Yes, yes, I know it seems like we've fallen off the face of the planet yet again but no... I thought it'd be a nice new year present to inform you that yes, we are still alive and kicking. Although barely - on Megan's part. We both had a pretty crazy week coming out of school but then Megan had to go and lose her voice and go and see her FAMILY during CHRISTMAS (I know, right?)... so that put a haul on things.
However, we don't need a podcast for us to talk, right? I mean, I added a poll (about TEA - what else!) for your voting enjoyment. And I thought I would also pose the question: "Happy Holidays" or "Merry Christmas" and why?
Thanks for checking in! And have an awesome new year.
Always,
Rosy
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Unedited Podcast 20: Triumphant Return!
So, after an extra-long absence, we have an extra-long podcast to remind you that we still love you. Also, because a) we got comments! and b) we got ourselves a guest host! This week, Will joins us to talk about the US election, Obama, Palin and how not to use a cell phone. Let us know what you think and feel free to complain or compliment.
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Always,
Megan
P.S. See prior post for Jordan's extra-long comment on global warming.
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Always,
Megan
P.S. See prior post for Jordan's extra-long comment on global warming.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A post and a promise for more to come!
Dear listeners, do not fear! A podcast is on its way as we speak, in fact, here is Jordan's e-mail that we promised we would post up IN the podcast to come - just in case you thought I was joking. I edited it down a bit into the places that we touched on during the podcast. Thanks for listening!
Always,
Rosy
Hey Megan and Rosy,
You just happened to pick one of my favourite controversial issues for this podcast,and because of that, for me, ten minutes is not nearly enough time to completely dissect the issue.
I know Megan brought this up, and you were completely right is saying that the earth contributes to global warming. The earth naturally goes through cycles in which the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere fluctuate. But on the whole, everything stays at equilibrium. The potentially disastrous effects of global warming would happen, even without human intervention. It has happened before, or at least we think so. Some scientists believe that when the asteroid that was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs impacted with the earth, it triggered a chain reaction of volcanic eruptions along the ring of fire in the pacific ocean. Now, a single volcanic eruption emits about 150 times the amount of greenhouse gases than humans do in a year (roughly), and the ring of fire contains about 1500 volcanoes. When all these volcanoes went off, the sun literally was blotted out. Short-wavelenth rays such as UV and gamma rays could penetrate the atmostphere, but the necessary rays for photosynthesis could not. Therefore the earth could not adapt to this sudden change in conditions fast enough which led to the dinosaurs extinction. Over time the earth recovered, but it took a while. The fact that such an event has already happened means that it can very well happen again whether by freak circumstances, or our own stupidity. Mother Nature is an amazing thing as she has the ability to handle a lot of domestic abuse by her children. The carbon emissions that our civilization puts out can be dealt with by the earth easily. The immense forests, and the massive oceans are all tools that the earth uses to balance out the carbon equation. The forests use photosynthesis to use up carbon and spew out oxygen while the oceans actually dissolve so much carbon that I can't find a suitable analogy for it. The bid issue is, however, that our civilization is obsessed with screwing with the forests. We are harvesting the forests so much that the earth now can't balance out the carbon equation as well as it should be able to. Now these harmful gases react with the atmosphere and BAM! skin cancer.
You also mentioned the Oil and Gas industry as being a huge contributor to our global warming problems, and I couldn't agree more. The plants and refineries spew out toxic gases 24/7 and nobody wants to tell them that its wrong. Except maybe the hippies, but no one listens to them. And besides, when the world's economy is based off of oil and gas, who are we to stop it? Sure they will slow down on their emissions, but they won't stop it. That would just cost too damn much. And anyways, the only way to completely stop the emission of carbon is to stop that industry all together. And right now there is no money in a carbon free world! Where else could a country mine its own oil, refine its own oil, and BUY OIL FROM THE SAUDI'S?!? WTF?
....okay I got a little carried away...
Oh, and Rosy, David Suzuki is not just "one really smart scientist", he is a friggin genious, okay? In a world corrupted by money and "new and improved" ways of solving the most menial tasks with the most complicated methods, he preaches basic "get your head out of your ass" logic. Do the small things, make a difference. That's what he says. Walk, don't drive two blocks down the street. Recycle. Use city transit. Put on a sweater instead of cranking up the heat. Easy, right? Wrong. As simple as that sounds, the majority of people will not do that. They don't want to exercise their muscles and walk. They don't want to be bothered to bring ther cans to the depot. They don't want to be associated with the disgusting masses using public transit. And anyways, pushing a button is MUCH easier than pulling on a sweater! Thats where it is hard to make a difference. People in general find it insanely hard to give up a few small things just to make a huge difference for the environment. Not everybody thinks the same way.
Now, its Fake-Fact time. 1% of the greenhouse gases come from cows. Okay. So. That one is way off. Cows are actually known to produce a shitload (literally) of methane gas, which is one of the greenhouse gases. I had to look some of these numbers up, and here they are: cows, as a whole, contribute about 14% of the greenhouse gas emissions. You were close with the 0.0001%... kinda. The average cow expels anywhere from 100-500 litres of methane per day. And you thought us guys had bad gas! Compared to humanity that's really not too much, but the percentage of gas compared to its population size, that's impressive. But realistically we shouldn't be putting the blame on our bovine friends. Those gas-bags can't help it, unlike us.
And that's about it for my two cents...or maybe five dollars.
Keep up the good work! Jordan
Oh and PS. Megan I thought you'd like to know that Sara Palin was responsible for Manny Legace ( a goalie for the St. Louis Blues) hurting his hip flexor. He slipped on the carpet they layed out for her when she was going to drop the puck at the game. Just thought you'd like to know. and PPS check out this New Zealand ad. Government taxing Livestock flatulence?
Always,
Rosy
Hey Megan and Rosy,
You just happened to pick one of my favourite controversial issues for this podcast,and because of that, for me, ten minutes is not nearly enough time to completely dissect the issue.
I know Megan brought this up, and you were completely right is saying that the earth contributes to global warming. The earth naturally goes through cycles in which the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere fluctuate. But on the whole, everything stays at equilibrium. The potentially disastrous effects of global warming would happen, even without human intervention. It has happened before, or at least we think so. Some scientists believe that when the asteroid that was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs impacted with the earth, it triggered a chain reaction of volcanic eruptions along the ring of fire in the pacific ocean. Now, a single volcanic eruption emits about 150 times the amount of greenhouse gases than humans do in a year (roughly), and the ring of fire contains about 1500 volcanoes. When all these volcanoes went off, the sun literally was blotted out. Short-wavelenth rays such as UV and gamma rays could penetrate the atmostphere, but the necessary rays for photosynthesis could not. Therefore the earth could not adapt to this sudden change in conditions fast enough which led to the dinosaurs extinction. Over time the earth recovered, but it took a while. The fact that such an event has already happened means that it can very well happen again whether by freak circumstances, or our own stupidity. Mother Nature is an amazing thing as she has the ability to handle a lot of domestic abuse by her children. The carbon emissions that our civilization puts out can be dealt with by the earth easily. The immense forests, and the massive oceans are all tools that the earth uses to balance out the carbon equation. The forests use photosynthesis to use up carbon and spew out oxygen while the oceans actually dissolve so much carbon that I can't find a suitable analogy for it. The bid issue is, however, that our civilization is obsessed with screwing with the forests. We are harvesting the forests so much that the earth now can't balance out the carbon equation as well as it should be able to. Now these harmful gases react with the atmosphere and BAM! skin cancer.
You also mentioned the Oil and Gas industry as being a huge contributor to our global warming problems, and I couldn't agree more. The plants and refineries spew out toxic gases 24/7 and nobody wants to tell them that its wrong. Except maybe the hippies, but no one listens to them. And besides, when the world's economy is based off of oil and gas, who are we to stop it? Sure they will slow down on their emissions, but they won't stop it. That would just cost too damn much. And anyways, the only way to completely stop the emission of carbon is to stop that industry all together. And right now there is no money in a carbon free world! Where else could a country mine its own oil, refine its own oil, and BUY OIL FROM THE SAUDI'S?!? WTF?
....okay I got a little carried away...
Oh, and Rosy, David Suzuki is not just "one really smart scientist", he is a friggin genious, okay? In a world corrupted by money and "new and improved" ways of solving the most menial tasks with the most complicated methods, he preaches basic "get your head out of your ass" logic. Do the small things, make a difference. That's what he says. Walk, don't drive two blocks down the street. Recycle. Use city transit. Put on a sweater instead of cranking up the heat. Easy, right? Wrong. As simple as that sounds, the majority of people will not do that. They don't want to exercise their muscles and walk. They don't want to be bothered to bring ther cans to the depot. They don't want to be associated with the disgusting masses using public transit. And anyways, pushing a button is MUCH easier than pulling on a sweater! Thats where it is hard to make a difference. People in general find it insanely hard to give up a few small things just to make a huge difference for the environment. Not everybody thinks the same way.
Now, its Fake-Fact time. 1% of the greenhouse gases come from cows. Okay. So. That one is way off. Cows are actually known to produce a shitload (literally) of methane gas, which is one of the greenhouse gases. I had to look some of these numbers up, and here they are: cows, as a whole, contribute about 14% of the greenhouse gas emissions. You were close with the 0.0001%... kinda. The average cow expels anywhere from 100-500 litres of methane per day. And you thought us guys had bad gas! Compared to humanity that's really not too much, but the percentage of gas compared to its population size, that's impressive. But realistically we shouldn't be putting the blame on our bovine friends. Those gas-bags can't help it, unlike us.
And that's about it for my two cents...or maybe five dollars.
Keep up the good work! Jordan
Oh and PS. Megan I thought you'd like to know that Sara Palin was responsible for Manny Legace ( a goalie for the St. Louis Blues) hurting his hip flexor. He slipped on the carpet they layed out for her when she was going to drop the puck at the game. Just thought you'd like to know. and PPS check out this New Zealand ad. Government taxing Livestock flatulence?
Friday, October 24, 2008
Unedited Podcast 19: But Polar Bears LIKE Swimming!
This week, we have several shout outs and then will eventually get to global warming. No, it's not just you. It IS getting hot in here, although the reason varies depending on who you ask.
To direct download this episode, right click here or the title of this post and choose Save Target As... OR follow the instructions in the left sidebar to subscribe through iTunes.
By the way, to go about getting a copy of Megan's book, check out beautyvsbeast.wordpress.com or email beauty_vs_beast@ymail.com.
Always,
Unedited Team
To direct download this episode, right click here or the title of this post and choose Save Target As... OR follow the instructions in the left sidebar to subscribe through iTunes.
By the way, to go about getting a copy of Megan's book, check out beautyvsbeast.wordpress.com or email beauty_vs_beast@ymail.com.
Always,
Unedited Team
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Concerning Our Credibility
Dear Unedited podcast listeners,
I realize that it has been a while since I've said hi - at least on the blog - as I've just left it all up to Megan to maintain it as of late. Which is not cool because I am supposed to be the social-relations end of things and Megan's supposed to be the techy one (roles that neither of us really decided on) but, well, what can you do?
Any-hoo, Anton brought up the issue that we really aren't "unedited", in lieu of what is claimed by the title of the podcast and so I just wanted to clear up some misgivings that may surround the issue. True, we do edit our podcasts but as Anton guessed, it is mainly to cut out our fifteen-minute-long rants. However, just for you to keep in mind Anton: your podcast title is more of a "guideline," as you may, or, it speaks much more for the content and less for the actual podcast.
The point: our subject matter and more importantly our opinions are unedited. The actual podcast?
Well, let's just say it's in your best interest.
Have a great week!
Always,
Rosy
I realize that it has been a while since I've said hi - at least on the blog - as I've just left it all up to Megan to maintain it as of late. Which is not cool because I am supposed to be the social-relations end of things and Megan's supposed to be the techy one (roles that neither of us really decided on) but, well, what can you do?
Any-hoo, Anton brought up the issue that we really aren't "unedited", in lieu of what is claimed by the title of the podcast and so I just wanted to clear up some misgivings that may surround the issue. True, we do edit our podcasts but as Anton guessed, it is mainly to cut out our fifteen-minute-long rants. However, just for you to keep in mind Anton: your podcast title is more of a "guideline," as you may, or, it speaks much more for the content and less for the actual podcast.
The point: our subject matter and more importantly our opinions are unedited. The actual podcast?
Well, let's just say it's in your best interest.
Have a great week!
Always,
Rosy
Monday, October 13, 2008
Unedited Podcast 18: All in the Family
This episode is combination of Thanksgiving blather, talking about family gatherings and speculating about the concequences turning 18 will have on where we sit. Kiddie table? With the adults? It's just light chit chat to follow up our last episode, which ran pretty long. We're still open for feed back for episode 17, as well, so if you want to get your two-cents in, we'll include it in the next podcast as well as what you guys have to say about this one. Tell us about your Thanksgiving traditions!
To direct download the podcast, right click here or the title of this post and choose Save Target As... OR go to iTunes and subscribe to the podcast for regular updates without lifting a finger.
Always,
Megan
To direct download the podcast, right click here or the title of this post and choose Save Target As... OR go to iTunes and subscribe to the podcast for regular updates without lifting a finger.
Always,
Megan
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Unedited Podcast 17: Baby Blues
After a short disappearance (sorry!), we return to tackle the issue of abortion. Where do you stand in the pro-life, pro-choice debate? We talk about that and related issues, as well as discuss the comments we received on our last episode about cliques. If you didn't catch the last issue, check it out and here what some of your fellow listeners had to say; thanks to everyone who left feedback! Also, sorry that this episode is so long. It was a big topic and we had several shout outs to make.
As per usual, you can direct download the episode by right-clicking here or the title of this post and choosing Save Target As... OR you can just follow the instructions in the left side bar for how to subscribe using iTunes so that you can have them download straight to your MP3 player.
The article mentioned in the episode can be found here, at YA for Obama and titled Choice and Extremism. It's by Lauren McLaughlin and she makes quite the convincing arguement. Check it out; they have a lot of interesting articles up, actually.
Always,
Megan
As per usual, you can direct download the episode by right-clicking here or the title of this post and choosing Save Target As... OR you can just follow the instructions in the left side bar for how to subscribe using iTunes so that you can have them download straight to your MP3 player.
The article mentioned in the episode can be found here, at YA for Obama and titled Choice and Extremism. It's by Lauren McLaughlin and she makes quite the convincing arguement. Check it out; they have a lot of interesting articles up, actually.
Always,
Megan
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