The Generation Why Podcast

Casey Anthony. Justin and Aaron discuss the case of a woman who was put on trial for the death of her 2 year-old daughter, Caylee. The media was obsessed with her, the public seemed to want her convicted, and defenders claimed she was a victim herself. Will we be sympathetic to Casey Anthony's plight? Or will we feel as though justice wasn't served? Episode 30 reveals all.

Was Percy Schmeiser unfairly prosecuted? Are people dying of organ failure? Are women becoming sterile? Have more than 270,000 Indian farmers committed suicide because of GMO seed? Is cancer on the rise because of frankenfoods? We dissect Monsanto and the push back from organic activists.

William Heirens was the longest serving inmate in U.S. history. He confessed to murdering two women and a little girl. To understand how a teenage thief could become known as the notorious Lipstick Killer, one must first go back to the Chicago of the 1940's. A time when the press could print whatever it wished and the police could use just about any means necessary to get a suspect to bend to their will.

We interview professional MMA fighter, Dakota Cochrane. One of the sport's most exciting talents, he speaks with us about his training, the positives of mixed martial arts, fighting for Resurrection Fighting Alliance, & lots more. http://www.rfafighting.com/

Personal Stories. Justin & Aaron both share personal stories. One involves run-ins with dangerous pedophiles and the other involves a home intruder. We go over the details of these occurrences and discuss what we thought then and what we know now.

David Swain & his wife, Shelley Tyre, went on a scuba diving trip in the British Virgin Islands. Leaving friends on a boat awaiting their turn, the couple dove in. After 30 minutes only David would resurface. Once Shelley was located, her lifeless body could not be revived. Was David a murderer? Or was this an unfortunate accident?

A November 1988 arson at a construction site set off an explosion ending the lives of six Kansas City Firefighters. Nine years later, five individuals were tried and convicted of the crime. We were joined by Kansas City Star journalist, Mike McGraw, to discuss why this case just doesn't seem to add up. http://www.themip.org/ http://kcfirefighterscase.com/index.htm

We discuss the Martin Luther King Assassination and the conspiracies surrounding it.

We discuss the Joe Horn case which involves a Texas man who shot down two men who had burglarized his neighbor's house. In court, he invoked the 'Castle Law' claiming he was defending himself.

The murder of 7 year-old Maria Ridulph in 1957 was shocking enough, but the case would later make history as an arrest was made more than 5 decades later. Would her real killer finally be brought to justice?

We discuss recent MMA events as well as the upcoming welterweight title fight between champ Georges St. Pierre and Nick Diaz.

At the age of six, JonBenet Ramsey was an American child beauty pageant queen. She would soon garner the attention of the world when she was found murdered in the basement of the family home. Did someone in her family attack her or was this a botched kidnapping?

Geoffrey relays his experiences working with and for various churches.

In 1970, a triple homicide occurred in North Carolina. The only survivor of his family, Jeffrey MacDonald, was later tried and convicted of the murders. Was this an open and shut case? Or was there any truth to the claims that a cult was responsible?

We discuss MMA Promotions, the legal plight of Eddie Alvarez, & more, with Dave.