#48: Patent Trolls Live Long and Prosper

After last weeks long discussion about gun control and secular addiction recovery services, we bring you a more variety show that covers a range of topics that have been burning our bottoms. We begin with a tribute to Star Trek 50 years along with a special rant from Christopher about Indoctrination. The show continues with a discussion on Medical Patent Trolls and Hillary's 100K dinner fundraisers. The duo tops the show off with their science segment about Luca the ancestor of all known things.

00:00 Ranting and Star Trek 50
34:17 Medical Patent Trolls
63:02 100K Hillary Fundraising
85:02 Meet Luca, the proposed ancestor of all living things.

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Links
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http://www.atheistnomads.com/2016/light-the-night-streamathon/
http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/star-trek-50th-anniversary-cast-celebrates-william-shatner-brent-spiner-1201855375/
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http://www.sciencemag.org/podcast/podcast-patent-trolls-earthquake-volcano-link-and-obesity-china
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-meteoric-ascent-of-the-patent-troll-and-the-devastating-consequences-for-innovation/
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6285/521
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2016/05/03/science-biased-patent-trolling-article-regurgitating-harvard/id=68808/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/us-universities-and-electronics-companies-spar-over-patent-troll-bill
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http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/05/13/hillary-clinton-hosts-100000-a-head-fundraisers/
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/02/298374001/supreme-court-strikes-down-pillar-of-campaign-finance-limits
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/science/last-universal-ancestor.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur&_r=0