Trivia For Runners: Recent Episodes
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A one hour jog through the world as seen by three average scientific minds with a tendency for fooling around.
Our podcast has moved its home to another podcast. You may argue it's a silly choice since we were doing so great! Well, turns out we weren't. We were just telling you that, so you would convince yourself to be witnessing greatness in the making. All jokes aside, we wanted to give a twist to our narrative and to leverage more those that are our unique character traits: being idiots. Hence, when on Spotify, Spreaker, or Deezer (or any other podcast app) search for a podcast named "Butt why?". Among the many ones that will come out, search for the one with a nice, round, white and fat corgi butt as a logo. Can't miss it. Also, we think it's at the end of the list (for now). And subscribe to it by hitting that "follow" button! This way you'll get new episodes the moment they get out, and you help us getting visibility. Peace!
Alex, Flavio, Matteo
From the infamous meat dress to the timeless egyptian cat eyeliner, we take you for a short stroll in the fashion trivia forest. And oh boy, it’s dense and confusing and complex. We bring you stories about fashion subcultures challenging social norms, illegal fashion, and even fashion predating the human species as we know it! Neantherdals enjoyed some stylish and coquetterie too. This is the last episode for our first season, and we’re here to make jokes and chillax.
Barretina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barretina
Illegal fashion: https://www.thelist.com/155036/fashion-trends-that-were-banned-throughout-history/
Japanese street fashion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_street_fashion
Ganguro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro
Decora: https://j-fashion.fandom.com/wiki/Decora
In a world ravaged by dull gray turtlenecks and khaki pants, a fashion subculture, coming straight from Japan, may be our saviour. In today’s episode we interview Rin, a lolita Fashion enthusiast from the UK. It’s time to chat about pastels, frilly dresses, petticoats, dress libraries and cultural differences. Meet dirndl’s Japanese cousin: the lolita fashion dress.
Dreamy Rinn’s socials:
https://www.instagram.com/dreamy_rinn/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbk-jfvkPN8Y0v28B9fSAqw
Lolita fashion in 5 minutes by Lovely Lor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7V3CVEa80E&ab_channel=LovelyLor
Explaining Lolita fashion to outsiders by Rose Nocturnalia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLdyDNrfVc8
Lolibrary dresses example: https://lolibrary.org/items/btssb-love-and-cherish-you-pleated-op
Mana-sama, one of the most recognizable personalities in Lolita Fashion: https://www.wunderwelt.jp/libre/en/16038/
Let us walk you through the South African Zef subculture and explore how people are dealing with their difficult past and present. Our case show is Die Antwoord. Our tone is a bit political. Also, hidden trivia about crocodiles to lighten the mood as we talk about people that, despite being on the crazy side, are still not as wacky as Kanye West.
Links:
Zef culture: https://jaynesayswhat.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/zef-a-gritty-south-african-counterculture-2/
Zef culture, social sciences edition: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504630.2011.606671
Umshini wan: https://youtu.be/mtUvq82WkDY
The question by Zheani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY6hCE2D-cc&ab_channel=zheani
Haggis, kilts and peculiar sports. These are the ingredients for a very Highland episode. Listen to us closely for more impromptu trivia about crocodiles. Listen to us slowly to enjoy our smooth voices. Listen to us while sleeping, to be woken up by giggles. What to know what having all your eggs double yolked means? Listen to us. Also, introducing the listener’s corners where we read your fanmail! Write us in every social media and ask us anything: we will reply live (if we like the question, that is).
Links:
Scottish country dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkGo5XYUVJQ
Virtual highland games of the north-west pacific: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhneQnZieDM
Of course it’s a wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_games
Silly joyful dancing: https://youtu.be/ZnLVXkXhpiY?t=26
Good doggo herding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjCDx8sEhdU
Your hosts’ favorite manele song, by Sandu Ciorba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0DO0XyS8Ko&ab_channel=ViperProduction
Netflixshow: https://www.netflix.com/fr-en/title/80227160
Are you afraid of Clowns? Do you like psychological pain? Then this episode is for you. The Insane Clown Posse is a rap band rooted in Detroit’s gang life, but it took a swerve to the American Bible Belt. The result is the Juggalo subculture and the Dark Carnival Festival. Join us for some trivia about clowns, clown rappers, krokodil, crocodiles, and well… faygo.
Juggalo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juggalo
Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDixIy0xOjY&feature=youtu.be
Dark Carnival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-4jbto2C8
Miss Juggalette: https://www.vice.com/en/article/vv5ad4/photos-from-the-miss-juggalette-beauty-pageant
https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/broadly-juggalette-beauty-pageant-insane-clown-posse/5649febb6775cc964e6d3caa
Alcohol is as old as mankind, or perhaps even older. Join us to talk about fermentation, good old times where people were paid in liters of beer and the modern good times of stouts and porters. Why are Maltesers called Maltesers? Are some beer reviews over the top? Is yeast side rap legit? And so much more, in this episode about liquid gold. We hop brew enjoy!
Ancient beer in Egypt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EquzNxEnek
Styles of beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_beer_styles
Beer Advocates reviews: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/619/43360/
Patrick McGovern, Indiana Jones of alcohol: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/3-questions-patrick-mcgovern
The oldest cheese ever found is 7,000 years old. Industrials are stealing all the milk. The french association of defense of terroir cheeses has its own sexy pin up calendar. Americans may be the ones saving French cheese. Lactose tolerance is a fairly recent mutation. Cows were independently domesticated several times. Intrigued already? Join us for our first episode about fermented food! Featuring French rants about cheese, Italian hot takes about Parmesan and Portuguese not having fancy names for cheese based dishes.
List of French terroir raw milk cheeses: http://www.fromages-de-terroirs.com/fromages-france.php3?lang=fr
Sexy pin up cheese calendar: http://www.moicommeje.com/fromages-de-terroirs/
University diploma to learn about cheese:
https://ash.univ-tours.fr/servlet/com.univ.collaboratif.utils.LectureFichiergw?ID_FICHIER=1315207230522&ID_FICHE=29257?ID_FICHIER=1315207230522&ID_FICHE=29257
What is football? A question with an answer more complex than what you’d expect. In this first episode about the history of sports, we invite Tony Collins to tell us all about how soccer became so widespread and why rugby took a while to become mediatized. What’s the difference between Rugby Union and Rugby League? What to play when you like both football and wrestling? How traumatizing the 2014 World Cup was actually for Brazilians? Questions you may have never asked yourself, and we bring the answers.
Tony Collins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Collins_(historian)
Mud, sweat and beer: https://www.amazon.com/Mud-Sweat-Beers-Cultural-Cultures/dp/1859735584
Rugby Reloaded www.rugbyreloaded.com
Memeology. Memetics. Memes. A legitimate area of study, more ancient than you think , more cringe than you expect. Talking about memes is hard, because it’s mostly images. Come and hear us struggle to describe our eternal love for doge, uganda knuckles and rage comics. What’s the meaning of life? Is Richard Dawkin overrated? Does a meme have a purpose? If you’re looking for answers, we’ve got you!
Memetics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics
History of memes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme#History
First meme ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ5gEykr73s
Barilla pasta is overrated: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-07/barilla-pasta-s-turnaround-from-homophobia-to-national-pride
Yerba Mate is the final star in the methylxanthine series. What exactly is this beverage? Come discover with us how to drink it, who drank and who drinks it. Featuring unexpected football talk, mild colonial guilt, exotic sounding sponsors and more!
Antoine Grizemann: https://www.taragui.com/en/discover/natural-energy/antoine-griezmann-yerba-mate
History of Yerba Mate: https://www.taragui.com/en/discover/history/origin-of-mate
How to drink Yerba Mate:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BW1-pE4XaE
Thirst for science: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0109835
Smalls rats in leather jackets getting it on. Famous dirty authors obsessed with farts. Baked beans. Brought to you by Flavio and discussed seriously among ourselves and our guest Ben, join us in the wild filth and obscenity of this episode that may go beyond all bounds of modesty. Together, let's unravel how to define a fetish, where do they come from and where do they go. Leather-Ass Joe.
History of fetishism: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/610089
Classical and Operant conditionting: https://escholarship.org/content/qt1wc177zt/qt1wc177zt.pdf
Nora's farts by James Joyce: https://allthatsinteresting.com/james-joyce-love-letters-nora-barnacle
Rats in leather jackets: https://www.livescience.com/48980-rats-sexual-attraction-lingerie.html
Brought to you by Matteo and perfected by Ben, our new guest star with the proper handling of the english language. What does the Lord Great Chamberlain do? What's a black rod? Does Prince Harry have a military grade? Who's next in line for the succession? We also focus on other crucial questions such as: would you rather have welsh ears or British dentistry, and how sensual can baked beans be?
Line of succession: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne
Military service: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_service_by_British_royalty
Lord Great Chamberlain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Great_Chamberlain
Leave your assumptions and doubts aside! Our guest interview Dr Anna sheds some light on the dynamics of BDSM and your host Flavio will tell you carefully selected trivia about its history. BDSM is an erotic practice involving roleplay, bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other dynamics. There's something for everyone, from pain to whipping baguettes!
Origins of BDSM: https://www.ranker.com/list/discipline-and-dominance-origins/melissa-sartore
Holy Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDSM
Icons of BDSM: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_of_Finland
Guest interview with Dr Anna's Imaginarium: https://www.facebook.com/doctor.annas.imaginarium
What coffee are you drinking? Can you taste the difference? Do you prefer acidic or non-acidic coffee? Does it make sense to have all this information stored in your already loaded brain? Find out some interesting facts about coffee and coffee-making in this methylxanthine-rich episode that we put together for you.
Brought to you by Alex.
Kopi Luwak:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak
LaCimbali:
https://www.cimbali.com/
French press:
https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-perfectly-robust-french-press-coffee-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-113601
Coffea arabica:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_arabica
Coffea canephora (robusta):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffea_canephora
You won't believe the pigeon drama! Man's oldest avian best friend lost all if its jobs but one: pigeon racing. What's the most expensive pigeon ever sold? Who treats pigeon racing as gambling? What's a pigeon pipeline? How many pigeons does the Queen have? How does pigeon widowhood help? Why is cocaine involved? Are birds real? What?
To get answers for some of these questions, join us for a wild ride in the skies.
Pigeon racing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing
South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race: http://notice.samdpr.com/
Armando the most expensive pigeon: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47610896
Pigeons on coke: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2477373/Pigeon-racing-rocked-doping-scandal-Belgian-birds-traces-painkillers-COCAINE-system.html
Brought to you by Matteo.
Spilling the tea on sipping tea; an old Chinese tradition that dispersed through cultural exchange, but also through industrial espionage. This week we tell you the story behind your morning cuppa: 1848 is the year; Robert Fortune is the man. The Great Tea Robbery is the deed. In between opium wars and translucent divine farmers, don't miss this first episode of the three-part Methylxanthine series!
The Great Tea Robbery: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/
Tea in India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZONUN2MdrOE
"The story of Tea" by Mary Lou and Robert J Heiss
"For All the Tea in China" by Sarah Rose
Chronicles of Huayang :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronicles_of_Huayang
Classic of Poetry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Poetry
Brought to you by Alex.
What do pasta and cockrings have in common? To learn about the answer, join us for some trivia about sex toys and their history. We talk about ancient dildos, myths about ancient vibrators made of bees, and the more tragic history of the origin of modern ones.
Short history of vibrators: https://helloclue.com/articles/culture/a-short-history-of-the-vibrator
Sexy haikus (beware of the cringe): https://nothingintherulebook.com/2017/11/22/20-of-the-sexiest-haiku-youll-read-today/
Cock rings, a chinese invention: https://medium.com/mel-magazine/manly-man-things-the-cock-ring-d661ab161a26
Are you too rooted in reality? Do you suspect that explanations of the real world are too simplistic? Do you want to get philosophical and leave Plato's cave? Join us to discuss the conspiracy theory surroinding the great Tartaria, and how it is linked to marble statues and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The context:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartary
Some more context:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321128252_4_Tartaria_Tablets_The_Latest_Evidence_in_an_Archaeological_Thriller
Who needs context when you can have conspirationist subreddits?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tartaria/comments/ksqdcy/was_tartaria_a_flat_earth_civilization/
You've been lied to:
https://lossi36.com/2020/08/26/tartaria-an-empire-hidden-by-history-or-revealed-by-ignorance/
You've been lied to in italian too:
https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/david-non-esiste-ecco-spuntare-i-negazionisti-dellarte-1906895.html
If you like chewing gum and not flushing the toilet, Singapore is probably not the perfect country for you. Yet, it is a country that has excellent living standards! In this episode we will discuss personal freedom, what we are willing to give up for a better country, what does a better country mean and when it is acceptable not to flush the toilet. Trigger warning: poop talk.
Laws in Singapore: https://www.goabroad.com/articles/study-abroad/singapore-laws-to-know-before-you-go
Ed Sheeran playing on the streets: https://planetradio.co.uk/hits-radio/entertainment/music/ed-sheeran-street-busker-superstar/
Matteo’s newly released music: https://sotaf.bandcamp.com/album/phonobombers
The track “Eastminster” by Kevin MacLeod is available under the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100719
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Who is to blame for your allergies? Should you proudly advertise your unibrow? Is manscaping a sexist word? To answer these questions and learn about several media containing black teeth, join us for today’s episode about beauty standards around the world and through time.
Most birds choose their mate according to aesthetics and not fitness, but not all of them: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6b4pwjNBOaX0wZDtZo5gi9?si=sDffZBgWRh207uvLd0N5Vw
During carnivals, beauty standards change!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4P06HGdlyTiHaaJe5QzULp
Black teeth were considered beautiful in Japan during the Edo era:
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/13-assassins-review/
The tale of princess Kaguya:
https://psychocinematography.com/movies/the-tale-of-princess-kaguya/the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-review/
Ju on (The Grudge):
https://www.lololovesfilms.com/2015/10/halloween-horror-movie-marathon-ju-on-grudge-2002.html
Shogun: Total War
https://totalwar.fandom.com/wiki/Shogun:_Total_War
Unibrows are common and considered beautiful in Oman:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596643/
Niche telenovela:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Clone
Do you believe you can fly? Do you believe you can touch the sky? And that if you just believe it, there’s nothing to it? Then join us to discover the history of the inventors of aviation itself, as well as more ancient ploys and strategies to achieve one of mankind’s oldest dreams: flying. Featuring Chinese manned kites and Persian eagle-powered thrones, you won’t be disappointed!
The manned kites in China: http://www.applet-magic.com/chinamannedflight.htm
The Persian throne of Kay Kavus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Kāvus#/media/File:KavoosAir.jpg
The inventors of aviation: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wright-brothers
Longest flights: https://disciplesofflight.com/flight-endurance/
Thirsty for some ferocious political trivia? Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, USA has a canine mayor! Come learn about Wilbur Beast the French Bulldog and Poppy the white Lab, and how they fought for freedom.
The documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngncqodJFbs
The mayor: https://instagram.com/wilburbeast2020?igshid=pqy39774sal4
I got smashed in Rabbit Hash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_5NOBQFIso
Educate yourself: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-human_electoral_candidates
And let your heart melt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav
Join us on:
telegram channel: https://t.me/triviaforrunners
instagram: @triviaforrunners
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/triviaforrunners
email: triviaforrunners@gmail.com
In today's episode we take you on a long voyage through the metal scene of Botswana. This local subculture brings you excellent fashion choice, one of the most popular metal sub-genres and of course trivia. We also talk about the origin of the human species, the origin of metal, the meaning of music and of gay metal icons.
Educate yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXucripcAgc&feature=youtu.be
Remember: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRC7zKfKomc&feature=youtu.be
Be stuck by the divine: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x74xlu0
And stay informed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHrck2g7Ic&feature=emb_title
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telegram channel: https://t.me/triviaforrunners
instagram: @triviaforrunners
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email: triviaforrunners@gmail.com
Aliens. Ancient ones. Yet another conspiracy theory: did they visit our earth a thousand years ago? In today's episode we take you to Peru, near the Pacific ocean coast and the Andes, where the traces of this supposed alien contact remain in the form of geoghlyphs. But are the explanations for the Nasca lines really as mysterious as some make it out to be?
Nazca lines: https://www.history.com/topics/south-america/nazca-lines
Research around them: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324016964_The_Chincha_Lines
List of conspiracy theories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories
Finland does sound like a country. It has everything in its history that hits at a real country: prehistoric origins, a plague, a famine, a civil war for independence and a prohibition period. But it also refers to “money” as “squirrel skins” and has a wife-carrying sport competition. Is Finland too good to be true? Is it an UN conspiracy to allow Japan to have more fishing territories? How much is the fish? All these questions answered in this episode with a new, trivia-packed format.
Conspiracy: https://www.reddit.com/r/finlandConspiracy/comments/52f5ae/the_finland_conspiracy_and_all_you_need_to_know/
The original reddit post on AskReddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/56gvsv/whats_the_scariest_real_thing_that_is_existing/
Register to wife carrying: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-wife-carrying-idUSKCN1U10LP
Traditional finnish haiku: https://haikupedia.org/article-haikupedia/haiku-in-finland/
Finnish Famine of 1866-1868: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_famine_of_1866%E2%80%931868
Reddit comment haiku bot: https://www.reddit.com/u/haikubot-1911
Where is the world of horror cinema and literature at, these days? What scares people in 2020, as compared to what scared us in 1980? Is something scarier if you think it really happened? We try to answer all these questions with some examples of where this field of entertainment is currently at. Creepypastas, very popular in the early 2000s, but also found-footage horror movies, are our topics. Join us in this scary second part of our Halloween special episode series!
One cut of the dead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Cut_of_the_Dead
Cloverfield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield
Creepypasta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creepypasta
Squidward’s suicide: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Squidward%27s_Suicide
The Babadook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babadook
Barabashka: https://genies.fandom.com/wiki/Domovoi
Roman house god protectors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di_Penates
Atonement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonement_(film)
r/nosleep: https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/
Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_MacFarlane%27s_Cavalcade_of_Cartoon_Comedy
It is that time of the year again, when your totally European grandparents complain about “that American festivity”. But did you know that Halloween has its roots in European, medieval celebrations? Some of them are still celebrated today. For the scariest of celebrations, we gift you with two special episodes dedicated to everything that is horror. In this first part, we go over some of the most relevant Italian 70s horror movies and soundtracks, a period in which the Italians made cinema history with only a few pennies at hand. We then discuss some of the most interesting trivia about Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “The Shining”. Are you a horror fan? Then you cannot miss this one!
The origin of Halloween (Samhain):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
Sùca barùca, Halloween in the Veneto region:
https://table4food.it/halloween-o-zucca-barucca/
https://www.blogdipadova.it/origini-di-halloween-e-festa-dei-morti/
Italian 70s horror suggestions (movies):
https://screenrant.com/italian-horror-movies-seventies-obscure-hidden-gems/
Italian 70s horror suggestions (soundtracks):
https://blog.discogs.com/en/13-essential-italian-horror-soundtracks/
Shelley Duvall mental breakdown:
https://www.mamamia.com.au/shelley-duvall-the-shining/
Other “The Shining” related trivia:
https://www.insider.com/trivia-about-the-shining-2020-10
Commercials and advertisements, the bane of today's society, is the topic of this week's episode. More specifically, failed marketing strategies that involve online polls, terrible slogans, disingenuous attemps to relate and celebrity-endorsed products. Come hang out at https://www.instagram.com/triviaforrunners/ and tell us, are our jokes getting any better, are our haikus getting more dramatic?
Green onion Kellogg's: https://hypebeast.com/2020/6/kelloggs-green-onion-chex-cereal-release
Coolest monkey in the jungle: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/business/hm-monkey.html
Corona virus pandemic advertising: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/coronavirus-advertising-marketing-covid19-pandemic-business/
Italian glassware gone sexy: https://youtu.be/4laOqwWOLrk
Portuguese racist toothpaste: https://youtu.be/6J_qftpPmOg
Italian picket fence painting gone horny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIrnJzCkfJU
Are you old enough to remember the time before the internet? Listen to this week's episode to bask in the nostalgia of Walkman, iPods, 56K modems and other outdated technologies. Featuring our first commercial break! Tell us all about your favourite discontinued piece of technology or discuss the everlasting usefullness of candles at:
https://www.instagram.com/triviaforrunners/
https://www.facebook.com/Trivia-For-Runners-the-Podcast-105848541202712
Minitel: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18610692
Walkman: https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/1/5861062/sony-walkman-at-35
Modems: https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-modem-4077013
Candles and buckets: no need for links!
In this week's episode, we talk about the thing that started the recent podcast craze: true crime podcasts. Why are we so fascinated with crime? And why with true crime, especially? Let's find out together with two guests who know a lot about this topic.
Uncover:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcasts/current-affairs-information/uncover
Criminal:
https://thisiscriminal.com
Serial:
https://serialpodcast.org
A list of 25 recommended true-crime podcasts that we definitely did not read before sharing it with you, in the hope that inside there are those podcasts that we think there should be:
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/g26735734/best-true-crime-podcasts/
This week we discuss how gaming has affected us throughout our life. Addiction, nostalgia, career decisions: video games can play a huge part in someone's life. Tell us why you play video games at https://www.instagram.com/triviaforrunners/ and https://www.facebook.com/Trivia-For-Runners-the-Podcast-105848541202712. Also featured in this episode, the first haiku battle of the podcast.
The first video game ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHQ4WCU1WQc
Sayonara Wild hearts: https://simogo.com/work/sayonara-wild-hearts/
Mortal Kombat history: https://www.mortalkombat.com/
This week we discuss video games that are very dear to us. One of us has made music for video games, another was a stereotypical fat gamer kid and the third has an obsession with The Witcher 3. Come and discuss your favorite video games with us, from Stardew Valley to Metal Gear Solid, at https://www.instagram.com/triviaforrunners/ and https://www.facebook.com/Trivia-For-Runners-the-Podcast-105848541202712.
How to make a video game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j48LtUkZRjU
Metal Gear Solid: https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Metal_Gear_Solid
Firewatch: https://www.firewatchgame.com/
Games within games:
Gardening in Sims 4: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Gardening_(The_Sims_4)
Gwent in The Witcher 3: https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/Gwent
Portal in Half Life: https://half-life.fandom.com/wiki/Half-Life_and_Portal_universe
Uncharted's Crash Bandicoot easter egg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgVGjDETOF0
Asteroid Fight: https://store.steampowered.com/app/495600/Asteroid_Fight/
This week we discuss some of the most interesting indigenous populations there are, from those that represent extant relatives of ancient populations to those that are rooted in the present.
More info on the Fore people of Papua New Guinea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fore_people
The Inuit population:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit
The subreddit r/maori:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Maori/
The death of West-Papua Freedom Fighter Hengky Wanmang:
https://www.world-today-news.com/end-of-life-papuan-kkb-leader-hengky-wanmang/
The modern indigenous German population of the Nordsorben (DE):
http://www.daburna.de/blog/2011/08/31/wer-sind-die-nordsorben-ein-interview/
The amazing gin and absinth of Grantlfant Spirituosen:
https://grantlfant.at/
The Sentinelese attacking a helicopter:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j28jt
The Facebook group where "we all pretend to be an ant colony" (Lift):
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/pretending-to-be-ants-facebook-group
This week we do a nearly-live episode for the first time! With very little post production, we talked about stereotypes of our own countries, of other countries, and we tried to pigeonhole ourselves.
More info on Anti-italianism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Italianism
Complaining French attitude:
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200831-why-the-french-love-to-complain
https://www.talkinfrench.com/french-expression-complaining/
Squatting slavs:
https://www.facebook.com/SquattingSlavs/
https://www.youtube.com/c/SquattingSlavs
https://www.diggitmagazine.com/articles/squatting-slavs-culture-stereotype-or-just-meme
This time we talk about languages, dialects, and of the meaning of these two words. Our main topics are the Mirandese language, the concept of "conlang" (constructed language) and some particular usages of Esperanto. The episode will be a bit longer than usual: in fact, our friend Alberto Tessariol has joined us to talk a little bit about dialects in Italy. If you are planning a trip, what he says might be useful to know!
Info on the mirandese language:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirandese_language
More about conlangs:
https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs
More about Esperanto and Pokemon translation:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Esperanto
https://github.com/Petelliott/pokered-eo
An incredibly detailed map of Italian dialects:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/41ashd/incredibly_detailed_map_of_italian_dialects_2000/
In this week's episode, we talk about different types of trash television. TV shows where contestants must be the quickest jack-off of the West (Germany). Reality TV shows where british people are confined in the Scottish woods to create a sustainable new society (and fail). American redneck families documenting their life in between children beauty pageants. And battlebots.
Sperm Race: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jan/30/realitytv.germany
Battlebots on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/battlebots
Sarabanda: https://youtu.be/NSgc0-IAGsM
Uomini e Donne: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uomini_e_donne
Best Funeral Ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Funeral_Ever
Here comes Honey Boo Boo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Honey_Boo_Boo
Cooking with Mama June: https://youtu.be/66QXkqal1fo
In this week's episode, Flavio, Alex and Matteo present some of the most interesting and odd micronations of the world. From the oldest living republic to the country will less visitors in the world, through a series of spoof communist republics that declare war to each other on Reddit.
Kugelmugel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel
Nauru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru
r/Micronations: https://www.reddit.com/r/micronations/
Molossia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Molossia
San Marino: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino
In this week's episode, we explore the diverse declinations of sexuality, gender and sexually-transmitted diseases in different parts of the tree of life. We use our biologist superpowers and we try to give an overview of how much the idea of what's "natural" is not, really, so straight-forward.
In this episode we (Matteo, Alex, Flavio) talk about modern declinations of sci-fi. Videogames, new movies, and books. Where is the genre going? What are the new concepts emerging? What can we expect for the future of sci-fi?
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In this episode: Frankenstein, 1984, Dune, Star Wars, Blade Runner, Asimov, and men writing women. And the haiku, of course
In this episode, we explore the power and fascination that traditions have around the world. We talk about traditions from several parts of the world, and we also have a special guest!
The Carnival in Dunkirk: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/articles/the-peculiar-dunkirk-carnival-where-herring-is-thrown-to-crowds/
Krampus in Central Europe: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/12/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil/
Mamuthones and Issohadores in Sardinia: https://www.thecrowdedplanet.com/mamuthones/
In this episode's core program:
Olympic waterboarding: http://guerrillageography.blogspot.com/2008/03/1st-british-waterboarding-championships.html?m=1
Turkish oil wrestling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_wrestling
E-Sports revenues: https://www.theloadout.com/biggest-esports-games
Serie A Monkeys: https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/16/serie-a-receives-condemnation-anti-racism-artwork-monkeys
Blackface Treviso: https://libcom.org/library/remembering-treviso%E2%80%99s-controversial-2001-anti-racism-gesture-paolo-bandini
NFL entertainment: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/313959/string-theories-is-the-nfl-broken-because-its-fi.html
Toddler fight club: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna929456
Football bans: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_ban_football_games
Cockroach racing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach_racing
Ferret legging: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret-legging
In this episode's core program:
Ig-nobel: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/ig-nobel-prizes-honor-do-it-yourself-colonoscopies-curious-use-postage-stamps-and-other
Scrotal temperature: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49687538
Self-colonoscopy: https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2018091400599/
Exploding trousers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_trousers
Who are we, and what do we want from you, an average listener? We absolutely forgot to say it, so you'll have to listen through the following episodes to know. While running, possibly.