TRC #405: Spoon Bending 101 + Hillary vs. Bernie + Changing O Canada

Ev5UxThis week, Cristina gives us the scoop on a spoon bending workshop at the University of Alberta using nothing but the power of her mind. Darren looks behind the Hillary vs. Bernie democratic race to parse out the facts. Finally, Adam shows his patriotism by looking at the history of our anthem O Canada and the movement to make the lyrics gender-neutral.

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Spoon Bending 101

Spoon bending Wiki

CBC: Spoon-bending workshop, widely ridiculed online, pulled by university

‘Spoon bending’ workshop for doctors withdrawn at University of Alberta

‘Quackademic’ health research must have no place at University of Alberta

U of Alberta: Integrative Health Institute (IHI)

U of Alberta: Integrative Health Institute Advisory Board

Science Blog: Spoon-bending at the university of alberta bigfoot skepticism

YouTube: James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff

Hillary vs. Bernie

Mother Jones

Diffen.com

FiveThirtyEight

Changing O Canada

O Canada has changed over the years and itís reasonable to change it now – The Globe and Mail

O Canada – Wikipedia

MPs Break Out In ‘O Canada’ After Most Vote For Gender-Neutral Anthem – Huffington Post Canada

Should O Canada lyrics be gender-neutral? Other countries have tweaked their anthem in the past – Global News

O Canada – The Canadian Encyclopedia

O Canada has changed over the years and it’s reasonable to change it now – The Globe and Mail

 

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