12/26/20

Episode 32: things we learned/things we got wrong

News

Passenger plane crash in Kazakhstan

ID requirement for voting in NC https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/voter-id.aspx

eclipse halo effect https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sun

2019 Pacific typhoon season

Japan reporting lowest annual birth rate https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/06/04/editorials/uphill-battle-reverse-falling-birth-rate/

rise in hate crimes

plea for help from China in box of Christmas cards

Topics

vivid dreams/remembering dreams

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54220/6-surprising-things-can-influence-your-dreams

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2020.00724/full

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-101

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/why-do-some-people-always-remember-their-dreams-while-others-almost-never

TED Talk Jackson Katz

Jackson Browne TED talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0uG8YF_NiM 

Language usage of “war” metaphor

https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2017/02/how-the-language-we-use-to-communicate-about-disease-matters/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2016/07/21/why-doctors-should-stop-speaking-the-language-of-war/

Lingthusiasm episodes on small talk and phatic expressions

https://lingthusiasm.com/post/637790657255227392/lingthusiasm-episode-51-small-talk-big-deal

https://lingthusiasm.com/post/623851629729464320/lingthusiasm-episode-46-hey-no-problem-bye-the