Vik the Random

Nothing much to say about what to episode is about. The title pretty much explains it!

I try not to put bias into these episodes and to present facts as they are! Let me know how I do!

Also - huge shoutout to my debate team!

Everyone did great in todays competition!

Sources:

Crash Course US History

US History Class at HB School

Today's Debate Tournament!

What could possibly be determined on the future? Where are we trying to predict the future? In Stocks of course! What was the original purpose of stocks? What do we think of stocks as today? (I mention bonds - but we ran out of time!)

I am not a financial advisor! Nothing I say in this podcast is meant to be taken as financial advice. Always do your own research before investing and if unsure, talk to a financial advisor (or your parents). Investing is risky.

Sources:

Murderous Maths Series

Planet Money

Monkey Economics

Apologies for the late submission (meant to upload on Sunday) - there was an error uploading!

We talk about the shutting down of the US Government. Why did the government shut-down. What does it mean if the government shuts down? If the government is shut down, why don't I feel anything?

Sources:

https://govfacts.org/explainer/government-shutdowns-explained-what-closes-what-stays-open-and-why/

https://www.usa.gov/agency-index/d#D

https://govfacts.org/explainer/understanding-mandatory-vs-discretionary-spending-in-the-federal-budget/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ap-reader-question-do-federal-workers-get-paid-during-the-government-shutdown/ar-AA1NUr0Y?ocid=BingNewsSerp

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2025-funding-congress/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_federal_government_shutdown

Shifting to a bi-weekly schedule as school becomes busier. I want to keep my high quality and not sacrifice because of quantity.

We talk about cards! Debit and Credit cards and how they work. Who are VISA and Mastercard? How do they make money.

Remember that I am not a financial advisor. You should always do your own research before making decisions about money. Any suggestions made about finance are my personal opinions. Do your own research (hopefully written or said by other financial advisors)

Sources:

See last week.

Money! Why does money have value? Why do checks have value? Why do we keep money in banks when they do stuff with our money... Trust trust trust trust trust.

Sources:

NPR Planet Money

NPR Marketplace

How does GPS work? What is optimization? And is the recommended "fastest" route really the fastest?

Source: (Multiple Videos Linked Here)

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-0002-introduction-to-computational-thinking-and-data-science-fall-2016/

That's a loong list! HTTP error codes and what they do and what they mean. You may not see all of them, but now you can imagine them all.

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

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Reference/Status

And all other random blog posts that helped me out here:

kinsta.com

Hostinger

Microsoft Community

Stack Overflow

Today we dig deeper into the terms used in ELECTRICITY. The terms we see on appliances that tell us how much POWER they need, which we can then use to find out how much ENERGY is being used.

An alternate title could have been "Water explain watt this is to us!" But if you start comparing electricity to water too much you'll find yourself very confused.

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvuHsu8S6v8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KePcASD0NQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Posj4WMo0o&t=81s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T86ytUX0Ak&t=70s

Fruit or Vegetable. Well, it all depends on whether or not you think the vegetable is (1) a part of the plant (2) is the plant.

Sources:

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

https://www.dictionary.com/e/fruit-vs-vegetable/

https://www.ice.edu/blog/the-difference-between-fruits-and-vegetables

This idea came to me in a dream! What is fire, and how does it work? More importantly – does firework? And if so, how does firework work?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfkjm2YRG-Q

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/67288060

And my 7th and 8th grade science class!