Latest Education Documentary Podcast Episodes
ELI5 Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta - the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - April 26, 2024 03:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsHow did the NATO phonetic alphabet come about? Why were specific words chosen for each letter? Has it changed over time? Why is the number 9 spoken as “niner”? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions an...
ELI5 Airport Runways - how are they numbered?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - April 19, 2024 03:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsWhat do all the signs on an airport taxiway mean? What do the various markings and lights indicate? How are parallel runways numbered? Why does Atlanta Airport use an alternative NATO Phonetic Alphabet? ... we explain like I'm five To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks ...
Best of ESD: Democracy Prep Charter Schools, with Rashid Duroseau (Civics Program Director, Democracy Prep Public Schools)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - April 17, 2024 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsWhat if a school made preparation for democracy its central goal? That’s what Democracy Prep tries to do - not in just one school but in many. This charter school network includes 24 schools in five states, with schools at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. In this episode, Brett ...
On The Road Again: With Navy Veteran, Home Base Marathoner, and Commercial Truck Driver Yuma Haidara
Home Base Nation - April 16, 2024 16:53 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIn this episode, Dr. Ron Hirschberg talks with Navy Veteran and 7-time marathoner Yuma Haidara about her journey to the Navy, nursing, and a path to a career in commercial truck driving with Walmart. Yuma sees the road in front of her as an opportunity, and at the same time with just enough adve...
ELI5 Gore-Tex - what makes Gore-tex so special?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - April 12, 2024 03:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsWhat is it and why is Gore-tex so special? Aren’t there other materials that are just as waterproof? How was it discovered? Why does proper care of Gore-tex jackets involve the tumble dryer? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the fo...
The Moon Itself
Radiolab - April 05, 2024 14:45 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsThere’s a total solar eclipse coming. On Monday, April 8, for a large swath of North America, the sun will disappear, in the middle of the day. Everywhere you look, people are talking about it. What will it feel like when the sun goes away? What will the blocked-out sun look like? But all this t...
ELI5 Train Tracks - how do trains maintain traction in slippery conditions?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - April 05, 2024 03:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsHow do trains maintain traction on the tracks, especially during rainy or icy conditions? How do the wheels not slip off? Why do we always see stone or gravel on train tracks? How did early trains in the 1800s make sure they didn’t collide into each other? ... we explain like I'm five Thank ...
Rhythm And Resilience: With Healing Arts Practitioner/Songwriter Lauren Monroe and Def Leppard Drummer Rick Allen
Home Base Nation - April 02, 2024 17:03 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIn this episode, Dr. Ron Hirschberg sits with Lauren Monroe and Rick Allen: Couple, and Cofounders of Raven Drum Foundation, leading events to heal and build resiliency through the arts for 23 years. Prior to experiencing a community drum circle with over 70 veterans and 1st responders hosted by...
Short Cuts: Drawn Onward
Radiolab - April 02, 2024 04:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsAs a treat for the first palindrome date of the calendar year 2024, 4/2/24, (for those who use U.S. formatting of dates anyway), we are releasing a special audio palindrome. A piece that plays the same forward and backward. It’s called “Drawn Onward” and it comes from the producers Alan Goffinsk...
Episode 679: Lincoln, Democracy, and The American Experiment
Newt's World - March 31, 2024 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsNewt’s guest is historian and author Allen C. Guelzo. He discusses his new book, "Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment." Guelzo explores Abraham Lincoln's deep commitment to democracy and how it guided him through the Civil War. He also discusses Lincoln's belief th...
Episode 678: Newt Answers Your Questions
Newt's World - March 29, 2024 22:53 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsNewt discusses a range of issues with members of his Inner Circle. He talks about the current political situation in America, including the lack of a majority in the U.S. House and the challenges that presents. He also discusses the resignations of several Republican congressmen and the potentia...
ELI5 Bailouts - why don't governments own the companies they bail out?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - March 29, 2024 03:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsWhat exactly is a bailout and how does it work? If a company gets bailed out with taxpayer money, shouldn’t the public now own it? Why do governments often choose to bail out banks? Why don't they just let them go under? How do CEOs from failing companies bailout with golden parachutes? Where do...
Episode 677: Men Without Meaning
Newt's World - March 28, 2024 03:13 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsNewt talks with Brenda Hafera from The Heritage Foundation about her new report detailing the crisis facing boys and men in America, titled “Men Without Meaning: The Harmful Effects of Expressive Individualism.” The report highlights the struggles faced by boys and men in the U.S., including men...
Episode 676: Crisis in Haiti
Newt's World - March 24, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsHaiti, a nation that began with liberation and resistance, is now on the brink of collapse due to political chaos, economic devastation, and foreign intervention. The assassination of President Moïse in 2021 has led to government officials fleeing the country and refugees seeking safety in the U...
Best of ESD: Teaching Elections & Modeling Political Tolerance, with Wayne Journell (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Education for Sustainable Democracy - March 23, 2024 18:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThis is a rebroadcast of an interview with Professor Wayne Journell about teaching elections, recorded in 2020. How should educators teach about elections? How can they maximize student learning, foster engagement, and minimize overly heated exchanges among students? Professor Wayne Journell f...
Finding Emilie
Radiolab - March 22, 2024 14:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsThis is a segment we first aired back in 2011. In it, we hear a story of a very different kind of lost and found. Alan Lundgard, a college art student, fell in love with a fellow art student, Emilie Gossiaux. Nine months after Alan and Emilie made it official, Emilie's mom, Susan Gossiaux, recei...
Episode 675: The New Cold War
Newt's World - March 22, 2024 03:21 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsIn their new book, "We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War," authors Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea argue that a GOP foreign policy consensus is emerging, which they call the Trump-Reagan Fusion. They believe that any viable GOP foreign policy must build on the legacie...
ELI5 Jet Stream - can a regular plane break the sound barrier on a jet stream?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - March 22, 2024 03:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsIs it possible for a regular passenger jet to break the sound barrier by riding on a really fast jet stream? How do jet streams form in the first place? Do they change throughout the year? How are they related to the polar vortex? How do commercial aircraft make use of the jet stream? ... we e...
Making Herstory: A Conversation with the 1st Woman to Serve as Commanding Officer of the USS Constitution Commander Billie J. Farrell
Home Base Nation - March 19, 2024 17:59 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsCommander Billie June (BJ) Farrell grew up in Kentucky and at age 10 something about the Naval Academy just clicked. Seven years later she enrolled at the Academy, and in 2004 was commissioned. Commander Farrell as served as an officer aboard the USS Vella Gulf, USS San Jacinto, and the USS Vick...
Episode 674: Peter Schweizer on Blood Money
Newt's World - March 17, 2024 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsNewt talks with Peter Schweizer, author of the book Blood Money. Schweizer discusses his two-year investigation into restricted Chinese military documents and American financial records, revealing the Chinese Communist Party's covert operations in social media, the American drug trade, social ju...
Episode 673: UVA’s $20 Million DEI Budget
Newt's World - March 16, 2024 00:50 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsOpen the Books, a transparency organization, released a report revealing that the University of Virginia spends $20 million on 235 diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employees, with some earning up to $587,340 per year. The report has sparked debate about the use of taxpayer money for DEI po...
Throughline: Dare to Dissent
Radiolab - March 15, 2024 14:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsOn today’s show, we’re excited to share an episode from our friends at the podcast Throughline. Sometimes, the most dangerous and powerful thing a person can do is to stand up not against their enemies, but against their friends. As the United States heads into what will likely be another bitt...
ELI5 Matcha Tea - how do you tell if it’s high quality?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - March 15, 2024 03:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsIs matcha Japanese or Chinese? What makes matcha different from other green teas? How is it made? What is the special whisk for? How do you tell if the matcha you’re buying is high quality? How much caffeine is in matcha? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive comm...
Episode 672: Angel Studios Cabrini
Newt's World - March 10, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsItalian immigrant Francesca Cabrini, who arrived in America in 1889, is celebrated in the new film Cabrini. Despite facing disease, crime, and impoverished children in New York slums, Cabrini convinced the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for orphan children. The film is directed b...
Staph Retreat
Radiolab - March 08, 2024 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsWhat happens when you combine an axe-wielding microbiologist and a disease-obsessed historian? A strange brew that's hard to resist, even for a modern day microbe. In the war on devilish microbes, our weapons are starting to fail us. The antibiotics we once wielded like miraculous flaming swor...
Episode 671: Election 2024 – Super Tuesday
Newt's World - March 08, 2024 04:56 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsNewt’s guest is former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. They discuss the results of Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley's decision to drop out of the race, and the upcoming 2024 election. Spicer shares his journey from a Japanese language major to becoming the White House Press Secretary under th...
ELI5 Olive Oil - virgin, extra-virgin & refined - what's the difference?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - March 08, 2024 04:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsWhat else determines the quality of olive oil and what's the difference between extra virgin, virgin, and refined olive oil? How is olive oil extracted? What are the proven health benefits of consuming olive oil? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and...
🔥 ELI5 Daylight Savings Time - who thought it was a good idea?
ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast - March 07, 2024 03:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratingsWhy do we still change clocks to Daylight Savings Time when so many people dislike it? Who came up with the idea in the first place? Why is there a movement to permanent Daylight Savings Time? Are farmers for or against Daylight Savings Time? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/e...
Episode 670: Putin and Ukraine
Newt's World - March 05, 2024 22:55 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsNewt’s guest is Herman Pirchner, president of the American Foreign Policy Council. They discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Pirchner shares his insights on Russian President Vladimir Putin's motivations and strategies, highlighting Putin's desire for territorial expansion and power. He also...
Episode 669: A.J. Tata on The Phalanx Code
Newt's World - March 03, 2024 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 6.2K ratingsBrigadier General Anthony J. Tata, a retired US Army officer with a distinguished military career of over 28 years, is the guest on this episode of Newt's World. Tata has served in various commands including the 82nd Airborne, the 101st Airborne Division, and the 10th Mountain Division. He has a...
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