TMR 176 : Dr. Kyle Greenwood : Interview Notes

KyleGreenwoodDr. Kyle Greenwood

2017: "Kyle Greenwood (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Colorado Christian University. He served as an editor for Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1–2 Through the Ages and contributed to books such as The Ancient Near East: Historical Texts in Translation and Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books. He sits on the editorial board for the Journal of the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament and has written for several publications including Catholic Biblical Quarterly and Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions."

Book ScriptureCosmo

Kyle Greenwood, Scripture and Cosmology : Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science, InterVarsity Press (2015)

  

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Acknowledgements

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TMR 175 : G. Edward Griffin : Episode Notes

GEdwardGriffinG. Edward Griffin

G. Edward Griffin is the Founder of Freedom Force International, and is listed in Who's Who in America. His research has led him into areas such as archaeology, ancient Earth history, the Federal Reserve System, international banking, terrorism, internal subversion, the history of taxation, US foreign policy, the science and politics of cancer therapy, the Supreme Court, and the United Nations. Perhaps his best-known book is The Creature from Jekyll Island.

He has served on the board of directors of The US National Health Federation and The International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends and is Founder and President of The Cancer Cure Foundation. He is the founder of The Coalition for Visible Ballots, a grassroots organisation for the elimination of vote fraud made possible by electronic voting systems.

    

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Acknowledgements

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TMR 174 : Frank Johnson : Interview Notes

RobertJMarksIIFrank Johnson

  

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Acknowledgements

Music: "They're out there, man - by The UFO Guy (Songified!)" Copyright © Danielson742, all rights reserved, and used here with express permission.

TMR 173 : Dr. Robert J. Marks II : Interview Notes

RobertJMarksIIDr. Robert J. Marks II evo

  • RobertMarks.org (http://robertmarks.org/)

  • Faculty Page at Baylor University (http://www.ecs.baylor.edu/index.php?id=867230)
  • The Evolutionary Informatics Lab (http://www.evoinfo.org/index/)

  • To contact Dr. Marks with questions relevant to this conversation: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

"Robert J. Marks II is Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University, USA. His professional awards include a NASA Tech Brief Award and a best paper award from the American Brachytherapy Society for prostate cancer research. He is Fellow of both IEEE and The Optical Society of America. His consulting activities include Microsoft Corporation, DARPA, and Boeing Computer Services. He is listed as one of "The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today" by TheBestSchools.org (2014). His contributions include: the Zhao-Atlas-Marks (ZAM) time-frequency distribution in the field of signal processing, and the Cheung Marks theorem in Shannon sampling theory. Marks’s research has been funded by organizations such as the National Science Foundation, General Electric, Southern California Edison, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Office of Naval Research, the United States Naval Research Laboratory, the Whitaker Foundation, Boeing Defense, the National Institutes of Health, The Jet Propulsion Lab, Army Research Office, and NASA. He has written or contributed to many books, including Handbook of Fourier Analysis and Its Applications (Oxford University Press), Introduction to Shannon Sampling and Interpolation Theory (Springer Verlag), and Neural Smithing: Supervised Learning in Feedforward Artificial Neural Networks (Rus Reed, MIT Press), The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (Michael Arbib, MIT Press, 1996), and Evidence for God (Michael Licona et al., Baker Books, 2010). Marks has edited/co-edited five other volumes in fields such as power engineering, neural networks, and fuzzy logic. He was instrumental in defining the discipline of computational intelligence (CI) and is a co-editor of the first book using CI in the title: Computational Intelligence: Imitating Life (IEEE Press, 1994). Marks has also authored/co-authored hundreds of peer-reviewed conference and journal papers."

  

Books

    

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

TMR 172 : Graham ("FiveRedPears") : Interview Notes

ColourflamarionFiveRedPears

   

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

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TMR 171 : Dr. Paul Craig Roberts : Interview Notes

PaulCraigRobertsDr. Paul Craig Roberts

In addition to having held numerous senior academic positions in universities, Dr. Roberts was an associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and was appointed by President Reagan as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during Reagan's first term in office, following which he served as a consultant to both the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Dr. Roberts is now the Chairman of the The Institute for Political Economy. (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/)

  

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

TMR 168 : Rev. Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright : Interview Notes

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

TMR 166/7 : Dr. Tim Ball : Interview Notes

DrTimBallDr. Tim Ball

  • Official website: "Dr. Tim Ball - A Different Perspective" [Website discontinued. Dr Ball sadly passed away in 2022.]

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview (part one)

  • TMR 133 : Dr. Tim Ball : Educational Ergonomics

  • Andrew W. Monford, The Hockey Stick Illusion, Stacey International; 1 edition (March 2010)

  • SLAPP (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation)

  • "The Deplorable Climate Science Blog" by Steven Goddard (https://realclimatescience.com/)

  • Nafeez Ahmed, "How the Trump regime was manufactured by a war inside the Deep State : A systemic crisis in the global Deep System has driven the violent radicalization of a Deep State faction", Insurge Intelligence (10 February 2017)

  • JoNova (https://joannenova.com.au/)

  • Juliet Eilperin, "Anatomy of a Washington dinner : Who funds the Competitive Enterprise Institute?", Washington Post (20 June 2013)

  • Steven Mufson, "Exxon Mobil Warming Up To Global Climate Issue", Washington Post (10 February 2001)

  • Michael Crichton's "Remarks to the Commonwealth Club", San Francisco (September 15, 2003) (https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kw/crichton.html)

  • Competitive Enterprise Institute (https://cei.org/)

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview (part two)

  • Damian Carrington, "2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame : Final data confirms record-breaking temperatures for third year in a row : Earth has not been this warm for 115,000 years", The Guardian (18 January 2017)

  • Damian Carrington, "2015 smashes record for hottest year, final figures confirm : Experts warn that global warming is tipping climate into ‘uncharted territory’, as Met Office, Nasa and Noaa data all confirm record global temperatures for second year running", The Guardian (20 January 2016)

  • Mark Kinver, "2014 warmest year on record, say US researchers", BBC (16 January 2015)

  • Edited transcript of the 2007 PBS "Frontline" interview with former Senator Timothy Wirth, (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/hotpolitics/interviews/wirth.html)

  • The Hatch Act of 1939 (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939)

  • Gus Lubin, "49 Former NASA Scientists Send A Letter Disputing Climate Change", Business Insider (11 April 2012)

  • Dana Nuccitelli, "Attacks on climate science by former NASA staff shouldn't be taken seriously", The Guardian (12 April 2012)

  • Harrison Schmitt (Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Schmitt)

  • GISS (NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies) Surface Temperature Analysis FAQ page (https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq/)

  • Anthony Watts, "@NOAA data demonstrates that 2016 was not the ‘hottest year ever’ in the USA", WattsUpWithThat.com (19 January 2017)
    • Comment by "bw" (accessed 11 March 2017): "Other people are watching changes in GISS data. Every month, approximately 10 percent of the entire GISS historical station record are changed. This has been going on since 2008 at least. That is, out of a random sample of 40 stations, about 3 or 4 stations will show a complete revision of historical data, with various amounts over various years. Not all data is changed, and not by large amounts. Some missing data is backfilled, and some old data are deleted. The next month will have a different 3 or 4 stations with data that are altered from the previous month. Around December of 2012 there was a much larger revision, with many stations showing many more than the usual adjustments, with some recent year data being lost entirely. About 3 months later, some of the lost data was restored, and some other changes were reversed. Generally, the older data is cooled by some random amount, between 0.1 to 1 degree. The remaining stations show no changes in any old data, just the added monthly update. The GISS station monthly data were taken from the GISS page, saved in the original space separated text format. List of stations in the sample. Akureyri, Amundsent-Scott, Bartow, Beaver City, Byrd, Concordia, Crete, Davis, Ellsworth, Franklin, Geneva, Gothenburg, Halley, Hanford, Hilo, Honolulu, Jan Mayen, Kodiak, Kwajalein, La Serena, Lakin, Loup City, Lebanon MO, Marysville, Mina, Minden, Mukteshwar, Nantes, Nome, Norfolk Island, Nuuk, Red Cloud, St. Helena, St. Cloud, Steffenville, Talkeetna, Thiruvanantha, Truk, Vostok, Wakeeny, Yakutat, Yamba. Most station data were saved in June 2012. Only the 4 Antarctic stations are saved from 2008."

  • Friends of Science (https://friendsofscience.org/)

  • Australian Sen. Malcolm Roberts maiden speech (Sep 13, 2016) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HA3TFkwsTg)

  • Michael Slezak, "Debunking Malcolm Roberts: the case against a climate science denier", The Guardian (14 September 2016) [I include this note for the purpose of balance, but I wish to state that I very much object to the term "climate science denier". It's a cheap and nasty trick in my view. It reminds of the similar trick used against Intelligent Design theorists, who are often said to be waging a "war against science". Isn't it time to ditch the tricks and talk reason? Let's disagree, by all means, but I, for one, am getting fed up with these tactics. I hope you agree.]

  • During the 2010 inquiries into Climategate, Phil Jones is questioned by members of the UK Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK0oGnqtVXo). [See particularly from 3:35, where Dr. Jones is asked about the transparency of his research.]

  • John Bates, "Climate scientists versus climate data", Climate Etc. (04 February 2017)

  • Thomas R. Karl et al, "Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus", Science (26 June 2015)

  • David Rose, "Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data", Mail on Sunday (04 February 2017)

  • "More fake news in ‘The Mail on Sunday’ ", Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, The London School of Economics & Political Science (05 February 2017)

  • Seth Borenstein & Michael Biesecker, "Major global warming study again questioned, again defended", Associated Press (07 February 2017)

 

Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

TMR 165 : Steven Kozar : Interview Notes

StevenKozarSteven Kozar

Steven Kozar has been painting as a full-time professional artist since 1986 (right after he dropped out of art school), specialising in amazingly-realistic watercolour technique (although occasionally using oil or acrylic). His paintings have been sold in prestigious art galleries in Chicago, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., New York and London.

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In recent years Steven had also been writing the Messed Up Church blog, and lately begun podcasting, with the aim of helping "hurting and/or frustrated people in the church... filter through all the shallow and confusing things" they've been told by the "Evangelical Industrial Complex" in the hope that they might "come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a Christian."

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

 

Related Interviews

 

Acknowledgements

Theme music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Slide show image: "A Manifesto of Christian Discernment" © Steven Kozar, all rights reserved, used here with permission; kindly adapted for use at The Mind Renewed by Mark of PlantASeed.org.uk.

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TMR 170 : Campbell Adams : Interview Notes

CampbellAdamsCampbell Adams

  • Website: Yarndling - A Brief History (http://www.edwardalderton.org/yarndling.htm)

  • Email: (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

Campbell Adams was for many years President of the Ancient Order of Yarndlers in Walberswick, Suffolk, where he lives with his common-law wife and their twelve hairless cats. His books include Looking Through Binoculars at Yarndling (1987), Yarndlers in High Places (1995) and the controversial I Was Forced to Yarndle (2005). He has lectured on yarndling in schools and colleges across the UK and is researching his latest book, entitled Never Too Old to Sing the Yarndling Blues, an overview of yarndling folksongs from mediaeval times until 1967.

 

 

A Yarndling Yaern

  • "Yarndling was my First Love" by Daniel Fitzpatrick (1888) [download]


 

Verse the First:

In two score years and ten,

My bonnie lass will cry,

“Don’t hold me back,

Don’t tie my hair,

Just sit me down

In a yarndler’s chair.” 

Refrain:

I’ve got my chorns,

I’ve got my threads,

I’ve got my whistling beads.

All I needs is a pretty young woman

To bestow my yarndling needs. 

Verse the Second:

In three score years and ten,

My bonnie lass will say,

“Don’t tell me lies,

 Don’t let me ‘lone,

Just comb my hair

With a yarndler’s comb.”

Verse the Third:

In four score years and ten,

My bonnie lass will sigh,

“Don’t turn away,

Don’t low’r your eye,

Just touch my tongue

With a yarndler’s pie.”

             

      

 

The Tempest, by William Shakespeare

  • William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act 5, scene 1. BOATSWAIN: "The best news is, that we have safely found our king and company. The next, our ship—which, but three hours since, we gave out split—is as tightly yarndled and bravely rigged as when we first put out to sea."        

Courtesy of The Edward Alderton Theatre, Kent.

 
 
                                                                                                                         
 

 

   
  Two Examples of Yarndling 

Good Yarndling


Bad Yarndling



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Glossary

  • Chaplet—Made of rosewood, sits tightly on the head after the hair has been specially combed in the traditional way.
  • Chorns—Gloves made of beaver skin, later bifurcated (along with the threads).

  • Clay Pipes—Yarndlers’ pipes have the distinctive inverted tenon and mortise joints.

  • Clips—Usually made of brass or tin, with serrated leather straps.

  • Horizontal Knap—Flat, grooved plate for locating "porters". (Vertical knaps were tried briefly in the late 1900s but proved disastrous.)

  • Jennies—Floating or static jennies would be used, together with "porters", to locate the threads against the "horizontal knap".

  • Kiln—Used to bring "jennies" to the correct temperature for yarndling. (Since the Great Fire of Swanage in 1976, they are rarely used.)

  • Maern—Spectacular display, resembling a handstand, on rooftops. (Never performed barefoot.)

  • Revolving Porter—Conical pin that sits on the "horizontal knap".

  • Threads—Of various thicknesses and weaves, later bifurcated to ease congress.

  • Tunic—Disparaging term for one who is against yarndling, or criticises it in public.

  • Thread Chuckers—Children who would tie the loose ends of the threads together, and literally
    throw them to the yarndlers

  • Yarndlers’ Chair—Three-legged "solid stool" made from holly or hornbeam wood. The third leg would
    have a bevelled edge, enabling rotation if necessary.

  • Yarndlers’ Comb—Made from clay or calf bone, used to prepare the hair for the "chaplets" before
    yarndling commences.

  • Yarndling hat—This optional item was usually worn in the summer, mainly in coastal towns, and
    had a tufted brim and tassels made of otter tail. It is sometimes referred to as
    "peakéd".

  • Yarndling Pie—Various varieties according to the region; leeks would always be a basic
    ingredient.

  • Yearn—Folk song about yarndling, passed orally down through families; many now lost.

  • Whistling beads—Worn by the eldest yarndler as a sign of status.

 

Acknowledgements

  • Special thanks to Dr. Chris Taverstock of New College, Cambridge for agreeing to be interviewed for the purposes of this conversation with Campbell Adams.
  • Wax cylinder recording of "Yarndling was my First Love" by Daniel Fitzpatrick (1888), courtesy of the Mornington Crescent Branch of Yarndlers, Camden, London, UK.

  • All black-and-white photographs and recordings of yarndling copyright © West Wickham Branch of the Brotherhood of Yarndlers, Bromley, London, UK, all rights reserved; used here with kind permission.

  • Colour photograph: "Campbell Adams pictured with a photograph of his Great-Great-Grandfather Hamlet Kinsey, founder member and head disciplinarian of the West Wickham branch of the Brotherhood of Yarndlers", copyright © 2017 László Nádházy, all rights reserved; used here with kind permission.
  • Slide show image: "The Yarndlers' Charabanc" copyright © West Wickham Branch of the Brotherhood of Yarndlers, all rights reserved; used here with kind permission.

 

Special Note

  • Listeners who may be concerned about the verisimilitude of the information contained in this particular podcast are kindly advised to consult the publication date.

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TMR 164 : Tom Secker : Interview Notes

TomSeckerTom Secker

  

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Update

  • Steve Watson, "Peter Power Reveals More Details of 7/7 Terrorist Bombing Drills", InfoWars (06 April 2009) [JC: This article reproduces what InfoWars believes—and which I have no good reason to doubt either—are the words of Peter Power which he posted as a comment on a blog to explain what he was involved in that day. (The original blog comment seems no longer to be visible, but I think I once read the original myself.) Although the InfoWars article still finds Mr. Power's crisis management exercise highly suspicious, I remain unconvinced (although I'm open to persuasion). Power claims that "the test was planned as a table-top walk through for about six people (the CM team) in a lecture room with all injects simulated. Everything was on MS PowerPoint." Moreover, I still think that, if the exercise was part of a false-flag event, why would he publicise its existence on radio, or (if he wasn't aware of its role) why would he be allowed to? But, as we always have to say, I may be wrong.]

  

Previous interviews with Tom

 

Acknowledgements

Theme music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Slide show image: US Joint Chiefs of Staff involved with Operation Northwoods 1962 via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain); cropped, sharpened

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TMR 163 : Dr. Martin Erdmann : Interview Notes

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Dr. Martin Erdmann

  

Note

Please accept my apologies for mispronouncing Robert Neally Bellah's name ! :)

 

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Acknowledgements

TMR 161 : Mark Antonacci : Interview Notes

MarkAntonacciMark Antonacci

Mark Antonacci is an attorney and author who has studied all aspects of the Shroud of Turin for 35 years. He is President & Founder of the Test the Shroud Foundation, which works to facilitate new scientific research in the area and disseminate findings to public. His first book on the subject, The Resurrection of the Shroud, was published in the year 2000, and his second book, Test the Shroud, was published in 2015. In 2010 he gave the keynote address at the last international conference held in conjunction with the Shroud’s exhibition in 2010, in which he put forth new proposals for scientific testing of the Shroud.

 

Books

 

Upcoming Conference, July 2017

 

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Acknowledgements

TMR 160 : Adeyinka Makinde : Interview Notes

AdeyinkaMakindeAdeyinka Makinde

Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, UK, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia.

  

Items mentioned in / relevant to the conversation

 

Other items recommended by Adeyinka Makinde

1) Rendition & Torture

   

2) Brigadier Frank Kitson, the MRF & British Counterinsurgency doctrine in Northern Ireland

  

Acknowledgements

TMR 159 : Adeyinka Makinde : Interview Notes

AdeyinkaMakindeAdeyinka Makinde

 

Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, UK, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia.

  

Items mentioned in / relevant to the conversation

  

Intelligence in Elizabethan England

  

Acknowledgements

  • All audio excerpts are used in the spirit of Fair Use and solely for the purposes of criticism and commentary.

  • Opening music: "21st Century Spin", from the album of the same name, Copyright © Dissident Prophet, all rights reserved; used here with kind permission

TMR 157 : James Perloff : Interview Notes

JamesPerloffJames Perloff

"Dr. James Perloff holds PhDs from Harvard, MIT and Oxford. He has been named “Mr. America” for seven years running. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the world’s only perpetual motion machine. He invented the Internet. He is the Most Interesting Man in the World — he doesn’t always drink beer, but when he does, he drinks Don Equis. Michael Jordan asked for HIS autograph. After five moves against him in a chess game, Bobby Fisher said, “I give up.” Hillary Clinton converted to conservatism after a 2-minute conversation with him. Mother Teresa went to confession to HIM. He is author of the book Why Internet Junkies Will Believe Anything You Tell Them — winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He also split the atom, and, as a child, trounced Einstein in a nationally televised science debate."—James Perloff

(In view of certain exaggerations and inaccuracies in the above paragraph, James Perloff would like to encourage readers to consult the About Page at JamesPerloff.com—for rather more "fine-tuned" biographical information.)

Note

  • Since the interview I have wondered about a third possibility vis-à-vis the strange telegrams at the pier in New York. Maybe—following the flase-flag hypothesis—a British Admiralty insider decided to blow the whistle on the plot and so arranged for the telegrams to be distributed in order to save lives.

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

  • Colin Simpson, The Lusitania, Little, Brown and Co., 3rd print edn. (1972)

  • Washington Times, 1st May 2015, page 1 [internal PDF]; an example of printed warnings

  • Gary Allen & Larry Abraham, None Dare Call It Conspiracy, Dauphin Publications (2013) [first published in 1971]

 

Acknowledgements

Podcast music: Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

TMR 155 : Dr. Paul Craig Roberts : Interview Notes

PaulCraigRobertsDr. Paul Craig Roberts

  • In addition to having held numerous senior academic positions in universities, Dr. Roberts was an associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and was appointed by President Reagan as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during Reagan's first term in office, following which he served as a consultant to both the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

  • Dr. Roberts is now the Chairman of the The Institute for Political Economy. (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/)

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

  • Paul Craig Roberts, "Finally The Russians Have Caught On That Negotiation With Washington Is Pointless", PaulCraigRoberts.org (22 September 2016)

  • _______________, "He Who Hesitates Is Lost And Russia Hesitated", PaulCraigRoberts.org (24 September 2016)

  • Seymour Hersh, "Collective Intelligence", The New Yorker (12 May 2003) [JC: Regarding neoconservatives, Leo Strauss and "noble lies"]

  • Finian Cunningham, "Why US Had to Kill the Syrian Ceasefire", Strategic Culture Foundation (20 September 2016)

  • Craig Murray, "The Barrel Bomb Conundrum", CraigMurray.org.uk (18 September 2016)

    • "It is a fascinating example of a propaganda meme. Barrel bombs are being used by Syrian government forces, though on a pretty small scale. They are an improvised weapon made by packing conventional explosive into a beer barrel... If a bomb were to drop near me, I would much prefer it to be a barrel bomb as it would be less likely to kill me than the UK and US manufactured professional variety. If however my guts were to be eviscerated by flying hunks of white hot metal, I would not particularly care what kind of bomb it was."—Craig Murray

  

Other TMR interviews relevant to the interview

  

Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

Slideshow image: "That's All Folks" and "Happy Year of the Snake(s)", each Copyright © Anthony Freda, all rights reserved, and used here with kind permission; images variously altered and juxtaposed

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TMR 154: John Booth : Interview Notes

JohnBoothJohn Booth

 

 

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Acknowledgements

Podcast music: Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Slide show image source: "Wtc-photo.jpg" by NOAA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; cropped, resized, sharpened, stretched, brightened

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TMR 152 : Dr. Krish Kandiah : Interview Notes

KrishKandiahKrish Kandiah

Dr. Krish Kandiah is a former President of the London School of Theology. He is Founding Director of Home for Good, a young charity aimed at making a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children. During 2016 Krish’s campaigning through Home for Good led to 3000 refugee children finding secure homes. He is Honorary Vice President and Chair of the Theological Panel of Tearfund. He has a passion for engaging with contemporary culture theologically and is a prolific writer/blogger. Krish has authored ten books, his latest being the award-winning Paradoxology, which explores why Christianity was never meant to be simple. He regularly speaks at large conferences, corporate events and is a regular broadcaster on radio and television. Krish has degrees in Chemistry, Missiology and Theology, and a PhD from Kings College London. He currently holds faculty positions at George Fox Seminary, Regents College in Vacouver and Regents Park College at Oxford University. He is married to Miriam and has six children; they are regular foster carers. Krish has a keen interest in movies, photography, rock music and Liverpool FC. Paradoxology

 

 

 

 

Book

 

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Acknowledgements

 

TMR 153 : Mike Hopkins : Interview Notes

MikeHopkinsMike Hopkins

Mike Hopkins was born and raised in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia, in the USA.  In 2005, he accepted Messiah Yeshua.  He has a thirst for truth and for bringing that truth to all who are willing to hear. He and his wife Kelli have recently begun hosting their own podcasts. Mike currently works in the tech industry.
He currently lives in Virginia Beach with his wife and Kayla, their Boston Terrier.

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

 

Acknowledgements

  • Podcast music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

  • TMR wishes to state that the fact that these creative materials appear in TMR productions should in no way be understood as implying that its creators endorse anything published by TMR.

TMR 151 : Dr. Mitch Stokes : Interview Notes

MitchStokesDr. Mitch Stokes

  • Faculty Page at New Saint Andrews College (http://www.nsa.edu/academics/faculty/mitchell-o-stokes/)

  • Mitch Stokes (PhD, Notre Dame) is a Senior Fellow of Philosophy at New St. Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, teaching graduate courses in philosophy and undergraduate courses in mathematics and logic.

Prior to his appointment at St. Andrews College, Dr. Stokes studied with an enviable collection of world-renowned analytical theologians and philosophers. In 2001 he completed an MA in Philosophy of Religion at Yale under Nicholas Wolterstorff; in 2003 an MA in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame; and in 2005 a PhD in Philosophy at Notre Dame under Alvin Plantinga and Peter van Inwagen.

In addition to his expertise in philosophical subjects, he also holds degrees in mechanical engineering and holds five patents in aeroderivative gas turbine technology.HowToBeAnAtheist

 

Book

 

Items mentioned in / relevant to the interview

 

Acknowledgements

H2BAtheist

 

TMR 150: Thomas R. Goehle : Interview Notes

ThomasGoehleNote

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Thomas R. Goehle

 

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TMR 149 : John Massaria : Interview Notes

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I Love My Country But Hate What They Are Doing

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Slide show image captured from the film, I Love My Country But Hate What They Are Doing, Copyright © John Massaria, and used here with kind permission.

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TMR 148 : Anthony Freda : Interview Notes

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Anthony Freda Studio

 

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

All the images of artwork for this podcast are Copyright © Anthony Freda, all rights reserved, and used here with express permission.

Slide show image: "The Magic Bullet" Copyright © Anthony Freda, all rights reserved; used here with kind permission

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TMR 147 : Tony Gosling : Interview Notes

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TMR 146 : Robert Bennett : Interview Notes

RobertBennettRev. Dr. Robert H. Bennett

AfraidDr. Bennett is an international mission specialist, dedicated to studying the topic of spirituality, including research into animistic beliefs around the globe. He is Visiting Professor of Missions and PhD Committee Advisor at Concordia Theological Seminary, and Executive Director of Luther Academy, both in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

 

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Acknowledgements

Theme music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

 

TMR 145 : Dr. Paul Craig Roberts : Interview Notes

PaulCraigRobertsDr. Paul Craig Roberts

  • In addition to having held numerous senior academic positions in universities, Dr. Roberts was an associate editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and was appointed by President Reagan as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy during Reagan's first term in office, following which he served as a consultant to both the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Commerce.

  • Dr. Roberts is now the Chairman of the The Institute for Political Economy. (http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/)

 

A Correction

  • A listener has kindly pointed out that I misspoke when I said Ireland had initially rejected the Maastricht Treaty. In fact Ireland had initially rejected the Nice Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty.

 

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Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

 

TMR 144 : Daniel Nesbitt : Interview Notes

DanielNesbittDaniel Nesbitt

Daniel joined Big Brother Watch as an intern in 2012, quickly becoming promoted to Researcher in 2013 and Research Director in 2014. As Research Director he has overseen the preparation of reports on subjects such as: data breaches in the NHS, local government and the police; the use of communications data by law enforcement bodies; and social media crime. He has also represented the organisation widely in the media.

 

Contact Your Member of Parliament

If you're in the UK, and you share with me in having concerns about the Investigatory Powers Bill, please write and tell your MP (as I am doing). Here is a way of finding out who your MP is and how to contact them: (http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/).

 

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TMR 143 : Dr. John H. Walton : Interview Notes

JohnHWaltonDr. John H. WaltonLWAdamEve

John H. Walton (PhD, Hebrew Union College) is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School, Illinois. His primary interest is in comparisons between the Old Testament and other Ancient Near East literature. Previously, he was professor of Old Testament at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago for twenty years.

Walton's career has been characterised by a passion to show students and readers the importance of learning the Bible: "I am saddened by how little exposure to, and understanding of, the Old Testament many Christians have, but I am passionate in doing whatever I can do to remedy this spiritual and theological loss."

Walton has published extensively, and some of his books include: The Lost World of Scripture (co-authored with D. Brent Sandy), The Lost World of Genesis One, Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament, The Essential Bible Companion, Genesis (NIV Application Commentary) and The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (with Victor H. Matthews and Mark W. Chavalas).

Walton's ministry also extends to church classes for all-age groups, high school Bible studies and adult Sunday school classes. John and his wife, Kim, live in Wheaton, Illinois, and have three adult children.

 

 

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TMR 142 : James Sire : Interview Notes

JamesSireJames W. Sire

James W. Sire (PhD, University of Missouri), formerly a senior editor at InterVarsity Press, is an active speaker and writer. Born on a ranch on the rim of the Nebraska Sandhills, Sire has been an officer in the Army; a college professor of English literature, philosophy and theology; the chief editor of InterVarsity Press (a Christian publisher of books for thoughtful readers); a lecturer at over two hundred universities in the United States, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe and Asia; and the author of twenty books on literature, philosophy and the Christian faith. Sire holds a BA in Chemistry and English from the University of Nebraska, an MA in English from Washington State College (now University) and a PhD in English from the University of Missouri. His book The Universe Next Door, published in 1976 and now in its fifth edition, has sold over 350,000 copies and has been translated into nineteen foreign languages. His other InterVarsity Press books and Bible studies include Scripture Twisting, Discipleship of the Mind, Chris Chrisman Goes to College, Why Should Anyone Believe Anything at All?, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling, Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept, Learning to Pray Through the Psalms, Why Good Arguments Often Fail and A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics.ApologeticsBeyondReason Cover

 

 

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A classic performance of Bach's Double Violin Concerto played by Yehudi Menuhin & David Oistrakh

 

  "There is the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Therefore there must be a God. You either see this or you don't."—Peter Kreeft & Ronald Tacelli

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(Movement 2—"largo ma non tanto"—starts at 4.25)

 

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Music: Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

TMR 141 : Rev. Israel Olofinjana : Interview Notes

IsraelOlofinjanaRev. Israel Oluwole Olofinjana

 

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Music: Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Slideshow image: "21 de marzo. Día Internacional para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial" by Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0); resized, aspect ratio altered, cropped, sharpened, brightened. The resultant image (below) appears here under the same licence (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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TMR 140 : David Haggith : Interview Notes

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TMR 138: John W. Whitehead : Interview Notes

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John W. Whitehead (Juris Doctorate, University of Arkansas School of Law) is an attorney and author who has written, debated and practised widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights. In 1982 he established The Rutherford Institute, a nonprofit civil liberties and human rights organisation headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia. As the Institute's president and spokesperson he writes a weekly commentary for Rutherford.org which is distributed to several hundred newspapers, and hosts a national public service radio campaign. The recipient of numerous accolades for his civil liberties work, John Whitehead has authored numerous books on legal and social issues, had articles printed in prestigious US national newspapers, been the subject of magazine and TV profiles, and been interviewed countless times on US-national and international TV and Radio. His documentary video series, Grasping for the Wind, received two Silver World Medals at the New York Film and Video Festival. Whitehead has filed numerous amicus briefs before the US Supreme Court, and served as co-counsel in several landmark Supreme Court cases. His law reviews have been published in Emory Law Journal, Pepperdine Law Review, Harvard Journal on Legislation, Washington and Lee Law Review, Cumberland Law Review, Tulsa Law Journal and the Temple University Civil Rights Law Review.

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Jesus Lived in a Police State

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Acknowledgements

Opening music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)

Ending music: Jesus Lived in a Police State by John. W. Whitehead, Copyright © 2014 The Rutherford Institute, all rights reserved, and used here with express permission.

 

TMR 137: Thomas R. Goehle : Interview Notes

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Thomas R. GoehleThomas Goehle

  • Thomas R. Goehle, America's Post-Christian Apocalypse: How Secular Modernism Marginalized Christianity and The Peril of Leaving God Behind at the End of the Age, Aletheia Books (September 16, 2015)

  • Amazon US link

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TMR 136 : Patrick M. Wood : Interview Notes

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Patrick M. Wood

 

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"Hopefully, you are convinced that the population will have to stop growing sooner or later and that the extremely remote possibility of expanding into outer space offers no escape from the laws of population growth. If you still want to hope for the stars, just remember that, at the current growth rate, in a few thousand years everything in the visible universe would be converted into people, and the ball of people would be expanding with the speed of light!”

 

Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

TMR 135 : Charles & Mary Ann Strange : Interview Notes

CharlesStrangeMichael Strange Foundation

 

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Slide show image courtesy of The Michael Strange Foundation, Copyright © MichaelStrangeFoundation.org, all rights reserved, used with kind permission.

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TMR 134 : Dr. Glenn Peoples : Interview Notes

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TMR 133 : Dr. Tim Ball : Interview Notes

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Dr. Tim Ball

  • Official website: "Dr. Tim Ball - A Different Perspective" [Website under maintenance]AlexanderVonHumboldt

 

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Acknowledgements

Podcast theme music, Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5).

TMR 132: Thomas R. Goehle : Interview Notes

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For readers unfamiliar with Kindle: It is not necessary to have a Kindle device in order to read Kindle versions of books; a Kindle app can be downloaded for free from Amazon and installed on computers and tablets so you can read the book on those devices.

Thomas R. Goehle

  • Thomas GoehleThomas R. Goehle, America's Post-Christian Apocalypse: How Secular Modernism Marginalized Christianity and The Peril of Leaving God Behind at the End of the Age, Aletheia Books (September 16, 2015)
  • Amazon US link
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  • The author can be contacted at this email address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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Acknowledgements

  • Podcast theme music, Chillout Me, kindly provided by Antony Raijekov, from his Jazz U compilation (CC BY-NC 2.5)
  • Slide show image: Book front cover, Copyright © 2015 Thomas R. Goehle, all rights reserved, used with permission; altered in various ways

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TMR 129 : Dr. Mike Spaulding : Interview Notes

MikeSpauldingMike Spaulding

 

 Note on Wolterstorff

For those who might be interested in the idea by Nicholas Wolterstorff, I think I should point out that my brief summary of his theory was slightly inaccurate. (I used the phrase "illocutionary acts", whereas he speaks of "illocutionary actions".) His idea is to extend the notion of illocutionary acts (which are acts of "asking", "commanding" etc. through spoken or written locutionary acts) to include the possibility of non-verbal actions that might therefore be understood as speech.

"Locutionary acts are acts of uttering or inscribing words. Il-locutionary acts are acts performed by way of locutionary acts, acts such as asking, asserting, commanding, promising, and so forth. Once illocutionary acts are thus distinguished from locutionary acts, then it immediately occurs to one that though of course such actions as asking, asserting, commanding and promising, can be performed by way of uttering or inscribing sentences, they can be performed in many other ways as well. One can say something by producing a blaze, or smoke, or a sequence of light flashes. Even more interesting: one can tell somebody something by deputizing someone else to speak on one's behalf. In short, contemporary speech-action theory opens up the possibility of a whole new way of thinking about God speaking: perhaps the attribution of speech to God by Jews, Christians, and Muslims, should be understood as the attribution to God of illocutionary actions, leaving it open how God performs those actions - maybe by bringing about the sounds or characters of natural language, maybe not."

(Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse, p. 13)*

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