@avclub-d4c5630db0ec3444ec43c0982a9e83d3:disqus o.k., I'm not talking about the rest of the episode, I'm talking about Jad's final conclusion and conversation with Destiny at the end. I'm not sure how you can interpret his point of view AT THE END as anything other than anti-birth control.

@avclub-d4c5630db0ec3444ec43c0982a9e83d3:disqus Here's the problem with Krulwich's argument though - they're trying to "study an event" literally DECADES after it happened. There's no real physical evidence left, and all they really have is eye-witness accounts, and one scientist who went there, found some pollen,…

@avclub-d4c5630db0ec3444ec43c0982a9e83d3:disqus Uh, no, that's completely incorrect. The program pays for birth control or sterilization, as the woman wishes. Maybe you were focusing on the sterilization? As for the other points, yes, those are perfectly valid points that are the moral questions that should have been…

@avclub-d4c5630db0ec3444ec43c0982a9e83d3:disqus I think it was a major offense to her family, and it's not even my family's honor at stake. She's been trying to get people to take her uncle's story seriously for years - what did you think her reaction was going to be to Krulwich's insisting that her uncle has been…

I should clarify that I'm extending his argument against birth control to necessarily include abortion. It was the piece about the woman whose has a program to pay drug addicted women to go on birth control or get sterilized if they've had many drug-addicted babies. The woman has also adopted a number of children of…

It's not trolling if you're giving an honest criticism with relevant points. There are so many terrible elements to that show that it negates any good they might be attempting to do in terms of science education.

Oh, but there are so many OTHER bad things about it as well! The repetitive cutesy banter, the appeals to emotion, the arrogance of the hosts . . . .

He isn't.

My least favorite episode? The one that wrapped up with a weird, emotional, nonsensical anti-abortion message. I had high hopes for Radio Lab, but given that it's supposed to be a show about science, the hosts are terrible scientists.

Not only was that an incredibly insulting episode, it was also poor science. They had ONE guy go out to the forest decades later, observe the presence of bee pollen on the leaves and concluded, oh it must be that, despite the fact that the natives of the area insist that it wasn't and that it burned their skin. Then…

The thing I loved about this interview is how hopeless and dark his idea of the future of humanity is, and how he generally believes that everything sucks and we're all doomed. No, seriously, I love that.

Vagina. Vagina, vagina, vagina, vagina, vagina. Vagina in the morning, vagina in the evening, vagina all day long.

This sounds like the lady version of micro-penis.

No it's bad because the actors are terrible and most of the actions the characters take make no sense what so ever. It's good because Sleeping Beauty and Snow White are teetering on the brink of lesbianism.

Pretty sure the mainstream is in fact aware of the director who directed one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.

Yes, but there was no monetary incentive.

So you're saying she looks German?

Hahaha, maybe, but maybe that's bullshit. For example, Henderson the Rain King is frequently touted by (mostly white male) literary critics as a masterwork of English literature. I could barely get through it as I found it pretentious, tedious drivel. However, it's possible that as I'm not a white guy, I find it…

Maybe the problem is not her writing, it's just that you can't relate to her experiences.

Maybe the problem is that you're thinking about her as an "ethnic person," rather than just a "person." If she were a white dude writing short stories about the American (read: white) experience, you wouldn't be whining right now.