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- Ep. 52 Pets: Man(s) Best FriendsDré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Where do pets come from? What role do pets play? Is keeping pets moral? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESAmericans adopted millions of dogs during the pandemic | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/07/covid-dogs-return-to-work/Freedom and Responsibility: Can you have one without the other? | Common Science Podcast Ep. 50 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lySTb4lHOZ0&t=1s | https://spoti.fi/39GxQaK | https://apple.co/3vb0sRQCats vs dogs: in terms of evolution | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/26/cats-vs-dogs-in-terms-of-evolution-are-we-barking-up-the-wrong-treeArrival (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film)Neuralink | https://neuralink.com/Mantis shrimp | https://www.instagram.com/p/CIo9Z05gIQs/@uw.art | https://www.instagram.com/uw.art/Blackfish (film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfish_(film)Facts about US animal shelters | https://www.aspca.org/helping-people-pets/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics#:~:text=Facts%20about%20U.S.%20Animal%20SheltersLychee and Dog Meat Festival | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lychee_and_Dog_Meat_FestivalWhy pandas have trouble getting pregnant | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-to-make-a-baby-pandaPODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning1 hr 11 min
- Ep. 51 Nature: What modern man is missingDré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What do you do in nature? What benefits come from a walk in the woods? What have you learned from nature? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESGhandi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_GandhiBoredom Cast | https://spoti.fi/391DBzt | https://apple.co/3MvBpinUse Screen Time on Apple Products: https://apple.co/39fe468Manage how you spend time on your Android phone with Digital Wellbeing | https://support.google.com/android/answer/9346420?hl=enFreedom and Responsibility Cast | https://spoti.fi/3rOUJ1U | https://apple.co/3vb0sRQ | https://youtu.be/lySTb4lHOZ0How to start birding | https://www.audubon.org/birding/how-to-start-birdingEcopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health | https://e360.yale.edu/features/ecopsychology-how-immersion-in-nature-benefits-your-healthWalden (book by Henry David Thoreau) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaldenWinston Churchill | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_ChurchillWild (book by Cheryl Strayed) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_(memoir)Grandpa Dale Fladeboe | https://fladeboeland.com/history/PODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning41 min
- Ep. 50 Freedom and Responsibility: Can you have one without the other?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s the relationship between freedom and responsibility? Can freedom exist without responsibility? Why do we struggle with freedom and responsibility? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESMan’s Search for Meaning | Viktor Frankl | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27s_Search_for_MeaningFree Will: Does it exist? | Common Science Podcast Ep. 49 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTB_sH3I2XEScientific freedom: its grounds and their limitations | Torsten Wilholt | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2010.03.003Jean-Paul Sartre | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_SartreEnlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress | https://amzn.to/3Jqh248The Rational Optimist | Matt Ridley | https://amzn.to/3O2tWJ2Apoptosis | https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/apoptosisPODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning1 hr 5 min
- Ep. 49 Free Will: Does it exist?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s free will? Does it exist? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESUnconscious brain activity shapes our decisions | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/unconscious-brain-activity-shapes-our-decisionsWilliam James | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_JamesCompatibilism | https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/compatibilism/Paul in the Biblefree will and the devil, struggling to do what intended passagePredestinationCalvinism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalvinismThe Value of Believing in Free Will: Encouraging a Belief in Determinism Increases Cheating | https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1467-9280.2008.02045.xDaniel Dennett on Consciousness and Free Will | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Nj_rEqkyQJust-world hypothesis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesisHow to play mafia | https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Play-Mafia-with-And-Without-Cards/Complex system | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_systemEmergence | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmergenceBuilding the periodic table | Dmitri Mendeleev | https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/big-history-project/stars-and-elements/knowing-stars-elements/a/dmitri-mendeleevThe Music of Life | Denis Noble | http://www.musicoflife.website/Brain tumour causes uncontrollable paedophilia | https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2943-brain-tumour-causes-uncontrollable-paedophilia/Arthur Shopenhauer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_SchopenhauerSam Harris | https://www.samharris.org/Central Limit Theorem (video) | https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-statistics/sampling-distribution-ap/what-is-sampling-distribution/v/central-limit-theoremPODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning57 min
- Ep. 48 Donuts: Why donut economics could save usDré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What’s donut economics? Where did it come from? How might thinking in donuts save us? What other policies may build a brighter future? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESAbout Donut Economics | https://doughnuteconomics.org/about-doughnut-economicsKate Raworth | https://www.kateraworth.com/Kate Raworth: Building a thriving economy for people within our planetary boundaries | The Circular Economy Show | https://apple.co/3t8AoppBehavioral Economics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economicsWhat Is Homo Economicus? | https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/homo-economicus.aspAmsterdam’s ‘doughnut economy’ puts climate ahead of GDP | https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/amsterdams-doughnut-economy-puts-climate-ahead-of-gdpExternality | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExternalityCarbon tax | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_taxWhy 5 cent plastic bags work | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/11/13/the-surprising-reason-why-those-5-cent-charges-for-plastic-bags-actually-work/Sugar tax & American Revolution | https://www.britannica.com/event/Sugar-ActBaby bonds could shrink the Black-white wealth gap | Cory Booker | https://www.vox.com/22268500/baby-bonds-black-white-wealth-gap-booker-pressleyFreedom Dividend | Andrew Yang | https://2020.yang2020.com/what-is-freedom-dividend-faq/PODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning50 min
- Ep. 47 - Coffee: Why do you like it, love it, or hate it?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, Do you like, love, or hate coffee, and why? Where did coffee come from? What has coffee done for human history? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESFuelling Democracy – Ben Franklin and Coffee Houses | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGdyttFB-OcHow coffee forever changed Britain | King Charles II’s cronies try to ban coffeehouses | https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20201119-how-coffee-forever-changed-britainThe Grecian Coffee House| Frequented by Sir Isaac Newton, etc. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grecian_Coffee_HousePTC Paper & The Genetics of Bitter Taste | https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ptc/Lutefisk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LutefiskVoltaire’s coffee addiction | And 8 other geniuses addicted to coffee | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/famous-coffee-drinkers_n_5358495Caffeine: How much is too much? | Mayo Clinic | https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/caffeine/art-20045678#:~:text=Up%20to%20400%20milligrams%20Coffee consumption and health: umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes | R Poole 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j5024It’s very difficult to consume toxic levels of caffeine from drinks alone | https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/17/15649722/caffeine-overdose-health-risks-coffee-energy-drinksHow Caffeine Addiction Changed History (ft. Michael Pollan) | WIRED | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD6cYabx0nkWall Street started in the Tontine Coffee House | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine_Coffee_HouseClimate change: Future-proofing coffee in a warming world | https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56804147Fair trade coffee | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade_coffeeBlack Ivory Coffee | Elephant poop coffee ☕️| https://blackivorycoffee.com/Kopi luwak | Palm civet coffee | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwakFermentation | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FermentationNordic Coffee Culture Explained: From Fika to Kask | https://nordicperspective.com/culture/nordic-scandinavian-coffee-drinking-culture-explainedNavigating Life’s Crap | Essay by Common Scientist Dré | https://commonscientists.com/navigating-lifes-crap/PODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning56 min
- Ep. 46 - Water: What does it mean to you?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, How much water do you drink, and why? What makes water so critical to human life, and life in general? What does the future of water mean to us and the next generations? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESWater: How much should you drink every day? | Mayo Clinic | https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256Interstitial cystitis | Symptoms & Causes | https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/interstitial-cystitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354357“Overall, 71,812 individuals completed the survey, of which 61% reported having had ≥1 Gastrointestinal symptom in the past week.” | https://dx.doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41395-018-0256-8 | If you’re unable to access the article at its link, you can via the Unpaywall Browser Extension | https://unpaywall.org/Dr. Lisa Sanders crowdsources diagnoses for mysterious and rare medical conditions. | Docuseries Diagnosis | https://www.netflix.com/title/80201543Bell Museum, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA | https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/Goldilocks Principle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_principleProton motive force | https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/proton-motive-forceInteractive Periodic Table | https://ptable.com/?lang=enViolence over Water Increases: New Data from the Water Conflict Chronology | Pacific Institute | https://pacinst.org/announcement/violence-over-water-increases-new-data-from-the-water-conflict-chronology/Cryptosporidium (Parasite) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium“Farming accounts for 70 percent of the water consumed and most of its wasteful use, said representatives of 130 nations at the World Water Forum” | https://www.wired.com/2006/03/farms-waste-much-of-worlds-water/PODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning1 hr 2 min
- Ep. 45 - Disney: What do its stories do for you?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask, What are your favorite Disney movies and why? Why do their stories (and archetypes) attract us? Do stories (and archetypes) help us navigate uncertainty? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESThe Walt Disney Company | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_CompanyMulan (1998 Film) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan_(1998_film)Annie Oakley | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_OakleyFinding Nemo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_NemoMentions: Holes, Lilo and Stitch, Brother Bear 🐻, The Pacifier, Triple H (The Wrestler)Carl Jung | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_JungJungian Archetypes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_archetypesThe Role of a Schema in Psychology | https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-is-a-schema.htmlBrené Brown | Books, Podcasts, etc. | https://brenebrown.com/The cutification / evolution of Mickey Mouse | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5yLBt2EfLcThe science behind Pixar | https://www.pixar.com/science-exhibitionThe 12 Principles of Animation | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SplEuWp0YwWhat’s the history of Khan Academy? | https://support.khanacademy.org/hc/en-us/articles/202483180-What-is-the-history-of-Khan-Academy-Disney, Pixar, Death, and Dying | Professor Tenzek | https://www.socialworktoday.com/news/dn_102317.shtmlAutumn Ridge Church (Rochester, MN) | https://autumnridgechurch.org/Cognitive dissonance | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance“Pink Floyd Cover” | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_MoonCute aggression | https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/31/679832549/when-too-cute-is-too-much-the-brain-can-get-aggressiveThe Last Lecture (Talk) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&vl=enThe Last Lecture (Book) | https://amzn.to/32qbgQDIs Disney Disabling? | https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2018.1498573Disney’s American Revolution | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875817000391PODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning59 min
- Ep. 44 - Billionaires: What do they mean to you?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask what do billionaires mean to the world? Where did they come from? What’s next? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESBillionaire (Song) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aRor905cCwThe World’s Billionaires | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World%27s_BillionairesWorld’s Youngest Billionaire | https://www.forbes.com/profile/kevin-david-lehmann/?sh=2b7fa6b4143fAIDAN’S RECOMMENDATIONSI will teach you to be rich (book) | https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/The four pillars of investing (book) | https://amzn.to/3nC09LPStanford Marshmallow Experiment | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experimentThe System (Book) | Robert Reich | https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634493/the-system-by-robert-b-reich/PODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning1 hr 7 min
- Ep. 43 - The 1st Amendment: What's up with free speech?Dré, Lauren, and Aidan ask in this more serious cast, What’s the 1st amendment, a law that prevents other laws? Where did it come from? Why’s it unique? How does it impact their lives today? And more.Website & Newsletter | https://commonscientists.comSupport Us | https://patreon.com/commonscientistsREFERENCESFirst Amendment to the United States Constitution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_ConstitutionMurder of George Floyd | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_FloydCasting Crowns - City on the Hill (Song) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7MC2wu49CwHess v. Indiana | https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/461/hess-v-indianaBrandenburg v. Ohio | https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/189/brandenburg-v-ohioBrandenburg Test | https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/brandenburg_testJanuary 6th, 2021 U.S Capitol Attack | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attackHow the Washington Post has changed under Jeff Bezos | https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/media/jeff-bezos-donald-graham/index.htmlDeplatforming | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeplatformingDeath to 2020 Trailer | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veUqfcyZ_BoThe Anatomy of Trust | Delivered by Brené Brown | https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/the-anatomy-of-trust-by-brene-brownFrederick Douglass, American Abolitionist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_DouglassChelsea Manning | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_ManningJulian Asange | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_AssangeEdward Snowden, NSA whisleblower | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_SnowdenKaren Silkwood & Plutonium Fuels | https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/interact/silkwood.htmlPODCAST INFOPodcast Website | https://commonscientists.com/common-science/Apple Podcasts | https://apple.co/2KDjQCKSpotify | https://spoti.fi/3pTK821FOLLOW USInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/commonscientists/Twitter | https://twitter.com/commscientistsTAGS#Storytelling #Science #Society #Culture #Learning1 hr 10 min
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Common Scientists Lauren, Dré, & Aidan ask questions, experiment, and learn about the world in the Common Science Podcast Series.