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Curiosity WeeklyGenetic Vegetarianism, Roman Sarcophagus, HomeworkToday, you’ll learn about a possible genetic link to vegetarianism, the discovery of a very important ancient woman, and the truth about homework. Genetic Vegetarianism “Going vegetarian? The dietary choice may be influenced by your genes.” by Emily Cooke. 2023. “Genetics of vegetarianism: A genome-wide association study.” by Nabeel R. Yaseen, et al. 2023. “Large-scale GWAS of food liking reveals genetic determinants and genetic correlations with distinct neurophysiological traits.” by Sebastian May-Wilson, et al. 2022. “Shifting Attitudes Towards Meat Consumption: Understanding Vegetarian Statistics.” by Talitha Van Niekerk. 2023. Roman Sarcophagus “‘Exceptional’ 1,800-year-old sar...2023-11-2411 min
Skrywers en BoekeSkrywers en boeke 11 Januarie 2023Ons bring hulde aan die skrywer, dramaturg en digter Dolf van Niekerk, wat op Oujaarsdag 2022 oorlede is. Hy was een van die veelsydigste woordmense in Afrikaans met verskeie romans, kortverhale, radiodramas en digbundels op sy kerfstok. Van Niekerk het ook ‘n groot aandeel gehad in die sukses van Afrikaanse radio. Jy kan luister na ‘n dokumentêr wat Ina Strydom in 2019 saamgestel het ter viering van sy 90e verjaarsdag. In sy internasionale insetsel bring Johan Myburg hulde aan die Britse skrywer Fay Weldon. Hy vertel meer oor die Skotse digter Robert Burns se verjaarsdagvieringe, en bespreek twee boeke vir leuns...2023-01-1148 min
In Conversation WithIn Conversation With: Mark Swilling on Applied EconomicsIn this episode Jess chats with Prof Mark Swilling about his module called Applied Economics, which covers South Africa's political economy and how it has evolved historically. Mark co-facilitates the module with Dr Nthabiseng Mohlakoana, with whom he has also recently co-developed an alternative economic framework centred around post-COVID recovery, commissioned by Prof Thuli Madonsela. Jess and Mark also chat about the next phase of Mark's work focused on the building of a general non-equilibrium model of economics, which he will be doing at Georgetown University. The big question Mark is asking in his work is how to reconcile...2020-12-1424 min
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game PodcastGame & Watch Not Clock (feat. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2)They call me the BS 720 Christ Air to Revert to Nose Manual to Boneless to BS 180 Heelflip to Bluntside Grind to Indy to Manual to Nose Manual of my friend group.Discussed: Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, Nintendo's Super Mario 35th Direct, Fire Emblem---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariArt by Scout Wilkinson...2020-09-091h 33
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game PodcastKal-El's Big Move (feat. Blaseball, Moon Remix RPG Adventure, and more)During his time in Metropolis, Kal-El has been bullied, pushed around, and pranked to oblivion. But when his parents tell him the family will be moving to Brooklyn at the end of the week, he decides to take a stand... by having the BEST WEEK EVER. Coming this summer is a superhero film unlike any you've ever seen. Josh Peck... Zena Grey... Jamie Kennedy... and the real actual Superman star in: Kal-El's Big Move!Discussed: Moon Remix RPG Adventure, Blaseball, Joel Schumacher Batman Movies, sports games for Switch, amuse-bouche, Halloween costumes, NPC dream jobs, tattoos---2020-09-021h 52
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game PodcastSpelunky + Nier: Automata (w/ guest Chris Plante) | August 2020 BonusChris Plante (Polygon, The Besties, Postgame, Quest, and more) launches himself headlong into the aether for our August bonus episode to discuss two of his favorite games — and ours: Spelunky and Nier: Automata!Thanks to Chris for joining us!You can find him at a lot of places and the links to all of them are in his Twitter bio: https://twitter.com/plante---Follow the show everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---...2020-08-283h 08
Into the Aether - A Low Key Video Game PodcastOuroboros of Takes (feat. Spiritfarer, Indie Direct, and Gotham Knights)A snake will either eat only vegetables or its own tail — there is no in-between.Discussed: Hades, Raji: An Ancient Epic, Untitled Goose Game, A Short Hike, Torchlight III, Takeshi and Hiroshi, Hypnospace Outlaw, Manifold Garden, Subnautica, Garden Story, Evergate, Bear and Breakfast, Grindstone, The Batman, Batman Year One, Batman The Long Halloween, Gotham Knights, Spiritfarer---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Pr...2020-08-261h 47
Kellogg CollegeThe changing economic and social-policy making of the African National CongressA discussion about the ANC’s policy shifts in the early years of democracy. On the 28 November 2019, Professor Vishnu Padayachee and Professor Robert van Niekerk of the University of Witwatersrand visited Kellogg College, prior to the launch of their new book ‘’Shadow of Liberation: Contestation and Compromise in the Economic and Social Policy of the African National Congress, 1943-1996’’, to discuss their insights into the ANC’s policy shifts in the early years of democracy.2020-01-1638 min
Di RageProf van Niekerk ka botshelo jwa moswi Fidel CastroRe buisana gape le Prof Robert van Niekerk, mmatlisisi wa tsa ekonomi kwa Rhodes University, ka botshelo jwa ga moswi Fidel Castro, le gore tlhaloganya kgolagano magareng ga Afrika Borwa le naga ya CubaFidel Castro was born in 1926, one of five children. His family was prosperous and owned a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba. Educated by the Jesuits, he became a lawyer. The poverty Castro saw around him, the inequality, turned him into a revolutionary. Castro was 32 when he overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista's government in 1959, becoming Cuba's prime minister.2016-11-2809 min