Operation: Have a Conversation

Operation: Have a Conversation

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Operation: Have a Conversation episodes

  • OHAC 04: Action Castle
    In this episode, we play the analog text adventure Action Castle. We also talk more generally about what constitutes a game, what we each like to play, as well as the finer points of documenting the beauty of nature.
    0 min
  • OHAC 03: If I Had Known Then

    In this episode, we talk about what we wish had been taught in schools. We discuss the finer points of computer literacy, history in non-history courses, and science. Fueled by nostalgia, we get introspective at the end.

    Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app!

    https://ohacpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ohac-03.mp3

    Or download from Internet Archive here.

    Or watch on YouTube here.

    Discuss this episode on reddit.

    SHOW NOTES

    Conversations all the way down

    Lunar Eclipse

    Flat Earth Theory

    Touch Typing

    United States Freeway System

    Antoine Lavoisier

    Crash Course — World History

    Measles in Minnesota – CNN

    Andrew Wakefield — Anti-vaccine controversy

    State Vaccination Laws and Exemptions

    John Oliver — Vaccines

    Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem

    Incompleteness Theorem — Numberphile

    Ignorant vs. Intelligent

    California Mosquito Control

    Relevant xkcd

    1 hr 18 min
  • OHAC 03: If I Had Known Then
    In this episode, we talk about what we wish had been taught in schools. We discuss the finer points of computer literacy, history in non-history courses, and science. Fueled by nostalgia, we get introspective at the end. Subscribe on iTunes or your favorite podcast app! Or download from Internet Archive here. Or watch on YouTube here. Discuss […]
    0 min
  • OHAC 02: A Normal Meeting at Night

    In the first episode released after being officially available on the iTunes store, we talk mostly about personality tests — those that are serious, and those that are fun. In addition, we talk about Lord of the Rings, time-tracking, and sea monsters.

    Get yourself a proper podcast app and subscribe on iTunes!

    https://ohacpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ohac-021.mp3

    Or download from Internet Archive here.

    Or watch on YouTube here.

    Discuss this episode on reddit.

    SHOW NOTES

    IQ Test

    Myers Briggs Test and Official Homepage

    16 Personalities

    Lightsaber color

    Wookieepedia

    Introvert, Extrovert, or Sea Monster?

    SURPRISE! DON’T PEAK!

    Librivox

    Hours and aTimeLogger

    Rob Inglis, LoTR Audio Sample

    Scribd

    Coelacanth

    59 min
  • OHAC 02: A Normal Meeting at Night
    In the first episode released after being officially available on the iTunes store, we talk mostly about personality tests — those that are serious, and those that are fun. In addition, we talk about Lord of the Rings, time-tracking, and sea monsters. Get yourself a proper podcast app and subscribe on iTunes! Or download from Internet Archive […]
    0 min
  • OHAC 01: Art is in the Argument

    In this episode we discuss the essay A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhart, which lays out interesting ideas about mathematics education. We then talk about whether the current public education system is any good, if we can anthropomorphize society. We also learn two new words.

    https://ohacpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ohac-01-mix-4-2-2017.mp3

    Or download from Internet Archive here.

    You can also find this episode on YouTube.

    Discuss this episode on reddit.

    SHOW NOTES

     

    Lockhart’s Lament (the essay in pdf)

    A Mathematician’s Lament (the book version on Amazon)

    Integrated Mathematics from Western Michigan University

    Some Proofs WIthout Words

    Exoteric

    Einstein’s Thought Experiment on Going the Speed of Light

    G.H. Hardy

    Srinivasa Ramanujan

    Two Column/Statement Reason Proofs

    118 Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem

    Idiocies

    1 hr 6 min
  • OHAC 01: Art is in the Argument
    In this episode we discuss the essay A Mathematician’s Lament by Paul Lockhart, which lays out interesting ideas about mathematics education. We then talk about whether the current public education system is any good, if we can anthropomorphize society. We also learn two new words. Or download from Internet Archive here. You can also find this episode […]
    1 hr 6 min
  • OHAC 00: Words Are Hard

    In this episode we discuss gift giving, word use, sarcasm, and how to solve all the world’s problems.

    https://ohacpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ohac-00-words-are-hard.mp3

    Or you can download the episode on Internet Archive here.

    Discuss this episode on reddit.

    SHOW NOTES

    Fidget Cube

    Red Sovine, Teddy Bear

    African American Vernacular English vs Ebonics

    Asteroid mining

    1 hr 4 min
  • OHAC 00: Words Are Hard
    In this episode we discuss gift giving, word use, sarcasm, and how to solve all the world’s problems. Or you can download the episode on Internet Archive here. Discuss this episode on reddit. SHOW NOTES Fidget Cube Red Sovine, Teddy Bear African American Vernacular English vs Ebonics Asteroid mining
    1 hr 4 min

About Operation: Have a Conversation

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Entrenched in a time where true conversation is lacking, a brave group of young men work to change this.