The 99% 008: Ciara Judge and Elle Loughran
Michael McAndrew and Lucien WD host the season finale of The 99%, featuring the usual mix of news, discussion, comedy and fascinating interviews.
– America’s youngest mayor unveils his first campaign ad.
– A Chinese woman has her “horn” surgically removed.
– An American dies of plague. Should we be worried? The answer may surprise you.
– The iPhone 6S is on the way, and Michael has all the gossip.
– We interview Ciara Judge and Elle Loughran, two veterans of the BT Young Scientist competition and, most recently, the Outbox Incubator. Ciara discusses her public speaking work and award-winning scientific research, and Elle talks about the promotion of women in STEM and youth entrepreneurship in Ireland.
– Nicolas Cage Film of the Week (featuring Bill Murray as the President) is 2007’s “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”.
– The poster for Nicolas Cage’s new film “Pay The Ghost” debuts, and Lucien can hardly wait…
– Michael reveals some terrifying Nicolas Cage correlations.
– Our Winter Movie Preview features much salivating over the trailers for “The Revenant”, “Steve Jobs” and- of course- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. There’s also talk of the new films from Guillermo Del Toro, Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russell, Steven Spielberg and Oliver Stone.
– Michael’s final Hot New Track of the season isn’t very new. Or very hot. But we’ll let you decide for yourself!
– Low Stakes Serial includes updates on #NoLockyTheDoors, Japanese Knotweed and more. Thanks to all of our guests, contributors and listeners from Season 1 for helping us get The 99% off the ground. We’ll be back with new episodes in 2016, and keep an eye on our social media channels for regular updates.