Dexplanations
86 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsEvery week I look something up on Wikipedia and explain it to my friend David.
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Episodes
Alan Turing Part 2
March 11, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBPart two about Alan Turing! His work at Bletchley Park, more of his work work with computer science, and his tragic end.
Alan Turing Part 1
February 20, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBAlan Turing, his early life and the Enigma Machine.
Supernova
February 12, 2020 12:00 - 50 minutes - 70 MBHow the death of a star turns into the largest explosions we know of.
Volcanoes
January 29, 2020 12:00 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBWhat causes volcanoes, types of volcanoes, and the effect of volcanoes on our atmosphere.
CRISPR
January 22, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBCRISPR is possibly the most radical world changing discovery/technology ever. How does it work? what can we do with it, and what are some of the ethical implications we should consider?
Famous Last Words
January 15, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBSometimes that last things people say are poignant, humorous, or expected. Here's a chronological list of the last things people said.
Distinctions Between Things (5)
January 08, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MBA new round of things to distinguish between. Whats the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors? Fur and hair? Soft and hard water? and more!
Glossary of Collective Nouns
December 25, 2019 11:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBTons of group names for animals and groups of people. Happy holidays!
The Streisand Effect
December 18, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBDon't bother trying to take stuff you don't like off the internet.
Pareidolia
December 11, 2019 12:01 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBWhy you tend to see faces in clouds or otherwise interpret something vague as something you are more familiar with.
Domesticated Foxes
December 04, 2019 12:00 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBIn 1959 Russian Zoologist, Dmitry Belyayev started an ongoing experiment to domesticate foxes. The program continues today and the implications are vast and extraordinary.
Rogue Waves
November 27, 2019 12:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBRogue Waves weren't thought to be real until 1995 because of assumptions in math, and that anyone who encountered them probably didn't live to tell the tale.
Myers-Briggs and the Barnum Effect
November 13, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes - 51.5 MBThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator would have you believe there are only 16 types of people.
Space Debris and Kessler Syndrome
November 06, 2019 13:00 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBAll the the stuff in orbit around the earth presents a risk to itself and modernity.
Dead Whales
October 30, 2019 12:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBBeached whales, exploding whales, and whale falls.
Louis Pasteur
October 23, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBDude changed science forever and saved millions of lives as a consequence.
Blockchain
October 16, 2019 14:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBWhat is blockchain? Besides cryptocurrency what are some other applications for it?
The Zodiac
October 09, 2019 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBWhat exactly are constellations, and more specifically what are the zodiac constellations?
Impeachment
October 02, 2019 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBHow the process of impeachment works and where we are right now.
Jury Nullification
September 25, 2019 14:00 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MBIts not part of the law but it is a consequence of the law. Probably don't listen if you really want to be on a jury.
The Darwin Awards
September 18, 2019 14:00 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBThe highest honor for the stupidest people who made the ultimate sacrifice.
International Space Law
September 11, 2019 14:00 - 45 minutes - 103 MBThe Outer Space Treaty and addendums to it.
The Nash Equilibrium
September 04, 2019 14:00 - 38 minutes - 88.6 MBAs a sequel to the prisoners dilemma we take a deeper dive into game theory.
The Prisoner's Dilemma
August 28, 2019 14:00 - 28 minutes - 64.6 MBWhy don't people cooperate even though it is in everyone interest to do so?
Alex the Parrot
August 21, 2019 14:00 - 53 minutes - 122 MBOver the course of 30 years Dr. Irene Pepperberg studied and trained Alex. He became absolutely the smartest parrot ever studied, and solidified the fact that birds are, or can be extremely intelligent.
Black Body Radiation
August 14, 2019 14:00 - 37 minutes - 85.9 MBThe birth of quantum physics, Max Plank, and what type of electromagnetic radiation things emit based solely on their temperature.
Catnip and Pop Rocks
August 07, 2019 21:22 - 28 minutes - 64.8 MBWhy does catnip affect cats and how do Pop Rocks work?
The Resolute Desk
July 31, 2019 14:00 - 31 minutes - 71.1 MBThe desk currently in the Oval Office has quite the history. A lost expeditions trying to find the northwest passage, tons of dead people, a gift from Queen Victoria, and the rest of the desks used in the Oval Office.
The Wu-Tang Clan
July 17, 2019 14:00 - 43 minutes - 100 MBThe formation of the Wu, and sh!t ODB did.
The Dress and Yanny or Laurel
July 10, 2019 14:00 - 22 minutes - 50.5 MBWhats up with the dress, and why do you hear it that way?
Humidity
July 03, 2019 15:00 - 25 minutes - 57.6 MBHow much water can be in the air and how do we measure it?
Animal Genitalia
June 26, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 170 MBTheres a lotta crazy sh!t goin on down there in the animal kingdom.
The Dunning-Kruger and Mandela Effects
June 19, 2019 14:00 - 28 minutes - 64.8 MBHow incompetence can lead to overconfidence, and why we are prone to having and sharing false memories.
Giant Pandas
June 12, 2019 14:00 - 30 minutes - 69 MBAll about the most cutest of all charismatic megafauna.
Gerrymandering
June 05, 2019 15:00 - 39 minutes - 90.9 MBHow state governments choose their voters.
Ambergris
May 22, 2019 14:18 - 27 minutes - 63.7 MBWhat comes out a sperm whales butt is worth more than gold.
Distinctions Between Things (4)
May 15, 2019 14:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBHalf v Halve Shrimp v Prawn Call v Well Drinks De Jure v De Facto Faun v Satyr Stalactites v Stalagmites Clouds and Precipitation types Alge v Plants Possum v Opossum Implosion v Explosion Donkey v Mule Plurality V Majority Cement v Concrete Laterality Bison v Buffalo Seal v Sea Lion Solution v Mixture
The Dolphin House Experiment
May 08, 2019 15:40 - 34 minutes - 80.1 MBThere was an attempt to teach dolphins to speak english. There was also LSD and hand jobs.
Gigantism and Island Gigantism
May 01, 2019 02:05 - 27 minutes - 63.4 MBFirst it's people who have a tumor behind their pituitary gland, then its species that get stuck on islands.
The Kardashev Scale
April 24, 2019 02:10 - 41 minutes - 95.9 MBScaling advanced civilizations by how much power they could harness and use. What could those civilizations do, and how would they gather so much energy?
Déjà Vu
April 17, 2019 01:36 - 21 minutes - 49.2 MBA black cat walked past us and then another just like it.
The Coriolis Effect
April 10, 2019 00:41 - 24 minutes - 57.1 MBAs the world turns: Sniper rifles, pendulums, hurricanes, but not toilettes.
Marie Curie
April 03, 2019 03:33 - 43 minutes - 99.6 MBThe scientist, the rebel, the survivor, the badass; Marie Curie.
The Human Penis
March 27, 2019 02:58 - 33 minutes - 75.8 MBHow many times can we say penis in an episode?
Cracking Joints and Chiropractic
March 06, 2019 05:37 - 30 minutes - 70.7 MBAfter talking about what happens when you crack your joints, we talk about its link with arthritis(none). Then we talk a lot of *hit on chiropractic.
Depth Perception and Stereoscopy
March 01, 2019 01:47 - 26 minutes - 61 MBWhat makes depth perception possible. Then we talk about stereoscopy, View-Masters, the magic eye books, and other tricks that make you see 2D images as 3D.
Nautical Terminology
February 20, 2019 03:55 - 31 minutes - 72.4 MBAvast, collaborate and listen! This editions all about boat stuff and sailor jargon.