Ep 83 – College

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Further reading:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2011/05/15/is-college-worth-it/ – Pew Study on college as talked about in the show

http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2072670,00.html – Time infographic based on the Pew study

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Ep 82 – Listener Questions 3

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Ep 81 – Sports

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Further reading:

http://www2.aaos.org/anmeet/anmt2011/podium/648.htm – Paper on stretching and injury of frequent runners

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/12/18/football-freakonomics-how-advantageous-is-home-field-advantage-and-why/ – Freakonomics and Scorecasting on home field advantage

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~jamieson/JJ_JASP.pdf – Paper on home field advantage

http://ftp.iza.org/dp755.pdf – Study on German soccer pitches and home field advantage

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Ep 30 – Winter 3

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Further reading:

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm – Flu vaccine info from the CDC

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001269.pub4/abstract – Cochrane review on flu vaccine effectiveness

http://www.dukehealth.org/health_library/health_articles/feed_a_cold – Duke Health on feeding fevers and starving colds

http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1079188&issueno=4 – Study on chicken soup and treatment of colds

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8906768 – Study on poinsettia exposure and health outcome

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Ep 79 – Fluoride: Fact or Fiction?

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Further reading:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491930/ – Harvard metastudy on high fluoride and IQ

http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/antifluoridation-bad-science/ – Science-Based Medicine on the Harvard study

http://jdr.sagepub.com/content/86/5/410.short – Meta studies on water fluoridation programs

http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7265/855

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1989.tb02086.x/abstract

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Ep 78 – Diminishing Returns

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Further reading:

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1014296?query=TOC&#t=articleTop – New England Journal of Medicine study on diet and weight over time

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/professor-loses-27-lbs-on-twinkie-diet/article1392105/ – Mark Haub’s Twinkie diet

How foods affect our bodies

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Ep 77 – Predictions of 2012

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Further reading:

http://andbetter.org/?p=377 – Tim’s appearance on The World As We See It

http://www.invisibleskymonster.com/blog.php?bid=151 – Jesse’s appearance on The Invisible Sky Monster

http://cwebbssundayschool.com/episode-24-the-atheist-label-roundtable/ – Tim and Jesse’s appearance on C-Webb’s Sunday School

http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/2012/12/inkredulous-episode-017/ – Jesse’s appearance on Inkredulous

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Ep 76 – Dispatches From Eschaton 2012

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Further reading:

http://www.trcpodcast.com/ – The Reality Check podcast

http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/ – Ottawa Skeptics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWrt6rNasm0 – Allan Daoust’s presentation to open Eschaton 2012

http://skepchick.org/author/heina/ – Heina Dadabhoy on Skepchick.org

http://freethoughtblogs.com/crommunist – Ian Cromwell’s Cromunist Manifesto on Freethoughtblogs.com

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula – PZ Myers’ Pharyngula on Freethougtblogs.com

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Ep 75 – The Horror, The Horror

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Further reading:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/03/07/mexico-travel-violence-statistics.html – International violent crime stats for Canadian tourists

http://monitoringthefuture.org/pressreleases/11drugpr_complete.pdf [PDF] – University of Michigan study on drug use in teens/young adults

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/teenage-pot-smoking-may-lower-iq-for-life/article4503763/ – The Globe and Mail on marijuana/IQ drop study

http://healthland.time.com/2012/08/28/does-weekly-marijuana-use-by-teens-really-cause-a-drop-in-iq/ – Time on marijuana/IQ drop study

Study – Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to adulthood [PDF]

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Part 1: state/province separation, buying products from other countries, weather-obsession, hobbies, sports, and desert golfing

Part 2: if people are dumber than they used to be, why massaging yourself doesn’t feel as good, and whether or not genetic selection in children is moral or dangerous

Ep 73 – Listener Questions 2 – Part 1

Ep 74 – Listener Questions 2 – Part 2

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Further reading (watching):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI8UPHMzZm8&feature=youtu.be – Deer crossing being moved

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