Humanists Take on the World Dustin Williams, Lauren Studley

34 Ramadan and Ultra Processed Foods
We talk about why Ramadan travels the calendar and what it is. As well as ultra processed foods and where the science is pointing with it.
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Ramadan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendarUltra Processed Foods
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/05/25/1178163270/ultra-processed-foods-health-risk-weight-gainhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_classificationhttps://world.openfoodfacts.org/novahttps://us.openfoodfacts.org/novaFeedback
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In this episode we're joined by Matt Baker from Useful Charts and discuss his YouTube channel, past in the Worldwide Church of God, transition to atheism, conversion to Judaism, and his doctoral dissertation studying the personality of atheists.
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This time we talk about the history of Christmas, the original War on Christmas, the Methodist schism, and how Hamas got elected.
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The original War on Christmas
Banning Christmas https://www.history.com/news/when-massachusetts-banned-christmasHistory of modern Christmas https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmasNews
Methodist Schism is nearly complete https://religionnews.com/2023/12/15/one-fourth-of-united-methodist-churches-in-us-have-left-in-schism-over-lgbtq-ban-what-happens-now/
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This week we talk about Faith of Assent or the BS detector and why some people believe what they do.
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We talk about the history and background and start of the current Israel Gaza war.
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We talk about elections: Voting rights, popular vote, jungle primaries, and more
Intro
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New Zealand system:
- You vote for party, not person. Each party has candidate lists
- Each district is has more than one person in parliament
- It’s ranked choice voting
- Everyone who wins a seat, gets their seats
- Parties who don’t win enough seats to be represented get extra seats
Voting Rights
Presidential elections
- Electoral College
- National Popular Votes Interstate Compact
Jungle Primaries
- Open Primaries
- Top 2
- Top 4 with Ranked Choice
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https://openprimariesid.org/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/supreme-court-alabama-gop-congressional-map
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