Episode 46: Feedback-A-Rama

Bart and Norma go over some feedback, and end up going over more feedback.

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Show Notes:

• Schools shift supply demands to parents. How annoying.
• Bubble gum; another reason I hate people
• "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
• Feedback: Robin Williams
• Rob Schneider is a dick
• Feedback: Teaching how to teach
• Japanese vs. American teaching
• Teaching as a craft
• Conferences are for learning?
• Feedback: Ferguson revisited
• Militarization of police...like it's a surprise
• John Oliver. Seriously. Watch him.
• Police beat unconscious suspect...and have no repercussions
• Ice bucket challenge and ground up babies
• Sean Hannity still won't take the ice waterboarding challenge
• Weight update

Episode 45: Hero Movies, Improve Your Life Situation, Ferguson, and Schmoylent!

Norma gives feedback on a previous episode and we give some commentary on how people can (or can't) improve their social mobility. We also discuss the situation in Ferguson and Bart's Schmoylent experiment is coming along.

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Show Notes:

• ConEd Rage
• Norma gives feedback - superhero movies
• Guardians of the Galaxy discussion
• Do superhero movies have social messages?
• Norma is right...don't shake Schmoylent cups because the mic is too sensitive...
• Norma discusses learned helplessness
• Can people just work harder to improve their economic status?
• Education advisor to the PA governor...a dream job?
• Bart wants to report stories like Fox News reports stories...
• Michael Brown autopsy
• Vox.com as a source of news
• Teargas is illegal in war, but used by domestic police
• John Oliver recap is the best...
• Podunk town with a big-ass tank?
• Schmoylent update

Episode 44: Don't Tell Pete

Norma steps in while Pete's on vacation; we talk about Robin Williams, class sizes in school, teacher evaluations and some news regarding a guy shot in Wal-Mart and another unarmed guy shot in Ferguson.

Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/geekingafterdark/Geeking_After_Dark_44.mp3

Show Notes:

• Robin Williams died
• Class sizes in schools
• Teacher Evaluations
• What do schools do for all the money they steal from taxpayers?
• Remember latch-key kids?
• Work at McDonalds to provide for family, or stay with the kid in the park to be with the family?
• Dude shot in Wal-Mart for having an airgun
• Race and gun rights disparity
• Police reactions to minorities with guns (open carry for minorities vs. majorities)
• Let's go to the nunnery!

Episode 43: Ship Under the World Trade Center, Rolling Coal, Censorship, and Bad Liberals

Bart and Norma discuss episode 42 feedback before going all over the place with general topics ranging from identifying the remains of an old ship under the World Trade Center site to people who get really mad over weird "liberal" stuff and censorship of seemingly innocent stuff.

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Show Notes:

• Norma is back
• Feedback from Episode 42: Boob Men
• Feedback from Episode 42: Attractive People and Perks
• Feedback from Episode 42: Diets
• Feedback from Episode 42: Thor's Gender Change
• Part of a hull was found under the World Trade Center/Freedom Tower site
• Morons in Crime - he left his FaceBook account logged in?
• Morons in Crime - learn local lingo
• Utah English teacher fired for promoting homophones behavior
• Censorship in English (but the Bible is okay...)
• Rolling Coal
• Ray Rice comments and the Liberals who get outraged over this behavior
• Brady of the Brady Bill fame is dead
• Norma talks guns
• Guns and Mental Illness and the PR firm that spins it