Banter Savvy

Rebecca, Tyler & Matt
Banter Savvy Podcast

They say the best kind of things come in threes...Okay nobody says that but we do bring the charm. Let us join you as you recharge on your daily commute or gym session as we give you your weekly dose of stories, humour and news.

  1. The Suicide Booths from Futurama are real?!

    21/03/2022

    The Suicide Booths from Futurama are real?!

    Listen as we talk about The Sarco Suicide Pod, invented by euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke.  The concept of a capsule that could produce a rapid decrease in oxygen level, while maintaining a low CO2 level, (the conditions for a peaceful, even euphoric death) was the belief behind the Sarco. The Sarco pod is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation. "Sarco" is short for "sarcophagus" It is used in conjunction with an inert gas (nitrogen) which prevents the panic, sense of suffocation and struggling before unconsciousness, known as the hypercapnic alarm response  caused by the presence of high carbon dioxide concentrations in the blood. The design of the device was a collaboration between Nitschke and Dutch industrial designer Alexander Bannink. Sarco is 3D-printed in sections measuring 1,000 by 500 by 500 millimetres (39 by 20 by 20 in). The design software allows for devices of different sizes to be made according to the client's dimensions. Philip Nitsche is a former medical doctor and in 1996 he helped four of his terminally I'll patients to die using Australia's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act. Philip has designed several end of life machines. the deliverance machine is on permanent display in the British science Museum in London. Nitschke has said that the design is intended to resemble that of a spaceship, in order to give users the feel that they are traveling to the "great beyond." Banter Savvy Complaints Department: bantersavvy.com/COMPLAINTDEPARTMENT Everywhere you can listen to the show: bantersavvy.com/your-eyes-ONLY

    26 min
  2. Nanotechnology Poppies; Banter Savvy loudly observes a moment of silence.....late.

    11/01/2022

    Nanotechnology Poppies; Banter Savvy loudly observes a moment of silence.....late.

    A little late to the November 11th party - thanks Descript for the technical issue causing the delay! This episode, you'll hear about WWI Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John Mcrae's In Flanders Fields poem and it's origins focusing on the poppy flower - which is surprisingly orange? We were shocked, anyway, we thought it was red. Additionally, we discuss the appropriate ritual of the moment of silence according to the Royal British Legion and it's origins in South Africa with Sir Harry Hands.  Next, we have a sad laugh about the Dam Screamer incident on May 4th 2010 where dozens of people were injured in a crowd of 20,000 in Amsterdam due to the actions of one negligent citizen. We briefly touch on the yellow jacket womanhunt for the person who caused the Tour De France crash. And lastly, we discuss nanotech poppies - the result of a easily flustered society and comical ignorance.  "And you wonder why our war isn't going too well." - John Pike, security and military analyst at Globalsecurity.org "We knew loose lips sink ships, but loose change....?" - Bernard Etzinger, Canadian embassy spokesperson "That story about Canadians planting coins in the pockets of defence contractors will not go away." - Luc Portelance, now Deputy Director for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Banter Savvy Complaints Department: bantersavvy.com/COMPLAINTDEPARTMENT Everywhere you can listen to the show: bantersavvy.com/your-eyes-ONLY We Remember Them.

    33 min

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They say the best kind of things come in threes...Okay nobody says that but we do bring the charm. Let us join you as you recharge on your daily commute or gym session as we give you your weekly dose of stories, humour and news.

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