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Oh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 81 - Survival of the Most EmpathicIt'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...2018-08-2000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 80 - The Ultimate Harsh EnvironmentJoya 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 ...2018-08-1300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 79 - But There Is a SpoonJoya 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...2018-08-0600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 78 - Life's a Bitch and Then You Don't DieJoya 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...2018-07-3000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 77 - Like Looking in a Mirror... Only NotJoya 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/ ...2018-07-2300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 76 - Extreme CopingJoya 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...2018-07-1600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 75 - Kids Can Be TactlessJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Battle Royale"! Topics include: Crazy Game Shows, the East Asia Anti-Japanese Armed Front, the End of the Gladiator fights, a Real Life Lord of the Flies, and Corporal Punishment! Links: http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/social/sherif_robbers_cave_experiment.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/16/a-real-life-lord-of-the-flies-the-troubling-legacy-of-the-robbers-cave-experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Telemachus https://churchpop.com/2015/01/01/gladiator-rome-saint/ https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-roman-gladiators http://www.cracked.com/article_20167_6-insane-game-shows-you-wont-believe-were-allowed-tv.html http...2018-07-0200 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 74 - Lame DuckJoya and Jeff watched the 1986 movie "Howard the Duck"! Topics include: Possible Types of Alien Life, Growing Organs Within Animals, Laser Spectroscopy, and Anthropomorphism! Links: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-will-extraterrestrial-life-look-180950029/ https://io9.gizmodo.com/5784971/how-to-create-a-scientifically-plausible-alien-life-form https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/scientists-determine-atmosphere-planets.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/laser-analysis3.htm https://psmag.com/environment/planet-octopuses-animal-species-likely-rise-overthrow-humans-67576 http://theconversation.com/what-species-would-become-dominant-on-earth-if-humans-died-out-53340 https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2018/02/21/howard-duck-film-marvel-too-embarrassed-talk-about https://phys.org/news/2018-02-successful-human-animal-hybrid-sheep-embryo.html https...2018-06-1800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 73 - The Cassandra ComplexJoya and Jeff watched the movie "12 Monkeys"! Topics include: Animal Rights Activism That Backfired, The First Penitentiary, Sterilization Methods, and Old Timey Bank Heists! Links: https://bitesizebio.com/853/5-laboratory-sterilisation-methods/ https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/5068 http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/04/07/deer-cull-animal-rights/ http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html https://io9.gizmodo.com/5-times-that-people-claimed-to-be-real-life-time-travel-1822885932 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/eastern-state-penitentiary http://mentalfloss.com/article/59726/17-spooky-photos-philadelphias-eastern-state-penitentiary https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/willie-sutton http...2018-06-1100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 72 - Deep In the (Uncanny) ValleyJoya and Jeff watched the 2005 movie "House of Wax"! Topics include: The History of Candles, Madam Tussauds, Using Recycled Construction Materials, and Taping Your Mouth at Night! Links: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-we-are-afraid-of-creepy-dolls-and-robots-uncanny-valley-effect-a6728161.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/25/525447206/a-worm-may-hold-the-key-to-biodegrading-plastic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25/plastic-eating-bugs-wax-moth-caterpillars-bee https://www.quora.com/Can-you-actually-die-if-you-have-blocked-nose-and-you-forcefully-closed-your-mouth-with-a-tape https://www.ondietandhealth.com/why-tape-my-mouth-at-night/ http://www.build.com.au/27-amazing-homes-built-11-unusual-materials https://io9.gizmodo.com/these-ingenious-buildings-were-all-built-using-recycled-1688172285 https://www.livestrong...2018-06-0400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 71 - Connecting the Dots WrongJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Source Code"! Topics include: Virtual Reality in our Minds, Schrodinger’s Cat, Waking Up With Fake Memories, and the Radioactive Boy Scout! Links: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/this-fall-the-radioactive-boy-scout-died-at-age-39/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-reality-do-we-live-our-brains-simulation-world-david-hawkins https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25459-induced-hallucination-turns-doctors-into-pizza-chefs/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/04/12/guest-post-jim-kakalios-on-the-quantum-mechanics-of-source-code/#.WvGw49Pwa8V https://justsolitaire.com/history.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/procrastination/2008/05/solitairey_confinement.html2018-05-2800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 70 - Garbage Patch KidsJoya and Jeff watched the terrible movie "Biodome"! Topics include: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Homeostasis, Music Torture and the Biosphere 2! Links: http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-biosphere-2.html https://mic.com/articles/87851/11-popular-songs-the-cia-used-to-torture-prisoners-in-the-war-on-terror#.xIkMpSFQ4 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40090809 https://www.theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/great-pacific-garbage-patch-plastics-environment/ http://homeaquaponicssystem.com/greenhouses/what-is-a-biodome/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-homeostasis/ https://www.wired.com/2007/12/chem-lab-the-do/2018-05-2100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 69 - Not Enough Hours in the DayJoya and Jeff watched the 2002 movie "The Time Machine"! Topics include: The Standardization of Time, Time’s Arrow, Nukes on the Moon, and H.G. Wells Himself! Links: http://www.nextgentoothbrush.com/infographics/brief-history-of-electric-toothbrush-detailed-analysis-with-infographic/ https://www.greenmeadowdental.com/blog/electric-toothbrush-facts/ http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/tomorrow.htm https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/04/03/599122774/time-travel-with-your-fridge https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609788/physicists-demonstrate-how-to-reverse-of-the-arrow-of-time/ https://nypost.com/2017/05/01/usa-and-ussr-planned-to-nuke-the-moon-out-of-existence/ http://www.iflscience.com/space/the-us-had-an-insane-plan-to-drop-a-nuclear-bomb-on-the-moon-in-the-1950s/ http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/d.html...2018-05-1400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 68 - The Walking IdJoya and Jeff watched the Jim Carrey classic "The Mask"! Topics include: The History of Masks, Baby Tazmanian Devils, Norse Mythology, Turning Landfills into Parks, and Freud’s Id Ego and Superego! Links: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25414/tommy-gun-thompson-submachine/ https://www.thrillist.com/gear/things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-thompson-submachine-gun-tommy-gun-tommy-gun-facts https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/dumps-destinations-converting-landfills-parks/30435/ http://www.thejournal.ie/landfill-cork-ireland-578595-Sep2012/ http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/tasmanian-devil/ http://emgn.com/entertainment/10-tribal-masks-must-possessed-demons/ http://www.historyofmasks.net/ http://www.hi...2018-04-3000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 67 - How Volcano Got Its Groove BackJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Volcano"! Topics include: Volcanoes, the La Brea Tar Pits, a Prince Who Built a Volcano, and What Happens If You Jump Into Lava! Links: https://tarpits.org http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/volcano.htm http://mentalfloss.com/article/68512/15-explosive-facts-about-volcanoes https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/that-time-a-german-prince-built-an-artificial-volcano-19001853/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2017/06/26/this-is-when-volcanoes-appeared-in-human-stories-for-the-very-first-time/#42ab4e615bd3 https://sciencing.com/history-volcanology-5397406.html2018-04-2300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 66 - Hyperloop PrecheckJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Snowpiercer"! Topics include: The Hyperloop, Cloud Seeding, Frostbite, Perpetual Motion Machines, and The Orient Express! Links: https://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorologists/cloud-seeding1.htm https://hyperloop-one.com https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/frostbite/symptoms-causes/syc-20372656 http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/smelling-salts/ https://www.livescience.com/55944-perpetual-motion-machines.html 2018-04-1600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 65 - A Tornado of TruthJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Twister"! Topics include: How Tornadoes Form, Early Warning Systems, the Fujita Scale, and Can You Ride a Tornado?! Links: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150511-tornadoes-storms-midwest-weather-science/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorological-instruments/totable-tornado-observatory2.htm https://www.nasa.gov/content/goes http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/23/tornado.history/index.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/15-facts-about-tornadoes-167469821/2018-04-0900 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 64 - A Right Handed WorldJoya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "Idle Hands"! Topics include: Self Surgeries, Cauterization, People With Two Heads, and How a Body Decomposes! Links: http://listverse.com/2008/12/09/top-10-incredible-self-surgeries/ http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/abby-and-brittany-hensel-2017-133084 https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/dying4.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/ http://www.iflscience.com/brain/finally-know-people-left-righthanded/ http://themedicinejournal.com/articles/does-cauterizing-a-wound-really-work/ https://woundcareadvisor.com/how-to-apply-silver-nitrate/ https://gizmodo.com/how-the-taser-was-invented-1643251944 https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/stun-gun5.h...2018-04-0200 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 63 - Cult of Public Opinion Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Se7en"! Topics include: The Seven Deadly Sins, Pinkerton Detectives, Blacklight Forensics, and Eating Until You Explode! Links: https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pinkertons https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/it-possible-literally-eat-yourself-death https://www.ranker.com/list/eating-yourself-death/laura-allan?utm_expid=16418821-388.8yjUEguUSkGHvlaagyulMg.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Seven_Deadly_Sins https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/audio-music/metronome.htm https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-beethovens-metronome-wrong-9140958/ h...2018-03-2600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 62 - Not the GBJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Wild Wild West"! Topics include: Steampunk, Earliest Hearing Aids, Operation Paperclip, Parties at the White House, and Bulletproof Vests! Links: https://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-was-operation-paperclip https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackson-holds-open-house-at-the-white-house https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-story-of-the-wildest-party-in-white-house-history/ https://www.beltone.com/hearing-aid-guides/hearing-aid-history https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/47717-Digital-hearing-aid-history https://bulletsafe.com/pages/the-history-of-bulletproof-vests http://mentalfloss.com/article/24039/brief-history-bulletproof-vests https://www.ranker.com/list/old-wild-west-slang-word-and-expressions/brent-sprecher https://www...2018-03-1900 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 61 - Inherent InheritanceJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Dark City"! Topics include: The Higgs Mechanism, Hypnotism, Cryptomnesia, and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Links: http://www.medicaldaily.com/why-some-people-are-immune-hiv-ebola-and-other-diseases-397940 https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/april-2014/massive-thoughts http://www.carl-jung.net/collective_unconscious.html https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/education-and-platos-allegory-of-the-cave-bf7471260c50 http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/has-hypnosis-finally-been-vindicated-by-neuroscience.html https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/can-you-quit-smoking-through-hypnosis/391577/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hypnosis-memory-brain/  https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/26/cryptomnesia-psychology-of-writing/ http://www.apa.org...2018-03-1200 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 60 - Psychedelic PilgrimsJoya and Jeff watched the 2000 movie "The Beach"! Topics include: Communes for Future Technologists, Longest Open Swims on Record, Urban Legends, and Secret Societies! Links: https://www.cultofmac.com/125656/this-lsd-love-guru-turned-gold-mining-billionaire-gave-steve-jobs-his-reality-distortion-field/ http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2015/10/steve_jobs_at_reed_did_he_name.html http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2012olympics/2012-07/31/content_15635774.htm http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-ocean-swim https://matadornetwork.com/pulse/ate-beating-heart-live-snake-vietnam-heres-ill-never/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/secret-societies-you-might-not-know-180958294/ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/nyregion/nxivm-women-branded-albany.html https...2018-03-0500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 59 - The Art of FlightJoya and Jeff watched the 2001 Jet Li movie "The One"! Topics include: Parallel Universes, String Theory, "Internal" Martial Arts Styles, Parkour, and Steroids! Links: https://www.muscleforlife.com/side-effects-of-steroids/ https://www.livescience.com/3349-steroids-work.html https://www.livescience.com/39074-what-is-an-mri.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/mri1.htm http://www.dummies.com/education/science/physics/string-theory-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/ http://www.energyarts.com/hsing-i-chuan http://www.energyarts.com/bagua-zhang-martial-arts https://www.space.com/18811-multiple-universes-5-theories.html https://www.npr...2018-02-2600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 58 - Living That Goldfish LifeJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Memento"! Topics include: Types of Amnesia, How Memories Are stored, Ginkgo Biloba, and How Polaroids Work! Links: https://petapixel.com/2011/05/18/how-polaroid-instant-film-works/ https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question605.htm https://bebrainfit.com/ginkgo-biloba-benefits/ http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html2018-02-1900 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 57 - Robot With a Personality DisorderJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Short Circuit"! Topics include: What a 'Short Circuit' actually is, Speed-Reading, War Robots Going Rogue, The "Memory Palace" Technique, and the Earliest Tanks! Note: We recorded this episode before the recent controversy surrounding Aziz Ansari, which is why we don't mention it when discussing his take on Fisher Stevens (a white actor who played an Indian man in 'Short Circuit'). And we still think the conversation was an important one to have, but just a head's up in case you're wondering! Happy listening! Links: 2018-02-1200 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 56 - Things Got Dark and FunnyJoya and Jeff watched the movie "The Truman Show"! Topics include: The Truman Show Delusion, Why We Believe Conspiracies, Japanese Contest Show "Nasubi", and Norman Rockwell! Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgC_nkU2sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzueQK-Q7gI http://www.businessinsider.com/believing-conspiracy-theories-makes-people-feel-special-2017-92018-02-0500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 55 - Imaginary Friend Fantasies - With Special Guest Rachel BloomJoya, Jeff and special guest Rachel Bloom watched the movie “Space Jam”! Topics include: Rachel's "Space Jam" Musical Sketch, the Deepest Living Organisms, Hollow Earth Theory, the invention of Basketball, the Placebo effect, and a discussion about the intersection of Art and Commerce!  Links: https://gizmodo.com/terrifying-facts-about-the-worlds-deepest-gold-mine-1484301368 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110601-deepest-worm-earth-devil-science-animals-life/ https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/7/7/15792188/placebo-effect-explained2018-01-2900 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 54 - Think Outside the CubeJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Cube"! Topics include: Prime Numbers, Problem Solving on LSD, Savants and Booby Trapped Houses! LINKS: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/10-most-fascinating-savants-in-the-world/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelics_in_problem-solving_experiment https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/nature/how-does-dead-sea-salt-form-giant-cubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7K5KjOdLD82018-01-1500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 53 - Social ChameleonJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Predator"! Topics include: The Discovery of Infrared (and how to avoid Infrared Detection), Invisibility Cloaks, Awesome Animal Camouflage, and, of course, Choppas! Links: https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/helicopter.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_vulture https://science.howstuffworks.com/invisibility-cloak.htm http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ir_tutorial/discovery.html2018-01-0800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 52 - The Code Word Is "My Bad"Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Happening"! Topics include: Ergot Poisoning, Harmful Algal Blooms, The Bystander Effect, and Why Body Parts Sag! Links: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/15/Salem-Witch-Trials-The-Fungus-Theory/ https://seanmunger.com/2014/02/20/we-interrupt-this-program-the-terrifying-ebs-false-alarm-of-1971/ http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/02/most_dangerous_mushroom_death_cap_is_spreading_but_poisoning_can_be_treated.html https://www.wired.com/2008/06/the-happening-s/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a3365/4268571/ https://www.psychologytoday.com...2018-01-0100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 51 - Reverse Hot PocketJoya and Jeff watched the Van Damme movie "Timecop"! Topics include: Lost Confederate Gold, Quantum Computing, The Double Slit Experiment, and Freezing and Shattering Your Dead Body! Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J10 http://www.promessa.se/about-life-death/ http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a22280/double-slit-experiment-even-weirder/ https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/13/researchers-say-there-may-be-140m-worth-of-confederate-gold-at/21884507/ http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-reasons-timecop-modern-masterpiece/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-travel-simulation-resolves-grandfather-paradox/ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/time-travel-possible-time-machine-dr-who-tardis-spacetime-university-of-british-columbia-university-a7711411.html ...2017-12-2500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 50 - Just Call Me HalJoya and Jeff watched the Sci-Fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey" Topics include: Killer Robots, Pooping in Space, The Origins of Man, and The Future of Humanity! Links: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-big-questions-about-the-future-of-humanity/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090413-first-tool-users.html https://www.space.com/28150-zero-gravity-day-hoax.html https://blog.bufferapp.com/promote-a-podcast https://airwaysmag.com/airchive/pan-am-ceases-operations/ https://petergreenberg.com/2014/05/02/you-wont-believe-what-pan-am-planes-looked-like/ https://www.space.com/22597-space-poop-astronaut-toilet-explained.html https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/is-the-future-crap-a-comparison-of-toilets-in-2001-a-space-odyssey-and-the-2013-iss/ https://science...2017-12-1800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Compilation Vol. 1This week we put together a handful of our favorite segments from the first 49 episodes of the show!2017-12-1100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 49 - The End Is HistoryJoya and Jeff watched the movie “Super Mario Bros.” Topics include: The Dino Extinction Event, Mario Bros, Parallel Universes, and Antimatter! LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_COcHHvte-0 http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/apr/26/competing-claims-over-cause-of-cosmic-cold-spot https://www.britannica.com/science/K-T-extinction https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/science/chicxulub-crater-dinosaur-extinction.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7FIvfx5J102017-12-0400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 48 - Amber Is the Ultimate MoisturizerJoya and Jeff watched the 1993 classic "Jurassic Park"! Topics include: The Discovery of Dinosaurs, Ancient Amber, Bringing Back the Wooly Mammoth, and Chaos Theory! LINKS: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-fossil-reveals-velociraptor-sported-feathers/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/pleistocene-park/517779/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/feathered-dinosaur-tail-amber-theropod-myanmar-burma-cretaceous/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chaos-theory-simplified-droplet/ http://www.abarim-publications.com/ChaosTheoryIntroduction.html#.WfZWiRNSwdU http://jurassicpark.wikia.com/wiki/Chaos_theory http://mentalfloss.com/article/73608/15-clear-facts-about-amber https://selfhacked.com/blog/lysine-health-benefits/#Symptoms_Of_Lysine_Deficiency2017-11-2700 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 47 - A Giant Game of SimonJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"! Topics include: UFOs, Dolphin Communication, The Bermuda Triangle, and The Game Simon! LINKS: http://nypost.com/2014/06/10/the-dolphin-that-fell-in-love-with-a-human/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/swedish-startup-uses-ai-to-figure-out-what-dolphins-talk-about http://www.cracked.com/article_18690_5-ufo-sightings-that-even-non-crazy-people-find-creepy.html http://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19 http://nypost.com/2016/10/21/the-mystery-of-the-bermuda-triangle-may-finally-be-solved/ http://www.history.com/topics/bermuda-triangle http://www.unmuseum.org/mob/triangle.htm ...2017-11-1300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 46 - The Price of Beauty - With Special Guest Ryan KasmiskieJoya, Jeff and special guest Ryan Kasmiskie watched the movie “Evolution”! Topics include: The Gaia Theory, Planarian Flatworms, Metabolism, and Arsenic Based Life! Links: http://mentalfloss.com/article/61665/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-planarians http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2010/12/this_paper_should_not_have_been_published.html https://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-life-bacterium-prefers-phosphorus-after-all-1.11520 https://science.howstuffworks.com/napalm.htm https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/pyura-chilensis-the-closest-thing-to-getting-blood-from-a-stone/  2017-11-0600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 45 - Life's Abyss and Then You DiveJoya and Jeff watched the movie “The Abyss”! Topics include: Liquid Ventilation, Atmospheric Diving Suits, Bioluminescence, and Why Chlorine Turns Your Hair Green! Links: http://www.history.com/news/the-midget-subs-that-beat-the-planes-to-pearl-harbor https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/aug/21/james-cameron-on-deepsea-challenge-im-not-just-some-rich-guy-on-a-ride https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/04/060414015051.htm https://gizmodo.com/the-evolution-of-the-atmospheric-diving-suit-1537111854 https://gizmodo.com/this-awesome-next-generation-exosuit-goes-1-000-feet-un-1532765164 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/iron-man-like-exosuit-to-expand-ocean-exploration-video/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cameron-deep-sea-drug-research/ https://www.swimuniversity.com/why-blonde-hair-turns-green-in-your-swimming-pool/  2017-10-3000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 44 - The Fart Hums of the Toad FishJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Gremlins"! Topics include: "Gremlins in the Machine", Asexual Reproduction, Animal Songs, and the History of Chuck E. Cheese! Links: http://www.ancientpages.com/2015/09/09/gremlins-highly-mechanical-creatures-in-mythology/ https://byjus.com/biology/fragmentation/ https://gearjunkie.com/swiss-army-knife-history http://www.care2.com/causes/5-animals-you-didnt-know-can-sing.html https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/photos/8-unexpected-animals-that-sing/people-arent-the-only-animals-that-can#top-desktop http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-rat-population-is-hard-to-measure-2017-8 http://www.newsweek.com/new-york-kids-are-running-away-rats-bigger-their-baby-sisters-so-citys-635652 http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/472-17/de-blasio-administration-32-million-neighborhood-rat-reduction-plan#/0 2017-10-2300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 43 - Try To Jerk Off With This, BuddyJoya and Jeff watched “Edward Scissorhands”! Topics include: Opposable Thumbs, Topiaries, Automatons and Waterbeds! https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-do-humans-have-thumbs-180953393/ http://www.nsta.org/publications/news/story.aspx?id=49036 http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/7-early-robots-and-automatons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterbed https://www.boredpanda.com/dragon-shaped-hedge-topiary-john-brooker/ http://home.howstuffworks.com/gardening/garden-design/topiary.htm https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/the-5-strangest-cemeteries-in-the-world http://www.craveonline.com/mandatory/1067055-the-craziest-graveyards-in-the-world https://www.vincentprice.com/ https://www.quee...2017-10-1600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 42 - Pave Paradise, Put Up Several Parking LotsJoya and Jeff watched the 1995 movie "Judge Dredd"! Topics include: Megacities, Puzzles, Cannibalism and Police States! Links: https://www.ancient.eu/Janus/ http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/22/515668867/cannibalism-its-perfectly-natural-a-new-scientific-history-argues http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-hammurabis-code http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/statue-of-liberty-arrives-in-new-york-harbor https://www.siammandalay.com/blogs/puzzles/95858310-chronological-history-of-puzzles-a-timeline http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/21/why-solving-puzzles-is-fun-qa-with-consciousness-researcher-daniel-bor/ http://www.wonderslist.com/countries-worst-police-brutality/ https://www.commondreams.org/views/2012/08/31/us-worst-police-state-world-numbers2017-10-0900 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 41 - I Would Run From ThatJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Anaconda"! Topics include: Crazy Anaconda Facts, Dynamite, New Nature Doc Technology, and Totem Poles!  Links: http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/snake-eating-cat-whole-in-brisbane-backyard-not-for-the-fainthearted/news-story/12479bc277158237d0465dc0482f41d1 http://listverse.com/2014/08/30/10-wild-facts-about-the-amazon-rainforest/ https://youtu.be/0ktd1gdgcfE http://www.softschools.com/inventions/history/dynamite_history/370/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/60015/11-fun-facts-about-anacondas http://ipfactly.com/anacondas/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/68816/6-sssecrets-snake-sound-scientissst https://www.wired.com/2017/03/crazy-new-camera-tech-made-planet-earth-2-possible/ http://www.ranker.c...2017-10-0200 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 40 - Rest In Peace, the XFLJoya and Jeff watched the 2000 Schwarzenegger movie "The 6th Day"! Topics include: Pet Cloning, the Human Genome Project, Fingerprints, and the XFL!     Links! http://nypost.com/2015/10/31/i-spent-more-than-100000-to-clone-my-dog/ https://viagenpets.com http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/xfl-espn-30-for-30-vince-mcmahon-dick-ebersol-1201976706/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/20-years-after-dolly-the-sheep-led-the-way-where-is-cloning-now/ https://www.pcmag.com/news/350867/smart-fridge-showdown-lg-smart-instaview-vs-samsung-family https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/human_genome.htm https://www.genome.gov/12011238/an-overview-of-the-human-genome-project/ https://www.genome.gov/11006943/human-genome-project-completion-frequently-asked-questions/ http://www.fi...2017-09-2500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 39 - A Place For Your Soul to Do Some SearchingJoya and Jeff watched "Beetlejuice"! Topics include: Purgatory, 'Betelgeuse' the Star, The Winchester Mystery House, Why Ghosts Wear Sheets, and A Brief History on Goths! 2017-09-1800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 38 - Whether It's God or a Little Man in Your Dick - With Special Guest Dan EckmanJoya, Jeff and special guest Dan Eckman watched the movie "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"! Topics include: How We’re Mostly Made of Empty Space, The Homunculus, The History of the Remote Control, and How Honey is Basically Bee Puke! 2017-09-1100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 37 - A New Baby in the MailJoya and Jeff watched the 2002 Eddie Murphy movie "The Adventures of Pluto Nash"!   Topics include: Cloning Pets, How Battery Acid Works, Artificial Gravity, Mining in Space, and Oxygen Bars! 2017-09-0400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 36 - Things That Make You Go GooJoya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "The Mummy"!   Topics include: Ancient Boobytraps, Mummification, the Truth Behind the Ten Biblical Plagues, Scarabs, and how Mirages Work! 2017-08-2800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 35 - A Crew of SleuthersJoya and Jeff watched the 1996 movie "Mission: Impossible"! Topics include: Crazy Spy Gizmos and Techniques, Super-vaults, Floppy Disks, Face Masks, and Smoking On Planes!   2017-08-2100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 34 - Legends of the Dick FishJoya and Jeff watched the 1978 movie "Piranha"!Topics Include: Crazy Piranha Facts, Killer Algae, Electric Fences, and Weird Government Experiments to Weaponize Animals!  2017-08-1500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 33 - Dingle Dangle, You Get HealthcareJoya and Jeff watched the 1988 movie "The Blob"!Topics include: Animal digestive systems, the history of health insurance in the United States, fun uses for plungers, and the truth about Pop Rocks! 2017-08-0800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 32 - Josh Brolin's Just Scrapin' Poops Off the WallJoya and Jeff watched Guillermo Del Toro's "Mimic"!Topics include: biomimicry, how insects breathe, "royal jelly", the "mole people" of the New York subways, and forensic entomology! 2017-08-0100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 31 - Up Is Down, Down Is Up, Taco Bell Is All the RestaurantsJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Demolition Man"! Topics include cryogenically freezing a human body, the history of bungee jumping, metal foam, heterochromia, laserdiscs, materials based on shark skin, and Bloomberg's big soda ban! 2017-07-2500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 30 - Humane Ways of Killing People and Dispersing CrowdsJoya and Jeff watched "Edge of Tomorrow" (aka "Live/Die/Repeat")!Topics include crazy military technology, abandoned invasion plans, the Tunguska event, Krav Maga, badass soldiers and the "let's all go to the lobby" theme! 2017-07-1800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 29 - Perfect Cleavage in the SheetsJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Tremors"!Topics include quicksand, what is talc, earthquakes, animals communicating through vibrations, volcanoes in space and the history of the pogo stick! 2017-07-1100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 28 - 700 Pounds of Fried ChickenJoya and Jeff watched Stephen King's "Thinner"!Topics include BMI nonsense, history of Romani, the tongue patch diet, the oldest person who ever lived and the legality of road head! 2017-07-0400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 27 - The Deathteenth FloorJoya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "The Thirteenth Floor"!Topics include the history of "unlucky 13", the advancement of supercomputers, numerology and the CIA playing World of Warcraft! 2017-06-2700 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 26 - Lethal LonelinessJoya and Jeff watched the 2009 movie "Moon"!Topics include moon conspiracies, Helium 3 and 4, physical effects of solitary confinement, Thorium and genetic kill switches! 2017-06-2000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 25 - Animals Are Dicks, ManJoya and Jeff watched the original "Planet of the Apes"!Topics include the mirror test, animals being dicks, project Nim, animal language, level 1 parallel universes and the story of Dr. Livingstone! 2017-06-1300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 24 - A Hole in the HeadJoya and Jeff watched David Cronenberg's "Scanners"!Topics include children of Thalidomide, spontaneous human combustion, infrasound induced panic, trephination and The Monster Study. 2017-06-0600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 23 - Full On SashimiJoya and Jeff watched the 1973 movie "Soylent Green"!Topics include the real Soylent, bugs as the future of food, Earth's max capacity, the history of soap and an update on the banana extinction!  2017-05-3000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 22 - Ideas Are Just Mental InfectionsJoya and Jeff watched Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion"!Topics include contagiousness in general, history's craziest pandemics, the autism/vaccine link, mass hysterias and the Great Stink! 2017-05-2300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 21 - The Zoning Laws Are a Little LaxJoya and Jeff watched John Carpenter's "Escape From New York"!Topics include walled in cities, escapes from Alcatraz, crime in New York, escape pods and the real use for eyepatches! 2017-05-1600 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 20 - Hard Packages Sperminating the WorldJoya and Jeff watched the 1978 "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"!Topics include spores, zombie fungi, Capgras delusion, why scary sounds are scary, killer bees and plants that like music! 2017-05-0900 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 19 - You've Made it When You See LeninJoya and Jeff watched the 1982 movie "The Thing"!Topics include what's at the south pole, panspermia, cryogenics, expeditions into the arctic and ancient flame throwers! 2017-05-0200 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 18 - FlatlinersJoya and Jeff watched the 1990 film "Flatliners"!Topics include near death experiences, being buried alive, early days of emergency medicine and the 21 grams myth! 2017-04-2500 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 17 - Galaxy QuestJoya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie Galaxy Quest!Topics include Area 51, anal probes, beryllium spheres in the Manhattan project, and breathing liquids! 2017-04-1800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 16 - Total RecallJoya and Jeff watched the 1990 movie "Total Recall"!Topics include colonizing Mars, selectively removing memories, the uncanny valley, and the color blue! 2017-04-1100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 15 - The FlyJoya and Jeff watched David Cronenberg's "The Fly"! Topics include how gross flies are, teleportation, the drug krokodil and making a nuke in your garage! 2017-04-0400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 14 - VirtuosityJeff and Joya watched the movie Virtuosity!Topics include Playstation VR, nanotechnology, moving atoms with microscopes, quantum mechanics, upcycling and more! 2017-03-2800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 13 - Lawnmower ManJoya and Jeff watched the 1992 movie "Lawnmower Man"! Topics include psychic mediums, living in a simulation, Nintendo's Virtual Boy, and what might happen if we could enhance our brains! 2017-03-2100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 12 - LooperJoya and Jeff watched the movie "Looper"! Topics include how memories work, past life regression therapy, and what would you say if you met your younger self? 2017-03-1400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 11 - The NetJeff and Joya watched the 1995 movie, "The Net"! Topics include what level of government transparency is reasonable, the dark web, Yahoo! data hacks and lifting fingerprints from facebook photos! 2017-03-0700 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 10 - AlienJoya and Jeff watched the science fiction classic Alien! Topics include acid blood, self destruct mechanisms and an insect that bores into you to lay eggs inside! 2017-02-2800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 9 - ContactThis week Jeff and Joya watched Contact! Topics include the Voyager golden record, SETI, METI, the Drake equation, and a possible extra terrestrial broadcast known as the "Wow!" signal! 2017-02-2100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 8 - SpliceJoya and Jeff watched the movie Splice! Topics include spontaneous sex changes in fish, staying young by manipulating DNA, and growing human organs inside of pigs! 2017-02-1400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 7 - GattacaThis week, Joya and Jeff discuss the movie Gattaca! Subjects include predicting death, how our genes influence who we pick as friends, editing our DNA and the creation of the first man made living organism! 2017-02-0700 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 6 - RobocopThis week, Joya and Jeff watch the movie Robocop! Topics include mall robits, exoskeletons, corporate ownership of people and implanting wifi chips in our fingers! 2017-01-3100 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 5 - Minority ReportJeff and Joya discuss the movie Minority Report! Topics include gizmos, targeted advertising, privacy invasive policing and the coolest laser tag you've ever played! 2017-01-2400 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 4 - SunshineJoya and Jeff discuss the movie "Sunshine" (you do not need to have seen the movie to listen). Topics include fusion power, sensory deprivation tanks, solar flares, and what happens to your body in space. This episode was recorded three days after the election, so nerves were a little frayed. 2017-01-1000 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 3 - InterstellarJoya and Jeff discuss the movie Interstellar. Topics include wormholes, humanity's trial and error, meat grown in a lab, and the end of the Earth! Plus a ton of other cool shit! 2016-12-2800 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 2 - HerOn this episode of No, But That's A Thing, Jeff and Joya discuss the movie Her, topics include whether tech connects us or divides us, online "dating products", and whether we're the lessons our exes were waiting for. 2016-12-1300 minOh, That\'s a Thing!Oh, That's a Thing!Episode 1 - Ex MachinaOn the first episode of No, But That's A Thing, Joya and Jeff discuss Ex Machina. Topics include Turing tests, why we want robots to understand us, chatbots, and whether a sex robot should want to have sex with us. 2016-11-1800 min