Join Thomas for some critical thinking on questions of science, philosophy, skepticism and politics. These serious topics are discussed with some serious guests, but in an entertaining and engaging way! This is not your typical interview podcast; it’s a friendly dialogue, conducted thoughtfully and with plenty of humor. It's Serious Inquiries Only; but like, not boring or anything.
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Apr 11, 2023
SIO355: Afroman vs Police and Clarence Thomas vs Ethics
00:51:39
Two stories today! First a more upbeat delightful one. The musician Afroman had his home raided by police for reasons no one seems to know for sure. He and his wife took footage, and he used that footage in music videos and on merch. The police want... a cut? Or something. And Matt also gives us a breakdown of the Clarence Thomas situation. Look we all already know there's not a damn thing we can immediately do about it, but that doesn't mean we should give up and not be angry. It truly is an astonishing breach of ethics.
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Apr 04, 2023
SIO354: Serial's Adnan Syed Conviction Reinstated. What Happened?
00:55:33
When I saw the headlines that Adnan Syed's murder conviction had been reinstated, I asked our friendly SIO legal expert Matt Cameron to take a look. We both assumed it was likely just some procedural thingy that would be quickly resolved. Well, turns out there's a lot more to it than that. Find out what happened and why Matt thinks there's a chance the conviction might not be going away after all.
2019 Court of Appeals case finding ineffective assistance of prior counsel in Adnan Syed’s case, but not enough prejudice to justify a new trial: 18.html"> State v. Syed :: 2019 :: Maryland Court of Appeals Decisions
Or wait... is it a special episode on General Relativity? Find out! Dr. Bryan Gillis takes us through some fascinating history on the discoveries and experiments that ultimately led to Einstein's Theory of Relativity. How did they measure the speed of light in like 18 dickety 2 or whatever? Impossible. Also why is faster than light travel equivalent to time travel? So much fun.
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Mar 31, 2023
TRUMP INDICTED!!!!!!!!!!!1111
00:28:40
HOLY SHIT WE GOT ONE JUSTICE UNIT POSSIBLY! THAT'S SO MANY MORE JUSTICE UNITS THAN WE'VE EVER RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO TRUMP!
Matt was kind enough to join me for a late night emergency recording on the Trump indictments. 34 counts!!!! And Lydia makes a quick guest appearance for an indictment toast!
This is going to have to take the place of the patron bonus I had planned. I'll save that for April. Only so many hours in the day!
Mar 30, 2023
SIO352: The Picard Maneuver... IT. COULD. WORRKKKK! Says Bryan the Astrophysicist
00:45:43
It's another delightful and educational journey through sci-fi! In a Star Trek Next Gen episode, we learn about the famous Picard Maneuver - where Picard made his ship appear in two places at once. As much as this may sound like unrealistic sci-fi flair, could it actually work? Dr. Bryan Gillis says yes! Kind of. Come learn cool things about astrophysics and relativity and whatnot! Make sure to pledge to get Part 2 early!
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Mar 26, 2023
SIO351: Ok So About That Whole 'Trump Being Arrested' Thing
00:52:09
Matt's back! Ok so Trump was not arrested or indicted last week. What happened? No idea. But, Matt's here with some more in depth coverage of the cases we discussed last week. There's some fascinating stuff here and still reason for optimism. Does a letter by Michael Cohen ruin the whole Stormy case, as some pundits think? No. But is there a different, less... completely stupid reason the case might be problematic. Also, more from Georgia, and some SPEED law happened.
Today's expert is none other than Stormy Decisis himself, Dr. Alan Smerbeck! Alan heard a recent episode of Dear Old Dads in which I talked about my efforts to get an ADHD diagnosis and it raised all kinds of interesting questions.
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Mar 23, 2023
SIO349: Thomas and an Astrophysicist See a Star War
01:05:01
Dr. Bryan Gillis breaks down some bad astrophysics in The Last Jedi, and we have some fun trying to reconstruct it to make sense!
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Mar 20, 2023
SIO348: Is... Is Trump Going To Be Arrested? Like... Really?
00:58:02
Ok I know how this sounds but like, it might actually happen. And it all links back to, no shit, Stormy Daniels. Having been a little preoccupied lately, I'm very lucky to have expert Matt Cameron on to catch me up and explain which of the eleventy billion crimes Trump has committed might actually come with consequences. Matt is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, serves on the board of the Student Immigrant Movement (“SIM”), and is an adjunct lecturer at Northeastern University.
Hey folks, I'm excited to get the show going again! In this update, I talk about my plans with it, and I put out a call for people to be on the show. Also, let's get the Facebook group active again!
Thank you so much for your support, it means the world to me and my family in these times. You're the absolute best. Heart emojis and heart eyes emojis.
Apr 11 | 00:51:39
SIO355: Afroman vs Police and Clarence Thomas vs Ethics
Apr 04 | 00:55:33
SIO354: Serial's Adnan Syed Conviction Reinstated. What Happened?
Apr 03 | 00:54:34
SIO353: A General Episode on Special Relativity!
Mar 31 | 00:28:40
TRUMP INDICTED!!!!!!!!!!!1111
Mar 30 | 00:45:43
SIO352: The Picard Maneuver... IT. COULD. WORRKKKK! Says Bryan the Astrophysicist
Mar 26 | 00:52:09
SIO351: Ok So About That Whole 'Trump Being Arrested' Thing
Mar 25 | 01:11:10
SIO350: A Very ADHD Episode on ADHD
Mar 23 | 01:05:01
SIO349: Thomas and an Astrophysicist See a Star War
Mar 20 | 00:58:02
SIO348: Is... Is Trump Going To Be Arrested? Like... Really?
Feb 26 | 00:09:27
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