Learn Me Something

Learn Me Something

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  • Vaping

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the latest news and research behind the perils of vaping.

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    Duration: 35:18:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

    Episode Links
    • What Is Vaping?
    • Health Canada plans new measures to curb vaping by young people
    • Hunt for Cause of Vaping Illness Suggests Multiple Mechanisms of Damage
    • The vape wars are coming: Companies prepare for the next battle in the cannabis market
    • 5 Vaping Facts You Need to Know
    • CEO of vape company Juul says non-smokers shouldn't use their product
    • US health officials investigating 215 possible cases of severe lung disease associated with vaping
    • Health Canada warns vapers to monitor themselves for lung problems
    • Contaminant found in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show
    • Contaminant That May Be Causing the Mysterious Vaping-Related Illnesses Found
    • Vaping causes 'havoc' in the lungs, study with mice finds
    • What exactly are you inhaling when you vape?
    • E-cigarette use by teens linked to later tobacco smoking, study says
    • Canada must act fast on branding of vape products, cancer group says
    • TERRIFYING VAPE DISEASE HAS NOW KILLED FIVE PEOPLE
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    36 min
  • Patriotism

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the psychology behind patriotism and other extreme forms of it.

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    Duration: 34:48:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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    • The psychology of patriotism
    • This is Your Brain on Patriotism
    • Why 'Instilling Patriotism' Is So Ludicrous
    • Association for Psychological Science
    • What is Jingoism?
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    35 min
  • Shine Theory

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into "Shine Theory," a practice of mutual investment in each other--and over the long term in helping someone be their best self and relying on their help in return.

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    Duration: 27:55:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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    • Shine Theory is a practice of mutual investment in each other
    • Why So Many Successful People Are Still Unhappy
    • Why So Many Smart People Aren’t Happy
    • Serena Williams, Kelly Rowland, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez All Live By This Simple but Powerful Rule
    • 'Shine theory': How women are plugging the gender gap
    • The Importance of Shine Theory
    • Breaking Down The Shine Theory: Why You Should Surround Yourself With Women Who Intimidate You
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    28 min
  • The Worst Ways to Die

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the absolute top 10 worst ways to die, and go into great detail about them. What way to die do you fear most?

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    Duration: 41:19:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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    • 10 Absolute Worst Ways To Die According To Science
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    42 min
  • The Highway of Tears

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the highway of tears, which refers to a 724 km length of Yellowhead Highway 16 in British Columbia where many women (mostly Indigenous) have disappeared or been found murdered. The Highway of Tears is part of a larger, national crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. In 2015, the federal government launched a national inquiry into these cases.

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    Duration: 23:00:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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    • The Highway of Tears: Preventing violence against women
    • Latest Highway of Tears news
    • Highway of Tears: The victims and the missing
    • Canada’s Highway of Tears: Why Are Women Disappearing?
    • Dozens of Women Vanish on Canada’s Highway of Tears, and Most Cases Are Unsolved
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    23 min
  • Hypnosis

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into hyponsis. Is it real and is there any science to it? Joining us is special guest, Leon Filger from the Occultae Veritatis podcast.

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    Duration: 38:00:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb, Leon Filger

    Episode Links
    • Does Hypnosis Work? Understanding the Science of Hypnotherapy
    • Is Hypnosis Real? Here's What Science Says
    • The Truth About Hypnosis
    • Hypnosis for the Relief and Control of Pain
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    • OCCULTAE VERITATIS PODCAST
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    39 min
  • The Trail of Tears

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the "Trail of Tears," which refers to the perilous journey of the "Five Civilized Tribes" of the Southeast who were forced from their ancestral homelands to a designated zone in the west.

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    Duration: 36:40:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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    • The Trail Of Tears: Government-Approved Ethnic Cleansing That Removed 100,000 Native Americans From Their Ancestral Lands
    • Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears
    • The Untold Truth of The Trail of Tears
    • Trail of Tears Map
    • Trail of Tears Facts
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    37 min
  • The Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the public inquiry on the missing and murdered indigenous women in Canada.

    This is what it means to be born Indigenous, in Canada, in the 21st century: You are twice as likely to die in infancy. You will be nine times more likely to be sexually assaulted as a child and three times more likely to drop out from school. You will be twice as likely to lose your job. If you have a job, you will earn 60 per cent less.

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    Duration: 42:12:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

    Episode Links
    • An ugly homicide number we need to discuss
    • The RCMP’s Report on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women Is Simply Not Enough
    • Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
    • Timeline of Key Milestones
    • Doing Things Differently: 10 ways our approach is reflective of Indigenous values
    • National Inquiry into MMIWG
    • Our casual racism causes Indigenous suffering: Neil Macdonald
    • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Report (2019)
    • These are the cases authorities say do not involve foul play
    • The political quagmire of the prime minister accepting his country's complicity in genocide: Robyn Urback
    • The MMIWG report chronicles exploitation without really defining it
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    43 min
  • False Confessions

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the criminal justice system and the Reid technique, a psychological method of questioning suspects that was developed in the 1950s for extracting information from otherwise unwilling suspects.

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    Duration: 39:53:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

    Episode Links
    • Reid technique
    • False confessions, new data and law enforcement interrogations: Research finding
    • False Confessions & Recording Of Custodial Interrogations
    • Six people were convicted of a murder they didn’t even remember. Now a county owes them $28 million.
    • The Bluff Tactic.
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    40 min
  • Canada, Eh?

    Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich celebrate the Canada Day holiday by sharing some Canadian history, interesting facts, and the meaning of the expression "eh?"

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    Duration: 50:10:00

    Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb

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    • TCanada is not a country
    • 30 Weird Facts About Canada That Prove It's The Most Interesting Country Ever
    • This Fake Stats Canada Account Tweets The Funniest "Facts" About Canada
    • 145 Weird, Fun and Interesting Facts About Canada
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    51 min

About Learn Me Something

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Learn Me Something is a podcast that celebrates our ignorance as the beginning of the search for truth. Every week we select diverse subjects outside our neurosphere. The intent is to learn and teach…