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Publisher |: Hologram Radio

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Comedy,; History,; Philosophy,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Comedy,; Society & Culture

Learn Me Something is a podcast that celebrates our ignorance as the beginning of the search for truth. Every week we select diverse subjects outside our neurosphere. The intent is to learn and teach something, for all of us. Recognizing the evolving world we live in, our goal is to teach critical thinking strategies to enable us to see past falsehoods.

People |: Rich Plumb (@rich_okso_plumb),; Aaron Stewart
Country Of Origin |: Canada
Produced In |: Surrey, British Columbia
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: Yes

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60 Available Episodes (60 Total) / Average duration: 00:47:16

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60 Available Episodes (60 Total)Average duration: 00:47:16

Dec 02, 2019

00:38:16

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the history of yoga. The beginnings of Yoga were developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.

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Duration: 38:16:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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Nov 25, 2019

00:53:13

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the properties of ice and water, a companion to our previous episode called "Water And Ice," which you should listen to first.

Natural ice supply became an industry unto itself — and a large one at that. More companies entered the business, prices decreased, and refrigeration using ice became more accessible. By 1879 there were 35 commercial ice plants in America, more than 200 a decade later, and 2,000 by 1909.

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Duration: 53:12:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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Quite-interesting-facts-about-ice.html"> QI: Quite interesting facts about ice
Different Types of Storms That Will Blow Your Mind
15 Blissfully Cool Facts About Ice
One Hundred Names for Sea Ice
40 Interesting Ice Age Facts
eye-opening-facts-about-water.html"> 36 eye-opening facts about water Hilarious and Bizarre Facts About Ice Cream You Weren't Aware Of

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Nov 19, 2019

00:39:00

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the properties of water and ice. Water is unique in that it is the only natural substance that is found in all three physical states—liquid, solid, and gas—at the temperatures normally found on Earth. You think you know everything about water and ice? We're just getting started.

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Duration: 39:00:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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Graphene film makes dirty water drinkable in a single step
The power of water
THE HIDDEN WATER IN EVERYDAY PRODUCTS
27 Fascinating And Strange Facts About Water
eye-opening-facts-about-water.html"> 36 eye-opening facts about water Facts About Water

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Nov 11, 2019

00:43:09

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into Astral Projection, an out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe.

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Duration: 43:08:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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What is Astral Projection?
Wikipedia on Astral Projection
astral-projection.html">Astral Projection: Just a Mind Trip
Scientists unlock mystery of out-of-body experiences (aka astral trips)
The US Army Funded Astral Projection and Hypnosis Research in the 80s

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Nov 04, 2019

00:31:50

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron delves into fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence is the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations, independent of acquired knowledge. Fluid intelligence involves the ability to identify patterns and relationships that underpin novel problems and to extrapolate these findings using logic.

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Duration: 31:50:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Alex Knight

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Oct 28, 2019

00:44:25

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," it's our spooky 2019 Halloween special! Rich calls into the show to share a horrific Brazilian wax story, Zorg from the planet Zeon calls in to share that he's retired from abducting humans, and Aaron shares eight really weird facts about Halloween.

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Duration: 44:25:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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Oct 21, 2019

00:28:15

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into savants. What Makes an autistic person a savant? A savant is a person who is diagnosable with savant syndrome— a condition once referred to by the outdated term "idiot savant."

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Duration: 28:15:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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Oct 14, 2019

00:37:27

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Rich is missing in action, but Aaron and producer Alex Knight are here to talk about indoor biomes, an area that few biologists have studied.

Few biologists have studied the evolutionary processes at work in indoor environments. Yet indoor environments comprise approximately 0.5% of ice-free land area – an area as large as the subtropical coniferous forest biome. Here we review the emerging subfield of ‘indoor biome’ studies. After defining the indoor biome and tracing its deep history, we discuss some of its evolutionary dimensions. We restrict our examples to the species found in human houses – a subset of the environments constituting the indoor biome – and offer preliminary hypotheses to advance the study of indoor evolution. Studies of the indoor biome are situated at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, anthropology, architecture, and human ecology and are well suited for citizen science projects, public outreach, and large-scale international collaborations.

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Duration: 37:26:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Alex Knight

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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: CRITTERS THAT LIVE IN OUR HOMES
Evolution of the Indoor Biome
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Evolution of the indoor biome - NESCent Working Group on the Evolutionary Biology of the Built Environment00038-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0169534715000385%3Fshowall%3Dtrue)
intruders-home-Researchers-reveal-average-house-8-000-different-types-bacteria-bugs.html"> The average house has 8,000 different types of bacteria and bugs
Should You or Shouldn't You Kill Spiders in Your Home?

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Oct 07, 2019

00:46:58

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the history of socialism and how it applies to modern times, both in Canada and other countries.

The DSA website, saying no country is fully socialist, suggests the organization would borrow from the best examples from around the world: “We can learn from the comprehensive welfare state maintained by the Swedes, from Canada’s national health care system, France’s nationwide childcare program, and Nicaragua’s literacy programs. Lastly, we can learn from efforts initiated right here in the US, such as the community health centers created by the government in the 1960s.”

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Duration: 46:57:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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Socialism
are-differences-between-capitalism-and-socialism.asp"> Capitalism vs. Socialism: What is the Difference?
Communism vs. Socialism
A Definition of Socialism
What is socialism?

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Sep 30, 2019

00:45:34

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into what it means to seek asylum, with a focus on America's history.

Has the U.S. always offered asylum? In the country's early history, people fleeing violence and persecution were treated the same as other immigrants. The millions of Europeans who flooded into the U.S. during the 19th century included political refugees and oppressed religious minorities as well as those seeking better economic opportunities.

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Duration: 45:33:00

Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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The complicated history of asylum in America — explained
Chinese Exclusion Act
List of countries by refugee population
KRISTALLNACHT
The History Of Asylum Laws
HOW CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS CAN HARM ASYLUM SEEKERS
Changing Canada's asylum laws is nothing but a crass political calculation by Trudeau: Robyn Urback
happens-credible-fear-interview.html"> Requesting Asylum at U.S. Border? What to Expect at Credible Fear Interview

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Dec 02 | 00:38:16

Yoga

Nov 25 | 00:53:13

Ice And Water

Nov 19 | 00:39:00

Water And Ice

Nov 11 | 00:43:09

Astral Projection

Nov 04 | 00:31:50

Fluid Intelligence

Oct 28 | 00:44:25

Halloween 2019 Special

Oct 21 | 00:28:15

Savants

Oct 14 | 00:37:27

The Great Wild Indoors

Oct 07 | 00:46:58

Socialism

Sep 30 | 00:45:34

Seeking Asylum

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