Discovery 2020

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The Discovery 2020 is a student-made podcast that seeks to inform others about obscure news stories or underrepresented narratives that occurred during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Episodes

  1. 06/01/2021

    2.3 - Tigray Civil War - Human Impact

    In this episode we analyze the scope of the conflict in relation to the human impact, that is: mortality, damage to quality of life, curtailing of democracy, among other things.

  2. 06/01/2021

    3.1 - ENDSARS - Backgound

    In this episode, we give background for the origins of the Nigerian EndSARS movement, explain what SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) is and why they are controversial, and why the movement started to flare up 2020.

  3. 06/01/2021

    2.2 - Tigray Civil War - Background

    In this episode, we give background to understand the current conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, including the ethnicity in the local area that are in conflict, history, and political parties.

  4. 05/14/2021

    2.1 - Discoveries of 2020 - Superconductivity

    This episode discusses a newly emerged study conducted by the University of Rochester about superconductivity being achieved under room temperature.   We will take a look at the possibilities this discovery opens.

  5. 05/10/2021

    1.1 - COVID-19 and Climate Change

    This is the first episode of the Discovery 2020 podcats, where we talk about underreported news or narratives that happened during 2020.  In this first episode, we wanted to talk about the narrative surrounding the pandemic and climate change. Many see the lockdown, or at least parts of the lockdown, as a guideline for how we can stop climate change. However, should we follow this approach?

  6. 05/10/2021

    1.2 - Cities, Public Transit, and the Pandemic

    COVID-19 has affected the way we see cities and its services, but is this for the better? In this episode, we will look at how the pandemic as shifted our perception of the city, possible future trends, and how the narrative surrounding this issue can be problematic.

  7. 05/10/2021

    1.3 - Blue vs White Collar Work and WFH

    During the pandemic, white and blue collar work was handled fundamentally differently. People who worked white collar usually had the choice to work from home, while making similar or more pay, while people who worked blue collar had endure the front lines of the pandemic.  In this episode we will talk about the narrative behind WFH (Working From Home) and blue and white collar work, and how it might be detrimental.

  8. 05/10/2021

    1.4 - Discoveries of 2020 - Information Paradox Solved

    For the 'Discoveries of 2020' episodes, we will talk about a major breakthrough, invention, discovery, etc., that came out of 2020. In 1.4, we will talk about the Information Paradox and how it has been recently solved.

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About

The Discovery 2020 is a student-made podcast that seeks to inform others about obscure news stories or underrepresented narratives that occurred during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Information

  • Creator
    Discovery 2020
  • Years Active
    2021
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Discovery 2020
  • Show Website
    Discovery 2020