Oh, That's a Thing!

Joya Italiano and Jeff Eckman
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A podcast about the real stuff in Sci-Fi movies, with a couple of goons who Googled some things

  1. 08/20/2018

    Episode 81 - Survival of the Most Empathic

    It's the final episode!! Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Terminator 2"! Topics include: Killer Robots, Why We Cry, Turing Tests, How Pain Works, and a wrap-up of what we’ve learned on this crazy journey! Links: http://www.cracked.com/article_19754_5-computer-hacks-from-movies-you-wont-believe-are-possible.html http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/07181/798367-85.stm https://www.painscience.com/articles/pain-is-weird.php https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-do-we-cry-the-science-of-tears-9741287.html http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Moirai.html https://www.fastcompany.com/3069048/where-are-military-robots-headed https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/lethal-microdrones-dystopian-futures-and-the-autonomous-weapons-debate https://www.extremetech.com/computing/269030-did-google-duplexs-ai-demonstration-just-pass-the-turing-test https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/chinese-room-argument-artificial-intelligence/

    1h 39m

  2. 08/13/2018

    Episode 80 - The Ultimate Harsh Environment

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Gravity"! It's the second to last episode guys! Topics include: Space Disasters and Near Misses, Gravity Itself, Sound in Space, and Space Junk! Links: https://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/most-dangerous-moments-space-shuttle-station-history/ http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/ https://www.britannica.com/list/7-accidents-and-disasters-in-spaceflight-history http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/ https://listverse.com/2014/03/17/10-horrific-disasters-of-the-space-program/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-space-junk-problem-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-gnarlier/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-space-junk-problem-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-gnarlier/ https://www.newsweek.com/space-empty-space-aliens-sound-waves-listening-525073 https://www.webmd.com/lung/lung-hyperventilation-what-to-do#1 https://www.livescience.com/14012-6-weird-facts-gravity.html

    1h 17m

  3. 08/06/2018

    Episode 79 - But There Is a Spoon

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Matrix"! Topics include: Living in a Simulation, Deja Vu, Nihilism, Humans as Batteries, and The One Phone Call Rule! Links: https://www.darpa.mil/program/targeted-neuroplasticity-training https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/201001/what-is-d-j-vu https://www.bustle.com/p/9-things-your-brain-is-trying-to-tell-you-when-you-experience-deja-vu-8334677 https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_nihilism.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-and-last-pay-phone-180952727/ https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/19/news/companies/pay-phones/index.html https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/physicists-find-we-re-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/ https://www.dwheeler.com/essays/humans-batteries-matrix.html https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1263/is-the-basic-premise-of-humans-as-a-power-source-in-the-matrix-reasonable https://abovethelaw.com/2015/03/criminally-yours-your-one-phone-call/ http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/really-entitled-phonecall-arrested/

    1h 15m

  4. 07/30/2018

    Episode 78 - Life's a Bitch and Then You Don't Die

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Cloud Atlas". Topics include: Reincarnation, Birthmarks, Nuclear Power, Cannibalism, and Microchipping Yourself! Links: https://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation.htm https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/definitions-of-clouds.html https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/bumps-and-growths/birthmarks https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/problems/beauty/birthmark.htm https://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/Psychic_Birthmarks https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/06/for-ancient-cannibals-fellow-hominins-werent-a-great-meal/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.04a6bec566b7 https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/microchips-wisconsin-company-employees.html

    1h 8m

  5. 07/23/2018

    Episode 77 - Like Looking in a Mirror... Only Not

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Face/Off"! Topics include: Face/Head transplants, Interpol, body morphing, and Greek mythology! Links: http://mentalfloss.com/article/65363/15-peachy-facts-about-faceoff https://www.thrillist.com/vice/i-talked-to-the-nation-s-top-plastic-surgeons-about-face-off-is-face-off-possible https://www.gq.com/story/richard-norris https://people.howstuffworks.com/interpol.htm http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/07/01/what_do_interpol_agents_really_do.html https://mythology.net/greek/mortals/castor-and-pollux/ http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ca-Cr/Castor-and-Pollux.html http://www.thejournal.ie/two-headed-dogs-794157-Feb2013/ https://www.popsci.com/first-head-transplant-human-surgery http://blog.heightlengthening.com/what-to-expect-when-you-have-surgery-to-get-taller https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/a-painful-way-to-grow-taller/ http://www.cracked.com/article_19095_the-5-most-shockingly-insane-modern-dictators.html

    59 min

  6. 07/16/2018

    Episode 76 - Extreme Coping

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Identity"! Topics include: The Insanity Defense, Meyers-Briggs, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Identity Politics, and Sea Monkeys! Links: https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Dissociative-Disorders https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/aron/qa227.htm?noredirect=on https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/insanity-defense.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/twilight-mom-and-pop-motel-180963895/ http://www.open.edu/openlearn/people-politics-law/politics-policy-people/sociology/identity-question/content-section-1.1 https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/24/the-evolutionary-roots-of-identity-politics/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cui-bono/201603/are-scores-the-mbti-totally-meaningless http://www.businessinsider.com/myers-briggs-personality-test-is-misleading-2014-6 http://mentalfloss.com/article/56755/16-amazing-facts-about-sea-monkeys

    54 min

  7. 07/02/2018

    Episode 75 - Kids Can Be Tactless

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Battle Royale"! Topics include: Crazy Game Shows, the East Asia Anti-Japanese Armed Front, the End of the Gladiator fights, a Real Life Lord of the Flies, and Corporal Punishment! Links: http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/social/sherif_robbers_cave_experiment.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/16/a-real-life-lord-of-the-flies-the-troubling-legacy-of-the-robbers-cave-experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Telemachus https://churchpop.com/2015/01/01/gladiator-rome-saint/ https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-roman-gladiators http://www.cracked.com/article_20167_6-insane-game-shows-you-wont-believe-were-allowed-tv.html http://www.cracked.com/article_15804_the-6-most-insane-game-shows-from-around-world.html https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-real-hunger-games-battle-royale https://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/05/01/j-cin-sundays-battle-royale-and-japanese-nationalism/ https://throwoutyourbooks.wordpress.com/2014/08/30/east-asia-anti-japan-armed-front-mitsubishi-bombing/ https://throwoutyourbooks.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/east-asia-anti-japan-armed-front-bomber-masashi-daidoji-dies-in-prison-aged-68/ https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/09/19/349668828/a-decision-about-your-children-thats-also-about-your-parents https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/09/18/19-states-still-allow-corporal-punishment-in-school/?utm_term=.520bb91acaad https://aptparenting.com/history-of-corporal-punishment

    51 min

  8. 06/18/2018

    Episode 74 - Lame Duck

    Joya and Jeff watched the 1986 movie "Howard the Duck"! Topics include: Possible Types of Alien Life, Growing Organs Within Animals, Laser Spectroscopy, and Anthropomorphism! Links: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-will-extraterrestrial-life-look-180950029/ https://io9.gizmodo.com/5784971/how-to-create-a-scientifically-plausible-alien-life-form https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/scientists-determine-atmosphere-planets.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/laser-analysis3.htm https://psmag.com/environment/planet-octopuses-animal-species-likely-rise-overthrow-humans-67576 http://theconversation.com/what-species-would-become-dominant-on-earth-if-humans-died-out-53340 https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2018/02/21/howard-duck-film-marvel-too-embarrassed-talk-about https://phys.org/news/2018-02-successful-human-animal-hybrid-sheep-embryo.html https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/anthropomorphic-animal-names-for-humans/duck https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/anthropomorphism https://psychcentral.com/news/2010/03/01/why-do-we-anthropomorphize/11766.html https://www.tyrantfarms.com/7-amazing-duck-facts/ https://www.livescience.com/43105-synchronicity-definition-meaning.html

    55 min
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A podcast about the real stuff in Sci-Fi movies, with a couple of goons who Googled some things

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  • Creator
    Joya Italiano and Jeff Eckman
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2018
  • Episodes
    82
  • Rating
    Explicit
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