Be More Specific

Come with Teagan and Bekah as they discuss the history and deliciousness of various winter treats! Gingerbread, Fruitcake, and much more! 

Spoiler alert: These treats are OLD OLD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_cookie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gingerbread

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpia

https://thetakeout.com/asian-egg-rolls-cha-gio-spring-rolls-lumpia-1826717513

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamale

It turns out that mimes are pretty cool! Join Teagan and Bekah as Teagan learns about mimes (for the second time) and as they both fall in love with one Marcel Marceau! 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mime_artist

https://members.tripod.com/~kiko_mime/history.html

https://www.worldmime.org/en/about-mime/mime-and-pantomime/104-mime-and-pantomime/290-the-evolution-of-mime.html

https://www.theatreinparis.com/blog/a-history-of-mime-the-most-oh-so-french-of-art-forms

https://www.history.com/news/marcel-marceau-wwii-french-resistance-georges-loinger

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mime-who-saved-kids-holocaust-180962533/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell%27arte

https://www.worldmime.org/en/about-mime/vipersonalities/105-vipersonalities/297-etienne-decroux.html

https://sites.google.com/site/mimemadness/home/what-is-a-mime

https://crazyfacts.com/tag/mimes/

What makes us hiccup? Why does Anna hiccup so much? Will you review us on iTunes? 

Follow us on Instagram!! @bemorespecificpod 

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AdQLkUkui8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0oELHA6EvM

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/could-these-remedies-really-stop-the-hiccups-2886

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/health_guinness_medical_record_breakers/html/2.stm

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/07/charles-osborne-had-the-hiccups-for-68-years-from-1922-to-1990/

Why do we mourn? Why does death matter? What children’s TV Show will make Teagan cry this episode? All of this and more, answered in this week’s episode!

Follow us on instagram! @bemorespecificpod

Sources

https://www.funeralwise.com/digital-dying/the-spectacular-death-rituals-of-the-philippines/

https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/01/25/death-beads-south-koreas-new-way-to-honor-the-deceased/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/the-pyres-of-varanasi-breaking-the-cycle-of-death-and-rebirth

https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/18/travel/madagascar-turning-bones/index.html\

https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/funerals/sky-burial.htm

http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Gr-Im/Grief-Death-Funerals.html

http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/cabinet-curiosities-victorian-death-dolls

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBNE5B5qF0

https://www.britannica.com/list/7-unique-burial-rituals-across-the-world

https://choicemutual.com/funeral-rituals-ancient-world/

TW: Monkey death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0eWViFdkbY&t=728s

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120919-respect-the-dead

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/the-evolution-of-grief-both-biological-and-cultural-in-the-21st-century/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/03/01/is-there-an-evolutionary-advantage-to-grief/?sh=595f7ba685a6

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/03/1012916/coronavirus-death-grief-for-strangers-online/

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/03/1012916/coronavirus-death-grief-for-strangers-online/

Old Wives Tales and some common misconceptions! This has been a rough start to a semester, so we're going low-effort today. Enjoy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health/old-wives-tales-and-truths

https://www.geekwrapped.com/myth-infographic

Who rates movies? Who decides what children should and shouldn't watch? Is Be More Specific Rated G? 

Sources:

R. Leone, 2002,Contemplating Ratings: An Examination of What the MPAA Considers “Too Far for R” and Why

https://www.filmratings.com/History

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1247/motion-picture-ratings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_film_rating_system

https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-the-movie-rating-system-1676334900

https://observer.com/2018/11/mpaa-50-years-movie-ratings-system-changed-film-forever/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Motion-Picture-Association-of-America

https://www.motionpictures.org/film-ratings/

https://www.motionpictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/G-is-for-Golden.pdf

https://www.openculture.com/2013/12/a-brief-history-of-hollywood-censorship-and-the-ratings-system.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture_content_rating_system

https://www.encyclopedia.com/economics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/production-code-administration-hays-office

What are dreams? Why do we dream? Do they mean anything? Teagan and Bekah talk dreams (and LaCroix and English Miners and Tuna Chips and a lot of other chaos) in this episode!

Also, in this episode we use the terms “Deaf” and “blind” as opposed to “hard of hearing” or “vision impaired”, here is why! It is important to remember no group is a monolith and different people desire different things, but the consensus we have reached with friends and family is the verbiage heard in this episode: https://www.nad.org/resources/american-sign-language/community-and-culture-frequently-asked-questions/

https://nfb.org//sites/default/files/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm09/bm0901/bm090107.htm

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The boredom video Teagan mentioned https://youtu.be/WEQTrW9NP68

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Sources: 

https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/science-of-dreaming

Uttal, William R. (2013). Reliability in Cognitive Neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. p. 4.

Solms, Mark (2000). "Dreaming and REM sleep are controlled by different brain mechanisms".

Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 23: 848.

Viskontas, Indre (2017). Brain Myths Exploded: Lessons from Neuroscience. Chantilly, VA: The

Teaching Company. p. 393.

Michael Gazzaniga, The split brain revisited. Scientific American 297 (1998), pp. 51–55. 37 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988750/

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2020/03/31/dreams-arent-just-visual-we-often-hear-voices-and-other-sounds-too/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-behind-dreaming/

https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/can-sleeping-brain-create-unique-people-waking-brain-has-never-seen

http://www.markblechner.com/dream_frontier/excerpts.php

https://neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/can-sleeping-brain-create-unique-people-waking-brain-has-never-seen

https://signlanguageco.com/dreams-of-the-deaf/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4684558/

What makes us sleepy? What happens when you don't sleep? How do you sleep better? Avoid sleep anxiety and listen to Teagan and Bekah explain the intricacies of sleep. 

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/ an evidence based website I recommend for the layperson.

https://www.thensf.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mufsteNrTI

https://lionhabitatranch.org/about/lion-facts/#:~:text=They%20spend%20between%2016%20and,night%20when%20it%20is%20cooler.

https://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/healthy/matters/benefits-of-sleep/why-do-we-sleep

https://www.livescience.com/19462-fall-asleep.html

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/stages-of-sleep

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2814941/

https://www.verywellhealth.com/symptoms-of-sleep-paralysis-3014781

https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep-deprivation/sleep-deprivation-stages#lifestyle-tips\

https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fatal-familial-insomnia/

https://www.sleepfoundation.org/narcolepsy

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14292-sleepwalking

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/sleep-start.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-used-to-sleep-in-two-shifts-maybe-we-should-again

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/40/25128

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/apr/17/sleep-billion-dollar-business-tiredness-spooning-robots-cuddle-blankets-luxury

What's in a signature? Turns out: A lot of history!  Everything from identity verification to slaps are what makes signatures so valuable. 

https://legalesign.com/blog/history-of-signatures/?amp=1

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2011/03/when-did-we-start-signing-our-names-to-authenticate-documents.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature

https://www.etymonline.com/word/signature

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/25/670631106/the-history-of-signatures-and-their-present-relevance

https://www.helpsystems.com/resources/articles/infographic-history-signature

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(emblem)

https://blog.thegrizzlylabs.com/2020/11/history-of-signatures.html