Cellar Door Skeptics Podcast

Cellar Door Skeptics

Cellar Door Skeptics is a podcast based out of Grand Rapids Michigan featuring hosts Christopher Tanner & Chris Hanna. This podcast will include some video as we build up our show. We will be tackling science, skepticism, atheism, humanism, politics and entertainment. We are developing segments that will help you learn, laugh, and cry as we work toward building a better tomorrow. Please join us in preparing for the revolution.

  1. 10/14/2021

    #289: JOLT: Workforce and Unemployment Analysis

    This week the team takes a ride on the wild side and looks into the JOLT survey, how it reports unemployment and job openings, and how interest rates are affected by this. They also dive into the facebook whistleblower to see what all the fuss was about. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/05/facebook-whistleblower-testifies-congress-515083 https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-whistleblower-sophie-zhang-willing-to-testify-congress-2021-10 https://www.npr.org/2021/10/05/1043377310/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-congress ---------- https://www.reddit.com/r/AskALiberal/comments/q6858p/what_do_you_think_about_the_precedent_of/ ---------- https://www.bls.gov/covid19/effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-job-openings-and-labor-turnover-data.htm https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/12/a-record-4point3-million-workers-quit-their-jobs-in-august-led-by-food-and-retail-industries.html https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NADAC/studies/36545 https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/money_12856.htm https://www.reuters.com/business/inflation-vs-jobs-hole-tradeoff-fed-still-hopes-skirt-2021-08-25/ https://www.nshmortgage.com/what-the-jobs-report-says-about-mortgage-interest-rates/ ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: Dave Chappelle Sucks https://www.gq.com/story/chappelle-the-closer Hanna: Dyson Sphere? https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/10/12/strange-radiowaves-galactic-centre-askap-j173608-2-321635.html?campaign=r&area=university&a=public&type=o Buddy: Decolonize Myself https://www.instagram.com/p/CUgjom4rmAJ/?utm_medium=copy_link

    1h 40m
  2. 09/22/2021

    #287: Canadian Election Results & Greece’s WildFires

    This week's episode visits the results that the Canadian Ghost of Christmas Future left us as the results from the Canadian election are starting to come in. The team also tackles the fall of Greece and if their government is making a power grab while their country is burning. The show includes regular segments Answering Conservative Questions and Quick Saves. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/federal/2021/results/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/canada-general-election-2021-full-results https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-general-election-results-2021-1.6182364 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/20/world/canada/justin-trudeau-why-early-election.html ---------- https://www.reddit.com/r/AskALiberal/comments/psrl57/if_republicans_and_trump_had_been_overtly_and/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ---------- https://crimethinc.com/2021/09/09/as-greece-burns-the-state-consolidates-power-the-wildfires-the-pandemic ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: Anarchist Comic Book https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autonomouscollective/durruti-shadow-of-the-people Hanna: The Tenpenny Killer https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/09/20/dr-sherri-tenpenny-ohio-medical-board-renews-license-doc-who-claims-vaccines-make-you-magnetic/8418060002/ Buddy: Bill Burr on Joe Rogan, calling Rogan out for toxic masculinity on facemasks https://youtu.be/1chYhsp3NRw

    1h 33m
  3. 09/16/2021

    #286: Something Canadian Comes This Way

    In this week's show we are going to talk with Cory from The Mind of the Skeptical Leftist as he and Buddy break down the Canadian Federal Election meta and what they feel is happening in Canada. The team talks through all the parties and Tanner and Hanna get to ask the ignorant American questions that come along with an ensuing desire to learn more about another country. If they have time, Tanner and Cory will discuss Communism and Cory’s show. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/15/canada-trudeau-triggers-snap-election-in-push-for-majority https://liberal.ca/ https://www.conservative.ca/ https://www.blocquebecois.org/ https://ndp.ca/ https://greenparty.ca/ https://twitter.com/brittw_/status/1436929244194480129?s=20&fbclid=IwAR2yMuN_Pb6Mda--k6KR77Xgb8gv5wycu2CE6rlkdXUhCZ4RAHN_AqWUMdM ---------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk0pJfOEhaI https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58472456 https://globalnews.ca/news/8172664/national-security-attack-trudeau-future/ ---------- https://youtu.be/rq4ihWz9M0g?t=589 https://youtu.be/rq4ihWz9M0g?t=1832 https://thefulcrum.ca/news/federal-election/coady-u-of-o-student-marek-mcleod-won-the-leaders-debate/ https://youtu.be/rq4ihWz9M0g?t=2931 ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: Rick and Morty https://www.polygon.com/22661550/rick-and-morty-season-5-finale-rick-wife-past-morty-season-6 Hanna: See You Space Cowboy. https://www.nomanssky.com/ Buddy: A horror themed channel covers Belle Delphine (not so much sharing this about her, just the theme of the channel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPK4bba2_eA

    2h 6m
  4. 09/08/2021

    #285: Western Canada is Just America 2.0

    This week Keith and Christopher dive into where Alberta’s missing Premier is, the insane proposal to lower healthcare workers wages in Canada, and what 9/11 means to the younger generation. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-terrorist-attacks-df0a7b30d1065f0a95a1a4fe9ee035ff https://apnews.com/article/sept-11-saudi-arabia-lawsuit-1b5fec1d2507eb27fffdac25bab79bb4 https://www.npr.org/2021/09/05/1031794811/911-children-stories-legacy https://www.npr.org/2021/09/05/1031794811/911-children-stories-legacy ---------- https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/alberta-diary/2020/11/jason-kenney-missing-action-albertas-covid-cases-soar https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/tait-premier-jason-kenneys-absence-no-joke https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/alberta-fourth-wave ---------- https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/alberta-offering-100-incentive-to-people-who-receive-covid-19-vaccine-between-sept-3-and-oct-14?fbclid=IwAR2wp-Ud6tuHmJ3pD_B-mvyP8Mgd4BuB6qQPNmEDKt91XGgYie7EbLqB_6w https://globalnews.ca/news/8033237/alberta-health-care-support-staff-proposed-wage-cut/ https://calgaryherald.com/news/braid-alberta-mlas-need-a-massive-pay-cut-of-their-own-before-they-start-on-nurses https://www.theprogressreport.ca/progress_report_280 https://ca.indeed.com/Registered-Nurse-jobs-in-Calgary,-AB?advn=2824312786172578&vjk=925e36d136826399 https://twitter.com/TheBreakdownAB/status/1435075997431332868?s=20 ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: Ghost of Tsushima Music https://twitter.com/SuckerPunchProd?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Buddy: Ever had someone ask “What’s the harm?” when you’re being skeptical about pseudoscience? http://whatstheharm.net/

    1h 34m
  5. 09/01/2021

    #284: The Definition of Insanity; China, Afghanistan, and Biden

    This week the team updates on the US leaving Afghanistan and the official first day of the end of the war. They also touch on the work hours in China and a recent win in the Chinese Supreme Court. The show closes out talking about a recent report that shows the Trump campaign donating money to groups who spent it on the January 6th Insurrection. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/trumps-political-operation-paid-more-than-4-3-million-to-jan-6-organizers-questions-remain-about-full-involvement/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-funding-network-paid-millions-jan-6-rally-organizers-opensecrets_n_612d787fe4b09266434f6216 ---------- https://www.npr.org/2021/08/31/1032764890/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-us-isis-k-developments-update https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/31/defiant-biden-defends-afghanistan-withdrawal-as-criticism-mounts ---------- https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-tech-worker-died-overwork-countrys-996-work-culture-2021-8 https://www.npr.org/2021/08/30/1032458104/12-hour-6-day-996-work-schedule-illegal-china-deaths-tech-industry ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: New Wok!! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AQSWNE?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details Hanna: We kind of knew didn’t we? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9YdpqYhRe8 Buddy: YYC Bump https://yycbump.ca/2021-wall-artists/the-filipinx-kasaganaan-artist-collective/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTGGKHUJxdB/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTIcJ_vhMto/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNLTDVlaqI/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP6svAJev1/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTQlGKSpHHZ/

    1h 45m
  6. 08/26/2021

    #283: Pulling Out of Afghanistan

    After a week off, The boys are back to talk about the US pulling out of Afghanistan. They discuss the circumstances surrounding the original engagement and what it means upon exiting the country. They also discuss the John Birch Society and the the new american website. The show will contain the recurring segments Answering Conservative Questions and Quick Saves. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://www.reddit.com/r/AskALiberal/comments/pb3iv7/can_capitalism_exist_without_state/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ---------- https://www.axios.com/biden-afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-evacuations-61a7f98c-e8d8-4e85-b893-86a88811653e.html https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_8189.htm https://www.npr.org/2021/07/26/1020666025/united-nations-report-civilian-casualties-afghanistan-reach-record-high https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/25/us-pledges-to-pressure-taliban-to-allow-departures-past-august-31 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/24/afghanistan-taliban-new-warning-extending-evacuation-deadline https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/24/investors-dilemma-abandon-billions-spent-or-work-with-taliban ---------- Quicksaves Hanna: F&^%$*&%^#&^ https://youtu.be/56u-bZwexyU Tanner: Just a Pug Eclipse

    1h 24m
  7. 08/10/2021

    #282: Michigan Hands Canada Their Beer

    This episode of Cellar Door Skeptics has the team discussing the QAnnon Phenomena that has turned one parent against their own son. They also cover the one good thing that has come from the Olympics with Canada’s first ever transgender/nonbinary person winning a gold medal. The show with Michigan handing their beer to Canada as the team investigates and looks at the Indigenous “Schools” that Michigan used to have and if there is any mass burial grounds that need to be uncovered. The show will contain the recurring segments Answering Conservative Questions and Quick Saves. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cellardoorskeptics Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://bit.ly/RogueMediaCoop http://twitter.com/RogueMediaCoop ---------- https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025442511/canadian-soccer-player-quinn-becomes-first-trans-and-nonbinary-olympic-gold-meda?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR0kCRj2dOZQ68xj2wnzXbZt7yWpeyxQfNBBWhSju99hvKjsuEyzmsIcJDY https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentives_for_Olympic_medalists_by_country https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/weightlifting-diaz-wins-first-ever-olympic-gold-philippines-2021-07-26/ https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/othersports/798632/hidilyn-diaz-receives-condominium-unit-from-megaworld/story/ ---------- https://michiganology.org/stories/indian-boarding-schools/ https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/children-did-die-here-michigans-indigenous-boarding-schools/?fbclid=IwAR1kmcQIw75PSupPTUQmRFcFC24SppKQLLVjDdwRKxBxReuc7rJkG--QFbQ https://www.michiganradio.org/post/legacy-michigan-s-native-boarding-schools-and-how-tribes-are-reclaiming-what-was-lost ---------- https://www.vice.com/en/article/epnq84/im-a-parkland-shooting-survivor-qanon-convinced-my-dad-it-was-all-a-hoax?fbclid=IwAR3h3pNT9WULQpqA3Akj4sy1xXjkEjpYgCGD8nDJeZUbvd6cvZG-pYEujDE https://dissonancepod.com/episode-587-the-storm-is-upon-us-with-mike-rothschild/ https://runforsomething.net/run/ ---------- Quick Saves Tanner: Taste the Nation https://www.hulu.com/series/taste-the-nation-with-padma-lakshmi-53d48a66-d254-4e4f-89a1-277ec6c57368 Hanna: How to Skeptic https://www.reddit.com/r/UWMadison/comments/oxg47v/why_mask_mandates/h7r47at?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Buddy: Relevant book about Q Anon https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/676746/the-storm-is-upon-us-by-mike-rothschild/9781612199290

    1h 36m
  8. 07/27/2021

    #281: Stock Buy Backs and Corrupted Capitalism

    Kroger has closed a few stores during the pandemic on the west coast. A new article released this week calls them out for buying back stock of over 1 billion dollars. The team takes a look at Kroger's finances for Q1 2021 and if there were any pay increases for employees or if the corporation kept all the profits for themselves. Tanner reviews his take on whether this is a capitalism problem or if there should be a boycott of Kroger. The team also reviews the new Delta Variant and what the CDC says we should be doing to protect ourselves and the public. The show will contain the recurring segments Answering Conservative Questions and Quick Saves. Subscribe: http://www.spreaker.com/user/cellardoorskeptics YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CellarDoorSkeptics/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CellarDoorSkeptics RSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/user/8326690/episodes/feed iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics/id10 Website: http://cellardoorskeptics.com Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/cellar-door-skeptics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cellardoorskeptics PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CellarDoorSkeptics Intro Music: https://aloststateofmind.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbTG3MdQI Links ---------- https://bit.ly/RogueMediaCoop http://twitter.com/RogueMediaCoop ---------- https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-closed-grocery-stores-worker-raises-stock-buyback-2021-7 https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/04/kroger-walmart-amazon-profits-covid-19-pandemic/6458910002/ https://ir.kroger.com/CorporateProfile/press-releases/press-release/2021/Kroger-Delivers-Strong-First-Quarter-Results-and-Raises-Full-Year-2021-Guidance/default.aspx https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2021/03/04/how-much-kroger-profit-during-pandemic/4507949001/ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/kroger-stock-rises-after-earnings-beat-1-billion-share-buyback-program-announced-2020-09-11 https://www.investopedia.com/articles/02/041702.asp https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/042015/why-would-company-buyback-its-own-shares.asp ---------- https://www.reddit.com/r/Socialism_101/comments/oqszwr/hobbies_and_socialism/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf ---------- https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/5-things-to-know-delta-variant-covid https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/22/walensky-pivotal-moment-delta-variant/ ---------- Quick Save Tanner: Giant Donut https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqjkn/the-universe-is-a-giant-donut-that-we-live-inside-new-research-suggests?fbclid=IwAR3hfDHjdW0D6dmdvr2kZ1O0wjXN-MiYjOtd20pkYVZTFBBqoB8hyAULJdk Hanna:The Belgariad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad Buddy: Common cognitive bias https://youtu.be/vKA4w2O61Xo

    1h 50m
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About

Cellar Door Skeptics is a podcast based out of Grand Rapids Michigan featuring hosts Christopher Tanner & Chris Hanna. This podcast will include some video as we build up our show. We will be tackling science, skepticism, atheism, humanism, politics and entertainment. We are developing segments that will help you learn, laugh, and cry as we work toward building a better tomorrow. Please join us in preparing for the revolution.