What Did You Learn Today?: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to What Did You Learn Today, a weekly podcast where husband and wife duo Nick and Keri talk about the interesting things they've learned throughout the week (while drinking). Email us as Whatdidyoulearntodaypodcast@gmail.com.
Welcome to the third episode of What Did You Learn Today?! We're a weekly podcast focusing on teaching each other the interesting new things we've learned throughout the week. Here's what's we've got this week: Why would you yell at someone in a yoga class? Who can see the potential in little Louis Braille? Sea Monkey see, Sea Monkey do. And much, much more. Kick back and learn with us!
Cover Art: Bobby Peñaherrera Art Direction: Jessie Gang and Kim Ku Outro Song: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod Life of Riley Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources and Further Reading:
Rage Yoga:
http://rageyoga.com/
Braille:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
Sea Monkeys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Monkeys
Blind accessibility:
https://www.livescience.com/33171-why-is-there-braille-on-drive-thru-atm-machines-.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuBaUtqqR50
Oregonian Exclusion Legislation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_black_exclusion_laws
Torpedo Juice:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_juice
Welcome to the second episode of What Did You Learn Today! We're a weekly podcast focusing on teaching each other the interesting new things we've learned throughout the week. Here's what's on deck this week: Wait, is that a real place? What does it take to get on Jeopardy? How much would it cost to build a tunnel between Europe and Africa? And much, much more. Kick back and learn with us!
Cover Art: Bobby Peñaherrera Art Direction: Jessie Gang and Kim Ku Outro Song: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod Life of Riley Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources and Further Reading:
Potemkin Villages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresienstadt_Ghetto_and_the_Red_Cross
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Village_(North_Korea)
Jeopardy!:
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-on-jeopardy-1832949569
https://www.jeopardy.com/be-on-j/faqs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/arts/television/jeopardy-holzhauer-stephanie-stein.html?fbclid=IwAR2iK9dQ6AQeJLJy-FvEx8W-Zg885T-Vf8c3Ck7mBFWIyGFCln7jvCZefsM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jeopardy!_contestants
https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/03/gender-differences-in-jeopardy-alex-trebek-says-women-wager-less-in-daily-double-bets.html
https://www.casino.org/jeopardy-odds/
Unborn Cities:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under-occupied_developments_in_China
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-chinese-cities-are-ghost-towns-2017-4?r=nordic
https://abcnews.go.com/International/chinas-fake-cities-eerie-replicas-paris-london-jackson/story?id=36525453
The Strait of Gibraltar Crossing:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/articles/rail-tunnel-spain-morocco-strait-gibraltar-tarifa-tangier-casablanca/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/articles/rail-tunnel-spain-morocco-strait-gibraltar-tarifa-tangier-casablanca/
Copyright Traps:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/krystieyandoli/welcome-to-the-agloe-general-store-come-back-soon
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2014/03/18/290236647/an-imaginary-town-becomes-real-then-not-true-story
Planned Obsolescence: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707188193/the-phoebus-cartel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light
https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/history/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy/
Welcome to the first episode of What Did You Learn Today! We're a weekly podcast focusing on teaching each other the interesting new things we've learned throughout the week. What's on deck this week? All about Jim Dale! Where did the word "circus" come from? What on earth is happening to all those empty malls? And much, much more. Kick back and learn with us!
Cover Art: Bobby Peñaherrera Art Direction: Jessie Gang and Kim Ku Outro Song: Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod Life of Riley Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sources and Further Reading:
- Jim Dale
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Dale#Honours
- https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/theater/just-jim-dale-says-it-all-and-does-it-all.html
- Circus Maximus
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Maximus
- Death of Malls
- https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/01/18/pittsburgh-mills-mall-scheduled-for-foreclosure-auction/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_mall
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse
- https://la.curbed.com/2019/1/8/18173979/westside-pavilion-google-office-space
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/business/the-new-mall-tenant-is-your-office.html
- Megaconcerts
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-attended_concerts
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stadiums_by_capacity
- Linguistics of Being Drunk
- http://www.aslipofthelip.com/what-happens-to-your-voice-when-youre-drunk/
- https://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/5-products-made-to-save-you-from-your-own-drunken-stupidity/
- https://www.wired.com/2014/12/fb/
- Phobias
- https://www.fearof.net/