Surface Scratchers

Surface Scratchers

By Ronny JacobEducation
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Surface Scratchers episodes

  • Surface Scratchers Ep18 - Surface scratching popular sports
    Have you wanted to get into and start following some sports, but never had an idea how? Sawant and Ronny break down four sports in this episode - Basketball (NBA) , Football (EPL) , Formula 1 and Cycling (Tour de France) and discuss the basics and strategy of the game. 
    Shownotes:
    The difference between American & European basketball fans (YouTube) | The Last Dance, documentary on Michael Jordan's career with the Chicago Bulls (Netflix)| Tour de France explained (Vox) | F1 explained, by F1 drivers (YouTube) | F1's Drive to Survive documentary (Netflix)
    36 min
  • Surface Scratchers Ep 16 - Cryptocurrency

    Hitch a ride on the cryptocurrency bandwagon with Sawant and Ronny

    Shownotes:

    Satoshi Nakamoto's paper on bitcoin | The bitcon Energy Consumption Index | Meet Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ether(ium) | Starting a cryptocurrency - an episode from the Radiolab podcast - The Ceremony | Why India Should Buy Bitcoin - an article

    30 min
  • Surface Scratchers Extras - Beer

    Sawant & Ronny scratch the surface on the details behind everyone's favourite beverage, beer!

    Shownotes:

    A nice article on the history of beer | A handy beer guide | Some beer stats: Largest companies, Countries by per capita consumption | Our favourite beer ads: Carlton Draught 1, Carlton Draught 2, the OG Kingfisher ads, Knock Out, Haywards 5000

    18 min
  • Surface Scratchers Ep13 - Vaccines

    Vaccines, vaccines! Hear all about them! Sawant and Ronny discuss their history, how they work, how the Covid-19 vaccines are different, and bust a few myths.

    Show Notes (This time, we're linking podcasts we think you may like. All on Covid-19 or pandemics)

    Radiolab: The Great Vaccinator - On Herman Miller & the role of chicken eggs in vaccine development (Spotify, Google Podcasts).
    Radiolab: Challenge Trials (Spotify, Google Podcasts). 

    Freakonomics Radio: Why Can’t Schools Get What the N.F.L. Has? - On systematic, widespread and regular testing (Google Podcasts, Spotify)

    Freakonomics Radio: Which Jobs Will Come Back, and When? (Google Podcasts, Spotify)

    The Seen and the Unseen Ep 221: Science and Covid-19 (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

    The Seen and the Unseen Ep 177: India's Economy in the Time of Covid-19 (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

    Cautionary Tales: How To End A Pandemic - on smallpox (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

    Cautionary Tales: The Village of Heroes - on the plague (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

    Planet Money: Fork the Govt - How tech helped Taiwan beat Covid-19 (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

    Planet Money: After the plague (Spotify, Google Podcasts)

    The Anthropocene Reviewed: Penguins of Madagascar and the Smallpox Vaccine (Google Podcasts, Spotify)

    Vox's videos: Why you can't compare Covid-19 vaccines, mRNA vaccines, Why side effects are a good thing, How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer, Can we get rid of Covid-19 forever?

    27 min
  • Surface Scratchers Extras Ep13 - Festivals

    Some festivals we're sure you haven't heard about

    Show notes:

    James May of TopGear and The Grand Tour fame attends Kanamara Matsuri | A Gatari Amavasya song (Marathi, use headphones - cool stereo effects) | CoCo on Disney+Hotstar

    10 min
  • Surface Scratchers Ep12 - Whisky

    It's alcohol season on Surface Scratchers - this week, is Whisky week.

    Shownotes:

    Figure out which alco-bev conglomerate owns which distillery | The best Whisky channel on YouTube - Whiskey Vault | How some scotch whisky distilleries  got their names - here and here | Whisky glassware explained | Our favourite Whisky (or Music CDs, or whatever) ads 8PM, Imperial Blue Music CDs, AC Apple juice | The 25 Best-Selling Whisky Brands In The World | A Single Malt Whisky Flavor Map, Tasting wheel | Whisky from unheard of places 

    38 min

About Surface Scratchers

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Sawant and Ronny scratch the surface of some topics. PSA: Research is earnest, but often half-done.