Surface Scratchers

By Ronny Jacob

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

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The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.

Surface Scratchers episodes:

June 25, 2021 Surface Scratchers Ep20 - Battles & Wars II
We return with two more battles - the Anglo-Mysore Wars between the East India Company and Mysore; and the Military coup and Rohingya crisis in Myanmar
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29min
June 18, 2021 Surface Scratchers Ep19 - Country names
Ronny & Sawant dig into the origin stories of the names of countries. And play a quiz (do stay till the end!)
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29min
June 11, 2021 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)
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36min
May 28, 2021 Surface Scratchers Ep17 - The weird human body
Sawant & Ronny talk about those weird things our body does!
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33min
May 21, 2021 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
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30min
May 15, 2021 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
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18min
May 08, 2021 Surface Scratchers Ep14 - Airports
Sawant & Ronny discuss airports in today's episode, listen to learn about a few records, fun facts and airports named after people.
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26min
April 30, 2021 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?
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27min
April 23, 2021 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
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10min
April 16, 2021 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
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38min

FAQs about Surface Scratchers:

How many episodes does Surface Scratchers have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.