TFATD 20: Katrina, Comas, and Guitarists

Episode 20 of The Falcon and the Dove: Katrina, Comas, and Guitarists. This week, we discuss what hurricane Katrina has left in her wake, graduation parties, global warming technology cuts, world records, and more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- Graduation plans, commencements and parties galore!! We detail one particularly 'eventful' commencement.
- Over 5.7 million pounds of meat could be tainted with E. Coli. Yes, more contaminations. We're sick of them too.
- People are still dying from Hurricane Katrina due to physical and psycological problems. Exact numbers are unknown, but many.
- The United States is to scale back data collection from space on global warming. Falcon and Dove ask, 'ARE YOU FREAKIN' CRAZY?!'
- Mink Farm in Pennsylvania attacked; 2300 mink released, 400 killed including the family dogs. Who could have done such a thing?
- A Polish man wakes up after a 19-year coma to find that 'the world is prettier now'.
- Michael Moore's 'Sicko' comes out June 29 (same day as the Apple iPhone), and is interviewed by Oprah.
- FOLLOWUP: Smaller, organic bees are having no mite problems...and no colony collapse. What does this say about the bee crisis?
- 1,683 guitarists of all ages played 'Smoke on the Water' to break the world record in Kansas. They succeeded.
- MOVIE DISCUSSION: How Shia LaBeouf's career has flourished. His most recent films are Disturbia, Surf's Up and Transformers!
- The Quote of the Week. The crazy ones.

Download Episode 20 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 14 minutes; Size: 68.0 MB)

Episode 20 to be released on Monday

Yes, alas, another episode will be delayed by one day, due to extensive graduation activities. Today, we had a Commencement and a 5-hour party, so I apologize in advance for any inconvenience. Once these graduation plans are finished, the podcast episodes will not be as delayed. We will still get this week's episode out as usual; it will just be one day late, released on Monday instead of Sunday.

Thank you very much for your patience, and enjoy the show!

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GOP head: We need more 'attacks on American soil'

In his first interview as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, Dennis Milligan told a reporter that America needs to be attacked by terrorists so that people will appreciate the work that President Bush has done to protect the country. Is it just me, or was it really bad taste to say such a thing? Please give your thoughts in the comments.



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Apple iPhone release date confirmed: June 29th

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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!