Shawn and James talk about how big the moon is and what that even means. We also look a bit at the famous Peruvian hairless dog—gorgeous!

The main part of our episode centered around a book James recently read, The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch. James shared several nuggets that should whet your appetite for reading the book yourself.

How big do you think the moon is? And do you think Peruvian hairless dogs should be allowed to be shown at dog shows or not? Send us an email!

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The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch

"Effects of Social Media" by Philip Martin

Wikipedia - Peruvian hairless dog

In this episode, we look at an overview of the seven habits from the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey.

Apologies up front, but Shawn's audio is not great. He didn't have his podcasting mic turned on, so we have only the audio from his laptop speakers.

We'd really like to hear from you if you have any thoughts or feedback on this section. We're enjoying reading the book together, but we would love to get your perspective, too. Send us an email!

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7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey

In this episode, Shawn listens in shocked horror to James Goering and James Shank recount some of their hiking escapades.

Sprained ankles, bottomed-out electrolytes, frostbite—we've got it all! Please share your hiking stories with us. James will be delighted, and Shawn will listen with morbid fascination. Send us an email.

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Appalachian Trail Conservancy pic

Shawn and James talk about the energy it takes to run the universe and the energy it takes to learn a new language. 

James gives a loving soliloquy to energy. It really seems to mean everything to him.

Shawn recently returned from two weeks of fairly intense Spanish study; his brain hurts now. Spanish has far too many conjugations, but he's attempting to learn them anyway. And no, that is not a humblebrag!

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Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil

Wikipedia - Spanish conjugations

Hardest Language to Learn - article by The Economist

English verb conjugation chart

Spanish verb conjugation poster(!)

James and Shawn are finally back!

We plan to do a few shorter FWIW episodes like this over the next several weeks (We haven't forgotten 7 Habits, either.). Hopefully, you enjoy them.

This episode, James brings a science fact about the loudest sound ever recorded. Then we talk a bit about James's time at Faith Builders: Spoiler Alert: Not all students passed the exam!

Shawn then talks about the strange man who was Leonardo da Vinci. I think we would all rather have James teach our class...

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Wikipedia - Krakatoa

Wikipedia - Hunga Tonga

YouTube - Scott Manley "Volcanic Eruption May Be Biggest Ever Seen from Space"

Wikipedia - Science and Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci

In which Shawn and James read through The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and record their conversation about it. James almost never re-reads books, but this one was good enough that he wanted to read it again. We hope this mostly unedited conversation will inspire you to pick up this book and read it along with us. We won't guarantee that we will record our discussions about the entire book, but we will probably upload a least a few more.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Shawn and James talk about internet in space, thanks to all the satellites that groups like Star-Link are putting into near-earth orbit. This high-speed, low-latency internet is actually available in Peru, but we're just a few Patrons away from Shawn being able to afford it.

Thanks for being a Patron! We're glad to have you on board.

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Modem Sound

Heavens-Above - Apps on Google Play

Starlink website

Link to discussion on previous episode about anti-satellite test and Kessler Syndrome

James and Shawn talk about how high elevation—or is it altitude?—effects various everyday things. Shawn is just getting over Covid (again), so being able to breathe seems more important to him than sometimes. We talk about how to bake cakes, how to hatch eggs, and how to climb mountains, all in high elevations.

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National Geographic article on high elevation natives

The Death Zone

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Mouse found at 22,000 feet elevation

Incubating eggs at high elevation

YouTube: Water Boiling on Everest (Periodic Table of Videos)

Cooking at high elevation

Shawn and James talk about the Inca—and whether or not they ever existed. This topic is not limited to the country of Peru but has been repeated throughout history whenever a people was conquered. Do we call the people what they call themselves? Or should we keep the name the conquering nation affixed to them?

The Quechua People

The Incan Empire

The Sapa Inca

The Roman-Latin Alphabet

Shawn and James talk about how big the earth is and how little of it we've actually experienced from a geological standpoint.

Earth's crust - Wikipedia

Pitch Drop experiment - School of Mathematics and Physics - University of Queensland (uq.edu.au)

Kola Superdeep Borehole - Wikipedi

The Siberian Hell Sounds (skeptoid.com)

Deepest cave in the world

The Largest and Deepest Mines in the World | General Kinematics

How Do Scientists Know the Structure of the Earth's Interior? (sciencing.com)

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne