Ever ridden your motorcycle from Nebraska to the northern tip of Alaska and the southern tip of South America? Frank Tabor has. Listen in amazement to a few of his stories of thousands of miles on two wheels. 013.mp3 (1h 36m 46MB) Recommended reading: Two Wheels to Adventure by Danny Liska Riding South by Dr. Gregory W. Frazier Against the Wind, a Rider’s Account of the Incredible Iron Butt Rally by Ron Ayres Riding the World, The Biker’s Road Map for a Seven-Continent Adventure by Gregory Frazier The Last Hurrah, From Beijing to Arnhem 2005 by Des Molloy Obsessions Die Hard, Motorcycling the Pan American Highway’s Jungle Gap by Ed Culberson Helge Pedersen claims to have ridden through the Darien Gap Jay referred several times to: Two Wheels Through Terror, Diary of a South American Motorcycle Odyssey by Glen Heggstad
In response to episode 11, Dave Kerber (of episode 9) and Alec Larsen (of episode 0) join Jay to talk prohibition again, mostly focusing on guns. Is governmental prohibition of anything ever a good thing? 012.mp3 (2h 14m 64MB) NPR Planet Money: Accidents Of History Created U.S. Health System talks to “why is my health care tied to my employment?” NPR Planet Money: The Birth of the Dollar Bill “Before the Civil War, there were 8,000 different kinds of money in the United States.” Mother Jones on mass shootings Number of guns per capita by country List of countries by intentional homicide rate List of countries by firearm-related death rate List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita Gun violence in the United States by state List of United States cities by crime rate (2012) COMPARING MURDER RATES AND GUN OWNERSHIP ACROSS COUNTRIES MURDER AND HOMICIDE RATES BEFORE AND AFTER GUN BANS
Jay and Hasani Hunter chat about all types of Prohibition: drugs, alcohol, guns, tobacco, gambling, prostitution. Does prohibition work? When is it a good / bad idea? Is Jay a massive hypocrite when it comes to drugs vs. guns? Jay even yapped about recent California legislation affecting transgender people under Title 9. Brace yourself. 011.mp3 (1h 16m 37MB) Jim Jefferies on guns - Australia vs. America Mother Jones on mass shootings Radiolab Presents: Invisibilia - Alix tells us a story about two very basic categories: boy and girl. We’ve heard lots of stories about the sometimes blurry boundaries between boy and girl, but Alix introduces us to someone who experiences those categories in a way that was totally, completely new to us.
Andre Simones, an agile coach and trainer with One80 Services walks Jay through Agile best practices, including effort estimation and velocity metrics known as Story Points. Jay thought Agile practices were only used in computer programming, but he was wrong! This episode might be fairly Inside Baseball, but we do a soft intro at the beginning, so hopefully anyone can listen, regardless of your level of experience in tech. :) 010.mp3 (41m 20MB) Omaha Agile Development
In early June Dave Kerber of Agape Red left all his material possessions behind, was dropped off in downtown Omaha, and lived homeless for a week. Where did he sleep? What did he eat? Who did he meet? 009.mp3 (1h 56m 56MB) Open Door Mission Food Not Bombs: Omaha Siena/Francis House Cherith Brook Catholic Worker House - Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jay talks with Jim Hannah about humanity’s pressing need to eliminate nuclear weapons. 008.mp3 (1h 10m 34MB) August 9th 2015 will be the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Community of Christ church will host the event spoken of in the podcast in Independence, Missouri USA. Richard Rhodes 1986: The Making of the Atomic Bomb. 2010: The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons PeaceWorks KC Nebraskans for Peace
Jay talks with David Hawley about a book he found: What’s Wrong With Eating People? by Peter Cave 007.mp3 (44m 21MB) Betting this will make for some fun podcasts. :) pic.twitter.com/MrXJWOloCT— Jay (@JayFlaunts) April 4, 2015
Jay talks with a law enforcement professional about recent controversies including charges of racism in Ferguson Missouri and New York City, the militarization of police, etc. 006.mp3 (58m 16MB) Jay’s pre-interview notes: Recent news events have left me wondering: How do prosecutors, who work on the same team with the police all day every day, stay impartial when the defendant is a police officer? As a rambunctious teenager I experienced tension with police on two occasions. In my adult life I’ve had no trouble at all. Police have always been very helpful and professional. I assume the fact that I’m a boring, law-abiding, stable, middle class white guy plays at least some role in that history. I assume law enforcement is a challenging, difficult job that often goes under-appreciated. I assume most officers are doing excellent work. But inevitably, mistakes will be made. Some of those mistakes will result in loss of life. When people die during police action are the police subject to the same prosecution an average citizen is? More? Less? I try to imagine being a prosecutor who relies on police every day to do my job. Would I not have enormous incentive to make sure I don’t alienate the police force by prosecuting an officer? How can prosecutors be impartial? Are they? Does the article below offer evidence that they’re not? Are police being held to a fair standard? Why are grand jury results so different when the defendent is a police officer? Does that mean the system is broken? “Extremely rare for grand jury not to return indictment, statistics show” Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch and the shooting of Michael Brown District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. and the death of Eric Garner “Q: I want to file a complaint about a police officer of deputy sheriff. Can the District Attorney’s Office help me?”
Patrick John Stevans, Nick Nisi, and Jay chat about VoterSnap.com, the election process in general, and open sourcing a closed source project. 005.mp3 (33m 16MB) VoterSnap - Vote with confidence! View your full ballot and learn about the candidates in one place!
Dan Linder and Jay chat about Net Neutrality. 004.mp3 (36m 17MB) Omaha Linux User Group (OLUG) Battle For the Net has a countdown to the FCC vote! This hilarious graph of Netflix speeds shows the importance of net neutrality
What if you never had to worry about food again? Nick Nisi and Jay chat about Soylent, a “food product (classified as a food, not a supplement, by the FDA) designed for use as a staple meal by all adults. Each serving of Soylent provides maximum nutrition with minimum effort.” 003.mp3 (33m 32MB) Jay talked a lot about primal/paleo, strongly recommends The Primal BluePrint, assumes Mark Sisson would not approve of Soylent. :) Soylent Green is people!!
Hi there. My name’s Matt Wynn. I’m a web developer and reporter with the Omaha World-Herald. I write stories that uncover problems, advocate for the open web and build apps that let people make the news their own. 002.mp3 (1h 8m 66MB) Projects: Omaha Crime Report - Tracking the latest crimes reported in your neighborhood so you can stay safe. Public pay - Search the salaries of 14,382 employees at 15 public agencies in Nebraska. Prison scandal - Tracking inmates released early from Nebraska prisons Legistlative Bill 432: Senator withdraws bill that unintentionally repeals citizens’ public records rights “If you picture me reading this bill with a thoughtful face, you are incorrect. It makes me livid. tweet Doesn’t look so bad? “Well, may codify goofy practice of making data == PDFs. Second, eliminates free inspection of records.”
Matt McKeever (email) is an attorney in Omaha interested in the legal and commercial aspects of Bitcoin. He’s also one of the co-organizers of the Omaha Bitcoin Meetup Group. 001.mp3 (1h 15m 72MB) Alpha Bitcoin ATM at Jones Brothers Cupcakes in Aksarben Village (2121 South 67th St) Omaha Bitcoin Meetup Group Coinbase
Anarcho-capitalism (also referred to as free-market anarchism, market anarchism, private-property anarchism, libertarian anarchism) is a political philosophy which advocates the elimination of the state in favor of individual sovereignty, private property, and open markets. … eliminate the state? Wha?? 000.mp3 (2h 49m 81MB) What’s the point of government? What’s it good at? Bad at? Is democracy all it’s cracked up to be? Join Alec Larsen and Jay for a fascinating exploration of alternative governance. Or lack thereof. :) AnCap Omaha NPR Planet Money podcast: Keynes Vs. Hayek Wikipedia list: Anarchism by form Nash equilibrium Minarchism Free State Project Rates of unsolved murder by state
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