Oh, That's a Thing!

Oh, That's a Thing!

By Joya Italiano and Jeff EckmanEducation
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Oh, That's a Thing! episodes

  • Episode 73 - The Cassandra Complex

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "12 Monkeys"!

    Topics include: Animal Rights Activism That Backfired, The First Penitentiary, Sterilization Methods, and Old Timey Bank Heists!

    Links:

    https://bitesizebio.com/853/5-laboratory-sterilisation-methods/

    https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/5068

    http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/04/07/deer-cull-animal-rights/

    http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html

    https://io9.gizmodo.com/5-times-that-people-claimed-to-be-real-life-time-travel-1822885932

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/eastern-state-penitentiary

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/59726/17-spooky-photos-philadelphias-eastern-state-penitentiary

    https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/willie-sutton

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/day-bank-robber-willie-sutton-arrested-1952-article-1.2536491

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-insane-disguises5.htm

    https://www.improbable.com/2013/12/29/sam-lloyds-get-off-the-earth-puzzle/

    http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/games/getofftheearth.htm

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sam-Loyd

    56 min
  • Episode 72 - Deep In the (Uncanny) Valley

    Joya and Jeff watched the 2005 movie "House of Wax"!

    Topics include: The History of Candles, Madam Tussauds, Using Recycled Construction Materials, and Taping Your Mouth at Night!

    Links:

    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-we-are-afraid-of-creepy-dolls-and-robots-uncanny-valley-effect-a6728161.html

    https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/25/525447206/a-worm-may-hold-the-key-to-biodegrading-plastic

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25/plastic-eating-bugs-wax-moth-caterpillars-bee

    https://www.quora.com/Can-you-actually-die-if-you-have-blocked-nose-and-you-forcefully-closed-your-mouth-with-a-tape

    https://www.ondietandhealth.com/why-tape-my-mouth-at-night/

    http://www.build.com.au/27-amazing-homes-built-11-unusual-materials

    https://io9.gizmodo.com/these-ingenious-buildings-were-all-built-using-recycled-1688172285

    https://www.livestrong.com/article/156363-how-does-nair-hair-removal-work/

    http://candles.org/history/

     

    52 min
  • Episode 71 - Connecting the Dots Wrong

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Source Code"!

    Topics include: Virtual Reality in our Minds, Schrodinger’s Cat, Waking Up With Fake Memories, and the Radioactive Boy Scout!

    Links:

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/this-fall-the-radioactive-boy-scout-died-at-age-39/

    https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-reality-do-we-live-our-brains-simulation-world-david-hawkins

    https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25459-induced-hallucination-turns-doctors-into-pizza-chefs/

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/04/12/guest-post-jim-kakalios-on-the-quantum-mechanics-of-source-code/#.WvGw49Pwa8V

    https://justsolitaire.com/history.html

    http://www.slate.com/articles/life/procrastination/2008/05/solitairey_confinement.html

    48 min
  • Episode 70 - Garbage Patch Kids

    Joya and Jeff watched the terrible movie "Biodome"!

    Topics include: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Homeostasis, Music Torture and the Biosphere 2!

    Links:

    http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-biosphere-2.html

    https://mic.com/articles/87851/11-popular-songs-the-cia-used-to-torture-prisoners-in-the-war-on-terror#.xIkMpSFQ4

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40090809

    https://www.theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

    https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/great-pacific-garbage-patch-plastics-environment/

    http://homeaquaponicssystem.com/greenhouses/what-is-a-biodome/

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-homeostasis/

    https://www.wired.com/2007/12/chem-lab-the-do/

    36 min
  • Episode 69 - Not Enough Hours in the Day

    Joya and Jeff watched the 2002 movie "The Time Machine"!

    Topics include: The Standardization of Time, Time’s Arrow, Nukes on the Moon, and H.G. Wells Himself!

    Links:

    http://www.nextgentoothbrush.com/infographics/brief-history-of-electric-toothbrush-detailed-analysis-with-infographic/

    https://www.greenmeadowdental.com/blog/electric-toothbrush-facts/

    http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/tomorrow.htm

    https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/04/03/599122774/time-travel-with-your-fridge

    https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609788/physicists-demonstrate-how-to-reverse-of-the-arrow-of-time/

    https://nypost.com/2017/05/01/usa-and-ussr-planned-to-nuke-the-moon-out-of-existence/

    http://www.iflscience.com/space/the-us-had-an-insane-plan-to-drop-a-nuclear-bomb-on-the-moon-in-the-1950s/

    http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/d.html

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-standardization-time-changed-american-society-180961503/

    53 min
  • Episode 68 - The Walking Id

    Joya and Jeff watched the Jim Carrey classic "The Mask"!

    Topics include: The History of Masks, Baby Tazmanian Devils, Norse Mythology, Turning Landfills into Parks, and Freud’s Id Ego and Superego!

    Links:

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25414/tommy-gun-thompson-submachine/

    https://www.thrillist.com/gear/things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-thompson-submachine-gun-tommy-gun-tommy-gun-facts

    https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/dumps-destinations-converting-landfills-parks/30435/

    http://www.thejournal.ie/landfill-cork-ireland-578595-Sep2012/

    http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/tasmanian-devil/

    http://emgn.com/entertainment/10-tribal-masks-must-possessed-demons/

    http://www.historyofmasks.net/

    http://www.historyofmasks.net/famous-masks/

    http://www.historyofmasks.net/famous-masks/death-mask/

    http://www.historyofmasks.net/

    http://www.historyofmasks.net/mask-facts/types-of-masks/

    http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/meaning

    https://www.simplypsychology.org/psyche.html

    www.simplypsychology.org/psyche.html

    www.simplypsychology.org/psyche.html

    http://journalpsyche.org/is-freud-still-relevant-today/

    https://mythology.net/norse/norse-gods/loki/

    57 min
  • Episode 67 - How Volcano Got Its Groove Back

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Volcano"!

    Topics include: Volcanoes, the La Brea Tar Pits, a Prince Who Built a Volcano, and What Happens If You Jump Into Lava!

    Links:

    https://tarpits.org

    http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/volcano.htm

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/68512/15-explosive-facts-about-volcanoes

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/that-time-a-german-prince-built-an-artificial-volcano-19001853/

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2017/06/26/this-is-when-volcanoes-appeared-in-human-stories-for-the-very-first-time/#42ab4e615bd3

    https://sciencing.com/history-volcanology-5397406.html

    52 min
  • Episode 66 - Hyperloop Precheck

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Snowpiercer"!

    Topics include: The Hyperloop, Cloud Seeding, Frostbite, Perpetual Motion Machines, and The Orient Express!

    Links:

    https://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorologists/cloud-seeding1.htm

    https://hyperloop-one.com

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/frostbite/symptoms-causes/syc-20372656

    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/smelling-salts/

    https://www.livescience.com/55944-perpetual-motion-machines.html

    58 min
  • Episode 65 - A Tornado of Truth

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Twister"!

    Topics include: How Tornadoes Form, Early Warning Systems, the Fujita Scale, and Can You Ride a Tornado?!

    Links:

    https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150511-tornadoes-storms-midwest-weather-science/

    https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorological-instruments/totable-tornado-observatory2.htm

    https://www.nasa.gov/content/goes

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/23/tornado.history/index.html

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/15-facts-about-tornadoes-167469821/

    50 min
  • Episode 64 - A Right Handed World

    Joya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "Idle Hands"!

    Topics include: Self Surgeries, Cauterization, People With Two Heads, and How a Body Decomposes!

    Links:

    http://listverse.com/2008/12/09/top-10-incredible-self-surgeries/

    http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/abby-and-brittany-hensel-2017-133084

    https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/dying4.htm

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/

    http://www.iflscience.com/brain/finally-know-people-left-righthanded/

    http://themedicinejournal.com/articles/does-cauterizing-a-wound-really-work/

    https://woundcareadvisor.com/how-to-apply-silver-nitrate/

    https://gizmodo.com/how-the-taser-was-invented-1643251944

    https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/stun-gun5.htm

    50 min

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A podcast about the real stuff in Sci-Fi movies, with a couple of goons who Googled some things