Retraction Podcast

The Retraction Podcast audience predicted many things that came true in 2023, so will their opinions regarding Donald Trump going to prison if found guilty be a foreshadow of things to come? Donald Trump on Classified Documents (01:35), Classified Documents in Mar-a-Lago Bathroom (02:30), Donald Trump Steals Classified Documents (06:15), Donald Trump is Indicted for Big Lie (09:32), Donald Trump A...

The history of Christmas paganism traces back to ancient winter solstice festivals like Saturnalia from the Roman Empire and have given us traditions like Christmas music, the 12 days of Christmas, and the Yule log. From Rome adopting Christianity to pagan Odin transforming into Santa Claus, or Church Christmas carols becoming Christmas songs, the history of Christmas is deeply rooted in the pagan...

The best way to cut through politics is to know your history. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) might have been ahead of his time, but he pushed through significant social safety nets that we take for granted today – some of which are being rolled back. What would America be like without social security? What could America be like with universal basic income (UBI)? FDR, The American History Of Socia...

Why is America so afraid of roundabouts? Across the US, towns and cities are covered with 4 way stops, signaled intersections, endless traffic, and tragic car accidents. There is a better way. Join us to discuss the truth about roundabouts. #roundabout #traffic #caraccidents #infrastructure Federal Highway says roundabouts are safe (02:40), Stats on left-turn traffic accidents (03:58), Why Does th...

Many of us have heard the history of Thanksgiving in America in the classroom, but schools don’t teach the true history of Thanksgiving from the perspective of Native American tribes like the Wampanoags or the Narragansetts. Until the history of Indigenous people of America is taught in schools, Native Americans today will always be misrepresented and underserved by the government and society. It’...

Marjorie Taylor Green (MTG) is a far-right Christian nationalist from Georgia that has supported QAnon conspiracy theories ranging from KKK white supremacy drivel to harassing Parkland school shooting survivor, David Hogg. MTG has no place in the US House of Representatives and the House GOP and members of the Republican Party should work to expel the MAGA congresswoman from Congress. #gop #qanon...

Maxine is back on the pod discussing running in the last person standing ultramarathon, Bubba’s Backyard Ultra! Many of us are familiar with track running and road running, but how many of us know the terms trail running or ultra running? Join us to hear Maxine’s experience in the White Mountains, New Hampshire for her first ultra running race. We’ll discuss her motivation, training, trail culture...

This is Halloween season and what better way to celebrate this scary, spooky holiday than to dig up the medieval origin stories behind ghosts, ravens, spiders, vampire bats, wicked witches, and black cats of Halloween. Join us and Happy Halloween! #halloween #ghosts #witch #vampire Jenna Ellis Pleads Guilty (00:05), Gym Jordan (07:33), Tom Emmer Lasted a Tenth of a Scaramucci (09:26), Elon Musk's...

Who is Jim Jordan? As the US House of Representatives remains leaderless, the House GOP debate whether to make Jim Jordan the next Speaker of the House. Republicans need to weigh their morality against opportunity in the next speaker vote. The rest of us need to understand the scandal Jim Jordan brings with him to government, and what type of congressman he’s been. Jim Jordan House Speaker Vote Fa...

Extracting resources from planet Earth takes a toll on geodiversity, biodiversity, and Indigenous people, but lithium mining is also necessary for electrifying transportation (lithium battery) to cut carbon emissions and combat climate change. Is there a better way, or are we destined to stay a car nation and convert to personal electric vehicles (EVs)? Elon Musk Violates EU Digital Services Act (...

Climate change is a serious challenge that is impacting every living thing on planet Earth. That being said, we have carbon emission goals, and we are making progress towards them. But first, we dive into Kevin McCarthy and the House Republican speaker coup and a little socialism. Society's definition of value (00:04), Ratchet politics (01:24), On socialism (04:18), Socialism is baked into society...

We’ve dug ourselves into a deep hole and we can't stop digging. Climate change is here, and humans are still burning fossil fuels and increasing carbon emissions year after year. Arizona’s power grid will fail. Maui will have more wildfires. Ocean pollution will render oceans lifeless. Students, teachers, and schools will underperform. Florida homeowners will lose everything. Emperor penguins will...

Georgia might have provided a blueprint to cut carbon emissions and slow down climate change. You don't need to play golf or even have a golf course in your town to own a golf cart. In fact, redeveloping your town's infrastructure to cater to golf carts could not only improve local transportation and ease your finances, but it might just cut carbon emissions enough to impact climate change. Golf c...

Fossil Fuels have toxic impacts on our environment and health. Whether it's a normally operating fracking site poisoning surrounding communities, or a chemical fire at an oil refinery that poisons surrounding communities, people that live around fossil fuel sites are being exposed to carcinogens every single day. Not only are they paying the price, but their families will feel the impact for gener...

Yes, climate change is partly to blame for the Lahaina fire that ravaged Maui, Hawaii. Drought conditions and intense hurricane winds created fire conditions. But there's another element that fueled this Hawaiian wildfire - colonialism. Colonial plantations introduced invasive species of grasses, and once the landowners abandoned their property, the invasive plants spread, and a natural disaster w...

Climate change is no longer coming, it's here. Extreme weather events and natural disasters have only just begun to increase in intensity and frequency. Things are going to get a lot worse if we don't act now. This is just the beginning. Climate change is here (04:21), Heat deaths (12:14), Heatwave (15:35), Extreme weather like fire tornadoes (17:34), Concrete jungle (20:59), Flammable nights (22:...

Planet Earth is losing biomes like the Amazon rainforest. The world ocean is losing its coral reef ecosystem. Biodiversity on the planet is at an all-time low. Humans are exploiting wildlife and each other. Greenland is disappearing. We might lose emperor penguins in our lifetime. Sea level rise could swallow up coastlines and islands. Global warming is real and climate change is here. We can stop...

Planet Earth has never had so little biodiversity. Human induced climate change and the mismanagement of every ecosystem on Earth has driven more plants and animals to extinction than any other series of events. From industrial farming to provide humans with a steady food supply to deforestation to fossil fuels, human activity on planet Earth has failed every other plant and animal we coexist with...

As the world prepares for the new reality climate change is bringing, countries are reacting differently to the nuances of global warming. In the United States, Joe Biden has supported a supercomputer in Colorado that is modeling geoengineering and weather manipulation with a focus on solar engineering. Joe Biden has also met with King Charles in the UK to discuss green energy solutions. Denmark i...

Data protections should include privacy and dignity. You're streaming music and movies, shopping on Google, posting on social media, dating on apps, driving your car, using smart devices, and entering medical, financial and tax information into websites. All that big data is aggregated, packaged, sold, and resold, used to train artificial intelligence, or is taken by hackers. Fortunes are being ma...

It’s Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and Twitter owner Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg and his Meta fediverse of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and its new Threads app. But, there’s so much more at stake than determining who is the wealthiest billionaire with the social network. Facebook ads don’t power themselves – they need your data – and you generate a lot of data. But what if you could get paid for your...

What is cancer? Well, it’s not one disease but about 200 different diseases like leukemia, lung cancer, skin cancer and many more. The truth about cancer starts with what causes cancer. 80% of cancer is caused by environmental factors like indoor air pollution, water pollution, outdoor air pollution, consumption of carcinogenic chemicals in your food, water, tobacco smoke, alcohol, and occupationa...

The Black community faces several challenges from birth to death. Racism is built into many of our institutions: police, school, medicine, transportation, careers, housing (redlining). The physical and mental health issues compounding daily amount to a lifelong assault on Black Americans, and their health deteriorates faster and more often than the rest of the population. With so many barriers to...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in front of congress on the need to regulate artificial intelligence like ChatGPT. IBM was there, too, but most people don’t know why. Senator Lindsey Graham was interested in military applications to weaponize AI. Senator Amy Klobuchar seems focused on how AI could hurt her election chances. And Senators Josh Hawley and Marsha Blackburn didn’t have a clue. Overall,...

Meet presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. He’s been focusing hard on Florida politics and is delivering on travel and tourism, public safety including guns and open carry, trucking and transportation, public education, community morale, investing employee pension and public funds with donors, civil rights and voter rights, election integrity and voter fraud, and illegal immigrants. Watch this epis...