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In this episode, we finish up our earth day series! We go over the Arctic and Antarctica. We also talk about how we as humans have made an impact on our world (negative) and how we can make more of an impact on our world (positive)!

Thanks to Mayank Devaru for Co-hosting this podcast with me!

Thanks to everybody who has been supporting me to this journey! I am proud to share with you that as of the time of publishing this episode, we have had 700 total listens to this podcast! Plus - 20 Spotify followers! Thank you all!

Source: A book named: The Wonderful Workings of Planet Earth.

Actual Publishing Date: April 27, 2024

Eclipses are a strange phenomenon.

Lunar eclipses, and solar eclipses coming your way! Be prepared for a strange episode! We talk about the types of eclipse, and why eclipses don't happen more often.

Listen to the podcast for more info!

Sources and Links to learn more! (I left out some information from these sources!)

What is a total eclipse?:

https://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/learn

How do you tell what type of eclipse it is?

https://www.britannica.com/story/how-do-you-tell-the-difference-between-total-annular-solar-and-lunar-eclipses

Eclipse Calendar:

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/

Eclipses (NASA)

https://science.nasa.gov/moon/eclipses/

Lunar and Solar Eclipses (Youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7tnHPDH5d8

Actual Publishing Date: April 21, 2024

It's been so long! Episode 33!

We talk about the San Francisco Cable Car and why it's a very special cable car - mainly because of all of it's challenges that engineers had to face to make this cable car! Uphills, Turns, Turns AND Uphills, and more in this episode! Plus - your stomach will Turn Turn and Uphill??

SOURCES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lc-7enEIRQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lazLKSLszuY&t=362s

https://www.cablecarmuseum.org/

Did you read past the Sources? Well - Here's a quick peek at what the next episode is about: Eclipses

Actual Publishing Date: April 16, 2024

In today's episode we talk about the interstate system that is - by the way - A MESS - it has some order, but also, some mess.

Note: This is a hard episode to follow because of all the states and cities I mention in it. I understand that! It's even hard for me to visualize where the cities are! And I just took my 50 states quiz! Here's a link that should help with visualization!

North to South Highways:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bbepe_C7SFtJEOjAxPvDSS8KGfgmjZ9V/view?usp=sharing

East to West Highways: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aKDLJc7lWL3QMBklfBRNkKhEXYsVqiN2/view?usp=drive_link

Sources (for everything:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fn_30AD7Pk

Actual Publishing Date: March 29, 2024

We continue our series here! Finishing up Africa, and moving on to Australia!

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please go ahead and listen to S1 E15: Today's Not Earth Day, But.... [1/6] It is the first part of this series. Once you've gotten there, listen to [2/6] then [3/6] etc. till you are all caught up!

Actual Publishing Date: Friday March 22 2024

Thank's to Samaya for asking this question! Have you seen a rainbow near you?

Yes Indeed! In EPISODE 30 we are talking about Rainbows and not only how they are formed, but also how we see those rainbows. Not how our eyes work, but how light - bounces off things into our eyes. We talk about wavelengths and about iron rods and pencils. Plus, the random fact this week is a big one.

Thanks to everyone that's been tuning in since I first started making this podcast series! I can't believe we are at episode 30!

If you are a new time listener, thanks for your support as well.

Sources:

https://global.canon/en/technology/s_labo/light/001/02.html#:~:text=The%20rainbow%20effect%20occurs%20because,out%20again%20into%20the%20air.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/atmospheric/rainbows-are-circular.htm#:~:text=Indeed%2C%20from%20this%20vantage%20point,within%20your%20line%20of%20sight.

Information about how light travels is from my science class!

Learn about the Electromagnetic spectrum: https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html

Actual Publishing Date: March 1st 2024.

Hello! In this episode we talk about how you hear the things that you hear! How we talk, and also how you are able to listen to my podcast! How, a microphone and speaker works. In fact, when I first started researching this Idea, it was only on how a microphone and speaker works, but then, I got caught up in how sound waves are made!

More knowledge!

Hope you enjoy!

Make sure to check out the Q&A and polls section in Spotify! You can rate my podcasts and give me feedback! This will greatly help me grow as a podcaster and make your listening experience better!

Thanks to Miles (Fox) for creating the music! I didn't even ask!

Email: [email protected]

Actual Publishing Date: February 23 2024

Hello! I know it's Wednesday! A new feature I tried - scheduled publishing went horribly wrong! (It was set to this coming Friday)

In this episode we fill in the gaps for episode number 26 and sort of episode number 27. This is because I cannot cover everything that there is to cover in one short episode. I also don't want to stretch the episode.

Enjoy!

Sources:

Chinese New Year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=may2s9j4RLk&t=162s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJag2BvLnBY

Earthquakes:

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCPjgv2Pccc⁠

Tsunami:

(My Own Memory!)

Actual Publishing Date: February 21 2024

I bet you can't guess the pattern on when I will be publishing my episode!!! (You probably guessed it as episode 30)

We are continuing on our series on Earth day - and we are almost there at April! Hopefully you've learned a lot about earth day in my series!

Email: [email protected]

Actual Publishing Date: February 9 2024

Here we talk about how tropical cyclones and tornadoes form! We talk a little bit about Newton's first law of Motion and how it causes tropical cyclones to swirl. Also - note that tropical cyclones is the generally agreed on term for tsunami/typhoon.

This episode was a tad bit complicated - especially the tornado part.

Here's a drive link to an image that I made to help explain the tornado bit.: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12lo8hboGd2GAXWFbyrVm8JRjltqqZN9y/view?usp=sharing

CREDITS/SOURCES:

Hurricanes

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m68_07Sav4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hkdAMyn-ZU

Tornadoes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWh9jV_1ac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT7yRMLAkCY

For More Discovery (Tornadoes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNKAcDeBJbg

Actual Publishing Date: February 2 2024