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I read from digestive to digital computer.

 

 

Before or after a meal (usually dinner/supper) some people like to have a digestif/digestive/apertif. 

Check out this info if you want to learn more and which drinks are typical.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ap%C3%A9ritif_and_digestif

https://www.winemag.com/2021/10/21/best-after-dinner-drink/

 

 

Examples of digestive glands are salivary glands, gastric glands, the pancreas, and the liver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_digestive_system

https://www.britannica.com/science/human-digestive-system

 

 

Some soldiers in Australia and New Zealand (back in the day) used to be miners which is essentially where the slang term "digger" came from.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_(soldier)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digger_slang

 

 

There are 2 kinds of digger wasps! 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecidae

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabronidae

 

 

"wow" in audio is a pitch shift typically due to the physical media being faulty in some way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow_(recording)

 

 

Everything you wanted to know about old computers but were afraid to ask.

https://informationq.com/computer-history-with-timeline1947-1968/

https://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/1933/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanasoff%E2%80%93Berry_computer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC

 

 

The word of the episode is "digital".

 

 

Theme music from Jonah Kraut

https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/

 

 

Merchandising!

https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar

 

 

"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube

 

"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube

 

"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube

 

"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube

 

 

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https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/

 

 

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

 

 

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