Queries and Theories

Queries & Theories

Queries and Theories is a bimonthly podcast where Ron and Ivy ask each other questions. Ron's background is in STEM, and Ivy's is in the humanities. Join us as we explore films, shows, games and more from our childhood and yours, and maybe get a gain a new perspective along the way!

Episodes

  1. 05/09/2022

    Queries & Theories Episode 12 - Batman

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more. In this episode, Ivy and Ron take on the caped crusader, Batman! This episode includes discussions about utility belts, batarangs, and whether or not Batman's money is better spent elsewhere? Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: https://www.deepfocusfilmstudies.com/batman-gadgets.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/how-much-would-cost-batman-8853340 http://www.centives.net/S/2012/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-batman/ https://www.looper.com/784710/how-much-is-batmans-bruce-wayne-actually-worth-in-the-dc-universe/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2019/10/01/jeff-bezos-forbes-400-photos/?sh=437d92647d18 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/04/06/forbes-billionaires-2022-elon-musk-jeff-bezos/9481302002/ https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ Ivy’s Notes: Forbes fictional 15: https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2013/fictional-15/bruce-wayne.html Forbes billionaires: https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ DC Comics: https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2021/11/22/batman-on-a-budget-does-the-dark-knight-need-money-to-be-effective Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/03/08/limits-of-philanthropy-pub-51201 The Charitable-Industrial Complex: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/27/opinion/the-charitable-industrial-complex.html

    55 min
  2. 08/22/2021

    Queries & Theories Episode 8: Mythbusters

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more. In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the Discovery channel hit: Mythbusters! This episode includes Kodiak cake sponsorship, science education, and our favorite routinely dismembered member of the Mythbusters team, Buster Buster! Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: https://www.motorbiscuit.com/the-humble-history-of-the-crash-test-dummy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_test_dummy#Hybrid_I_and_II http://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Crash-Test-Dummy.html#:~:text=thorax%20(chest)%20impact-,The%20crash%20test%20dummy%20is%20made%20of%20metal%20parts%20consisting,and%20polyurethane%20foam%2C%20and%20vinyl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_test_dummy https://humanetics.humaneticsgroup.com/products/anthropomorphic-test-devices https://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/accidents-hazardous-conditions/crash-test.htm Ivy’s Notes: Wikipedia article, mythbusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters#Format Atlantic Article, Mythbusters Teaching Wonder Thru Failure: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/mythbusters-teaching-through-wonderand-failure/383844/ Physics Teacher, 54, 228 (2016), How the Television Show Mythbusters Communicates the Scientific Method: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.4944364 Adam Savage Tested, Adam learns from STEAM educators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHUTnZUHUz0 Classic Scientific Method, Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biology-and-the-scientific-method/a/the-science-of-biology

    55 min
  3. 08/02/2021

    Queries and Theories Episode 7: Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! In this episode, Ivy and Ron continue their series on Avatar: The Last Airbender with Book 2, Earth! This episode includes big drills, short kings, gulags and maybe a couple plot holes? Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: Tunnel boring machine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_boring_machine How TBMs work https://www.boringcompany.com/prufrock Slurry TBM : https://marquette.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Fact-Sheet-How-a-tunnel-boring-machine-works-04.08.2020.pdf Great Wall of China materials: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/monument/great.html Tunneling shield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnelling_shield#History Martina facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_(tunnel_boring_machine) Explanation of the anatomy of a TBM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwbzvtXON8&ab_channel=KarimGaber’ Ivy’s Notes: Coup of Ba Sing Se Avatar Fandom Site: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Coup_of_Ba_Sing_Se Xiran Jay Zhao’s video on Cultural Inspirations in ATLA Book 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6SNxykp2MA&t=2463s Laogai Museum Research Page: https://laogairesearch.org/museum/what-is-laogai/ Laogai Prison System: https://laogairesearch.org/laogai-system/ Business Human Rights on 83 Brands identified using forced labor of Xinjiang camp: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/china-83-major-brands-implicated-in-report-on-forced-labour-of-ethnic-minorities-from-xinjiang-assigned-to-factories-across-provinces-includes-company-responses/ Dept of Labor report on Uyghur Muslims detained in Forced Labor Camps: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/against-their-will-the-situation-in-xinjiang King Emmanuel III of Italy and Benito Mussolini: https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/fascist-king-victor-emmanuel-iii-italy ATLA Fandom Page info on Dai Li: https://avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Dai_Li

    51 min
  4. 07/15/2021

    Queries & Theories Episode 6: Podluck 1

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! In this episode, Ivy and Ron are doing the first of our minisode series: Podluck! In Podluck episodes, we each bring a different topic to the show that we might not normally get to talk about.  In this episode, Ivy talks about A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle and Ron talks about Futurama! This episode includes discussions about how long it takes to get published as a fiction writer, banned books, math jokes that require a PhD to understand, and more! Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: Futurama Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama Heisenberg uncertainty principle: https://www.britannica.com/science/uncertainty-principle Science behind Futurama: https://www.syfy.com/futurama/videos/the-science-behind-the-fiction Futurama Theorem: https://theinfosphere.org/Futurama_theorem Futurama Theorem Mathologer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J65GNFfL94c Futurama Jokes: https://gizmodo.com/10-futurama-jokes-that-will-make-you-smarter-1676659998 Lag B’Omer: https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/679300/jewish/What-Is-Lag-BaOmer.htm Grandfather Paradox: https://www.space.com/grandfather-paradox.html#:~:text=The%20grandfather%20paradox%20is%20a%20potential%20logical%20problem%20that%20would,make%20their%20own%20birth%20impossible Ivy’s Notes: Web Archive “A Special Message from Madeleine L’Engle,” Penguin Random House: https://web.archive.org/web/20120901142030/http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/listeninglibrary/catalog/author.php?authorid=16446 Wrinkle in Time Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wrinkle_in_Time National Endowment for the Humanities Profile of Madeleine L’Engle: https://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/madeleine-lengle Mental Floss Listicle about Wrinkle in Time: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62736/12-fantastic-facts-about-wrinkle-time Britannica Article on A Wrinkle in Time: https://www.britannica.com/topic/A-Wrinkle-in-Time Wrinkle in Time Banned Books Project: https://bannedbooks.library.cmu.edu/madeleine-lengle-a-wrinkle-in-time-draft/ Books on Trial, A Wrinkle in Time: https://www.booksontrial.com/a-wrinkle-in-time-why-its-a-frequently-challenged-book/ Wrinkle in Time Controversy: https://www.history.com/news/wrinkle-in-time-banned-christian-controversy Smithsonian Wrinkle in Time Legacy: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/remarkable-influence-wrinkle-in-time-180967509/

    57 min
  5. 07/01/2021

    Queries and Theories Episode 5: Avatar the Last Airbender Book 1

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more. In this episode, Ivy and Ron begin the first in our series on the beloved Nickelodeon show: Avatar: The Last Airbender!  This episode covers Book 1 of the series, and be sure to check back as we cover the rest of the seasons one by one in upcoming episodes. This episode includes discussions of flying bison logistics, expositional deep dives, and maybe Commander Zhao had a point? Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: How long does the series take place over?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8M3xlNYm40&ab_channel=AntoineBandele Size of the Earth: https://www.space.com/17638-how-big-is-earth.html#:~:text=Using%20those%20measurements%2C%20the%20equatorial,is%20called%20an%20oblate%20sphero Pre-dreadnought ships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship#Propulsion HMS Dreadnought: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Dreadnought_(1906) Ivy’s Notes: Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1: https://www.netflix.com/title/70142405 Xiran Jay Zhao's Video on ATLA Book 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8MD8U1Ilwc

    1h 4m
  6. 06/15/2021

    Queries and Theories Episode 4: Bill Nye the Science Guy

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the staple of 90s science classrooms everywhere: Bill Nye the Science Guy!  This episode includes discussions of the shows numerous experiments, the influence of public broadcasting, and more! Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron's Notes: Steel Wool Combustion Experiment (real world): https://chem.washington.edu/lecture-demos/combustion-steel-wool Combustion reaction: https://sciencing.com/are-combustion-reactions-exothermic-13710438.html How electrolysis works: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpxn82p/revision/1 Salt stuff: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/544897main_PS3_Nature_of_Salt_C4_Final.pdf Ionic structures: https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Modules_and_Websites_(Inorganic_Chemistry)/Crystal_Lattices/Lattice_Basics/Ionic_Structures#:~:text=Sodium%20chloride%20is%20taken%20as,having%20a%20giant%20ionic%20structure.&text=The%20sodium%20ion%20in%20the,touched%20by%206%20chloride%20ions. Chemical reactions (Season 2 Episode 4): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBc1iO_ZQmQ&t=926s DIY Science (Season 5 Episode 7): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Ha_oyw6Oo&ab_channel=willowgirl28willowgirl28 Ivy's Notes: Bill Nye Episode Guides: https://billnye.com/the-science-guy Neil DeGrasse Tyson Interview w Nye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1JswaPMtPU Iowa Tv Schooltime, Iowa State University Special Collections: https://youtu.be/tZkVoqjvzzM?t=131 Who is Don Herbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wJAG7GcQEI 321 Contact: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMoWO5rMSRs Brain Child: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg2IPA84oh0 Emily's Wonder Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ0mrC13hZM King, Kenneth P, Educational Television: "Let’s Explore Science,": https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023/A:1009443617295.pdf Long and Steinke “The Thrill of Everyday Science”: http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~steinke/projects/publications/the_thrill_of_everyday_science.pdf

    1h 15m
  7. 06/01/2021

    Queries & Theories Episode 3: Pokémon

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more. In this episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the turn of the century handheld game phenomenon, Pokémon!  This episode includes marketing to children, LCD screens, and hacking Pokémon Crystal, and developing Pokébrain? Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: Game Boy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy History of Pokémon Games: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_(video_game_series)#List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_main_series_games How Game Boy Advanced Works: https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gameboy.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin-film-transistor_liquid-crystal_display https://www.totalphase.com/blog/2019/06/behind-the-scenes-of-video-game-consoles-embedded-systems/#:~:text=Video%20game%20consoles%20rely%20on,movement%20or%20interaction%20with%20objects How old school cartridges work: https://www.retroreversing.com/how-retro-cartridges-roms-worked How computer memory works: https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-computer-memory-works.html Ivy’s Notes: History of Pokémon: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/History_of_Pok%C3%A9mon Pokémon Merchandising Sales: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/money-finance/the-25-highest-grossing-media-franchises-of-all-time/#:~:text=This%20contributed%20to%20Pok%C3%A9mon%20being%20the%20highest%20grossing%20media%20in%20global%20history.&text=The%20top%2025%20highest%20grossing,Pok%C3%A9mon%20%E2%80%93%20%2492.121%20billion Washington Post Pokémania: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/04/25/pokemania/682d1860-8394-42f1-9469-c2abc75fdd15/ How to market to children: https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/media-issues/marketing-consumerism/how-marketers-target-kids Kids as collectors and children’s marketing: https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/7928/volumes/v23/NA-23#:~:text=Children%20collect%20because%20collecting%20gives,%2C%20enhancing%20their%20self%2Didentity Event pokemon as marketing strategy: https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Event_Pok%C3%A9mon Brand recognition study on kids: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/kids-mcdonalds-toyota-disney/story?id=10333145 Collecting as part of childhood development: https://www.acrwebsite.org/volumes/7928#:~:text=We%20suggest%20that%20children%20are,want%20to%20differentiate%20themselves%20from Stanford study on Pokémon brain in adults: https://news.stanford.edu/2019/05/06/regular-pokemon-players-pikachu-brain/ Harvard Business Review brand relationships children v adults: https://hbr.org/2014/03/childrens-feelings-about-brands-persist-into-adulthood Pokémon marketing strategy: https://www.constructdigital.com/insight/the-marketing-behind-pokemon-and-the-secret-to-its-recurring-hype-and-brand-longevity

    1h 11m
  8. 05/15/2021

    Queries and Theories Episode 2: Into the Spiderverse

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more. In today's episode, Ivy and Ron discuss the 2018 box office and Academy Award winning hit, Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse! Discussions include multiverse theory, developing nuanced characters, grief, and the possible existence of Cat Ron? Be sure to like and follow our podcast to be notified for our upcoming episodes! You can like and follow us on our social media at: https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Episode Notes: Ron’s Notes: Jones, Andrew Zimmerman. "Multiverse Definition and Theory." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/multiverse-definition-and-theory-2699273. Travelling to parallel universes: https://futurism.com/physicists-weigh-in-could-we-ever-travel-to-a-parallel-universe Travelling to parallel universes (video explainer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hmXrHvmwOM Travelling to parallel universes (more explanation): https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/escapefromtheuniverse String Theory for Dummies (parallel universes definitions) Ivy’s Notes: asdf

    56 min
  9. 05/01/2021

    Queries & Theories Episode 1: Star Wars

    Welcome to Queries and Theories! Queries and Theories is a podcast where two friends ask each other questions based on the others' background in order to gain a new perspective on films, games, and more. This is the first episode of Queries and Theories, and what better way to start it off then with an old favorite: Star Wars! Today's episode includes a brief introduction, blue milk, the hero's journey, the feasibility of space lasers, and whether or not we should start a Death Star GoFundMe? Be sure to like and follow our podcast to get notified when we have more episodes! Follow us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/queriesandtheoriespodcast/ Music by Gildanbass (Gilang Soeprapto) https://soundcloud.com/arinanda-gilang https://www.instagram.com/gildanbass/?hl=en Cover art by TheBettingBug (Aubrie Warner) https://www.instagram.com/thebettingbug/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/TheBettingBugArt Show Notes: Ron's Notes: Space Materials: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast14mar_1#:~:text=Titanium%2C%20Kevlar%2C%20and%20high%2D,orbit%2C%20minimizing%20weight%20is%20crucial. Most powerful laser: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/world-s-most-powerful-laser-2000-trillion-watts-what-s-it/ Build real death star: https://www.space.com/35020-could-we-build-a-real-death-star.html Most powerful laser (2): https://www.coolthings.com/lfex-worlds-most-powerful-laser/ How to dig a tunnel through a planet: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geophysics/question373.htm Ivy's Notes: Show notes to follow!

    1h 2m

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Queries and Theories is a bimonthly podcast where Ron and Ivy ask each other questions. Ron's background is in STEM, and Ivy's is in the humanities. Join us as we explore films, shows, games and more from our childhood and yours, and maybe get a gain a new perspective along the way!