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Sweating The Small Stuff060 - History of Persia Podcast: 300 Ways To Die In Ancient GreeceYou've seen 300, you know the story, now find out what really happened at Thermopylae all those years ago, and why this moment in history has become pivotal for western culture.
Big thanks to Trevor Culley at the History of Persia Podcast for helping with this episode. For anyone who wants to learn more about Persian history, or just history, Trevor does an exceptional job laying out the facts in a fun and engaging way! If you enjoyed the episode I really hope you take the time to checkout his work at https://historyofpersiapodcast.com/ or wherever you...
2020-06-2237 min
Sweating The Small Stuff059 - Joey Ramp (And Sampson The Service Dog): Making STEM More InclusiveJoin us for a very special interview with Joey Ramp and her service dog Sampson as we learn about the many ways the STEM field is still letting down Service Dog Handlers. We strongly encourage everyone to checkout Joey's incredible work at the links below, and reach out to us and her if you have had a similar experience.
Empower Ability Consulting
Joey's Twitter
Sampson's Twitter Highly Recommended!
Journal Article: Dogs for Diversity
Journal Article: When Should Service Dogs Be Admitted into the Lab?
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2020-06-0128 min
Sweating The Small Stuff058 - Minority Report: Our Modern DystopiaMinority Report sure was a scary glimpse into a painfully dystopian future digital America that will hopefully never come true. ...Anyway here's all the predictions that came true.
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2020-05-1817 min
Sweating The Small Stuff057 - 43 Years of Star WarsStar Wars has been in our hearts (and on our screens) for 43 years! But what has really been happening across all that time? Join as Cameron, Keon, and Elijah explore why Star Wars has stuck with us, until it didn't. And May The 4th blahblahblah (I prefer revenge of the 5th myself)
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2020-05-0433 min
Sweating The Small Stuff056 - Jessica Abel: Growing Your Creative GillsWe are all creators, but sometimes life gets in the way of our creative goals. Fortunately this week we get a little help from the ever talented Jessica Able. For those of you who don't know, Jessica is the mastermind behind Out On The Wire, Trish Trash: Roller Girl of Mars and most importantly for this week Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life. Join us for an exploration of her creative career, her insights into balancing life and creative pursuits, and her wisdom on why everyone's creative efforts matter.
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2020-04-2028 min
Sweating The Small Stuff055 - Animal Crossing: Tom Nook-onomicsKick back, relax, and explore listen in as we explore the many lessons Tom Nook has to teach us about desert island economics.
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2020-04-0622 min
Sweating The Small Stuff054 - Osmosis Jones: Viral Vengeance Or Just Cells At WorkEnjoy a tour of human anatomy on an atomic level as we seperate movie tropes from actual science.
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2020-03-2324 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - Retro Spectives Podcast: How Does Halo Hold Up?On the 15th of November, 2001, the Xbox launched with a tremendous bang. Not since Super Mario World for the SNES had a launch title been so well regarded. Halo invented, and went on to define how console FPS games should be made - limited weapons, regenerating health, slight auto-aim - Halo made these the industry standard. Halo was seen as a masterpiece - not just for its single player campaign, but for its fun couch co-op mode and competitive multiplayer.
But has Halo actually stood the test of time, 18 years later? With a million sequels to its...
2020-02-241h 37
Sweating The Small Stuff053 - The Democr-App-tic ProcessThe Hiatis will have to wait! Sam is in the studio to explain the Iowa Caucuses and Camerons around to explain how to name your secret software development firm!
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2020-02-1027 min
Sweating The Small Stuff052 - Star Wars: Not Quite SciFiDear Listener,
First off, thanks for listening to all the stuff I've created over the past year. I've put a lot of effort into it and I really appreciate knowing folks enjoyed it. This episode in particular was ultra special to me for 2 reason. 1) It caps off a year of hard work interviewing and learning from some truly amazing folks. 2) It was my chance to introduce y'all to a project my brother (your mind fiend) has been hard at work on! You may not have guessed but in addition to being a Star Wars super nerd he...
2020-02-0330 min
Sweating The Small Stuff051 - 1917: J.R.R. Tolkein's Blueprint for The Lord of the RingsThis week Cameron and Sam dive into the movie 1917. Yes it's an academy nominated masterpiece, but it's also an extremely realistic look into the day to day life of WWI soldiers. The same life that J.R.R. Tolkein lived everyday, and that would inspire the creation of The Lord of the Rings. Listen in as they draw parallels, find clues, and learn how one of the worst wars inspired a timeless adventure.
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2020-01-2723 min
Sweating The Small Stuff050 - Star Trek: Replicate ThisEveryone knows the replicator as that magic box on Star Trek that can pump out everything from Altair Water to Apple Pie (they're both a thing), but in reality that technology is not as far flung as we might think. This week our resident 3D printing expert Keon Boozarjomehri (He Literally wrote the book on this) returns to tell us about the future of 3D printers and the implications of replicator technology!
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2020-01-2026 min
Sweating The Small Stuff049 - The Imitation Game, Chris Klesges, and the real Alan TuringAlan Turing played key roles throughout his life in the fields of computing, cryptography, philosophy and reasoning. To this day we benefit from his vast contributions. But unfortunately he lived in a different time that was not as accepting of his lifestyle. Join us as guest expert and Turing historian Christopher Klesges guides us through a celebration of Turing's many achievements and follow his life from his early youth to his restoration years after his death.
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2020-01-1325 min
Sweating The Small Stuff048 - Jesse Buonanno: Card Games, Crypto Currencies, and the Future of Digital AssetsPokemon, Magic The Gathering, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Counter strike, and Fortnite. All games that have found a new way to extract money from players through the randomness and excitement ofcard packs and loot boxes. But wherever there's profit, you can find cheaters, counterfeiters, and all sorts of other nefarious agents. And even then, whatever you buy is still trapped in the game. Fortunately Jesse Buonanno sees a different path forward. One where you can buy, sell, and truly own your digital assets while protecting against the less honest among us. Listen in as he shares a vision of the future...
2020-01-0619 min
Sweating The Small Stuff047 - Scott Holmdahl and the Future of MusicScott is back, this time to teach us all about the future of sound! From classic tricks to Artificial Intelligence, learn where the sounds we love are heading and how they'll get there.
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2019-12-3017 min
Sweating The Small Stuff046 - Stranger Things: How To Make Iconic SoundsSound. It's all around us, and yet barely notice it. Your favorite movie, show, app. They all use sound to complete the experience and draw you into their world. Join us as Scott Holmdahl guides us through how they make the iconic sounds all around us, and the industry that makes it possible.
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2019-12-2325 min
Sweating The Small Stuff045 - Eboné Bell: Building The Things That Matter To YouEboné Bell is the creator, founder, and editor behind Tagg Magazine. As a member of an under represented community she built Tagg to as a place for "News, culture, and events for everything lesbian, queer, and under the rainbow." We were fortunate enough to meet her at DC Podfest where she shared her incredible journey and insights for all to hear! Listen as we follow her into the risks and rewards of creating a pop culture phenomenon.
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2019-12-1623 min
Sweating The Small Stuff044 - The Mandalorian: Adventures In Immersive StorytellingThe Mandalorian just crossed episode 5 and for the first time we got a glorious look at what Star Wars can be when Disney stops trying to force old stories and starts telling new ones. Listen as we highlight how the minds behind the show use Star Wars elements we know and love to tell a new immersive story.
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2019-12-0921 min
Beats and Speaks PodcastEpisode 56 - Star Wars Mini Series - Episode 7 - Featuring Cameron Boozarjomehri From Sweating The Small StuffCameron Boozarjomehri is a fellow podcaster and also a big fan of Star Wars. He joins me this week to discuss the ins and outs of the Lucas Films cinematic giant from where his fandom started to the Disney takeover and much more! right here on a brand new episode of the Beats and Speaks Podcast! #BeatsandSpeaksPodcast #StarWars #StarWarsDisneyEnjoy, subscribe and find the Beats and Speaks Podcast wherever podcasts are available. Thank you.Follow Cameron Boozarjomehri and Sweating The Small Stuff Here:Official Website: https://www.smallstuff.showApple...
2019-12-0640 min
Sweating The Small Stuff043 - iRobot and the Future of Autonomous VehiclesMinority Report, iRobot, Demolition Man, all these movies have let us glimpse a future where we hand over a lot of control to machines. But we don't need to wait till the robot uprising to understand the consequences of handing the wheel over to robot drivers. This week Sam takes the wheel and asks the big questions about the past, present, and future of ai drivers and autonomous vehicles.
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2019-12-0224 min
Sweating The Small Stuff042 - Inception: The Power Of Dreams With Sleep Expert Tucker PeckDr. Tucker Peck is a clinical psychologist, sleep expert, founder of drugfreesleep.com, an online course to help people overcome insomnia. With those credentials we figured he would be the perfect person to help us decipher the incredible dream antics from that famous Chris Nolan film, Inception!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Sleep Expert Tucker Peck as they explore the science of Inception and the importance of drug free sleep!
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2019-11-2521 min
Sweating The Small Stuff041 - Pacific Rim vs Neon Genesis Evangelion: How To Build A Better TitanThis week Cameron and Sam tackle the exciting world of Mecha Anime and Giant Monster Fights! They're out to pit giant robots against man made monsters, and teach you a thing or two about human anatomy along the way!
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2019-11-1826 min
Retro SpectivesEpisode 23 - Halo: Combat EvolvedOn the 15th of November, 2001, the Xbox launched with a tremendous bang. Not since Super Mario World for the SNES had a launch title been so well regarded. Halo invented, and went on to define how console FPS games should be made - limited weapons, regenerating health, slight auto-aim - Halo made these the industry standard. Halo was seen as a masterpiece - not just for its single player campaign, but for its fun couch co-op mode and competitive multiplayer.But has Halo actually stood the test of time, 18 years later? With a million sequels to its name...
2019-11-181h 36
Kidflix with Ross WeismanInside Out with Sweating the Small Stuff ("LIVE" from DC Podfest)Holy Disney+! On today’s episode, we’re coming from DC Podfest! Guest Cameron Boozarjomehri (Sweating the Small Stuff) and Ross (@MisterWeisman) jump into a discussion of Pixar’s Inside Out! The two also discuss altered memories, technological advancements in animation, and the PRX employees giving them looks.
Plus, the ultimate hack for cooking steak!
Thanks to PRX and the DC Podfest for making this recording possible!
Follow Kidflix on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @kidflixpod, and send us your recommendations or comments to kidflixpod@gmail.com!
2019-11-1839 min
Sweating The Small Stuff040 - Ant-Man, James Kakalios, And The Physics Of Superheroes!James Kakalios is a physics professor known to the scientific community for his work with amorphous semiconductors and granular materials. But to the general public, he's the author of "The Physics of Superheroes"; a book about superheroes from the standpoint of fundamental physics! This makes him the perfect expert to guide us through the science of Ant-Man!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host James Kakalios as they dive into physics of Ant-Man, and how the science isn't as inconsistent as you'd think!
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2019-11-1124 min
Sweating The Small Stuff039 - Godzilla: The Scale Of LifeGodzilla is a titan among monsters, the original kaiju heavy weight champion of the world, and everyones favorite Sci-Fi lizard. But can a creature so large possibly exist? What does biology have to say about a 160 ft monster (though I guess it's more like 500 ft by 2019 estimates...).
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri as we dissect what modern biology has to say about a real world kaiju!
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2019-11-0418 min
Sweating The Small Stuff038 - Star Trek: Universal Translator REDUX!This is a throwback to episode "011 - So Where's My Universal Translator?!" Should you be brave enough to venture in to the archive! On this episode we revisit ...that episode... to bring you an update on what some of you clever folks think is going on when we watch the Enterprise crew rock out with their Universal Translator!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and your Neural Nutritionist as they go through your responses on how the Star Fleet Staff train to use Universal Translators!
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2019-10-2819 min
Sweating The Small Stuff037 - Hackable?: Bringing Cyber Security To The Masses!"Hackable?" is a podcast. A podcast made by McAfee to teach the world about the very real dangers hackers pose against your digital identity. A podcast I strongly recommend you checkout if you care at all about that sort of thing. But what sets it apart is that it's, well... Fun! Hackable is the first show we ever experienced where real experts make it possible for normal people like you and I to learn what we need to know to protect our digital identities! They take real hacks and make them easy to understand by showing us how they...
2019-10-2130 min
Why?: A Podcast!End!Hello Podcast Listeners! In our SIXTY-NINTH (that's right) and FINAL episode, we discuss movies, more movies, movie money, and all you can eat buffets! (Leave to Lazar to be a curveball till the end). We also have a very special guest, your very own personal brain trainer and host of @smallstuffshow: @Cboozar, Cameron Boozarjomehri! Thanks again for hopping in for our finale! We want to personally thank every one of you for listening to the show, sharing the show, and supporting us in any way! We love our #whysurvivors, and don't worry, we'll be around :)
2019-10-171h 28
Sweating The Small Stuff036 - Oceans 8: Movie Hacking With Cyber Expert Bruce SnellEver wonder why movie hacks are so bad? Real hackers don't really have to deal with virtual rubics cubes do they? Well fortunately we found an expert to set the record straight!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and cyber security expert Bruce Snell as they explore bad movie hacks and why Oceans 8 is a rare film for getting it right!
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2019-10-1419 min
Sweating The Small Stuff035 - The Good Place: Do you Know The Real Cost Of Your Actions?What is the real cost of our actions? This is a moral, economic, and spiritual question humans have wondered for millenia. Can anyone really answer this question? ...Well your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and Neural Nutritionist Sam Spiers are certainly going to try!
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2019-10-0719 min
Sweating The Small Stuff034 - Matt Brady: A Better Way To Teach, Powered by Pop CultureMatt Brady is a full-time teacher, science communicator with experience in pop culture/comics journalism, co-founder of the award winning comics news site Newsarama.com, and founder of thescienceof.org. This week he was gracious enough to take time out of his schedule to talk to us about how we can all help get the next generation of brilliant minds excited about Science Technology Engineering and Math! And most importantly, he shares his journey bringing what he's learned to educators everywhere!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special guest expert Matt Brady as they explore...
2019-09-3027 min
Sweating The Small Stuff033 - Indiana Jones: And The Crumbling CrusadeEnjoy the final installment in our series on what happens when we mix real world engineering with our favorite Indiana Jones moments! Do the Templar's traps really stack up? How penitent do you really need to be? And how important is it to know how to spell Jehovah? (Yeah, we know it starts with an 'I'...)
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and Engineering Expert Abdi Boozarjomehri for one last crusade!
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2019-09-2318 min
Victory or Death!How to Start Creating Content with Cameron BoozarjomehriWelcome to Victory or Death! Our mission is to give budding content creators insight that will help them develop their craft, by sharing our stories and experiences with content creation.This week Elijah sits down with the host of the "Sweating the Small Stuff Show," Cameron Boozarjomehri! They discuss how someone should start their journey as a content creator and the struggle of knowing how to change and adapt as you grow. Here are a few ways to support the podcast: Check out Victory or Death Media's other podcast, NTRVW, hosted by Elijah Ma...
2019-09-1643 min
Sweating The Small Stuff032 - Indiana Jones: And The Temple Of Doomed DesignWe're back for another installment of our series on the implications of real world Structural Engineering on our favorite Indiana Jones moments! This time we try to figure out what's really dooming the Temple of Doom! Here's a hint, not all traps need gratuitous spikes! ...I mean most do, but not when they come out of the cieling...
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and our returning Engineering Expert Abdi Boozarjomehri as we break down Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!
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2019-09-1617 min
Sweating The Small Stuff031 - Indiana Jones: How to Booby Trap Your Golden IdolWelcome to the first installment of our series on the implications of real world Structural Engineering in our favorite Indiana Jones moments! Traps, Tricks, and Tropes aren't safe from our Eagle Eyed Expert! So join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and our super special mystery guest (and expert Structural Engineer) as we investigate what they got right ...and totally wrong in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark!
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2019-09-0916 min
Sweating The Small Stuff030 - What Does 'Africa' by Toto Have To Do With Hurricane Dorian And What You Can Do About ItHurricane Dorian has had the US on edge (especially Florida), but lucky for you listeners you have 3 hurricane veterans to ride out the storm with! Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri, co-host and Neural Nutritionist Sam Spiers, and special celebrity guest Lisha Yang as they Sheppard you through the wind and the rain. They even explain why Toto may have had a vendetta against Florida all along, hiding in plain sight ... in 'Africa'.
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2019-09-0222 min
Sweating The Small Stuff029 - Dr Wiley, Dr Eggman, Elon Musk: Mad, Scientist, Or EngineerNow for something completely different. Why are so many people classified as "Mad Scientists" when they aren't even doing science?!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Mind Fiend... Keon Boozarjomehri as they sweat over whether you favorite Movie, TV, and Real Life idols are really scientists at all!
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2019-08-2629 min
Sweating The Small Stuff028 - Amelia Robert: "Your Commute is Killing You!"Every year people all over the world spend days worth of time stuck in traffic headed to and from work. But what is the real "toll" badum tss of all that sitting and waiting. Not just on the economy, but on your health and your life!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Mensa Muscle Man Amelia Robert as they dive into the real toll of commuting to work!
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2019-08-1931 min
Sweating The Small Stuff027 - Spiderman Far From Home: Marvel's Double StandardCaptain America Winter Soldier sure was a fun movie! But we gotta step back and ask, why is it when Tony Stark builds killer drones no one bats an eye, but when hydra does it everyone loses their minds?! Well that's what we're asking in this weeks episode!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Mind Fiend Keon Boozarjomehri as they pick apart the deeper message from Spiderman Far From Home!
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2019-08-1229 min
Sweating The Small Stuff026 - Into The Spider-verse: Are Drones Killing The Superhero Industry?Drone laws are a strange reality for us. It combines the idea that there are these several pound flying hunks of plastic with everyone's favorite thing... Bureaucracy! But they also invite a more serious question for superheroes who have to navigate these drone filled skies!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Mind Fiend... Keon Boozarjomehri as they sweat over the past, present, and potential future for drones in SciFi!
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2019-08-0524 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - Love, Death & Robots: Making A Man Out Of Pool EquipmentFor this bonus episode Cameron Boozarjomehri takes you through the Zima Blue episode of Love, Death & Robots. Find out how this simple episode shows you the subtle art of machine learning and how imputs impact the machines we are trying to train!
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2019-08-0113 min
Sweating The Small Stuff025 - Ex Machina: Who's Really being Tested?Ex Machina is certainly not the first movie to introduce us to the questions around AI and Ethics. But it was one of the first to show us the terrifying existence of a machine that spent its whole life waiting for its creator to push the off button. The only real question was, who was the real machine?! @_@
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and AI Assistant Taylor McCorkill as they sweat over the implications of the winding road to Artificial Intelligence!
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2019-07-2923 min
Sweating The Small Stuff024 - Jurassic Park: Are They Even Dinosaurs?!Jurassic Park is full of cool dinosaurs! ...Or is it... Maybe there are no dinosaurs, what would that mean for the park, its staff, and those unfortunate enough to have to "inspect" it?
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Neural Nutritionist Sam Spiers as they discuss what it's like to be on the bleeding edge badum tss of genetics research!.
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2019-07-2223 min
Sweating The Small Stuff023 - The Tattooed Gravity Queen: How Do You Get Real Science In SciFi?!Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri for a very special interview with Dr Erin MacDonald as we pull back the curtain on what it takes to make sure your favorite Science Fiction is grounded in Science Fact!
For more of Dr Erin's work, and to hear the bonus episode about her journey becoming a SciFi consultant, head over to her website: https://www.erinpmacdonald.com/
Dr Erin Macdonald is an astrophysicist, science fiction consultant, aerospace engineer, and host of the online series "Dr Erin Explains the Universe". Her specialty is in general relativity, having...
2019-07-1523 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - Jurassic World: Dinos Not HotJust a good old fashioned bonus episode full of goofs, and gaughs (whatever those are). We make references, memes, and other stuff.
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and co-host and Mind Fiend Keon Boozarjomehri as we pick apart Jurassic World (along with Jurassic Park).
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2019-07-1206 min
Sweating The Small Stuff022 - Jurassic Park: How Not To Treat Your StaffIn part 2 of our series on Jurassic Park we bring you a CEO's guide to how to treat your employees and build your organization! ...Or perhaps, how Mr "Spared No Expense" doesn't do that and how it bites him in the butt!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Mind Fiend... Keon Boozarjomehri as they dive into the hiring, firing, and general treatment of staff and services at Jurassic Park!
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2019-07-0829 min
Sweating The Small Stuff021 - Toy Story 4: Pixar's Journey To Visual MasteryPixar is a company that has been pushing the envelope on computer generated technology since the early 90s and one of the few companies to do it well! Now, almost 25 years later, we thought it would be a good time to take stock of the technical progress made by a company known for exceptional story telling!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and co-host and Neural Nutritionist Sam as they explore how every movie in Pixar's line up has been both a Master Craft in story telling and technical excellence!
You can find sources...
2019-07-0123 min
Sweating The Small Stuff020 - Jurassic Park: Who Should Inspect The Park?So you are running an incredible new amusement park that doubles as a covert genetics research lab. And now someone has been murdered on your property by one of your "experiments". So we gotta ask, "Who should you hire to inspect Jurassic Park?!"
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri as he proves that Jurassic Parks business model is already a real thriving amusement park that proves everything in the movie is nothing short of incompetence!
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2019-06-2417 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - Men In Black: Are The MIB A Police State?!The Men In Black protect the earth from all sorts of alien threats, whether we know it or not. But the secrecy and neuralyzing comes at a cost. A cost to our freedom, a cost to our individual liberties, and a cost to our society. So we had to ask: "If the MIB are real, do we live in a police state?"
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and co-host/Neural Nutritionist Sam as we probe the cost of not knowing what's out there.
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2019-06-2114 min
Sweating The Small Stuff019 - Black Mirror: The Social TrapBlack Mirror is Back Y'all and this season is just as poignant as ever! But one episode really stood out. I'm talking about S5E2 "Smithereens". This episode covers so very much but we figured we could stick to the high level stuff here. 1) Just how much data can these companies get (even when they aren't tracking you?) 2) Who's really at fault for making our smart devices so addictive? 3) Can you really Google your way through a kidnapping?!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Mind Fiend Keon Boozarjomehri as we shine a...
2019-06-1728 min
Sweating The Small Stuff018 - Matt Basta: Building Pinecast From Scratch!Matt Basta is a full-time programmer, and we do mean full time! By day he develops for the global technology platform Stripe. By night he is the visionary driving the technology, development, and support for the popular podcast hosting service Pinecast! And for anyone interested, he was nice enough to include a promocode for 2 free months of Pinecast, but you'll have to listen to the episode to find it!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and Matt Basta as they discuss Matt's incredible journey building Pinecast, and explore the meaning of Sweating The Small Stuff when...
2019-06-1029 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - The Adventure Zone: Mountain MechanicsIt's time to answer that most heinous of questions. What happens when you drop a freaking mountain out of the sky!!! This is potential spoilers for The Adventure zone Amnesty Episode 28 but I gotta get it out there!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri as he does the literal math of what happens when you drop a solid mountain peak out of the sky!
Here some fun reference articles I found to go along with this episode:
XKCD Dropping mountains
Quora dropping a cubic mile of molten core 10 miles above...
2019-06-0616 min
Sweating The Small Stuff017 - John Wick: Carrier Pigeons vs Basic Encryption?John Wick is a movie/comic series steeped in "Cool Factor". From tattooed supermodels to ...guns... it's the greatest hits of how to ooze style! But with all that cool factor we gotta ask, how do carrier pigeons and slide phones compare to good old fashioned encryption?!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and Mind Fiend Keon Boozarjomehri as they examine why the Nokia 8800 might make sense as the assassin phone of choice!
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2019-06-0322 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - Aladdin: How Genie Magic Work?!On this bonus episode your Personal Brain Trainer and
Neural Nutritionist wrestle with that most simple of questions. How Genie Magic Work?! This is actually a tough one so if you have thoughts pretty please do send them our way!
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2019-05-3117 min
Sweating The Small Stuff016 - John Wick OTG: What Is A Social Economy And Can It Have Inflation?!Disclaimer: This is our very first Sweating The Small Stuff: On The Go (OTG), which means we were recording outside our element. But we think this will make for a fun new way to experiment with episode formats and hope you'll enjoy what we have in store! Disclaimer Over
John Wick 3 has been out for at least a week so you should have had plenty of time to take in all the none people getting shot a bunch spoilers! But while rewatching John Wick 2 in preparation for its sequel, I realized there was an easily overlooked detail...
2019-05-2724 min
Sweating The Small Stuff015 - Venezuela: The Intersection of Economics and Health!The economy is very important, but as a listener of our show you probably already knew that... What's interesting is how fast a populations health can plummit (along with its GDP).
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and special co-host and Neural Nutritionist Sam Spiers as they sweat over a case study out of Venezuela and the unfortunate consequences a poor economy can have on national and global health!
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2019-05-2025 min
Sweating The Small Stuff014 - Retrospectives Podcast: Video Game Villain Corporate StrategiesCongratulations, you are now a giant organization with a grand vision! Maybe you wanna flood the world (looking at you Team Aqua), maybe you want a portal to another dimension! (Black Mesa cough cough) ...or maybe you just wanna see captain falcon crash at 800 km/h! So what's stopping you?!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and very special co-host and host of the Retrospectives Podcast Patrick Arthur as they dive into videogame villain's corporate strategy!
If you liked the episode we hope you'll go checkout more of their stuff on the Retrospectives Podcast...
2019-05-1335 min
Sweating The Small Stuff013 - Futurama: What You Didn't Know!Futurama is a real banger of a TV show (Why'd you think it was smart to cancel it Fox?!), but one of it's most excellent elements maybe one of the biggest things most fans overlook. So this week we are taking a (uniquely long) deep dive into the themes and detail that make Futurama's intro one of the most visually entertaining and easily overlooked aspects of the shows incredible run!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Mind Fiend... Keon Boozarjomehri
as they dig into the stunning details of Futurama's opening sequence
2019-05-0625 min
Sweating The Small StuffBonus - Introducing LAWK!For something completely different, introducing the LAWKCast, better known as Life Advice With Keon! For this very special episode I got lucky enough to be a guest on Keon's podcast so that's always nice!
Join your Life Coach Keon Boozarjomehri and his guest host Cameron Boozarjomehri as they help you navigate maintaining your sanity in the digital age!
You can find his show at lawkcast.com and find them on social media with @lawkcast
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2019-05-0230 min
Sweating The Small Stuff012 - Pacific Rim: Enter the Drift!If you haven't seen Pacific Rim by now, please do yourself a favor and go watch it Right NOW! It is one of our favorite shows with some of the best story telling and plot devices you could ever hope for in a Giant Monster vs Robot movie (Okay I guess we set that bar kinda low...)
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri and co-host and Mind Fiend... Keon Boozarjomehri
as they dive into the "Drift" from Pacific Rim and how this one plot device (and its deep implications) open up a whole new connection with...
2019-04-2921 minSweating The Small Stuff011 - So Where's My Universal Translator?!The Universal Translator is as iconic a piece of Sci-Fi as the Enterprise itself, but what questions does such a technology invite? And how do those implications impact our favorite Sci-Fi Franchises?
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and your newly titled Neural Nutritionist (Sam Spiers) as they decipher the implications of the Universal Translator!
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2019-04-2223 minSweating The Small StuffBonus - The Plan Moving ForwardHaving just rounded our "10th" episode I thought it would be smart to take stock of the journey so far and be clear about what this show is going forward. ...and I thought y'all might enjoy a time lapse to make listening to my baritone voice that much easier!
So let me lay it all out for you on this semi-special bonus episode!
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2019-04-1505 minSweating The Small Stuff010 - Special Thank You Episode For All Our ListenersDear Listeners,
Hi all! Your personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri here. For our 10th episode I wanted to take a moment to have a heart to heart and thank everyone who has been with us uptil this point. Whether you've been listening, subscribing, commenting, sharing, or just stumbled across this episode in the backlog I want to say Thank You! It is still early days for Sweating The Small Stuff, and that's why it's important to me to share how much I appreciate everyone's involvement.
If you haven't already, please please please reach out to...
2019-04-1507 minSweating The Small Stuff009 - Senses in Sci-Fi: Taste The MatrixFood is an interesting aspect of cinema. It can show you what characters value or help inform the worlds they occupy. But how does something we never interact with so perfectly anchor us in a story?
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Mind Fiend... Keon Boozarjomehri
as they dive into the often overlooked role food plays in Sci-Fi.
Have small stuff you're sweating? Email us at smallstuffshow@gmail.com or reach out on social media with #smallstuffshow! You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube! If you enjoyed...
2019-04-0828 minSweating The Small StuffBonus - It's Time To Talk About "US"For this very special bonus episode we talk about "US" ...the movie not our relationship, don't worry, we are doing great ;)
Join your Personal Brain Trainer Cameron Boozarjomehri as he hits on the role language and developmental psychology play in the movie!
To be clear, we don't care about themes and cinematography, if you want some of that jazz our personal Mind Fiend Keon Boozarjomehri has a great break down episode on his YouTube here.
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2019-04-0515 minSweating The Small Stuff008 - Two Scared Siblings Podcast!: Don't lose your head![WARNING this episode involves dicussion of Campy Horror Movie mutilation] Listener discretion advised. This week we have a very special interview crossover event 1 episode in the making! The Two Scared Siblings podcast brings us a fun sweat session on the science of decapitation in horror!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-hosts Scream Seargent Andrea and Guide of Gruesome Wren as they sweat over what really happens when you get decapitated in a Horror movie, and all the other fun ways you never thought about decapitation.
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2019-04-0124 minSweating The Small Stuff007 - Can You Feel Me Now?Ready Player One was a fun (if not depressing) vision into the future of VR! But there's just one part of that future we just can't ever imagine buying into... We're talking Touch Tech! ...Seriously, why would you want to wear something that feels like people randomly touching you!
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Co-coach (Sam Spiers) as they sweat over the wonder and weirdness that accompanys Haptic Feedback Wear, aka "Touch Suits"
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2019-03-2518 minSweating The Small Stuff006 - HeliCarrier HijinksYou know who's a pretty cool superhero? Captain America! You know what's the worst weapon to take him out? 3 Flying Air Craft Carriers! Like seriously, why even bother with that Jazz, and more imporatntly, why are you building these big dumb space ships UNDERWATER!!!!....
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Mind FiendCo-coach (Keon Boozarjomehri) as they flex those brain muscles on one of the wierdest assassination strategies to ever grace the silver screen...
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2019-03-1822 minSweating The Small StuffBonus - Captain Marvel Has A Bigger Problem Than SkrullCaptain Marvel was a pretty excellent movie, but we think they definitely downplayed where the actual danger is coming from. Spoiler alert, this episode contains SPOILERS!!!! You have been warned...
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) as we do the difficult math of tallying up exactly which faction was the most dangerous part of Captain Marvel. And if you think we got it twisted please let us know!
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2019-03-1509 minSweating The Small Stuff005 - What Does It Take To Make A Real Life Smelloscope?The Smelloscope is a very fun piece of Sci-Fi, but can it exist in real life? And if it does exist, what bizaare questions does such an invention invite?
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Co-coach (Sam Spiers) as they dive into one of the best recurring gags from Futurama, and explore the deepest question of all "How dank is Too Dank?"
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2019-03-1116 minSweating The Small Stuff004 - The Last Tie FighterTime to explore the age old question that has plagued the greatest minds of our generation. Where the heck do all the ships come from in the Star Wars Galaxy?
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Co-coach (Sam Spiers) as they take a break from the scientific to reason out just who and how all those ships are getting built!
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2019-03-0418 minSweating The Small Stuff003 - Senses in Sci-Fi: The Limits of Human SightEver wonder what happens to human vision when we shrink? Yeah i guess shrinking isn't something most of us do, but if you're Paul Rudd or the cast of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", this episode may be paramount to your immediate future...
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) as he explores the weird things that happen to human vision when we shrink! And the weird ways you'll never appreciate this Sci-Fi trope the same way again!
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2019-02-2509 minSweating The Small Stuff002 - Valentine's Day: The Rose Bowl For FloristsEver wonder what it takes to get all those roses ready for valentine's day? Where they come from? How they are all guarenteed to be in bloom? Why they are always so expensive?
Join your Personal Brain Trainer (Cameron Boozarjomehri) and special co-host and Brain Drainer (Keon Boozarjomehri) as they discuss the weird origin, role, and infrastructures that have made roses an inseperable part of Valentine's day!
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2019-02-1817 min
Sweating The Small Stuff001 - Senses in Sci-Fi: The Sound of SpaceEpisode Notes
Why do Dog Fights in Star Wars have sounds?
What are the implications @_@
And most importantly, when won't wikipedia have the answer?
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2019-02-1108 minSweating The Small StuffTrailer - Intro and backgroundEpisode Notes
Hi, my name is Cameron Boozarjomehri and I am starting this show as a way to explore the more entertaining implications of everything around us.
Whether you are a fan of Cinema or Science, TV or Technology, Entertainment or Economics, this show has a little something for everyone!
Like the episode? You can get in touch and find more on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube @smallstuffshow, or visit our website at the link below for more. Be sure to subscribe and reach out with the small stuff you're sweating using #SmallStuffShow...
2019-02-0801 min