 2 Due to technical difficulties, the podcast was cut short, so this week is a rebroadcast of the show in it's entirety. This time a rewind on Killing the CBC plus a bonus update to the story. Also, what is it to be a Canadian? and a debunking of Astrology plus a bonus clip of Carl Sagan on astrology. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft

RFT - Classic - Best of 240s NOTE: due to technical issues, this episode is 15 minutes short. The complete show can be heard here: http://www.radiofreethinker.ca/podcasts/RFT-BestOfThe240s.mp3 This time a rewind on Killing the CBC plus a bonus update to the story. Also, what is it to be a Canadian? and a debunking of Astrology plus a bonus clip of Carl Sagan on astrology.

Radio Free Thinkers - The GMO and You Edition This week: A special report from the Prairies on poverty – How kicking out a homeless man from a grocery store reflects on the deficiencies of our society. Non-english signs – Recent debate about a Chinese only sign in Richmond leads to thought about what multiculturalism ultimately means. Temporary foreign workers – A 40yr old program gone off the rails under Harper’s watch…how did it happen? Chernobyl at 28 – 28yrs later, life has not only survived at Chernobyl but is flourishing. GMOs and you – After tens of thousands of years of modifying organisms, what does GMO mean now? And the most counter-intuitive argument for GMO labeling. 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 - The Sector Edition This week: NGOs, non-profits and charities…what are they and what are they good for? We also have our irregular regular Ethan Clow talk about his new venture The Sector. 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 - Landmark 250th Edition This weeks whine is about the Senates push back on the Fair Elections act...weak tea. As well as the mystifying comments of Senator Frum accusing Elections Canada of a conflict of interest. Celebrating our 250th episode we have a visit for past host Chloe, Daniel and Rob...we as read a message from Jenna. And as a special treat we are rebroadcasting the very first episode of Radio Free Thinker...how the show has evolved. 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 - Killing the CBC Edition This weeks whine: Killing the CBC, how the Harper government is yet again trying to destroy another crown jewel of Canada. Seriously the Unfair Elections Act is Important: How did Poilievre become Minister for Democratic Reform, how the the act craft and again...how it can destroy democracy in Canada - The Harper fix is in! Climate Change...even more certainty and dire warnings, again - The IPCC released it latest report on the state of the worlds climate and we're serious screwed! and, Society Is Doomed: NASA funded study shows the not only do civilizations collapse, it happens regularly and is inevitable...but there is an upside. Check us out online at www.radiofreethinker.com and email us at info@radiofreethinker.com and follow us on twitter at @citrrft