The ADK Homeroom

10 September 2021 - Vax mandate, NY bans gas-powered cars, Dr. William Beaumont

This is the episode with the Mackinaw Island Stomach Pumper! Straight up from the Straits! That means we talk about Dr. William Beaumont's legendary gastric science advances along with what's been happening: Biden's vaccine mandate, NY banning gas-powered car sales after 2035, the Matrix Resurrections trailer, and of course the Friday Pop Culture Quiz.

The second half of the show is a closer look at how government spending crowds out social and technological advances. Plus a Rilke poem!

ADK Homeroom 7 September 2021

First episode of the podcast!

Today's Science Fact of the Day covers why you can hear around a corner but you can't see around a corner. Then we talk about the Falstaff character in Shang-chi, RSV in Wisconsin, Michael K. Williams and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Plus there's an E. Paul Torrance flexibility quiz inspired by Labor Day.

We finish up with the start of our Bastiat "That Which Is Unseen" series. Today we're focusing on NASA's Orion Project and what could have been.

ADK Homeroom 8 September 2021

Second episode of the podcast features the Rees vs. Pinker bet and the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Also: the original Oklo reactor, the coup in Guinea, and ranking existential threats according to Toby Ord. 

Bastiat's "That Which Is Unseen" segment on nuclear power, the costs of climate change, and we begin to look at the FDA and the cost of the regulatory burden.

ADK Homeroom 9 September 2021

Banger of an episode. Talking about the fall of Australia, Helen Hulick vs. mask mandates, Donda-inspired E. Paul Torrance fluency quiz, and the three big trials of the day. Then a close look at how the US FDA wastes money, covers up malfeasance, and prevents people from getting the life-saving treatments they need. The Bostwick consistometer makes its first appearance on the podcast!

We end with "The Windhover" by Hopkins. Must listen!