What happens to us after we die? What is the weirdest, sex-related death in history? How is Death personified in different parts of the world?

Explain This is back from Jin's long exam study hiatus and we're coming strong out of the gates with the deep, fascinating topic of how we die! Come learn about all of the fascinating things that happen in your body as death overcomes you, and how death has been envisioned throughout the ages.

Trigger warning: mentions of suicide, violent death, decay of human bodies in this episode. Listen at your own discretion please!

Dumb Ways To Die - original video
Example of Dancing Death (Danse Macabre)
Example of Memento Mori 

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Can people change? What can I do to improve my school grades, job performance and relationship? How does mindset affect success, learning, growth and happiness?

For our last episode of the year, we explore a powerful mental tool that will change how you approach learning new skills, overcoming challenges, and becoming a happier, better you! 

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How does breathing and thinking work? What magic makes my body tick and keep me alive? Where in the Sistine Chapel can I find an anatomical painting of the human brain?

Today's episode is a five-part rapid fire episode, covering the five "most important" organs in your body (the bias will be explained in the episode). Come learn about how YOU work!

Heart anatomy
Lung anatomy
Kidney anatomy
Liver anatomy
Brain anatomy
Prometheus Bound by Rubens
The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo
Comparison of The Creation of Adam with actual brain cross-section 

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What is the scientific method? What do you mean that Power Pose is pseudoscience? How is the Replication Crisis invalidating my pop psychology knowledge base?

We're back from our break to bring you more simplified explanations of complex concepts, like the Replication Crisis - one of the biggest crises to shake the academic world in modern times! Come learn how we (should) learn new things!

Relevant xkcd comic - "Significant"

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NB: This episode was reuploaded as the original upload had a corrupted audio file. Please enjoy and sorry for the interruption!

Why does coffee make me feel so good and let me work harder, faster and longer? Why do I need to poop every time I drink coffee? How did caffeine start the greatest scientific revolution in European history?

Let's learn about the world's most popular and most used psychoactive, performance-enhancing drug, and the various benefits of being hooked on it!

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How can I use perspective to draw physical space more accurately? What was the Renaissance? How can learning about art history improve my Instagram influencer status?

We're learning all about art today, by talking about how the technique of linear perspective completely revolutionised how we capture 3D space on 2D paper! Join us on a journey to 15th century Florence to see human ingenuity in action.

Jin's beautiful beach drawing, or "Why Jin went to med school instead of art school"

An example of beach photography with accurate perspective

Wile E. Coyote attempts to catch the Road Runner with perspective

Brunelleschi's contraption

Holy Trinity by Masaccio

Examples of paintings that don't use linear perspective

Examples of paintings showing linear perspective

V-J Day at Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Why am I so exhausted all the time? How can I be more resilient against work-related stress? What can I do to feel less burnt out?

In this episode, we talk about a special topic that I'm particularly interested in learning and teaching about, because it's such a common source of stress and misery, yet many people don't know enough about it to fight against it.

Hope this episode adds something to your life, or helps you make a step towards positive change!

The Happiness Lab

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Why is the sky blue and not yellow or tan? Did ancient Greek people see the same blue skies we do now? Why do Koreans call a green light on a traffic signal "blue"? How can language affect the colours that our brains see?

Today we take a deep dive into the colour BLUE, along with all the fascinating history and science behind the colour! You'll be surprised that you can learn so much about a single colour, and it might even make you re-examine how you perceive the world.

Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian
Blue square amongst green squares (English-speakers can distinguish)
Different shade green square amongst green squares (Himba tribe people can distinguish)

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Are prime numbers sponsored by Amazon Prime? What do maths have to do with secure online messages and cicadas? How can I win $250,000 using maths?

It's time to go back to elementary maths class and study the fundamental building blocks of numbers, while learning about how the weird and cool properties of prime numbers can be super useful! Turns out, maths CAN be fun.

Numberphile - Lucas-Lehmer Primality Test
Numberphile - Euclid's Theorem

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How do pain relief medications like paracetamol and morphine work? What should I take when I have a headache? Why do we curse when we hurt ourselves? Why is life pain?

We go for a deep dive into Jin's specialty world that is medicine and learn all about pain and how we treat pain in the hospital! Learn how to manage your own pain at home with the right kind of medication.

Pain scale from Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half

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