Apple iPhone release date confirmed: June 29th

The Apple iPhone is yours come June 29th. The commercial just aired on 60 Minutes yesterday, and now you can finally mark your calendar!



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TFATD 19: Baby Geniuses, Nessie, and HP Galore

Episode 19 of The Falcon and the Dove: Baby Geniuses, Nessie, and HP Galore. In this week's COMPLETELY jam-packed episode (I know, they're getting longer), we discuss smart babies, puppies, bees, the return of Nessie, movies, a Harry Potter theme park, and sooooooo much more!!! Enjoy!

- Overview
- Babies give scientists AMAZING insights! They are a lot smarter than we think they are.
- A fallen soldier's family get a puppy from Iraq adopted by their son the day before his death.
- A swarm of 20,000 bees off of the coast of Bournemouth gets caught in a plane's engine and delays it for 11 hours.
- A breakthrough in treating H5N1 (Avian Bird Flu) has been found in Bird Flu survivors' blood.
- The Loch Ness Monster (Nessie) has again been caught on tape!
- A 1,200 lb hog was hunted in Alabama. The family found out later that the hog was someone's pet sold 4 days before the hunt.
- Cannes Film Festival Palm d'Or winners and others.
- Venus Williams breaks the record for the fastest tennis serve ever!
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be released two days earlier in the U.S. and Canada; July 11th instead!
- Universal has announced that a Harry Potter theme park called 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' will open in 2009 at Islands of Adventure!
- In even MORE Harry Potter news, the woman in Georgia who has been trying to get the books banned fails a fourth time! Fans rejoice.
- We give our review of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End!
- The Quote of the Week. Reading minds.

Download Episode 19 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 34 minutes; Size: 86.6 MB)

Episode 19 to be released on Monday

Due to extensive graduation plans for the Dove in The Falcon and the Dove (Areya Simmons), Episode 19 will be released on Monday, June 4th, instead of Sunday, June 3rd. Thank you very much for staying with us, and we hope you enjoy the podcast!

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)