Welcome to Explain that Stuff... in podcast form! Yes, by popular request, an audio version of the easy-to-understand science website you can listen to round the house or on the move. We cover the basics of how things work, cutting-edge science, cool gadgets, and computers. Unlike other websites, the emphasis is on explaining things simply and clearly so you can actually understand them. Not masses of facts and unnecessary details. Just clear, simple explanation. We teach stuff the way a tea ...
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Tune-in, hear from fintech founders & investors who are building the future of fintech. Catch new episodes every Thursday morning on any podcast application.
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Through my work and community service, I have had the privilege to meet and interact with countless people and organizations that make an impact in this community. From an eight-year-old girl that raised funds for a special needs playground to an eighty-year-old grandmother that bakes pies for soldiers–Kentucky’s Heartland is truly a place where the people make the difference. Follow their stories here! Each represents an important story that I am excited to help share. Welcome to Kentucky's ...
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Andela is a global engineering organization that connects leading technology companies and talented software developers from around the world. We enable companies to build high-performing engineering teams while providing a platform for talented technologists to accelerate their expertise. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV (Google Ventures) and Spark Capital, Andela is building the next generation of global technology leaders. Building For The Next Billion is Andela's podcast that dis ...
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Have A Drink! Do you feel like you've missed out on the craft beer Revolution? Well you’re not too late because the new world of beverages is still forming. Join Brittany, Chris, Casey, and Justin as they do everything they can to learn about this new drinkscape. From African beer gods to Prohibition, they belly up to the bar and see what’s really behind your favorite drink. Look for Have A Drink Show on twitch.tv or your podcatcher of choice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
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A boozy podcast with bite! Each week, host Prairie Rose, founder of the award-winning cocktail and spirits blog Bit by a Fox, will talk drinking culture, imbibing through history, and what’s trending today in the world of intoxicants. She’ll talk to the personalities and experts behind the booze - from scientists and historians to master distillers, wine makers and industry insiders. Every week She'll uncover the hidden stories behind the glass, with plenty of cocktail party fodder to spare. ...
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Episode 638 Rashmi Melgiri from Functional Finance
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Floating your boats - whatever happened to the hovercraft?
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The hovercraft was an iconic British invention from the 1950s; now we barely hear about it at all. How exactly did it work... and why did it fall out of favour?Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 637 Peter Sever from Sumsub
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Cogs, clicks, and chips - a brief history of the computer
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From Blaise Pascal and Charles Babbage to Konrad Zuse, Alan Turing, and Steve Jobs... join us on a 2,500-year journey through mechanical calculators (cogs), relay-driven early computers (clicks), and modern microprocessors (chips) as we explore the fascinating history of computers!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 636 Chris Harmse from BVNK
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We were somewhere around Barstow, when the drunk began to take hold.Okay, so we are doing Mescal instead of some sort of drug, but we all know what Mexican spirits will do. So buckle up and join us on our journey as we take a shot at this episode, and Have a Drink. [Can’t stop here . . . this is worm country] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy …
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Soft sell - a simple introduction to memory foam
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You've probably heard the hype about memory foam, widely used in mattresses and cushions, but what's the science behind it and how does it really work?Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 635 Rhett Roberts from LoanPro
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Graphene the wonder stuff - a simple introduction
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You've probably heard of graphene, but what is it... exactly? What's so good about it... and will this simple new kind of carbon power out future?Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Beep! Beep! How do pagers work?
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Pagers have been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. Can you remember what they were and exactly how they worked?Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 634 Omri Yacubovich from Lama AI
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Fracking - love it or hate it?
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Will fracking save our skins by helping wean us off coal... or push us ever closer to a climate catastrophe? In this episode, we find out how it works and take a balanced look at the arguments for and against.Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 633 Siqi Chen from Runway
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Catching rays - a quick guide to passive solar energy
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With crafty building design, you can heat your home with plentiful, free energy from the Sun. It's called passive solar energy - and here's how it works!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Okay, I know we are redoing episodes, but can we do without the typos. It’s even in the title. Oh, it’s actually Shochu, not Shoju. So we are going to Japan for our spirits instead of Korea this time. We’ll figure out the difference between those, and whatever else we can find about this. Kampai again, and join us as we Have a Drink. Hosted on Acas…
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Episode 632 Ruston Miles from Bluefin
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Pollution solutions - what can we do about water pollution?
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If water's the stuff of life, why do we still live in a world of littered rivers and oil spills? Today, a look at water pollution - and what we can do about it.Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 631 Tom Kang from Converge
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Eye spy electric eye - a quick introduction to LIDAR
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How do self-driving cars see where they're going? One way is by using a kind of light-scanning laser called LIDAR - and here's a quick look at how it works.Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 630 Kurt Lin from Pinwheel
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Mind games - The 10 greatest experiments of psychology
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The ideas we have about ourselves and other people are often well wide of the mark - as 10 amazing experiments from the history of psychology impressively demonstrate!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 629 Edward Woodford from Zero Hash
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HAD 250 - German Wheat Beer
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Eins, Zwei, Weisen. Well maybe that isn’t how Germans count, but maybe it should be. We are talking about German Wheat Beers today. You shouldn’t be shocked that there is a long history of brewing this type of beer, but maybe we’ll find something that will surprise you. So get a nice refreshing hefeweizen, or maybe a good dark Dunklewizen, either w…
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Lost and found - how GPS works
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Are you feeling lost? GPS "satnav" will soon put you right. Today we take a simple look at GPS, Glonass, Galileo, and the other space satellite navigation systems spinning around over our heads!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 628 Joe Robinson from Hummingbird
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Flying through time - a brief history of flight
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No, the Wright Brothers didn't invent flying - the idea actually dates back through thousands of years of history. Today, we glide through the story of human flight!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 627 David Metz from Prizeout
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Atoms on your wrist - telling time with atomic clocks
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Today we discover how atoms vibrating 9,192,631,770 times a second can help us tell time. Welcome to the wonderful world of radio-controlled, atomic clocks!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 626 Nelson Chu from Percent
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Teaching computers to talk - all about speech synthesis
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From HAL and "Speak & Spell" to Siri, and Alexa, we look at how speech synthesizers work... and why they still don't work perfectly!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 625 John Mitchell from Episode Six
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HAD 249 - Blind Tasting - Top vs Bottom Shelf Liquors
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Blind tasting of top shelf vs. bottom shelf alcohol of various types. Please excuse some of the audio issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Inspiration or perspiration - where do inventions come from?
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Is there still a place for the lone genius inventor - the Edison, Ford, Tesla, or Marconi? Or is invention now solely the province of giant corporations like Apple, IBM, and DuPont?Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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Episode 624 Guy Leibovitz from Nominal
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The surprising science of sport
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Hurrah, the Olympics is nearly here! From springy pole vaulters and leaping long jumpers to spinning ice skaters and slippery swimmers, we're going to take a quick tour through the surprising science behind sport!Kirjoittanut Chris Woodford
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