TFATD 18: Hydrogen, Cannes, and Graduation

Episode 18 of The Falcon and the Dove: Hydrogen, Cannes, and Graduation. In this week's totally packed episode, we discuss what is holding hydrogen fuel back, the Cannes Film Festival, ADHD, graduation gifts, college tips, the Star Wars anniversary, and much more!!! Enjoy!

- Overview
- Hydrogen fuel is completely ready to go, but Department of Energy egos are getting in the way, says Purdue Professor.
- $4 a gallon?!?!?!?! No, we are not kidding. Not only that, but it could cause a ripple effect, where other things could go up.
- FOLLOWUP: Melamine (the same thing killing pets) connected to Colony Collapse Disorder in bees?
- The Cannes International Film Festival! Michael Moore's film, 'Sicko' is well-received.
- ADHD symptoms can be lessened with the correct foods at the right time. Five good foods are: Fatty acids, Vitamin B, Protein, Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, and Iron.
- The Yale Syndrome. You don't HAVE to go to an Ivy League school. You SHOULD go to the school that is right for you. Career interest first, school second.
- Cool Graduation gift ideas! In different price ranges!
- College tips. Important things to do RIGHT NOW, just before you go to college.
- May 25th was the Star Wars 30th anniversary. Falcon discusses what she did on the first day in 1977, and we talk about an upcoming Star Wars convention.
- The Quote of the Week. Dreams.
- Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson are going to be immortalized on Grauman's Chinese Theatre's Walk of Fame July 9th in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with hand, foot, and WAND prints in cement!

Download Episode 18 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 21 minutes; Size: 74.9 MB)

TFATD 17: Literacy, Star Wars, and 4 Years for Man

Episode 17 of The Falcon and the Dove: Literacy, Star Wars, and 4 Years for Man. This week, we discuss more in-depth about the disappearing bees, literacy, movies on DVD, Star Wars, and more!!! Enjoy!

- Overview
- FOLLOWUP: Genetically-modified (GM) foods could be the culprit for the disappearing honey bees. We also discuss other possible reasons and what could happen to our food if all of the bees died. A quote by Albert Einstein spells bad news for the future of man.
- We attended a literacy celebration last weekend and we give a shout-out to all of the authors who attended. Pictures will be posted soon!
- The Tony Award Nominations are released!
- Will college debt lead to a market crash?
- Shrek the Third and other new movie releases.
- Pan's Labyrinth, The Fountain, and Bobby all come out on DVD!
- A giant Darth Vader hot air balloon is launched in Ceroux, Belgium to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Star Wars!
- The Quote of the Week. Bulls, bears, and hogs.

Download Episode 17 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 10 minutes; Size: 64.8 MB)

TFATD 16: iPods, Bees, and Mother's Day

Episode 16 of The Falcon and the Dove: iPods, Bees, and Mother's Day. In this jam-packed episode, we discuss iPods that can affect pacemakers, the declination of honeybees (and possibly our food supply), Spidey 3 spinning of web of cash, and much more! It is truly amazing that we get to all of this in an hour! Enjoy!

- Overview
- According to a new study by a high school student, iPods can affect pacemakers.
- What is happening to the honey bees? They are disappearing. Cell phones responsible? The ramifications could be huge for the human food supply.
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Ty Pennington was arrested for drunk driving. What was he thinking?
- FOLLOWUP: The Chicago 7-year old boy, Ian Cahr, who we discussed last week, has now raised over $4,000 for New Leash On Life!!
- Mi Hyun Kim of the LPGA won last week in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; she donated $100,000 to Greensburg, Kansas tornado survivors.
- Spiderman 3 makes $59.3 million in one day, $151 million in three days in U.S., and $365 million in three days worldwide! Yikes!
- FOLLOWUP: The contaminated feed that infected thousands of dogs and cats was recently given to fish that humans consume.
- Farenheit 9/11 director, Michael Moore is under investigation by the U.S. Treasury Dept. for taking ailing 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment.
- OxyContin maker, Purdue Pharma, pays $634.5 million in fines for understating OxyContin's addictive properties.
- FOLLOWUP: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix has at last been rated PG-13 for 'sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images'.
- May 13th is Mother's Day. How to honor your mom.
- The Quote of the Week: The Players Championship at Sawgrass.

Download Episode 16 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 17 minutes; Size: 71.1 MB)

TFATD 15: Course Notes, YERT, and Villains

Episode 15 of The Falcon and the Dove: Course Notes, YERT, and Villains is NOW LIVE!!! In this week's episode, we discuss a free course notes resource for students, a nationwide environmental road trip, Spidey 3, and more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- A man named Chris Keenan formed a course notes resource for students in all school subjects, Course-Notes.Org. The best part is...it's FREE!!!
- TFATD EXCLUSIVE!!! We conduct an interview with Mark Dixon, who, starting July 4th, is going on an environmental road trip across the country to learn what individual states are doing for the environment and sharing his experience with everyone every step of the way! Learn more at YourEnvironmentalRoadTrip.Com! (YERT)
- Luke Skywalker’s bionic arm has become a reality.
- Spiderman 3 racks up $29 million in opening day overseas markets on Wednesday.
- We pit fantasy literature characters against each other, and discuss who would win in a duel.
- We talk about upcoming May movies, including smaller and lesser-known ones that you should look out for!
- $800 million in foreign aid never made it to Katrina victims. Only $40 million of it did. Why did this happen?
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Ian Cahr - A Chicago 7 year-old who makes beautiful jewelry to raise money for homeless pets.
- Pioneer Astronaut Wally Schirra dies at age 84.
- The Quote of the Week. What we know that just ain't so.

Download Episode 15 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 5 minutes; Size: 60.1 MB)

If you would like to download our EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with YERT's Mark Dixon by itself, Click Here! (Length: 21 minutes; Size: 20.0 MB)

Environmental Road Trip to Launch in Light of Global Warming

Starting this Sunday, the day Episode 15 of our podcast (The Falcon and the Dove) is released, we will start having more interviews with people of certain interests!

This week, we interviewed Mark Dixon, one of three people who are going on an 'environmental road trip' together across the country to all 50 states to see what each state is doing for the environment, in light of global warming. Mark and his partners will launch this very special road trip on July 4th, 2007, and will be on the road for one year. They will also be video recording the experience every step of the way while traveling in an environmentally-friendly fashion. Also, we intend to follow-up on this road trip, posting on this site as well as on AreyaSimmons.Com when Mark has posted a new video!

Learn more about Mark, Julie, and Ben's road trip at their website at YourEnvironmentalRoadTrip.Com (YERT), and look out for our interview with Mark Dixon in Episode 15 of The Falcon and the Dove this Sunday, May 6th!

U.S. stopped $814 million in foreign aid getting to Katrina victims

Allies offered $854 million in cash and in oil that was to be sold for cash. But only $40 million has been used so far for disaster victims or reconstruction, according to U.S. officials and contractors. Most of the aid went uncollected, including $400 million worth of oil.



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Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted

Arctic sea ice is melting at a significantly faster rate than projected by even the most advanced computer models, a new study concludes.Please spread the word about this and how to stop global warming.



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