Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more.

In this episode, Ivy and Ron take on the caped crusader, Batman!

This episode includes discussions about utility belts, batarangs, and whether or not Batman's money is better spent elsewhere?

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Cover art by

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

https://www.deepfocusfilmstudies.com/batman-gadgets.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/how-much-would-cost-batman-8853340

http://www.centives.net/S/2012/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-batman/

https://www.looper.com/784710/how-much-is-batmans-bruce-wayne-actually-worth-in-the-dc-universe/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2019/10/01/jeff-bezos-forbes-400-photos/?sh=437d92647d18

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/04/06/forbes-billionaires-2022-elon-musk-jeff-bezos/9481302002/

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

Ivy’s Notes:

Forbes fictional 15: https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2013/fictional-15/bruce-wayne.html

Forbes billionaires: https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

DC Comics: https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/11/22/batman-on-a-budget-does-the-dark-knight-need-money-to-be-effective

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/03/08/limits-of-philanthropy-pub-51201

The Charitable-Industrial Complex: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex.html

Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more.

In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss community built around the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers: Nerdfighteria!

This episode includes discussions of the past, whether or not Ron went to Nerdcon, and a potential Queries & Theories Expanded Universe?

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Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto)

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

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Episode Notes:

Vlogbrothers YouTube:

Complexly:

DFTBA Records:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We are back!

In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the classic creepy TV show, The Twilight Zone! 

This episode includes gremlins, William Shatner, the chicken gun, and whether or not the kids still say spoopy?

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

hts://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_off_testing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine

https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/engines.html#:~:text=From%201903%2C%20the%20year%20of,turbo%20jet%20engine%20in%201930.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734600/trivia?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf

Ivy’s Notes:

Episode wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmare_at_20,000_Feet

Vulture article on episode’s legacy: https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/twilight-zone-nightmare-at-20000-feet-history-legacy.html

There’s a man out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXHKDb0CNjA

In this episode, Ivy and Ron DESTROY your favorite children's show with FACTS and LOGIC! ....Well, not really.

This episode includes talks about the physics of comets, agni kais, and whether or not Ozai's plan makes much sense in the long run!

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Music by

Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto)

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Wulong_Forest

https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Ba_Sing_Se

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/comets/in-depth/

https://www.space.com/3113-meteors-meteor-showers-science.html

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/601916-largest-forest-wildfire-single-fire#:~:text=The%20Chinchaga%20Fire%20started%20in,million%20acres)%20of%20boreal%20forest.

https://theweek.com/articles/824018/return-airship#:~:text=Airships%20can't%20go%20nearly,hour%2C%20to%20keep%20drag%20down.

Ivy’s Notes:

Avatar The Last Airbender on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/70142405

Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more.

In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the Discovery channel hit: Mythbusters!

This episode includes Kodiak cake sponsorship, science education, and our favorite routinely dismembered member of the Mythbusters team, Buster Buster!

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Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/the-humble-history-of-the-crash-test-dummy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_test_dummy#Hybrid_I_and_II

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Crash-Test-Dummy.html#:~:text=thorax%20(chest)%20impact-,The%20crash%20test%20dummy%20is%20made%20of%20metal%20parts%20consisting,and%20polyurethane%20foam%2C%20and%20vinyl.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_test_dummy

https://humanetics.humaneticsgroup.com/products/anthropomorphic-test-devices

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/accidents-hazardous-conditions/crash-test.htm

Ivy’s Notes:

Wikipedia article, mythbusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters#Format

Atlantic Article, Mythbusters Teaching Wonder Thru Failure: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/mythbusters-teaching-through-wonderand-failure/383844/

Physics Teacher, 54, 228 (2016), How the Television Show Mythbusters Communicates the Scientific Method: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.4944364

Adam Savage Tested, Adam learns from STEAM educators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHUTnZUHUz0

Classic Scientific Method, Khan Academy:

Welcome to Queries and Theories! In this episode, Ivy and Ron continue their series on Avatar: The Last Airbender with Book 2, Earth!

This episode includes big drills, short kings, gulags and maybe a couple plot holes?

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Music by

Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto)

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt

Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

Tunnel boring machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine

How TBMs work https://www.boringcompany.com/prufrock

Slurry TBM : https://marquette.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fact-Sheet-How-a-tunnel-boring-machine-works-04.08.2020.pdf

Great Wall of China materials: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/monument/great.html

Tunneling shield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnelling_shield#History

Martina facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_(tunnel_boring_machine)

Explanation of the anatomy of a TBM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwbzvtXON8&ab_channel=KarimGaber’

Ivy’s Notes:

Coup of Ba Sing Se Avatar Fandom Site: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Coup_of_Ba_Sing_Se

Xiran Jay Zhao’s video on Cultural Inspirations in ATLA Book 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6SNxykp2MA&t=2463s

Laogai Museum Research Page: https://laogairesearch.org/museum/what-is-laogai/

Laogai Prison System: https://laogairesearch.org/laogai-system/

Business Human Rights on 83 Brands identified using forced labor of Xinjiang camp: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/china-83-major-brands-implicated-in-report-on-forced-labour-of-ethnic-minorities-from-xinjiang-assigned-to-factories-across-provinces-includes-company-responses/

Dept of Labor report on Uyghur Muslims detained in Forced Labor Camps: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/against-their-will-the-situation-in-xinjiang

King Emmanuel III of Italy and Benito Mussolini: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/fascist-king-victor-emmanuel-iii-italy

ATLA Fandom Page info on Dai Li: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Dai_Li

Welcome to Queries and Theories!

In this episode, Ivy and Ron are doing the first of our minisode series: Podluck! In Podluck episodes, we each bring a different topic to the show that we might not normally get to talk about. 

In this episode, Ivy talks about A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and Ron talks about Futurama! This episode includes discussions about how long it takes to get published as a fiction writer, banned books, math jokes that require a PhD to understand, and more!

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Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

Futurama Wiki:

Heisenberg uncertainty principle:

Science behind Futurama:

Futurama Theorem:

Futurama Theorem Mathologer Video:

Futurama Jokes:

Lag B’Omer:

Grandfather Paradox:

Ivy’s Notes:

Web Archive “A Special Message from Madeleine L’Engle,” Penguin Random House:

Wrinkle in Time Wiki:

National Endowment for the Humanities Profile of Madeleine L’Engle:

Mental Floss Listicle about Wrinkle in Time:

Britannica Article on A Wrinkle in Time:

Wrinkle in Time Banned Books Project:

Books on Trial, A Wrinkle in Time:

Wrinkle in Time Controversy:

Smithsonian Wrinkle in Time Legacy:

Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more.

In this episode, Ivy and Ron begin the first in our series on the beloved Nickelodeon show: Avatar: The Last Airbender! 

This episode covers Book 1 of the series, and be sure to check back as we cover the rest of the seasons one by one in upcoming episodes. This episode includes discussions of flying bison logistics, expositional deep dives, and maybe Commander Zhao had a point?

Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes!

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Music by

Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto)

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

How long does the series take place over?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8M3xlNYm40&ab_channel=AntoineBandele

Size of the Earth: https://www.space.com/17638-how-big-is-earth.html#:~:text=Using%20those%20measurements%2C%20the%20equatorial,is%20called%20an%20oblate%20sphero

Pre-dreadnought ships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship#Propulsion

HMS Dreadnought: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906)

Ivy’s Notes:

Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1: https://www.netflix.com/title/70142405

Xiran Jay Zhao's Video on ATLA Book 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8MD8U1Ilwc

Welcome to Queries and Theories! In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the staple of 90s science classrooms everywhere: Bill Nye the Science Guy! 

This episode includes discussions of the shows numerous experiments, the influence of public broadcasting, and more!

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Music by

Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto)

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

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Episode Notes:

Ron's Notes:

Steel Wool Combustion Experiment (real world):

Ivy's Notes:

Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more.

In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the turn of the century handheld game phenomenon, Pokémon! 

This episode includes marketing to children, LCD screens, and hacking Pokémon Crystal, and developing Pokébrain?

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https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en

Cover art by

TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner)

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Episode Notes:

Ron’s Notes:

Game Boy:

History of Pokémon Games:

How Game Boy Advanced Works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film-transistor_liquid-crystal_display

How old school cartridges work:

How computer memory works:

Ivy’s Notes:

History of Pokémon:

Pokémon Merchandising Sales:

Washington Post Pokémania:

How to market to children:

Kids as collectors and children’s marketing:

Event pokemon as marketing strategy:

Brand recognition study on kids:

Collecting as part of childhood development:

Stanford study on Pokémon brain in adults:

Harvard Business Review brand relationships children v adults:

Pokémon marketing strategy: