Ian Wants To Learn

By Ian and Patrick

There are lots of things Ian wants to Learn about/

Patrick is going to attempt to teach Ian some of theses things

Every Episode is a new thing

Along with some chit-chat

So tune in if Ian wants to Lear... more

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March 20, 2023 Episode 35... GHOSTS!
GHOSTS!!!!!
Are the Real?
no
But why not listen to why we Think we see them!

00:20: What do you want to learn about today?
01:00: Why Do You Want to Learn this?
04:40: Ian's Alarm Clocks
10:20- Sources
--lazy line notes--
27:00- The Science
30:30- That's Ghosts. Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something, or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to. ENJOY!
...more
40min
March 06, 2023 Episode 34... What Happens When You Die?
A Series of Events.
Systems shutting down. Turning off. Going Dark.
The Great Beyond. Heaven. Hell. Nothing.
What Happens? Physically, Existentially, Mentally? Leading Causes of Death? How Old can we go?
We just learn about Death.
Also, Ian's Kid had a birthday.

00:18- What Do You Want to Learn About Today?
02:05- Ian's Kid's Birthday Party
    04:20- Befriending other Parents
05:35- Sources
06:00- Death is
    06:35- What is "Natural Causes"?
    07:25- What Happens to the Body?
    08:50- What is "The Light" many say they see in Near Death Situations?
    10:05- What Happens As You Die?
    11:50- What Happens After You Die, Existentially?
        15:50- All Major Faiths Believe in Another Level of Existence
    16:35- Christianity, Islam, Judaism
    19:35- Hinduism, Buddhism
25:10- The 5 Leading Causes of Death (in the US)(from 2021)
    26:45- From 1900
28:05- Oldest Person Ever
    29:40- France and/or Japan = Long Life
30:15- Best & Worst Ways to Die
32:25- Let's Lighten This Up a Bit... With More Death!
    35:05- Callback to Episode 2, How To Survive a Plane Crash
37:20- That's All We Got on Death
38:05- Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something, or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to. ENJOY!
...more
40min
February 20, 2023 Episode 33... Hypnosis, How Real Is It?
You are getting sleepy, sleeeepy SleEeEeEEeeepy!!!
No, not because you are listening to the Podcast. Rude!
Because you are being HYPNOTISED! Which is a real thing... And IF you are being Hypnotized, it must be because you are a willing participant. Otherwise... You're probably just getting bored.
Also, how did our Super Bowl Picks go, and What are our Gripes about Poker Face (on Peacock).

00:18- What do You Want to Learn About Today?
    01:50- Why?
01:30- Super Bowl, and our picks, Recap
05:50- Poker Face peeve
08:20- Sources
08:30- What Hypnotherapy Is
    09:20- Gotta Be Open to It
    10:50- The Idea has been around for a Long time
11:10- Franz Mesmer & Animal Magnetism
12:30- James Braid (Coiner of the term Hypnotism)
12:50- Freud
13:45- The Most Important Part of Hypnosis
    15:20- The Main Element
    16:00- Post Hypnotic Suggestion
    16:35- Post Hypnotic Amnesia
16:50- Hypnosis has been Officially Endorsed
    17:00- It is Most Useful for...
    17:55- It Has been Used in Surgery
20:45- How It Actually Works
21:50- What's Happening In Your Brain?
23:40- Skeptics and it's hard to Study
24:40- The Bad Parts (Memory)
    25:20- Avoid Memory Recovery
    25:35- 27 States have banned Hypnotic Influenced Testimony in Court
25:50- Ian Talks about a Movie (The Final Cut. 2004. Starring Robin Williams)
27:30- It Doesn't Work on Everyone
28:45- You Cannot be Made to do Anything Against Your Will
29:30- So That is Hypnotism
31:50- Oh Yea, UFO's./ Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something, or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to. ENJOY!
...more
34min
February 06, 2023 Episode 32... Mom Strength?
Oh No! A baby has been trapped under that Chevy Blazer! Don't ask how... or why, shut up, it's tragic! What will we do!? Who Will save it!?
The Mother is Hysterical!
Wait a moment! She's trying to life it, lift the CAR!
She's doing it, by Jove she's actually doing it!
Hurrah, She has saved her baby. What a bout of MOM STRENGTH She just had!
Also we talk about the Super bowl.

00:18- What do you Want to Learn About Today?
02:35- Super bowl picks and we revisit our season picks
06:05- Sources
06:10- Examples
08:25- Hysterical Strength
10:05- Hard to Test, unless it's the 60's
12:35- We're all Stronger than we Think
17:50- So... While impressive, maybe not AS impressive
19:15- That's All I Have
19:25- The Moses Paradigm
23:55- Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something, or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to. ENJOY!

...more
25min
January 23, 2023 Episode 31... Cryogenics/Cryonics, Is it Legit?
Cryogenic Freezing. Cryonics. Stasis. Frozen. Is it Real, does it Work? What about Walt Disney? Ted Williams? Are they actually frozen, can we bring people back? How does it work? Or is it all just snake oil? Only One Way to Find Out!

00:19- What Do You Want To Learn About Today?
01:00- And Why do you Want to Learn about it?
02:45- Briefly
03:30- And Social Media's reaction. Specifically regarding Vaccines.
07:35- Social Media Frustrations
11:55- Sources
12:15- Difference Between Cryonics and Cryogenics
13:34- Brains, Heads and Bodies
     15:05- 100ish Pets
     15:55- International
16:55- How it's Done
18:00- The First Person Frozen
21:35- General Cost
22:25- No Idea if it Actually Works
23:20- Progress?
27:30- Pop Culture's Idea
29:20- Libertarian Techno Optimists
30:20- Cultural Differences
34:25- The Hell Escape Clause
38:40- Famous Frozen People
39:10- Dora Kent
42:35- Would WE do it?
43:48- Weirdos in California
44:55- No Auditors
47:25- How hard is it to be a Cryo-technician?
49:30- That's Cryonics/ Bye!

We hope you ALSO learned something, or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to. ENJOY!
...more
51min
January 09, 2023 Episode 30... What Makes a Song an Earworm?
WE'RE BACK! We know you missed us. We know you're excited to have us back. Do More music stuff you said!
And we agreed.
So MORE music stuff! What makes a catchy song, a cognitive itch, an EarWorm!?
Will Ian learn to write a Hit Song? Or just learn that if you have many, many things necessary for being a songwriter and/or musician as well as luck, then sure, you can write an earworm? Only one way to find out!

00:20- What do you Want to Learn About Today?
01:10- Patrick has a Complaint
    04:05- Origin of the song Last Christmas, by Wham
        06:10- So Simple it's Practically infringement
  08:55- Smooth Transition
09:25- Sources
09:40- Not Hard Science
11:10- 2017 Study
    11:35- Three Melodic Features
    14:35- Whole Lot of Lady Gaga
16:50- Ian's Child Should be in Bed
17:35- Similar, Simple Chord Progressions
18:familiarity
    19:40- Appealing Performance
20:30- No Blue Print
20:40- The Useful aspects of Earworms
23:10- The Claims of Plagiarism
25:55- Bye!

We hope you ALSO learned something,
or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to.
ENJOY!
...more
27min
December 20, 2022 Episode 29... The Origins of Christmas Songs
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays, but for this episode Merry Christmas is probably most appropriate... And Happy Chanukah.
But we talk Christmas Songs. Classics, Some newer classics. Who wrote em? Were they originally Christmas Songs? Whats the best selling? The Most Italian? The oldest?
It's a lot of Christmas, so.... get out that heavy coat, strap yourself into the Sleigh and Tinkle them Bells!

00:18- What do you Want to Learn About Today?
00:35- Patrick wants to Teach
01:50- Are We Christmas People?
05:00- Belief in Santa
06:30- Our Favorite Christmas Songs
12:00- Sources
12:10- Many Songs have been written by Jewish Writers.
    12:25- Irving Berlin, White Christmas
    14:45- Johnny Marks
        14:50- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
        15:35- Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
        16:35- Holly Jolly Christmas
    17:25- The Christmas Song
    17:35- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
    17:40- Santa Baby
    17:45- Let it Snow
    17:50- Silver Bells
19:40- Santa Clause is Coming to Town
20:20- Silent Night
21:20- Deck the Halls
22:55- Jingle Bells
25:05- Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
28:15- Dominic the Donkey
31:40- Feliz Navidad
35:20- Carol of the Bells
38:10- That's All Patrick Has
39:30- Bye!

We hope you ALSO learned something,
or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to.
ENJOY!

...more
40min
December 05, 2022 Episode 28... 'Screen Time': How Bad Is It, Really?
Do You watch too much TV? Sit in front of a Computer all day? Stare at your phone too much?
What are the effects they have on you? Dunno (well, a little). More interested in the effects they have on children. Is it stunting their growth? Making them fat? Does it really make them more violent?
OR are there real world benefits, are there good things, is it Really that bad? All these Screens in our lives!

00:15- What do you Want to Learn About Today?
01:20- Ian's Job
03:20- 90's Ian
04:25- Sources
04:45- We're already over budget
05:10- No screen time Under Two
06:00- Good and Bad Elements of Screen time
    06:15- Obesity
    06:35- Irregular Sleep
    06:45- Behavioral Issues
    07:35- Impaired Academic Performance
07:50- Kids Need to be Bored
    09:00- Violence
        09:10- Let's dig into that a little more
        09:50- Side Note
        10:00- Game Design: It's hard to get away from Violence
        12:25- Multiple Violent Videogame Studies
        13:35- Brain Blurs the line between Reality and Fiction
16:20- A Meta Study
    17:00- Studies on Media nd Violence
21:45- Any Questions?
23:45- Benefits
24:35- We're Doomed
    24:50- Suggestions on how to improve and/or reduce Screen TIme
    27:45- Oxford Study, 2019
    29:05- Which Screens Count?
    30:20- Screens in the Classroom
32:55- Guide, Monitor and Manage
33:25- That's All I Got
33:35- Common Sense
36:00- We're Trying to Convince Everyone we're not Terrible Parents...
36:15- What's Your Dad Grade?   Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something,
or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to.
ENJOY!
...more
40min
November 21, 2022 Episode 27... Meta and the metaverse?
We're back, on our appropriate day! Yay!
On this episode Ian learns about Meta and the metaverse. What exactly is it? What does it aspire to be and is it even possible to get there.
The whole thing gets very... meta.
ALSO your bank doesn't really care about you, duh. And Dan Snyder may go away soon!

00:00:20- What do you want to learn about today?
00:01:00- Why?
00:02:35- Ian asks a Banking Question
00:12:50- Dan Snyder might be selling the Commanders
00:16:50- Meta Sources
00:17:00- META
    -00:18:40- Zuck Goes Viral
    -00:19:50- Video is the Future, he said in 2015
    -00:23:40- They say Video isn't Immersive Enough
    -00:27:20- Big M, little m
    -00:28:05- The Facebook Connect Video
    -00:30:55- Horizon
    -00:31:15- Quest Since 2014
    -00:32:15- Bring it All Together
    -00:34:15- Legless Avatars
    -00:34:55- Wendy-verse
    -00:39:45- Horizon Work Rooms
    -00:44:15- Can They Ever Get There?
    -00:47:20- Horizon Marketplace
    -00:48:10- Other Sites Do It Better
    -00:50:20- VR Has Been Around for a Long Time
    -00:59:05- Pessimism
01:01:30- Long Term Investment
01:03:40- Optimism?
01:05:50- Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something,
or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to.
ENJOY!
...more
1h 7min
November 10, 2022 Episode 26... COPS! What happened, When did they, if they ever were, Stop being Trustworthy Public Servants?
Well, we're a few days late. But like a no knock warrant BOOM, here we are, out of the blue, on a Thursday morning!
This week We're talkin Cops. When did they stop being "good"? Have they ever been "good"? Did something change, or has it always been this way?
We also revisit Vegetarianism, Talk Prius Catalytic Converters and celebrate Dan Snyder likely selling the Washington Commanders.
Apologies for the delay, But here it is, this week's episode!
ENJOY

00:20- What do You Want to Learn About?
01:50- A Little More on Vegetarianism
07:10- Stolen Catalytic Converters
10:15- Ficken
11:50- 'Rise of the Warrior Cop'
12:45- Sources
13:05- Origins
    14:00- The Colonies
    15:00- Barbados
    15:45- Virginia
    16:05- South Carolina
    16:45- Slave Patrols
    16:55- New Orleans
    17:15- 'A Treatise on the Police in the Metropolis'
    18:25- Robert Peel
    20:05- Not Entirely Racist
    19:20- David Walker
    23:40- Anti-Immigration
25:15- US v. UK differences
    27:05- The Mets
29:00- Post Civil War
29:35- August Volmer
30:30- Veterans as Police
31:30- Self Perpetuating System
33:00- Industrialist Police
34:10- 1900's in Decline
34:45- Johnson, Nixon, Reagan
35:45- Presentation V. Fact
37:40- The Defund the Police Movement
39:30- First Responders
43:30- Change?
45:40- TV
47:50- Bye

We hope you ALSO learned something,
or were at least Entertained!
IG- IanWantsToLearn
Twitter- IanWantsToLearn
email: [email protected]
DISCLAIMER: We are not Experts. We do not claim to be. We use the internet, just like you! So between raising a child and working a Fulltime job Patrick does his best to teach Ian. So, you know, enjoy it, but maybe don't swear by it!
Essentially: We Google so you don't have to.
ENJOY!
...more
49min

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