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Back from hiatus and reasonabler and riskier than ever! My guest this week is Stephany Rose Spaulding, Democratic candidate for Colorado's Congressional District 5. We talk about civility in discourse, the power of knowing your neighbors, and running as a progressive Democrat in a district known as the home of Focus on the Family. Website: Stephany Rose For Congress Twitter: @StephanyForCO Facebook: Stephany Rose Spaulding For U.S. Congress  Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

This week the audio quality is poor and the non-interview material is short, because I'm moving and it sucks all the life.  Natalie Newell and Chad Hayes of Parenthetical Science join me to discuss woo and anti-intellectualism in health and medicine. Parenthetical Science Podcast Recommendation: lovelytheband Fundraiser: Please consider making a donation to help our friend Alex jump through the hoops the Swedish and Icelandic governments are putting in the way of her health and livelihood. Click for Alex's story.  Bonus Episode #1 is now available for Patrons!   On this bonus episode, I get into some real decision examples, from my own life, in real time. Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

This week it’s just you and me, listeners.  I would call this a deep dive, but I’m not sure that quite covers it.  More of a primer.  Yes, we’re talking about real estate.  No, it won’t suck if you have no interest in property.  Come on, you folks know me better than that.  We’ll have some fun.  Also, this dive will be slightly shallower in terms of volume of content.  Yes, it’s going to be a shorter episode that usual.  For reasons. Segments: Incentives of Real Estate Professionals Buy or Rent - the non-financial version Negotiating for yourself in real estate HOA's Recommendation: Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino Fundraiser: Please consider making a donation to help our friend Alex jump through the hoops the Swedish and Icelandic governments are putting in the way of her health and livelihood. Click for Alex's story.  Bonus Episode #1 is now available for Patrons!   On this bonus episode, I get into some real decision examples, from my own life, in real time. Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Scientific skepticism advocate, anti-cult activist, and YouTube creator of Holy Koolaid Thomas Westbrook joins me for the conversation.  Plus, when childrens' theatre forgets who their customer is. Holy Koolaid - YouTube Channel Segments: Who's the Customer? Recommendation Snow Patrol - One Hundred Million Suns Snow Patrol featuring Martha Wainwright - Set Fire to the Third Bar Please consider making a donation to help our friend Alex jump through the hoops the Swedish and Icelandic governments are putting in the way of her health and livelihood. Click for Alex's story.  Bonus Episode #1 is now available for Patrons!   On this bonus episode, I get into some real decision examples, from my own life, in real time. Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Skeptical investigator Michael Marshall of Be Reasonable, Skeptics with a K, and the Merseyside Skeptics Society joins me to discuss a range of his projects and activism.  Marsh, as he's known in the skeptical science and journalistic criticism community, has led the charge against government promotion of homeopathy in the UK. Plus, if we solve IKEA, we might solve the world's conflicts. Good Thinking Society Merseyside Skeptics Society Be Reasonable podcast Bad PR blog Segments: IKEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUPu_ipbVB0 Recommendation I screwed up and forgot to write the recommendation segment.  So listed to the song "IKEA", linked above, and then listen to some more Jonathan Coulton.  It's indie geek folk rock to the extreme. Proceeds from this weeks patrons will go to help a friend of the show in need.  Please consider making a donation to help our friend Alex jump through the hoops the Swedish and Icelandic governments are putting in the way of her health and livelihood. Click for Alex's story.  Bonus Episode #1 is now available for Patrons!   On this bonus episode, I get into some real decision examples, from my own life, in real time. Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Mike Cameron is a speaker and author out of Edmonton, Canada, who has worked to bring awareness to the understanding of the emotions that drive our decisions, and to address those emotions and decisions in a healthier way.  Mike is devoted to the cause of addressing gender-based violence, having suffered the loss of his girlfriend to the rage of her ex-boyfriend.  But it's totally not a downer of a conversation, I swear. Plus, I recommend the best network TV comedy in years, which has a decidedly philosophical bent, and we see the effects of an alleged MLM style "business" that went full-on cult.  Allegedly. MikeCameron.ca Redefining Badass by Mike Cameron Segments: Intro It's a Cult The Guardian - Smallville's Allison Mack was allegedly a 'top member' of cult that abused women Vice - How a Secret Society That Brands Women Sold Empowerment Wikipedia - NXIVM NXIVM.com Executive Success Programs Recommendation NBC - The Good Place (2016) Bonus Episode #1 is now available for Patrons!   On this bonus episode, I get into some real decision examples, from my own life, in real time. Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Amy and Ami, the self-described "Delightful Bitches" of the Secular Soup podcast join me to talk about parenting styles and helicopter parenting.  Oh and to snark mercilessly.  Plus, should Best Buy and other retailers be tracking your returns?  And how the F do you find a goddamn place to live? Secular Soup - iTunes Secular Soup - Facebook Segments: Intro / The Retail Equation How the F Do You Find a Place to Live? Voicemail  Make a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk and get bonus stuff! Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

This week we're diving deep - into the world of...investments? Sort of?  Plus a peek behind the curtain of Reasonable Risk. Segments: Intro / Behind the scenes Not An Investment Wikipedia - Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act FINRA - Crowdfunding and Jobs Act - What Investors Should Know KTBS3 Investigates - Elio Motors, Where's The Money? Seed Invest - This is not Kickstarter Forbes - Inside the JOBS Act: Equity Crowdfunding Investopedia - Accredited Investor Crowdfund Insider - Real Estate Alternative Investment for Non-Accredited Investors Skadden.com - The JOBS Act: Did it Accomplish its Goals FinancialExecutives.org - Five Years Later - Did the Jobs Act Change the IPO? AAPL.org - How the JOBS Act Opens Deal Flow for Non-Accredited Investors Time - Kickstarter Backers are Investors and Its Time They Got Used To It Business Insider - Investing in Crowdfunding on Kickstarter and IndieGoGo Digital Trends - Biggest Kickstarter and IndieGoGo Scams Entrepreneur - What Your Startup Needs to Know About Launching an ICO TechCrunch - How to Run a Token Sale Recommendation Portugal. The man. - Evil Friends (2013) - Spotify Portugal. The Man. - Evil Friends (playlist) - YouTube Michael's recent appearances Stuff I Never Knew trivia podcast - Episode 67 - Money Money Money Secular Soup - Episode 18 - Reasonable Risk of Rambling Secular Hubcast - Episode 13 - Reasonable Risk with Michael Schaffer Make a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk and get bonus stuff! Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Robert Stanley went to the ridiculously named Bob Jones University.  He shares his political science knowledge along with an insider's view of evangelical Trumpers.  Plus, why do ulterior motives get such a bad rap?  And cannibalism. The Right to Reason Podcast Segments: Intro / Ulterior Motives Recommendation IMDb - The Santa Clarita Diet - Netflix (2017)  Make a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk and get bonus stuff! Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Neville Johnson has been called a "Hollywood Power Attorney" by Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.  The LA Times called him "One of the most feared litigators in Hollywood".  He's taken on the studios and guilds in class actions on the side of creative talent. That's not all, he's a recording and touring musician, and an author who has studied and written about legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden's contributions to leadership ideals.  Plus, Michael was wrong, and just in time for Easter...a recommendation involving a second coming. Neville Johnson - Johnson & Johnson LLP - Bio Trevor McShane - Neville Johnson's Musician Alter Ego Woodenisms by Neville Johnson LA Times - 'Go-to' L.A. lawyer says Hollywood studios are shortchanging his clients Segments Flip-Flopping Wikipedia - Flip-Flop (politics) New York Times - First Usage of "Flip-Flop" Recommendation The Stone Roses - "Second Coming" (1994) Consider a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk and get bonus stuff! Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Alix Jules, humanist activist and a leader of Black Nonbelievers of Dallas, has just about had it with all of you. Alix took to Facebook with a novel twist on the facebook friend purge, in an effort to highlight and bring into the light hidden racism in atheist circles and elsewhere.  Plus, were the school walkouts for gun control meaningful?  In a new segment, I'm completely stumped by a company that appears to be using a cloak of religion to egregiously mark up prices - but is that the whole story? @Alix331 - Alix Jules on Twitter Alix Jules on Facebook The Grafitti Wall - Alix Jules Patheos Blog Alix Jules debates Trey Grant on the topic "Is Christianity the Best Solution for the Race Problem in America?" Segments No Overpriced BS My Belief Supply True Faith Supply Consider a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk and get bonus stuff! Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Reasonable Risk is now on Patreon, and we sure would appreciate any contribution you can make, to help us make Reasonable Risk continue with even better guests, content, and bonuses!  RR on Patreon - Donate for Bonuses Here! Aaron Rabi, philosopher/podcaster from Embrace the Void and the new show Philosophers in Space is my guest.  Do you think philosophy is esoteric and irrelevant to real life?  You're wrong.  Plus, are radical protesters rational? Embrace the Void Philosophers in Space Aaron Rabi on Twitter @ETVPod Segments Radical Anti-Gentrification Yahoo News - A New Generation of Anti Gentrification Radicals Consider a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk: Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Be Almost as Cool as an Early Adopter!  Our Early Adopter spots filled fast, but don't worry about it - you're still cool and you can almost be as cool as them.  Reasonable Risk is now on Patreon, and we sure would appreciate any contribution you can make, to help us make Reasonable Risk continue with even better guests, content, and bonuses!  RR on Patreon - Donate for Bonuses Here! Author RL Bays new book is "No Such Thing as Ghosts: A Brief Guide to Critical Thinking".  RL takes on such irrational beliefs as faith healing and anti-vaxxers, and how to critically think our way to facts.  Plus, United Airlines makes an idiotic move leaving tens of thousands of employees irate, and I talk subscriptions, from knives to cars. RL Bays Website There Are No Such Things As Ghosts by RL Bays on Amazon Twitter - @RLBays Segments United Airlines Bonus Lottery CNN Money - United tried to replace bonuses with a $100,000 lottery Chicago Business Journal - United Airlines employees shocked: Bonuses replaced with lottery The Points Guy - United Replaces Employee Bonuses With a Lottery, Significantly Cutting Payouts Inc. - 17 United Airlines Employee Replies to United's New 'Bonus Lottery' Peak Rental Economy?  Knife and Car Subscriptions Knifey.com Fast Company - Your Next Car Might Be A Subscription US News & World Report - Our Guide to Car Subscription Services Care by Volvo Porsche Passport Recommendation:  Scooby Doo Wiki - Scooby Doo, Where are You? Scooby Doo, Where are You? Theme Song - 1969 Scooby Doo, Where are You? Full Episodes Playlist on YouTube Consider a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk: Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Be Almost as Cool as an Early Adopter!  Our Early Adopter spots filled fast, but don't worry about it - you're still cool and you can almost be as cool as them.  Reasonable Risk is now on Patreon, and we sure would appreciate any contribution you can make, to help us make Reasonable Risk continue with even better guests, content, and bonuses!  RR on Patreon - Donate for Bonuses Here! Bestselling romance novelist and practicing Hollywood attorney Maggie Marr talks about getting forced by fortune to make a major career decision, romance writing's place in fiction, and going for the provocative, like naming a novel "Wonderf*ck". Maggie Marr @maggiemarr - Twitter Segments GTFO: Legalized Cannabis May Be a Boon for McDonald's and Taco Bell Recommendation:  Peter Clines - 14 (2012) and The Fold (2015) sci-fi novels Consider a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk: Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Be an Early Adopter!  Reasonable Risk is now on Patreon, and we sure would appreciate any contribution you can make, to help us make Reasonable Risk continue with even better guests, content, and bonuses!  RR on Patreon - Donate for Bonuses Here! The week in part 1 of a PODCAST CROSSOVER, Bryce Blankenagle of the Naked Mormonism podcast stops by to tell us of the life and times of a great American con - Joseph Smith, Jr. - founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints aka the Mormons. Bryce Blankenagle - Naked Mormonism Podcast Bryce Blankenagle - Twitter @NakedMormonism Segments Life Changing:  Pitching 101 Recommendation: The 1up - Denver, Colorado Consider a donation to help produce Reasonable Risk: Reasonable Risk on Patreon - Donate Here Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

This week we dive deep into the Dow Jones Industrial Average.  What is it, what is it doing, and why we should (not) care.  The stock market gyrations are causing Dow anxiety.  This episode has the cure. Recommendation: Duran Duran - "Paper Gods" (2015) Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Ian Harris, skeptic comic, joins me this week to discuss fighting scientific illiteracy and more through humor.  Plus, what's up with all the train wrecks?  And recommendations with 88 keys. http://www.ianharriscomedian.com/ Ian Harris "ExtraOrdinary" Trailer Con Artists:  Home title monitoring services Recommendation: Keane "Hopes and Fears" and "Under the Iron Sea", Cold War Kids "Robbers and Cowards" and "Hold My Home" Keane on Spotify Cold War Kids on Spotify Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Ross Blocher is an investigator of extraordinary claims.  Ross and his podcasting partner Carrie Poppy investigate fringe science, religion, cults and (potential) scams on their podcast Oh No Ross and Carrie.  Ross has been banned from Scientology events, and he's been driven into the desert by a cult in a van.  Risk-seeking behavior, anyone?  Plus, a quick note on doggy DNA testing of my pugamo Archie, and negotiations - when do you need an expert negotiating for you? Oh No Ross and Carrie - Podcast Website Oh No Ross and Carrie - Ross and Carrie Get Rich Slow(ly): Michael Schaffer Interview Edition Negotiation Dojo:  When do you need an expert negotiator? Recommendation: Tiny Toon Adventures Episode 51, featuring "Instanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man" http://tmbw.net/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures Tiny Toon Adventures video for They Might Be Giants "Instanbul (Not Constantinople)" Tiny Toon Adventures video for They Might Be Giants "Particle Man" Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856

Colorado is a great place to live, and not just because of the legal weed.  So in this episode, we talk about legal weed.  Chase Bradshaw, owner of Altitude Dispensaries, a recreational marijuana dispensary chain with locations around the Denver area, joins me on Reasonable Risk this week - recorded on location in one of his grow warehouses.  Plus, crypto currency jumps the shark with Bananacoin.  Seriously? http://altitudedispensary.com/ My vape of choice: Pulsar APX Wax GFTO:  Bananacoin https://bananacoin.io/ Recommendation:  MightyText http://www.mightytext.net Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856  

The pharmacy is one place you are almost guaranteed to not know how much you will pay for a product. WHY? We talk to Eric Brewer, former owner of Bondurant's Pharmacy (featuring iconic architecture), and Dan Irizarry, Pharmacist, about the ins and outs of the prescription drug portion of our maddening American healthcare industry.  Plus, I test drive the Tesla Model 3, get a scam letter trying to bilk me out of $985.00, and recommend a couple of songs on a theme.  Bondurant's Pharmacy - Mimetic Architecture Recommendation: Panic by The Smiths (1986, Remastered 2011) Panic by The Smiths - Official Video Radio Radio by Elvis Costello and The Attractions (1978) Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Radio Radio on Saturday Night Live (1977) Contact Michael Schaffer and Reasonable Risk Podcast: Email: reasonableriskpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ReasonBroker Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/reasonableriskpodcast/ Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RRAssessment/ Voice mail:  720-773-1856