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Insightful Ramblings Insightful Ramblings Podcast
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A podcast of rotating topics and insightful ramblings about science, history, life and the world around us.
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The Skills That You Need In Life & Viewing the Modern Day USA Through the Lens of History
The Insightful Ramblings team starts off the show discussing the skills that we each think every person should know. We follow up that conversation with a happy trip down memory lane to discuss historical periods most similar to the present day United States of America. To close out the show, Alec previews our next episode. We hope you enjoy the show and please reach out with any questions or comments for the show! We can be reached at insightfulramblingspod@gmail.com
Show notes:
News literacy & Data: https://newslit.org/?s=data
Auto repair per the Art of Manliness: https://www.artofmanliness.com/tag/cars/
Austria-Hungary: https://www.britannica.com/place/Austria/World-War-I
US Civil War: https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War
Julius Caesar: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julius-Caesar-Roman-ruler
1920s in the USA summary: https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/roaring-twenties-history
Out of Africa Hypothesis: https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/out-africa-hypothesis
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The 21st Century's Most Impactful Inventions and Home Buyers vs Private Equity Firms
In this episode, the team explores their picks for the most impactful inventions since the turn of the 21st centry followed by an analysis on how to close the gap between investor and private real estate buyers. To close the episode, we learn about a historical "sticky situation" in Boston - The Great Molasses Flood.
Selected resources to learn more:
Share of Houses bought by Investors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/housing-market-investors/
Industry 4.0 Digitalization https://www.epicor.com/en-us/blog/what-is-industry-4-0/
Great Molasses Flood - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood
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Is Vehicle Automation an Impending Disaster? & Exploring Winter Olympic Sports
The Insightful Ramblings team first explores our favorite snow sports and their history in the winter olympics. Next, an analysis of autonomous vehicles - could their cyber security risks lead to a future disaster?
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The Craft Alcohol Industry's Dynamic Developments & Understanding Political Partisanship
The podcast team first explores the history and dynamic aspects of the craft beer, wine and bourbon industries. Next, a deep dive into the causes of political partisanship and a few ideas on how to stay well informed in a tense political climate. The episode wraps up in with a soapbox segment answering the question: what is a food desert?
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Evaluating the Level of Language Skills Needed for Communication & Our Meals for the End of the World
The Insightful Ramblings team discusses how much language skill is needed to effectively communicate. For this, they touch on a number of topics including animal communication and their own experiences learning new languages. Then the team has some fun deciding what food to put on their plates before the apocalypse. Lastly, tune in for this month's soapbox segment as one of the team members gets in the holiday mood.
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#1 - Chemical Manufacturing vs Local Populations & Improvisational Theater
In their inaugural recording, the Insightful Ramblings podcast team tackles the topic of chemical manufacturing’s effects on the health of local populations and explores the techniques and merits of improvisational theater.