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- Photosynthesis
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into photosynthesis. We know that plants convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel them, but there’s emerging science in this area that could make a significant impact for humanity.
Using nothing but sunlight as the energy input, plants perform massive energy conversions, turning 1,102 billion tons (1,000 billion metric tons) of CO2 into organic matter, i.e., energy for animals in the form of food, every year [source: Hunter]. And that’s only using 3 percent of the sunlight that reaches Earth
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Duration: 26:45:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Photosynthesis
- Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel
- How Artificial Photosynthesis Works
- Scientists reveal technique to make ‘unlimited renewable energy’ by boosting photosynthesis using a ‘dormant’ chemical found in algae
- A New Reusable Energy Source Emerges, Artificial Photosynthesis
- Artificial Photosynthesis: A New Renewable Energy Source?
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Download: Episode 69: Photosynthesis
27 min - Orgasms
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into orgasms, the stats behind the disparity between men and women who have them, what happens to your brain when you orgasm, and how men can please their partners more.
Understanding what’s happening to you and your partner’s bodies during sex can only aid in the full enjoyment of the experience. Combine this with some good communication skills, and you’ve found the key to unlock sexual pleasure and your heart’s desires.
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Duration: 01:08:36
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- What happens to your brain during an orgasm?
- The Sexual-Response Cycle: What Happens to Our Bodies During Sex
- The Gender Orgasm Gap
- Why Do Women Have Fewer Orgasms Than Men?
- The Overdue, Under-Told Story Of The Clitoris
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Download: Episode 68: Orgasms
1 hr 9 min - Allergies
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into allergies. Does everyone have them, how long have they been around, and where do they come from?
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Duration: 34:19:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Antibody
- Types of Allergies
- Who Has Allergies?
- The symptoms and causes of allergies
- Fast Facts: Food allergies in Canada
- One in 13 Canadians has serious food allergy
- Airborne Allergies & Allergens: How To Reduce
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35 min - Organ Donors
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the history organ donation, the problems surrounding it in various different countries such as Canada, the United States, and the thought process behind those that choose not to donate after death.
More than 120,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant. On average, 150 people are added to the nation’s organ transplant waiting list each day—one every 10 minutes.
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Duration: 51:37:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Organ Donation Myths and Facts
- Fast Facts About Organ Donations
- Why Do More Women Donate Organs Than Men?
- How It All Started: The HIstory of Donation
- The Ethics Issue Blocking Organ Transplant Research
- Increasing organ donation by presumed consent and allocation priority: Chile
- What You Need to Know About Organ Transplants
- 7 Reasons Not To Be An Organ Donor
- Canadians Are Dying Because Our Organ Donation Rate Is Dismally Low
- History of Organ and Tissue Transplant
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Download: Episode 66: Organ Donors
52 min - The Know Nothings
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the “Know Nothing” political movement. The Native American Party, renamed the American Party in 1855 and commonly known as the Know Nothing movement, was an American nativist political party that operated nationally in the mid-1850s.
Those debates and regulations continue today, over refugees from the Middle East and immigrants from Latin America. Phillips’s conclusion is that those bewildered by current political affairs simply haven’t looked far enough back into history. One can’t possibly make sense of current events unless you know something about nativism,’ he says. “That requires you to go back in time to the Know Nothings. You have to realize the context is different, but the themes are consistent. The actors are still the same, but with different names.
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Duration: 42:05:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Getting to know the Know-Nothings
- How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics
- President Dumb and Dumber
- Know-Nothings for the 21st Century
- Donald Trump and the “Know-Nothing” movement
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Download: Episode 65: The Know Nothings
43 min - Alien Abductions
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into alien abductions, the reports behind them and why they’ve subsided, and of course strive to separate fact from fiction.
Paranormal investigators say it all started in the 1940s and ’50s. The Space Age was upon us, and sci-fi literature was soaring in popularity with human-alien encounters a recurring theme.
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Duration: 1:06:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- The Surprising Origin of Alien Abduction Stories
- When Did Alien Sightings Turn Into Alien Abductions?
- Why alien abductions are down dramatically
- Ten Alien Encounters Debunked
- What Was The World’s Earliest Documented UFO Sighting?
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Download: Episode 64: Alien Abductions
1 hr 7 min - The Plastic Problem
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into plastics. How much plastic do we recycle in North America, how do we compare to the rest of the world, and what nascent technologies are helping us solve this environmental problem?
Because plastic wasn’t invented until the late 19th century, and production really only took off around 1950, we have a mere 9.2 billion tons of the stuff to deal with. Of that, more than 6.9 billion tons have become waste. And of that waste, a staggering 6.3 billion tons never made it to a recycling bin—a figure that stunned the scientists who crunched the numbers in 2017.
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Duration: 50:00:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Timeline of plastic development
- The world is facing a massive pile-up of plastic trash
- More Recycling Won’t Solve Plastic Pollution
- We’re Drowning In Plastic Trash. Jenna Jambeck Wants To Save Us
- WE MADE PLASTIC. WE DEPEND ON IT. NOW WE’RE DROWNING IN IT.
- You Can Help Turn the Tide on Plastic
- A Running List of Action on Plastic Pollution
- Scientists stumbled upon a plastic-eating bacterium—then accidentally made it stronger
- A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)
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50 min - Anxiety
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into anxiety, how it’s defined, where it comes from, and its varying degrees of severity.
The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) says that over 40 million people in the US over the age of 18 suffer from some anxiety-related disorder, and those are just the people who have been diagnosed, or whose symptoms fit into a pre-described condition.
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Duration: 1:11:51
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Anxiety and the Brain: An Introduction
- Anxiety Disorder: Cognitive Theory and Associated Therapies
- What Anxiety Does to Your Brain and What You Can Do About It
- How Anxiety Works
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1 hr 12 min - Animal Intelligence
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into animal intelligence, the differences between different species, and how they’ve developed.
In the Early Days of Humanity, Odin sat high in the Halls of Valhalla, occasionally meddling in the affairs of man. However, even for the keeper of All-Knowledge, he would be blind in one eye Without the Ravens Thought and Mind, who sat on the God’s Shoulders, informing him of the goings on in the lives of the puny Humans who dwelled in the worlds he had created for them, from his sweat and blood. The Ravens could be sent, and through their eyes he could see.
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Duration: 52:48:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- Everything Worth Knowing About … Animal Intelligence
- The Scala Naturae
- The Scala Naturae Is Alive and Well in Modern Times
- Phylogenetic tree
- Raven so smart that he “hacks” research experiment
- What makes an animal clever? Research shows intelligence is not just about using tools
- These amazing creative animals show why humans are the most innovative species of all
- Transmission fidelity is the key to the build-up of cumulative culture
- Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
- Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony
- A Group Of Panama Monkeys Have Entered The Stone Age
- Alberta neuroscientists identify what makes parrots not so bird-brained
- Parrots have evolved a primate-like telencephalic-midbrain-cerebellar circuit
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53 min - Superstition
Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into superstition. Why do so many people believe in things that seem irrational, illogical, and rooted in fear of the unknown?
Merriam-Webster, superstitions are nonsensical: ‘A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation.
Duration: 59:47:00
Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb
Episode Links- 4 Reasons People Believe In Superstitions, According To Science
- Why Do People Believe in Superstitions?
- This Is the Real Reason You Believe in Superstitions—Says Science
- Why We’re So Superstitious
- History & Superstition
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Download: Episode 60: Superstition
1 hr 11 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…
something, for all of us. Recognizing the evolving world we live in, our goal is to teach critical thinking strategies to enable us to see past falsehoods.