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Konten disediakan oleh Two Bit Geeks and Ped and Tom. Semua konten podcast termasuk episode, grafik, dan deskripsi podcast diunggah dan disediakan langsung oleh Two Bit Geeks and Ped and Tom atau mitra platform podcast mereka. Jika Anda yakin seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta Anda tanpa izin, Anda dapat mengikuti proses yang diuraikan di sini https://id.player.fm/legal.
After a hello to our Imperial listeners, Ped & Tom discuss the decline of cursive writing, the Common Core Standards, learning cuneiform, and the purpose of purposeless pursuits. Also, squeaky cats and oatmeal.
Discuss the podcast on Reddit.
Support the podcast on Patreon.
An Imperial listener [00:00]
Should we still learn cursive writing? [06:55]
- What is cursive writing?
- Left-handed scissors
- The Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Sentence diagrams
- A math teacher answers the question: When Am I Ever Going to Use This? (Matt Kitchen)
- The Palmer Method
- Cuneiform script
- The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
- Star Trek:TNG s5e02 “Darmok”
- The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal
Squeaky Cats and Oatmeal [35:35]
- “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” played on squeaking stuffed cats (Rare and Strange Instruments)
- Simple vs Complex Carbohydrates
Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)
56 episode
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Konten disediakan oleh Two Bit Geeks and Ped and Tom. Semua konten podcast termasuk episode, grafik, dan deskripsi podcast diunggah dan disediakan langsung oleh Two Bit Geeks and Ped and Tom atau mitra platform podcast mereka. Jika Anda yakin seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta Anda tanpa izin, Anda dapat mengikuti proses yang diuraikan di sini https://id.player.fm/legal.
After a hello to our Imperial listeners, Ped & Tom discuss the decline of cursive writing, the Common Core Standards, learning cuneiform, and the purpose of purposeless pursuits. Also, squeaky cats and oatmeal.
Discuss the podcast on Reddit.
Support the podcast on Patreon.
An Imperial listener [00:00]
Should we still learn cursive writing? [06:55]
- What is cursive writing?
- Left-handed scissors
- The Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Sentence diagrams
- A math teacher answers the question: When Am I Ever Going to Use This? (Matt Kitchen)
- The Palmer Method
- Cuneiform script
- The Buried Book: The Loss and Rediscovery of the Great Epic of Gilgamesh
- Star Trek:TNG s5e02 “Darmok”
- The Royal Library of Ashurbanipal
Squeaky Cats and Oatmeal [35:35]
- “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” played on squeaking stuffed cats (Rare and Strange Instruments)
- Simple vs Complex Carbohydrates
Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)
56 episode
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Learn something new every day! Everything Everywhere Daily is a daily podcast for Intellectually Curious People. Host Gary Arndt tells the stories of interesting people, places, and things from around the world and throughout history. Gary is an accomplished world traveler, travel photographer, and polymath. Topics covered include history, science, mathematics, anthropology, archeology, geography, and culture. Past history episodes have dealt with ancient Rome, Phoenicia, Persia, Greece, Chi ...
…
continue reading
BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes histo ...
…
continue reading
Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.
…
continue reading
A weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Now complete!
…
continue reading
TED is a nonprofit devoted to ideas worth spreading. On this video feed, you'll find TED Talks to inspire, intrigue and stir the imagination from some of the world's leading thinkers and doers, speaking from the stage at TED conferences, TEDx events and partner events around the world. This podcast is also available in high-def video and audio-only formats.
…
continue reading
How can we, humans, look at our relationship to nature differently? In season three of Going Wild, on top of stories about animals, we invite you to journey through the entire ecological web — from the tiniest of life forms to apex predators — alongside the scientists, activists and adventurers who study it. Wildlife biologist and host Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant has been studying wild animals in their natural habitats all over the world for years. Our award-winning podcast takes you inside the hidde ...
…
continue reading
Imperfect Paradise is an award-winning weekly narrative podcast showcasing California stories with universal significance, hosted by Antonia Cereijido. Each deeply reported story is driven by characters who illuminate aspects of American identity and underscore California's reputation as a home for dreamers and schemers, its heartbreaking inequality, its varied and diverse communities, its unique combination of dense cities and wild places. New episodes premiere Wednesdays, with broadcasts o ...
…
continue reading
Are you looking for more happiness, success and vitality in your life? Get inspired each week with Wellness Expert, Integrative Medicine Fellow & Keynote Speaker, Kristel Bauer. Live Greatly shares empowering conversations about life, wellness & success talking with top experts, athletes, celebrities, CEOs and other incredible individuals. Tune in for insights to thrive personally and professionally. It’s time to awaken your ultimate potential! Disclaimer: All of the information shared on th ...
…
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James Altucher interviews the world’s leading peak performers in every area of life. But instead of giving you the typical success story, James digs deeper to find the “Choose Yourself” story—these are the moments we relate to… when someone rises up from personal struggle to reinvent themselves. The James Altucher Show brings you into the lives of peak-performers: billionaires, best-selling authors, rappers, astronauts, athletes, comedians, actors, and the world champions in every field, all ...
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Embedded is the show for people who love gadgets. Making them, breaking them, and everything in between. Weekly interviews with engineers, educators, and enthusiasts. Find the show, blog, and more at embedded.fm.
…
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