Encyclopedia Brunch

Encyclopedia Brunch

By Kathryn Cogert and Tim DobbsSociety & Culture
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Encyclopedia Brunch episodes

  • Tonic Water

    Summer's here! Let's all have refreshing summery drinks and also learn about their ingredients!

    • HIV cannot be spread by mosquitoes. Just ask the CDC

      • Music by: | Amitron_7 | BLAMMOS |

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    • Anime

      Simplify your lines and get expressive with us this week as we talk about anime!

      Music by: | Icon Girl Pistols | BLAMMOS |

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    • Wastewater Treatment - Part 2

      Tune in this week for the wet and wacky conclusion of our discussion on wastewater treatment*!

      Need some help visualizing? Kathryn made some more slides for you!

      *Please do not get wet or wacky in actual wastewater. Don't be a gross-o.

      Music by: | Allister Thompson | BLAMMOS |

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    • Wastewater Treatment - Part 1

      TOWNSFOLK: Oh no! Our water is mega gross! And we totally need it to live! Who will save us??

      Enter WASTEWATER ENGINEER: Fear not, gentle townsfolk, for I have thought about gunk more than most, and I've developed methods that will keep you alive and also not sick!

      This microplay roughly describes this week's episode on wastewater treatment. We mentioned Kathryn is a researcher in this field, right?Follow along with her slides here!

      Music by: | The Impossebulls | BLAMMOS |

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    • Water Bottles

      Are you drinking enough water? Almost definitely not. Here - carry around this 2 lb liquid weight all day. Talkin’ 'bout water bottles this week.

      • Oh my god how is the water crisis in Flint Michigan not solved yet? This world!
      • Listen, Tim and Kathryn will be the first people to roll their eyes at chemophobia. But here’s the thing. BPA is actually kind bad for you. It’s fine at the low levels you usually, but the problem is that it’s in so many different things! Anyhow, the Mayo Clinic has some maybe helpful tips.

      Music by: | The Impossebulls | BLAMMOS |

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    • Statues

      This week we record while standing very still, in honor of our topic - statues!

      Music by: | tzara | BLAMMOS |

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    • Glassblowing

      You break it, you buy it. This week's episode that is. It's glass blowing!

      • The first, and maybe only, name you need to know in glass blowing is Dale Chiluly, check out how crazy his pieces are!
      • He had to be the inspiration for J.K. Rowling's Mad Eye Moody from Harry Potter, right?
      • The word Tim was looking for, twice, was referendum.

        • Music by: | Kaz Mirblouk | BLAMMOS |

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      • Whistling - Short

        This week we've got a song in out heart and we want to tell the world about it! And that song is a podcast short about whistling!

        Also, stay tuned after the show to hear the thrilling conclusion of the tale of the production of our episode about Ambergris!

        Music by: | BLAMMOS |

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      • Ambergris

        This week we reaffirm humanity's commitment to valuing arbitrary things very highly - especially when they're kinda gross! We talk about ambergris.

        Music by: | BLAMMOS | Yellow Ostrich |

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