Look It Up

Look It Up
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If you've ever wondered whether spiders get depressed, or what happens when you put a gun in a refrigerator, or what Presidents of the United States do after their terms end, this podcast will relieve you of the effort of having to look it up yourself.

  1. 2020. 05. 21.

    Bean pools, international dairy, Soviet Union trumpet solos

    Timestamps: 00:55 - Filling a swimming pool with beans 06:16 - International dairy classification guide  13:20 - Shorts: how much is in a ton of money, when can you resume wearing white if you stop on Labor Day 14:15 - Trumpet solos in Soviet movie-musicals 31:30 - Outro: Ivan Vasilievich   Sources:  Alyans - Na Zare (80s Soviet synthpop) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6wl-EyhXl0   Bean pools -  http://www.poolwizard.net/metric-pool-volume/ https://fina.org/sites/default/files/finafacilities_rules.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooting_Bec_Lido   Shorts -  https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/coin-specifications https://www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/centers/mrcbg/files/Eliminating%2BHDNfinalXYZ.pdf   Trumpet solos -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYddUl-GItk  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEXDFaTFKsg  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZzG1XbDH_Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqJI09R-4ZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO6FMIrLaSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3WUiJziSYM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXMHsfUaFoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTFfd8ZKKzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ie01PETGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMEfNhShh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UslGLtDARcs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tun_ZYsnuAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt7r8tRVoXI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knRAf2-9Zs8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LzKDH2hWJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRmZ9KIBWhA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsUOBtR75u0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIyXiiaEzjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko8P3rbDFFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RVSm1i0fok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2yiIoEtXw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzpQbxHhen4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBvOAOghu2E

    33분

  2. 2017. 10. 11.

    13: Microwaving clothes, ants and mountains, meringue safety

    Look It Up is a podcast for the curious. On this episode: can you microwave clothes to dry them? Are humans to ants as mountains are to humans? And a brief discussion on meringue safety.    Sources: bit.ly/microclothes, bit.ly/duckmolt, bit.ly/meringues1, bit.ly/meringues2. Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqJQUYQphZM

    11분

  3. 2017. 09. 22.

    Fallow fields, Amtrak, otters

    Look It Up is a podcast for the curious. On today's episode: are farmers given enough incentive to leave fields fallow? How does Amtrak stay in business? And otters.      Sources:  Farming subsidies (Grist): bit.ly/farmingsubsidie. USDA Conservation Reserve Program (AgWeb): bit.ly/crpsubsidies. Average expected crop yields: bit.ly/potatopounds. History of Amtrak subsidies: bit.ly/amtraksubsidies. Amtrak budget starting 2015: bit.ly/amtrakbudget15. Supplementary amtrak data (Federal Railroad Administration): bit.ly/amtrakfra. Baking yeasts: bit.ly/activedryyeast. Otters (Aquarium of the Bay): bit.ly/liuotters.

    13분

  4. 2017. 01. 06.

    11: Voronoi school districts, rhubarb pie, blankets

    On this week's episode: do school district boundaries follow the lines suggested by a Voronoi diagram? What are the origins of the Prairie Home Companion song about rhubarb pie? Are some types of blankets warmer than others?   0:42 - Voronoi school districts 3:09 - Rhubarb pie 7:06 - Shorts 7:40 - Blankets 9:33 - Sources 10:05 - Lev Theremin playing the theremin   Sources: supplementary images for "Voronoi school districts," bit.ly/liuschools1. School district boundaries, bit.ly/liuschools2. Prairie Home Companion, prairiehome.org. A book about Lawrence Tibbett, bit.ly/liulawrence.

    12분

  5. 2016. 09. 13.

    10: Hammock heat loss, dangerous transport, weekday etymologies

    Look It Up is a podcast for the indiscriminately curious. On this week's episode: why do I get so cold in a hammock? Which type of transport is safest per mile traveled? Where did the names for the days of the week come from?   Sources: transportation statistics from the NTSB and IIHS, bit.ly/liutransport1, bit.ly/liutransport2, and bit.ly/liutransport3. Weekday etymologies on Wikipedia, bit.ly/liuweekdays.

    9분

  6. 2016. 08. 31.

    9: Lunar gymnastics, data scraping, forfeitures

    Look It Up is a podcast for the indiscriminately curious. On this episode:  0:43 - What would gymnastics look like in low gravity?  4:19 - What is data scaping? 5:52 - Shorts: does the third-party doctrine apply to iMessage? What happens if you drive over a road flare? 6:48 - Forfeitures, a segment about the weird stuff the US Government seizes 9:09 - Sources. NASA video about movement in space suits, bit.ly/liugravity. Scientific American article on lunar Olympic gymnastics, bit.ly/liugymnastics. SLU Law Journal article about iMessage and the third-party doctrine, bit.ly/liudoctrine. US Government forfeiture website, www.forfeiture.gov. Today's episode featured a clip from Philippe Beer Gabel's "Cats in my mind" and "Mystical Picnic" by Nutmeg, all from the Free Music Archive, freemusicarchive.org Keep in touch on twitter (@liupodcast), or email thelookituppodcast@gmail.com.

    11분

  7. 2016. 08. 16.

    8: Closed cities, safest states, rebar

    On this week's episode: what are closed cities? Is there anywhere in the US that's safe from natural disasters? What is rebar for and how is it made?     Contact the podcast at thelookituppodcast@gmail.com or on twitter at @liupodcast.

    12분

  8. 2016. 07. 26.

    7: Perfect pitch, divisibility rules, forfeitures

    This week: what tone languages have to do with perfect pitch, how to tell if a number is divisible by 13 (or 17, 19, etc.), and the return of Forfeitures.

    10분
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If you've ever wondered whether spiders get depressed, or what happens when you put a gun in a refrigerator, or what Presidents of the United States do after their terms end, this podcast will relieve you of the effort of having to look it up yourself.

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