The Whole Point of That Story Is That It's Awesome with Special Guest Adam Pruitt
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Special Guest Adam Pruitt joins That Old Pod to discuss conspiracy theories, the current political climate, quality of life, animal psychology and, of course, beer.
Show Notes:
Moon landing conspiracy
Addressing concerns about the flag
Original flag knocked over by launch
There is a “scant atmosphere” surrounding the moon. It is often considered a vacuum
There is not enough atmosphere on the moon to facilitate sound waves
There was so much gas expelled by the launch as to knock over the flag
Lucio was waaaay off, it’s one atom per cubic meter, still a lot of empty space
Buzz Aldrin is pretty confident the “UFO” was just a panel from the separated rocket
Similarly, most NASA astronaut “alien”encounters” sound fairly uncertain
Lusitania was found to be transporting around 4 million bullets, evidence that it was being used as more than merely a civilian ship; of the 1,198 casualties, 128 were civilians
There is still considerable dispute about the cause of the sinking of the USS Maine, a pivotal factor in US engaging in the Spanish American War
The story of the assignation of Archduke Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip
WW1 soldier demonstrates grenades used at time
WW2 Pearl Harbor advanced-knowledge conspiracy theory
Current state of the 911 Truth website
An article on the life of a current “truther”
Stephen Colbert on James Comey
Another angle on the Comey situation
Intergalactic Hop Shop IPA release
Chucks Hop Shop
Holy Mountain Jolly Pumpkin Ron Hawaii
Evil Twin Even More Jesus Imperial Stout
2008 surveys for American’s support of War in Iraq
Weak repeal of HB2
Walking in Charlie’s Shoes
Differing views on Pence’s avoidance of women
Mothers as hosts
Chain of command
SNL evil Bannon skit
2012 banks bail out
Suicide prediction
Machine learning cancer detection
Evolution of corn
Wild banana
Lucio used the word grok
Norwegian Forest Cat
Firestone Walker Leo vs. Ursus Fortem Imperial IPA
Sticky Hands Block 15 Double IPA
Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break
Sea level rise at current temperatures - Lucio off by a factor of 10, whoops
Where cities form
Lucio did have the elevation of Seattle correct
Reconstruction of T-Rex face
Solar system Trappist-1 discovered
The actual image astronomers have used to understand Trappist-1
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