Everything is Arbitrary

Erin Stewart
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It's time to question everything you took for granted. This podcast takes you through the history of pervasive ideas to imagine how everything could have turned out so differently were it not for some arbitrary decisions, moments, ideologies, and beliefs.

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  1. Weddings

    16/06/2020

    Weddings

    Music from Danosounds. Sources: Jia Tolentino’s essay, “I The Dread” in Trick Mirror.https://www.boredpanda.com/most-beautiful-and-interesting-traditional-wedding-dresses-around-the-world/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organichttps://www.insider.com/why-are-wedding-dresses-white-2017-4https://www.racked.com/2017/6/5/15726356/white-wedding-dress-history-ambivalencehttps://theweek.com/articles/528746/origins-marriagehttps://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/why-do-people-have-engagement-photo-shoots/572755/https://www.brides.com/story/the-gloomy-history-behind-honeymoonshttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-37373425https://www.foodnetwork.ca/fun-with-food/blog/secret-history-of-wedding-cakes/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/06/the-thinking-man-s-guide-to-bachelor-parties.htmlhttps://www.redbookmag.com/love-sex/relationships/a49906/bachelor-bachelorette-party-tradition-history/http://worldbridemagazine.com/3546/modern-lessons-from-history-the-bridal-shower/https://www.hitched.com.au/wedding-planning/organising-and-planning/change-of-name-list_435.htmhttps://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-ideas/10-wedding-ceremony-rituals-and-the-history-behind-themhttps://www.marthastewartweddings.com/628170/friends-and-family-mad-elopementhttps://phys.org/news/2016-01-gay-couples-pressure-conform-relationship.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/booming/how-should-gay-couples-fend-off-pressure-to-marry.html

    46 min
  2. Colour

    26/05/2020

    Colour

    Music from Danosongs This gif from Wikicommons is what to cast to mind when the topic of a prism dispersing a beam of white light comes up. Sources: Kassia St Clair’s The Secret Lives of ColorPhillip Ball’s Bright Earthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light#/media/File:Light_dispersion_conceptual_waves.gifhttps://xkcd.com/273/http://brainden.com/color-illusions.htmhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/apr/29/what-vocabularies-tell-us-about-culture?CMP=fb_guhttps://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/are-black-and-white-colorshttps://www.pantone.com/color-intelligence/color-education/color-iq-testhttps://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/11/how-pantone-became-a-pop-culture-icon/414043/http://theconversation.com/curious-kids-do-different-people-see-the-same-colours-107972https://www.thecut.com/2018/02/my-life-as-a-woman-with-colorblindness.htmlhttps://medium.com/@terossjr/indigos-indignity-16cd7ad1f54ahttps://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/gems-of-colour-pigments-of-the-%E2%80%98colourmen%E2%80%99https://slate.com/technology/2017/04/heres-why-people-saw-the-dress-differently.htmlhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/20203637http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/medieval.htmlhttps://www.the-scientist.com/foundations/newtons-color-theory-ca-1665-31931https://medium.com/a-history-of-color/the-debate-over-indigo-671a0154525ahttps://jezebel.com/the-history-of-pink-for-girls-blue-for-boys-5790638https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink-1370097/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0beqeccEEFIhttp://ebdjournal.com/blog/health/mythbusting-colour-therapyhttps://neilpatel.com/blog/gender-and-color/https://theconversation.com/can-pink-really-pacify-102696https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140827-how-the-colour-red-warps-the-mind

    37 min
  3. Purebred dogs

    10/03/2020

    Purebred dogs

    Music via Danosongs. Sources: https://www.sciencealert.com/fruits-vegetables-before-domestication-photos-genetically-modified-food-naturalhttps://www.businessinsider.com.au/what-farm-animals-looked-like-before-breeding-2016-2?r=US&IR=T#/#turkeys-1https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-wolves-really-became-dogs-180970014/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/06/the-origin-of-dogs/484976/http://theconversation.com/canine-and-able-how-dogs-made-us-human-7394https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/standard.aspx?id=1003https://brightside.me/wonder-animals/how-dog-breeds-have-changed-over-the-last-100-years-172705/http://www.dogbreedhealth.com/basset-hound/https://digitalcommons.law.msu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1146&context=facpubshttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/different-dog-breeds-same-species/https://ticau.com/pages/history/history.pdfhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/15/pedigree-dogs-breeding-crufts-german-shepherd-best-in-breedhttps://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/puppy-farmshttps://www.rspcavic.org/buying-a-puppy-from-a-pet-shophttps://www.mic.com/p/is-buying-a-dog-from-a-breeder-really-that-bad-the-answer-isnt-as-clear-cut-as-you-think-17296618https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/magazine/is-it-ok-to-get-a-dog-from-a-breeder-not-a-shelter.htmlAlso, the 2008 BBC documentary, Pedigree Dogs Exposed, and its 2012 followup, Pedigree Dogs Exposed: Three Years On.

    52 min
  4. Breakfast

    28/01/2020

    Breakfast

    Sources: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=cop-facbookshttps://www.vox.com/2016/1/14/10760622/nutrition-science-complicatedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-do-we-eat-cereal-for-breakfast-and-other-questions-about-american-meals-answered-1565858/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/what-is-breakfast/589411/https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/history/cereal-masturbation.aspxhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/when-it-comes-to-fiber-cereal-fiber-may-be-your-best-choice-201102251535https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/how-marketers-invented-the-modern-version-of-breakfast/487130/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/10/the-science-of-skipping-breakfast-how-government-nutritionists-may-have-gotten-it-wrong/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puILfPriFxEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaLvVc1sS20https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/opium-war-1839-1842https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36781368https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37936349https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-partyhttps://www.diffordsguide.com/en-au/encyclopedia/1155/bws/english-breakfast-teahttps://www.bustle.com/articles/110861-how-old-is-coffee-the-first-caffeinated-beverages-might-be-1200-years-old-so-heres-ahttps://toriavey.com/history-kitchen/coffee-caffeinated-history/https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/be-magazine/food/the-history-of-orange-juice/https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/misunderstanding-orange-juice-as-a-health-drink/283579/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01459740.2016.1209752?scroll=top&needAccess=true

    49 min
  5. Mathematical Models

    21/01/2020

    Mathematical Models

    Royalty free music from Danosongs. Read more about the Seven Bridges of Königsberg: https://www.mathsisfun.com/activity/seven-bridges-konigsberg.htmlLinks about weather modelling: http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/about/about_access.shtmlhttp://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/bulletins/nmoc_bulletin.shtmlMore about the sad story of the Mars Climate Orbiter: https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/What's wrong with opinion polls: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/20/mathematics-does-not-lie-why-polling-got-the-australian-election-wronghttps://reason.com/2016/01/14/why-polls-dont-work/https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-trouble-with-pollinghttps://theconversation.com/heres-how-to-make-opinion-polls-more-representative-and-honest-117405And how we don't grieve in five stages: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20130219-are-there-five-stages-of-griefhttps://blog.sevenponds.com/professional-advice/why-doesnt-everyone-go-through-the-five-stages-of-grief-an-interview-with-dr-paul-coleman-part-two

    41 min
  6. Generations

    15/01/2020

    Generations

    Royalty free music from Danosongs.   Source links: https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/ask-steve-generation-gap-video https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/9e6bzr/the_myth_of_the_antiwar_baby_boomers_polled/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/23043288?seq=1 http://www.localhistories.org/toilets.html http://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/classes/201/articles/27MannheimGenerations.pdf https://search.proquest.com/openview/d6c050ba2ec2da1f83c71a6dcec449de/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=47867 https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20171003-proof-that-people-have-always-complained-about-young-adults https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewjosuweit/2017/10/22/5-industries-millennials-are-killing-and-why/#543eb4d344e4 https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/comment-boomers-and-gen-y-aren-t-so-different https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/dont-call-us-millennials-because-were-not-20171220-h07qqo.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/tuna-makers-look-to-hook-younger-consumers-1543766400 https://socialmediaweek.org/blog/2015/04/oregon-trail-generation/ https://tcf.org/content/commentary/a-new-silent-majority-low-income-and-minority-millennials/?agreed=1

    42 min
  7. BMI

    07/01/2020

    BMI

    Apologies: I mispronounced Nick Trefethen's name. And possibly other names too. There was also an audio glitch at 24mins that's fixed now. Royalty free music from Danosongs Sources/Related Links: https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/bmi.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/the-h-word/2014/jan/16/body-mass-index--discovered-by-a-belgian-astronomer-https://etherwave.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/hump-day-history-adolphe-quetelet-statistics-and-social-physics/https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/australias-health-2018/contents/bmi-where-do-you-fithttps://slate.com/technology/2009/07/why-are-doctors-still-measuring-obesity-with-the-body-mass-index.htmlhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/how-useful-is-the-body-mass-index-bmi-201603309339https://www.self.com/story/weight-bias-and-health-carehttps://www.glamour.com/story/weight-stigma-is-keeping-patients-from-getting-the-care-they-needhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803092015.htmhttps://www.who.int/social_determinants/sdh_definition/en/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/26/health/obese-patients-health-care.htmlhttps://healthfeedback.org/evaluation/scientists-discuss-widely-shared-huffington-post-article-everything-you-know-obesity-wrong-michael-hobbes/https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105761372351532900https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/12/19/16742884/weight-loss-bariatric-surgery-pros-cons-storieshttps://medium.com/the-establishment/my-friends-would-rather-have-their-guts-cut-open-than-be-like-me-95a33a96d400http://suethsayings.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-dark-side-of-gastric-sleeve.htmlhttps://www.healthline.com/health/what-its-like-to-live-with-atypical-anorexia#3

    31 min
  8. Time

    01/01/2020

    Time

    Correction: although there were heliocentric theories (i.e. the Earth revolves around the sun) in antiquity, this was an unsettled matter until the Copernican Revolution.   Source Links: https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-telling-time-55408https://www.timeanddate.com/time/how-do-atomic-clocks-work.htmlhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interpreter-2http://www.aboriginalastronomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Hamacher-Thesis.pdfhttps://plumvillage.org/mindfulness-practice/mindful-apps/http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p266811/pdf/Vietnam.pdfhttps://abelamculture.wordpress.com/https://www.academia.edu/24249577/_Yam_Cycles_and_Timeless_Time_in_Melanesia._Ethnology_38_211-225_1999https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/theres-nothing-inherently-special-about-nye--except-uber-surge-pricing-20171230-h0bkg9.htmlhttps://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/persian-calendar.htmlhttps://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-calendar/https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-stalin-weekend-labor-policyhttps://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2013/11/30/244995264/spains-been-in-the-wrong-time-zone-for-seven-decadeshttps://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/11/china-only-has-one-time-zone-and-thats-a-problem/281136/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/samoa/8984423/Samoa-skips-a-day-as-it-crosses-international-date-line.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/03/daylight-savings-time-arizona-florida-spring-forward-science/https://www.independent.co.uk/student/student-life/the-strangest-oxford-tradition-of-all-making-sure-the-clocks-go-back-with-the-time-ceremony-8908472.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/03/tired-of-daylight-saving-time-these-states-trying-to-end-clock-changes/  And books: David Graeber - B******t JobsSeneca - On The Shortness of Life  Music credits: Elevate from bensound.comTime Perception from purple-planet.comRoyalty Free Music by ANtarcticbreeze at soundcloud.comTime Rider by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com, promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

    1 h 10 min
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It's time to question everything you took for granted. This podcast takes you through the history of pervasive ideas to imagine how everything could have turned out so differently were it not for some arbitrary decisions, moments, ideologies, and beliefs.

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    Erin Stewart
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