I host and produce a ‘news’ show, and once in a while I can turn the news into a game. With the popularity of the ‘public apology’ as a way for celebrities and politicians to attempt to recover from controversy affecting their careers (some faring better than others), and the recent spate of such apologies [...]
Unfortunately I was right….
The case of Rom Houben, the Belgian man in a coma for 23 years who was reported to have been communicating, made a great Thanksgiving tale. At the time, though, I wasn’t convinced after seeing the videos of his finger being moved around a special keyboard by a ‘facilitator’, and said so on-air that day.
Now, [...]
Pat Robertson on Haiti
Televangelist and 700 Club host Pat Robertson is making news again with his controversial theory on why Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake earlier this week. Here I take 2 minutes to react to his comments. Press play below.
Uganda anti-gay after visit by western evangelicals
This is my reaction to the news that Uganda was considering a bill urging the death penalty for homosexuals after a conference held by three evangelical speakers visiting the country. Thankfully the country appears to be backtracking on the bill after international outcry. Press play below to listen. (11 mins.)
Coma guy is NOT communicating!
Yes, it was a great Thanksgiving story: a Belgium man, thought to be in a vegetative state for 23 years, discovered to be fully conscious and communicating via keyboard. Except for the fact that the finger he’s using to type he’s not actually using at all: it’s being moved around by a caregiver in a [...]
A wine tasting
Listen here as I taste another fine wine for your enjoyment, and describe in vivid detail – perhaps too vivid – what it tastes like. Three and a half minutes.
Sex-for-seats is illegal. Why?
Susan Finkelstein, 43, was arrested this week for allegedly offering sex acts in exchange for tickets to the World Series. She says she is innocent, having been misunderstood by the undercover cop who busted her. But if she really was offering ’sex for seats’, is that really something that should land her in trouble with [...]
The Family: Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
Meet the most powerful religious organization you’ve never heard of. The Family are a secret group of influential, affluent and powerful people in America, comprising senators, congressmen, businessmen. They help to run the country, and want to run the world. They compare themselves to a Christian Mafia, and base their leadership cadre on a covenant [...]
Burlesque protest
Burlesque performers protest in London at being forced to have an ‘adult entertainer’ licence, placing them in the same category as strippers. I don’t think either a burlesque performer or a stripper should need a licence. (3 mins)
The man who lives without money?
Daniel Suelo lives on “zero money”, according to his website, blog, and some of the news articles which have covered his story. And he’s done so for the past 8 years, living in a cave in Utah, without farming or trading in any way, or accepting government handouts.
See any red flags yet? Listen here as [...]
Take us to the moon or we’ll put you in jail!
Is that a fair assessment of how the space program works? After all, the space program is paid for by taxes, and taxes are collected at gunpoint under threat of jail if necessary. Even so, I think the space program is pretty cool. But wouldn’t a private sector space program work too?
Listen here as I [...]
Topless coffee shop burns down
In this clip I react to this news story in which a coffee shop with topless waitresses was burned down in an act of arson, presumably by someone opposed to its existence.
John sees a UFO
From California to New Mexico, people reported seeing an object in the sky. Before reading some of the news stories from across the southwest on the subject, I set the mood by recounting my own observation of it the night before. See one such news report here.
Liz Lacy on Seasteading
Ever get so fed up with government bureaucracy, stupid laws or high taxes that you just wish you could take to the high seas and form your own little country? That is, essentially, exactly what The Seasteading Institute is proposing.
Here is my chat with Liz Lacy, TSI’s Director of Development, about the organization’s idea to [...]
Was Jefferson a deist?
Although he never described himself that way, Thomas Jefferson was indeed a deist. Here, I respond to the conservative ideas that America was ‘founded on God’ by men like Jefferson, arguing that Jefferson’s beliefs would not remotely resemble today’s evangelical conservatism. He didn’t believe that Jesus was the son of God, nor in the Trinity, [...]
If I ruled the world: online gambling
Both the political Left and Right have their favorite freedoms to support. People on the Left wish to keep drugs and sex free, people on the Right wish to keep guns and earnings free. But both infringe on liberties by wishing to curtail the freedoms of the other side. That’s why I’m a libertarian! I [...]
Chris Eyre: We Shall Remain
We Shall Remain is a five-episode miniseries chronicling American history through Native American eyes. It’s part of the American Experience series on PBS, using the format to reject two-dimensional clichés of American Indians and explore the real, three-dimensional history of the tribes. Were they aggressive savages? Or were they noble diplomats? We Shall Remain suggests [...]
Heathen America on Easter?
Easter Monday is a public holiday in the following countries…
Albania (Eastern Rite Easter), Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria (Eastern Rite Easter), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada 4, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, [...]
Seasteading!
There are those among the libertarian illuminati who believe the time for talking is over: we haven’t won many elections, we haven’t persuaded many states to legalize pot and firearms, we still have the IRS and the government just grew by about a billion trillion dollars. The problem is that all the land is taken. [...]
Santa requests bailout: audio
I recorded this spoof news story for my radio show and thought you’d like to hear the outtake.
