In this episode we talk about - well - electricity! We talk about how it's made and how it is distributed to us using generators turbines and wires. We also talk about how not to blow up your computer.

Also - My Birthday is in TWO DAYS!

Please note: This topic was more on the difficult side for me, so please do excuse me if I don't do as good of a job explaining things as in other podcasts. However, I do always strive to make my facts correct. I also will not be publishing a podcast next week as I need to finish up my High School application essays,

Sources I Used - and Extra Resources if You Want!

Transformers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcY4QN7awEc

How Electricity is Made (Simple Edition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PpO-2mEO_0

My Dad! My dad helped fact check and I remembered some (most) of these facts from one day in the car when we were talking about it!

Actual Publishing Date: November 17 2023

Note: I meant pages, not words (during the random fact)

Note: Redwoods are 30 feet in circumference not wide (30 feet wide would have been ridiculous)

In this episode, we're beginning a large part series to explain the wonders of our world! We'll talk about the classifications of all our ecosystems, and populations, and biomes (hint, MineCraft)! We'll even discover one of the ecosystems very dear to my heart. We'll get to other ecosystems as well! And yes, today's not Earth Day, but that doesn't mean we don't celebrate and learn about our earth!

NOTE: The intermission music sounds very similar to the music in a game named Theme Park Tycoon 2 (on Roblox) which I used to play. I just happened to stumble across a live loop that sounded just like it and thought - hey, why not!

2:27 is the timestamp with the time for all the definitions!

If you want to learn more, I recommend two books:

1. The Wondrous Workings of Planet Work - Understanding Our World and It's Ecosystems

2. Life Cycles - Everything from Start to Finish

Guess where I got my information from?

I was not sponsored. The Authors of Both Books are Dorling Kindersley (DK)

Actual Publishing Date: November 11 2023

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Vik the Random! Are you ready for a banger?

In this episode we talk about LION, which isn't an actual lion, but rather Lithium-ion. We'll talk about what it is, and how exactly it works. From the second part of the name EV, you can probably guess that it has something to do with Electric Vehicles. Let's Go!

Also - Huge Shoutout to Many Candle a non-profit started by my classmate where all candles go directly to help pets in the SVPP! (Silicon Valley Pet Project)

Visit them here: https://manlycandles.net/ols/categories/air-fresheners

Thank you to my dad and my science teacher who helped me with my facts and script! This was a very complicated topic for me too! Tell me how I did in explaining it! Email me at [email protected] (Don't worry - it's just a hide my email)

RESOURCES!

If you're confused.

My Drawing:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i89tk2Ow5j8fVIslIFigFZfP_aHvbx9z/view?usp=sharing

What is an Atom:

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

How Li-ion Batteries Work. (Slightly More Confusing, but Works.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xm2rLlJeg4

For Further Discovery:

How Lithium-Ion Works Animation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxMM4g2Sk8U

What's A Charged Atom?: 

⁠https://sciencenotes.org/what-is-an-ion-chemistry-definition/⁠

Why Your Battery Get's Worse and Worse and Eventually Has to Be Replaced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc8UBSp1tz0

Tesla Car Battery:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpIIjEH1y6M

Toyota's NEW Solid State Battery: (It's Different From Lithium-Ion)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zofx59CLb4A

How Toyota's Solid State Battery Works: (How It's Different)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azACL3lLMo8

More Info: (From Toyota's Website)

https://www.toyota.ie/company/news/2021/solid-state-batteries

Also - I have so much about Toyota's Solid State because that was originally going to be my topic, but it was way too complicated.

Actual Publishing Date: 10/20/2023

This is the first in a series of slightly more intense, halloween themed episode. Don't worry - no horrible descriptions! In this episode we talk about what is wasted when you are buried (hint - golden gate), and how we can reduce that waste - primarily through the different ways we are buried.

Also - sorry for the kind of bad audio quality - I changed a setting on my microphone that I need to figure out how to reverse.

Also - please note - I don't mean any offense with my "slight" bias.

Actual Publishing Date: October 12, 2023 [Tomorrow is Friday the 13th!]

In this episode, we talk about how you get 3 day delivery from amazon. This involves robots, conveyor belts, an app, and a lot more stuff which I will try my best to explain in 12 minutes! So get ready, get set, and get listening!

Phew! This podcast contains a lot of information, so be sure to remember stuff from earlier on in the podcast, to later on. And, don't worry if it wizzed past you. Feel free to listen to it slowly. There's also a recap at the end.

Note: I won't be producing an episode next week (or the week after) because of an overnight field trip. However, on the week after that, my schedule will return to normal.

Actual Publishing Date: September 21 2023

In this episode, we talk about the part of the water cycle that is missing in many diagrams, cycles, and more, and thats -- how the water gets to YOU! This involves a long line of purification and filtration. We also talk about filters and the cycle inside of a cycle.

Thank you to James Jones - this episode is dedicated to him

Here's the link to the image of the diagrams and cycles! You can print it out too!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KHx1OFraAJQIFGBO4vIyANB6Evc8K9EM/view?usp=sharing

Actual Publishing Date: September 14 2023

Yay! We're on double digits! This episode is here to broadcast how washing your hands can be detrimental to your long term health. Take a look at the ingredients of your soap to figure out why! We talk about what some chemicals do, and why they are allowed. And, as we always do, we talk about the wider impact, and what we can do about it.

Check out:

ewg.org

Ewg is a place which ranks all of your products on how safe they are to use.

storyofstuff.org

Story of stuff is a non-profit determined to improve living conditions, and deal with human waste.

I was not sponsored.

Actual Publishing Date: September 7th 2023

Code Random! I cannot tell you because this podcast is a surprise. You cannot know what it's about! However, I can give you two hints. 1: Something extremely special happened yesterday, and 2: This podcast is dedicated to my dad.

I am so tired after almost 11 hours making this podcast! Thanks again to NCS for the music for this podcast!

Music:

Cartoon - On & On (feat. Daniel Levi)

Note: Limited Music means that there is only music playing in the beginning and the ending of the podcast. Email me at [email protected] to let me know if you'd rather have music playing for the entirety of this podcast, or vice versa.

Actual Publishing Date: September 1st 2023

Code Random! I cannot tell you because this podcast is a surprise. You cannot know what it's about! However, I can give you two hints. (1) Something extremely special happened yesterday, and (2) This podcast is dedicated to my dad.

I am so tired after almost 11 hours of making this podcast! Thanks again to NCS for the music for this podcast!

Music:

Cartoon - On & On (feat. Daniel Levi)

Culture Code - Make Me Move (feat. Karra)

⁠Unknown Brain - Superhero (feat. Chris Linton)

⁠Lost Sky - Fearless pt. II (feat. Chris Linton)⁠IZECOLD - Close (feat. Molly Ann) [Brooks Remix]

Note: Full Music means that there is music playing throughout the entire podcast. Email me at [email protected] to let me know whether you like the music playing for the entire podcast - or if you'd rather have the only music at the beginning and the end.

Actual Publishing Date: August 31 2023

In this episode, we'll be delivering a wirecutter-like review on whether you should be subscribed to Kindle Unlimited, or Nintendo Switch Online with the expansion pack. We'll go over all the details, cover all the details, and fit you into a category on why you should, or shouldn't buy it. I was inspired by this when one of my friends had the Nintendo Online, and I didn't, so I did some research on what I was missing out. In this episode, I also go really deep onto only these two subscriptions and explaining them - even though when I look at my script, it doesn't look like a lot. So... Hop right in, and Enjoy!

Check out my newly renovated website!

viktherandom.com

Actual Publishing Date - August 23rd 2023