Posts tagged “podcasts”

In episode 28 of the Hardcore History Addendum podcast, Dan Carlin discusses how one of the important lessons to be learned from the study of human history is to avoid political extremism like the plague. It seems, though, that — as a species — we are doomed to never learn this lesson, especially since we have extremely recent evidence which shows humans do not even have the capacity to avoid an actual plague like the plague.

An Existential Crisis

An Existential Crisis

A terrifying podcast on research, science, and disaster

#FridayFive: Great Podcasts

#FridayFive: Great Podcasts

In which I recommend more podcasts

#FridayFive: Podcasts

#FridayFive: Podcasts

In which I recommend some podcasts

  • Fun Stuff
    • Nick Holmes posts cute and funny things.
    • How Potholes FormI’ve always wondered exactly how potholes are formed. Now I know.
    • Need some cool wrapping paper? Try rapping paper.
    • Thinking about the Monty Hall Paradox always makes my head hurt.
    • Do you feel like you’re too old to start getting into shape? Listen to Charles Eugster, who is a champion weightlifter: “I was already rowing six times a week, and there didn’t seem any harm in pushing myself a bit harder to rebuild my muscles. So in my late-80s I joined a bodybuilding club.”
    • I, for one, am very happy to get to go to Mars. You can go, too.
  • Sports
    • I love this photograph of a guy painting the hash marks on Florida Field.
    • Agree +1 with this tweet from @drsaturday: “I like Tim Tebow but I don’t think I can convey in 140 characters the visceral hate I have for this commercial.”
  • Parenting

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bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.