82 episodes

Real stuff in Sci-Fi movies, with a couple of goons who Googled some things

Oh, That's a Thing‪!‬ Joya Italiano and Jeff Eckman

    • Education

Real stuff in Sci-Fi movies, with a couple of goons who Googled some things

    Episode 81 - Survival of the Most Empathic

    Episode 81 - Survival of the Most Empathic

    It's the final episode!!
    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Terminator 2"!
    Topics include: Killer Robots, Why We Cry, Turing Tests, How Pain Works, and a wrap-up of what we’ve learned on this crazy journey!

    Links:
    http://www.cracked.com/article_19754_5-computer-hacks-from-movies-you-wont-believe-are-possible.html
    http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/07181/798367-85.stm
    https://www.painscience.com/articles/pain-is-weird.php
    https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-do-we-cry-the-science-of-tears-9741287.html
    http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Moirai.html
    https://www.fastcompany.com/3069048/where-are-military-robots-headed
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/lethal-microdrones-dystopian-futures-and-the-autonomous-weapons-debate
    https://www.extremetech.com/computing/269030-did-google-duplexs-ai-demonstration-just-pass-the-turing-test
    https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/chinese-room-argument-artificial-intelligence/

    • 1 hr 39 min
    Episode 80 - The Ultimate Harsh Environment

    Episode 80 - The Ultimate Harsh Environment

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Gravity"!
    It's the second to last episode guys!
    Topics include: Space Disasters and Near Misses, Gravity Itself, Sound in Space, and Space Junk!

    Links:
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/most-dangerous-moments-space-shuttle-station-history/
    http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/
    https://www.britannica.com/list/7-accidents-and-disasters-in-spaceflight-history
    http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/
    https://listverse.com/2014/03/17/10-horrific-disasters-of-the-space-program/
    https://www.wired.com/story/the-space-junk-problem-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-gnarlier/
    https://www.wired.com/story/the-space-junk-problem-is-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-gnarlier/
    https://www.newsweek.com/space-empty-space-aliens-sound-waves-listening-525073
    https://www.webmd.com/lung/lung-hyperventilation-what-to-do#1
    https://www.livescience.com/14012-6-weird-facts-gravity.html

    • 1 hr 16 min
    Episode 79 - But There Is a Spoon

    Episode 79 - But There Is a Spoon

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Matrix"!
    Topics include: Living in a Simulation, Deja Vu, Nihilism, Humans as Batteries, and The One Phone Call Rule!

    Links:
    https://www.darpa.mil/program/targeted-neuroplasticity-training
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/201001/what-is-d-j-vu
    https://www.bustle.com/p/9-things-your-brain-is-trying-to-tell-you-when-you-experience-deja-vu-8334677
    https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_nihilism.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-and-last-pay-phone-180952727/
    https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/19/news/companies/pay-phones/index.html
    https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/physicists-find-we-re-not-living-in-a-computer-simulation
    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-living-in-a-computer-simulation/
    https://www.dwheeler.com/essays/humans-batteries-matrix.html
    https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/1263/is-the-basic-premise-of-humans-as-a-power-source-in-the-matrix-reasonable
    https://abovethelaw.com/2015/03/criminally-yours-your-one-phone-call/
    http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/really-entitled-phonecall-arrested/
     

    • 1 hr 15 min
    Episode 78 - Life's a Bitch and Then You Don't Die

    Episode 78 - Life's a Bitch and Then You Don't Die

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Cloud Atlas".
    Topics include: Reincarnation, Birthmarks, Nuclear Power, Cannibalism, and Microchipping Yourself!

    Links:
    https://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation.htm
    https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/definitions-of-clouds.html
    https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/bumps-and-growths/birthmarks
    https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/problems/beauty/birthmark.htm
    https://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/Psychic_Birthmarks
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/06/for-ancient-cannibals-fellow-hominins-werent-a-great-meal/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.04a6bec566b7
    https://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm
    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/microchips-wisconsin-company-employees.html

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Episode 77 - Like Looking in a Mirror... Only Not

    Episode 77 - Like Looking in a Mirror... Only Not

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Face/Off"!
    Topics include: Face/Head transplants, Interpol, body morphing, and Greek mythology!

    Links:
    http://mentalfloss.com/article/65363/15-peachy-facts-about-faceoff
    https://www.thrillist.com/vice/i-talked-to-the-nation-s-top-plastic-surgeons-about-face-off-is-face-off-possible
    https://www.gq.com/story/richard-norris
    https://people.howstuffworks.com/interpol.htm
    http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/07/01/what_do_interpol_agents_really_do.html
    https://mythology.net/greek/mortals/castor-and-pollux/
    http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ca-Cr/Castor-and-Pollux.html
    http://www.thejournal.ie/two-headed-dogs-794157-Feb2013/
    https://www.popsci.com/first-head-transplant-human-surgery
    http://blog.heightlengthening.com/what-to-expect-when-you-have-surgery-to-get-taller
    https://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/a-painful-way-to-grow-taller/
    http://www.cracked.com/article_19095_the-5-most-shockingly-insane-modern-dictators.html

    • 58 min
    Episode 76 - Extreme Coping

    Episode 76 - Extreme Coping

    Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Identity"!
    Topics include: The Insanity Defense, Meyers-Briggs, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Identity Politics, and Sea Monkeys!

    Links:
    https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Dissociative-Disorders
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/aron/qa227.htm?noredirect=on
    https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/insanity-defense.html
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/twilight-mom-and-pop-motel-180963895/
    http://www.open.edu/openlearn/people-politics-law/politics-policy-people/sociology/identity-question/content-section-1.1
    https://areomagazine.com/2017/08/24/the-evolutionary-roots-of-identity-politics/
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cui-bono/201603/are-scores-the-mbti-totally-meaningless
    http://www.businessinsider.com/myers-briggs-personality-test-is-misleading-2014-6
    http://mentalfloss.com/article/56755/16-amazing-facts-about-sea-monkeys

    • 54 min

Top Podcasts In Education

The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas
The Resonance Network
The Dangerous Man
John Kostohris, Adam Thooft
Jack Westin MCAT Podcast
Jack Westin
That Girl Radio
Rikki Lee
anything goes with emma chamberlain
emma chamberlain
Learning English Vocabulary
BBC Radio