The Scouting Stuff Podcast

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**The Scouting Stuff Podcast**

Everything you should know about #Scouting in #Canada, and occasionally other places.

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Episode 3 - Scouting Uniforms as Halloween Costumes? Scouting in Minecraft? Nov 04, 2015

Show notes

Should the Scout Uniform be worn as a Halloween costume? Also, we should have made a bigger deal out of JOTA-JOTI.

This episode is a bit more off the cuff, so here's a list of topics discussed:

Should the Scout Uniform be work as a Halloween costume?
The new zombie movie, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, looks...questionable. We will go see it and offer a review.
We missed JOTA-JOTI this year! We're totally going to have to jump in on that next October.
ScoutLink is a cool organization that maintains a permanent Scouting-focused IRC channel (several channels, really)

Episode 2 - What’s That You’re Wearing? Oct 22, 2015

Show notes

Why do Scouts wear uniforms? What are the essential components of a Scout uniform?

We're discussing uniforms in this episode. If you look at the etymology of the word “uniform”, it basically means “one form”; it's an outward sign of the unity of a group, of the fact that they are all there for the same purpose, to work toward the same goal(s). This is as true for a soccer team as for a Scout group, and the intent is the same; some individuality is stripped away — and differences based on ethnicity and economic standing are diminished — in order to build up group cohesion. If individuals within the group are going to distinguish themselves, it won't be by their outward appearance, but by their achievements.

Music

Galizur, by John Zorn & The Dreamers

Episode 1 - What Is Scouting? Oct 08, 2015

Show notes

What exactly is Scouting?

In this first Scouting Stuff You Should Know podcast, Ken, Colin, and Brian examine the question of just what Scouting is. We take a look at how some of the different Scouting movements around the world define it, and also refer back to Lord Baden Powell's Scouting for Boys (which doesn't offer as concrete a definition of what Scouting itself is, although it goes into great detail about the characteristics of a Scout).