THE QODEX: Recent Episodes
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A compilation of lingering thoughts, verbalised in discussion and debate form from the perspective of one who dabbles in the sciences and philosophy.
Another week into the school term, and here's another episode of Anant, Eugene, and myself talking about something very far departed from exams. Starting where last week's episode left off, we begin with names and end with more names, which is a first for our discussions. If any notable scientist you know goes by "Newton", give me a shout, and see if we can find them on Google.
Hope you enjoy and see you next week!
Now we're all back at school (or, should be, at least) and exams have been cancelled, these are all pretty interesting developments for those in Year 13, going into university next year. Hence, Anant, Eugene, and I decided to have a little conversation about said developments which, of course and naturally, we go way off topic onto the idea of evolution in relation to family and familial structures. This is the first part in a two-parter, so watch out for next week's episode.
Hope you enjoy and see you next week!
This week, a topic which I'm very passionate about: concrete, although most of the episode is about cement. If you're wondering what the equations are, see the main ones here:
CaCO3 -> CaO + CO2
2CaO + SiO2 -> 2CaO SiO2
3CaO + SiO2 -> 3CaO SiO2
3CaO + Al2O3 -> 3CaO Al2O3
4CaO + Al2O3 + Fe2O3 -> 4CaO Al2O3 Fe2O3
CaO + H2O -> Ca(OH)2
Ca(OH)2 + CO2 -> CaCO3 + H2O
Hope you enjoy and see you next week!
Following on from last week's episode with Kyle and Matilda, we have, you guessed it, the second part of that conversation with Kyle and Matilda, spanning the breadth of medicinal drugs to languages and university. Yes, we deviate quite a bit from the "Chicken and the Egg" debate, but, what is a podcast if not a dissemination of information?
Hope you enjoy and see you next week.
We're past Valentine's Day now, and life is somewhat back to normal, without everyone's Instagram stories being filled with couples pictures of bygone ages. This week's podcast covers the age-old debate of "What came first: the chicken or the egg", with Kyle and Matilda. A trio of oddities, sure, but at least we got the conversation moving to drugs and vaccines.
Hope you enjoy and see you next week.
We're almost at Valentine's day and what greater gift is there than a podcast about nuclear fission reactors? It's a rhetorical question, since there are no gifts greater than that. In the wake of a presentation I gave regarding the topic in my A-Level physics set, I bring all my accumulated knowledge to you.
Enjoy, and hope to see you next week.
Happy February, all. We're one-twelfth into the year and things seem to be improving here in the UK, at least. Trying our best to alleviate the stresses and strains of lockdown, Henry, Francois, and me bring you all the second half of our conversation that we began last week regarding the lockdown, how we're coping and even school. Be warned! There is some extreme weebery here, so watch yourselves. As with last time, Henry is in your left year, Francois in your right, me in front, and you in the centre, as it were.
Enjoy, and hope to see you next week.
A quick quarantine catch-up with Henry and Francois, where we talk about weebage, a lot of Genshin Impact and we even touch on how effort can be easily ignored with the use of money, in the examples of gacha games like Genshin Impact or even AAA titles such as Star Wars: Battlefront 2. This is the first of two parts to the catch-up, so I hope you enjoy and I'll see you next week.
Another solo venture this week, with Q rambling within the confines of theology, namely Pelagius and Augustine, moving swiftly on to the beginning of morality and rules and laws. Of course, these questions cannot be simply answered within the span of a podcast, but interesting topics are raised nonetheless. Enjoy and see you next week!
The second part of a two-part temporal discussion with Anant, Eugene, and me. This episode carries on directly from the previous one, so, if you haven't yet listened to last week's episode, I advise you do that first. This episode itself tackles a bit of computer science, more philosophy, and even touches upon materials science.
Enjoy and see you next week,
A dive into time, and all three of us (Anant, Eugene, and myself) allow ourselves to be caught in the ebb and flow of the tide, leading us to discussions of time from the perspective of education, its prominence in film, and the sciences (namely physics and biology).
This is the first part of a two-part episode and the second part will be released seven days after this. See you next week!
A dive into the debate of whether Jaffa Cakes are cakes or biscuits, and then an extension of whether there is a correlation between labels and proficiency in the subject in which the label is concerned.
A shorter episode this week, enjoy, and see you next week!
A look into a podcast series in 2021 by the not-an-expert Q and his band of merry men, women, and variations thereupon.
Merry Christmas!