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

    2020. 06. 16.

    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

    46분
  2. Colour

    2020. 05. 26.

    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

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  3. Purebred dogs

    2020. 03. 10.

    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.

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  4. Breakfast

    2020. 01. 28.

    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

    49분
  5. Mathematical Models

    2020. 01. 21.

    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

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  6. Generations

    2020. 01. 15.

    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

    42분
  7. BMI

    2020. 01. 07.

    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

    31분
  8. Time

    2020. 01. 01.

    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

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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
  • 방송 연도
    2020년
  • 에피소드
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