Oral Presentations
102 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 828 ratingsA low pressure learning podcast. Hosted by a guy who sounds like he'd offer you whippets at a tailgate.
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Episode 99 - LOTF by WG (part 3)
October 21, 2022 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBFull collapse on deck and I blow through Piggy's Indiana Jones death to try and hide how much I don't like that part.
Episode 98 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding (part 2)
October 21, 2022 18:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBRalph musters his public speaking chops in hopes of restoring order and things get worse.
Episode 97 - No way this many kids would have even survived a plane crash: Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Part 1)
October 21, 2022 16:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBPart 1 from this year's Father's Day series on Patreon.
Episode 96 - Put a Hemi in it: Wright Brothers Part 3
June 03, 2022 18:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBWe rejoin the Brothers from Dayton as excellent bike shop employee Charlie Taylor jumps in to help with the mechanical work, the Smithsonian team has a rough run of it, and I forget how to say Potomac maybe 4 separate times.
Episode 94 - Serial Killer on Tooth Medicine: Wright Brothers Part 1
June 03, 2022 18:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBMain characters and setting are discussed, also a serial killer knocks out Wilber’s lower teeth.
Episode 95 - Guy stole my blanket: Wright Brothers Part 2
June 03, 2022 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBKitty Hawk North Carolina plays host to the Brothers from Dayton for three rounds of testing and Wilber is pressured into headlining a science show in Chicago on ladies night.
Episode 93 - Bad Luck Captain Phillips in a Sundress: The Sole Survivor from Rod Serling's Night Gallery
January 07, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBStarting off 2022 w/ a Rod Serling Deep Cut.
Episode 93 - Bad Luck Captain Phillips in a Sundress: The Sole Survivor from Rod Serling's Night Gallery
January 07, 2022 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBStarting off 2022 w/ a Rod Serling Deep Cut.
Episode 92 - The Most Dangerous Game
November 11, 2021 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBThis was Patreon #8, it's from early pandemic, like 3 weeks into the lockdown. Was into cookie bites at the time.
Episode 91: Twilight Zone Double Feature
October 30, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MB//FIRST UP// The Howling Man AKA Wait, is narrow face Peter Pan The Devil or what? Follows a man named David Ellington as he blacks out on the floor twice as a guest at a castle in Europe. and //Closing the Show// Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up AKA Who the fuck walked outta Tracy's lake? Is a Clue board game style murder mystery episode about a Diner, and somebody in there possibly being a secret alien.
Episode 90 - Dracula goes to World War 2: Christopher Lee
October 21, 2021 23:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBInformation comes from the first 100 pages of Christopher Lee’s Autobiography, “Tall, Dark, and Gruesome.” Forgot to emphasize how much he got his ass beat by teachers as a boy for disciplinary reasons. "There was the Black Book," where misdeeds were recorded and canceled out with the cane at the end of the week." Also on the back on some positive medical news, we went no notes allowed while recording for this.
Episode 89 - TMZ Edgar Allan Poe and The Cask of Amontillado
October 14, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBThe character Fortunato, who gets buried alive by the narrator, represents a person the author knew in real life. The guy beat Poe up in the street the year prior over an argument about a girl's brother and wanting a gun.
Episode 88 - Dude you don't even notice it, you look good: Hammerhead Sharks
October 01, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThese things swim around self hypnotized all day but I can't prove it. Hammerhead Sharks are discussed in detail.
Episode 87 - I Think It's Lombard: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None Part 3
September 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBOur remaining 4 pack of players get, shot, hung, drowned, and head crushed by a large white marble bear clock, then a short musical interlude, then we figure out what went on out there.
Staying Alive: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, (Part 2.)
September 17, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBWe recap our first three ghosts from part 1, then narrow the field from 7 down to 4 with help from an axe, hypodermic syringe, and revolver.
Episode 85 - Out Here Looking For Clues: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. (Part 1)
September 06, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBCurl up with your feet on the couch and a box of Laura's Fudge at the beach, it's world's best selling murder mystery book time.
How did these things get back in the house oh my god SCORPIONS 2
July 23, 2021 01:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBAfter using them as cover last week, a debt is paid as the Scorp facts runneth over in this nat geo departure.
Episode 83 - Crawling in my skinnn, these wounds they will not heallllll: SCORPIONS
July 16, 2021 00:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThe title of this episode is a decoy. This episode is not about Scorpions. The actual episode is about what I leaned about how to travel to Europe with your girlfriend in your mid 20’s. I have a good friend who’s a little younger than me and is going to Italy to meet his girl’s family soon, so I made him a travel guide with what I learned from doing a similar thing in my 20’s with this episode. I used a decoy title because if I named the episode about what it is actually about, his g...
Episode 82 - ***Fourth of July Special*** Yo dude, we're serious, you need to get all the way naked right now: The American Revolution
July 02, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBPack up your folders and put on your construction paper tri-corner hats, it’s time for the American Revolution! In this episode we take a look at how the relationship between the American Colonies and the British Empire broke up. Even though they both really really liked certain parts of each other’s personalities, it was just tough to make it work after a certain amount of time.
Ancient Greek Theatre Comprehension Test: Oedipus Rex
June 26, 2021 01:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB// Time for some Guess and Check // Given the film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival Version of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the goal was to try and understand the story of the play as completely as possible according to the following rules: - I was only allowed to watch the full play one time. - During that one time, I was only allowed to hit pause two times, but was allowed to use those two pauses whenever. - I was not allowed to rewi...
Episode 80 - This Guy Got Hosed: Nikola Tesla
June 11, 2021 18:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBOff a recommendation from an electrician named Ant from the last Patreon faculty meeting, we take a look at a visionary thinker who changed humanity forever however was also not the best with money.
Episode 79 - Broken Zoltar: Hannibal Lecter's Favorite Bands
June 04, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBThis is a Broken Zoltar Format Patreon Episode about Classical Composers. A Broken Zoltar episode is a handful of loosely related topics done in smaller bursts and then strung together to make a larger episode, I try to do at least one a month on the Patreon. This one covers Frederic Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Also RIP to one of the Patreon's class pets, Rose the Koala.
Episode 78: Memorial Day Special: The Battle of the Bulge
May 28, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBWe take a break from books and science to enjoy some good old fashioned European theater World War 2 on a Friday.
Episode 77 - Goodbye Stranger: Albert Camus' The Stranger Part 2
May 19, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBWe wrap up L'Étranger, (Found out that's what they call, "The Stranger," in French,) by following nutbar Meursault. He gets thrown in jail for shooting that dude one time, and then four more times, and goes on trial.
Episode 76 - French Psycho: Albert Camus’ The Stranger Part 1
May 17, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBAlbert Camus' The Stranger was named one of the the top 100 books of the last century and it's also a frequent pick for high school reading lists. Turns out, the main character is a space cadet who talks like Patrick Bateman from the movie American Psycho. Part 2 later this week.
Episode 75 - Eyes Wide Shut Empire: Venice, Italy
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBWas supposed to be a mother's day special, then I found out those sex party masks from Eyes Wide Shut are from this place. So although no longer appropriate as a mother's day special due to orgy mask related subject matter, the seabirds were still a cool group of people to learn about.
Episode 74 - IKEA Cheat Codes
April 30, 2021 13:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBThere are ten thousand different ways people try to explain this on the internet, so I contacted an old friend who has been in the interior design business his whole life, and asked if I could pick his brain. After a four hour conversation I still don't understand it, but I did learn about the lost city of Pompeii, along the way, so that's cool.
Episode 73 - 4/20 Special: Caught Sleeping on the Job w/ Edgar Cayce
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBA Teachers lounge episode where we all get stoned and talk about a Psychic from 1920's for 45 minutes. Rising to fame as a clairvoyant healer and controversial figure of the occult, Edgar Cayce has been called, "The Sleeping Profit," "An American Mystic," and "A Total fuckn Liar," by people who have interpreted his work in different ways over the years. Claiming access to a universal hive subconscious mind which allows him to access hidden levels of human consciousness and ancient knowled...
Episode 72 - If Genies and the Hope Diamond had a Baby: Ernest Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises
April 16, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBThis recommendation came from an ER nurse and I wanted to like the book so bad. I could not find a way to like this book. I quit after chapter 7. It's about bunch of rich people getting hammered in Paris 24/7 while acting like they're friends. They are complete garbage to each other.
Episode 71 - TRBOC: The Red Badge of Courage
April 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBMuch like coming back after other short term breakups, it’s time to not even ask any questions about anything, act like nothing happened, and enjoy a piece of classic American fiction together.
Episode 70 - The Theory of Flight
February 17, 2021 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBA genuine attempt to explain how flight works including the concept of lift, mostly with toucan based examples.
Episode 69 - Sixty-Nineeeeeeeee: The Ministry of Love: George Orwell's 1984 Part 3/3
February 10, 2021 01:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBWe get onboard r/Partystreetbets and Prolo to the Moon at the Ministry of Love in the exciting conclusion of George Orwell’s 1984.
Episode 68 - Prolin' on a River: George Orwell's 1984 Part 2/3
February 04, 2021 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19.3 MBFresh off a walk to clear his head after hearing about the neighbor's kids lighting a lady on fire, we rejoin our hero Winston back at his job. // How does this girl at work thing continue play out? // Is O'Brien actually cool or naw? // Is the relationship with that sad Antique Store owner too weird to ever shop there again?!? All these questions and more answered in this exciting part 2 of George Orwell's 1984!
Episode 67 - Everybody Get Your Prole On: George Orwell's 1984 Part 1/3
February 03, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBI was assigned to read this in high school and honestly can not remember if I did. Part 1 goes up to the end of Chapter 8, we meet out main character Winston and see how he's living. (not the best)
Episode 66 - How to Bust Up Chip's Card Game by Doyle Brunson
January 27, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBA Texas Hold'em cram session If I ever would have gotten into Chip's game, this is what I would have liked to have recorded and then played for myself on the drive over immediately before the game to try and remember how to play cards. I would then deny making and listening to a home made strategy guide to prepare for that game. All poker information comes from Doyle Brunson's book The Super System from 1978.
Episode 65 - Total Side Piece Energy: Dante's Inferno
January 20, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBA literary classic which is also pretty much one long Kevin Sorbo Hercules episode.
Episode 64 - The Oregon Trail and Lithuanian Mysticism
January 13, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB***Things I forgot: Gun accidents were responsible for a bunch of KO’s on the Oregon Trail. A lot of first time firearm owners had a similar attitude as my 6th grade self when hitting the General Store and bought way too many guns before they set out. Because of this, by the end in 1869 it was not uncommon to find firearms discarded along the trail. Also The Oregon Trail did end in 1869, the Transcontinental railroad was completed. This linked East to West by rail so nobody was walking t...
Episode 62 - Grigori Rasputin: How about you take care of your kids Greg?
January 05, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBSick Week 2: 1/2 Patreon ep from February 2020. I still believe Stinky Greg knew when he was with those goobers doing summersaults in the mud for two years, he was going to use it as marketing for his David Blaine shit once he hit Moscow.
Episode 63: American Hero Astrochimpanzee: HAM
January 05, 2021 19:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBSick Week 2: 2/2 Patreon Episode from last early Spring. This one centers around how many animals people were chucking up into space during the Cold War, and the story of one Brave Little Toaster in particular.
Episode 61: Joan of Arc: A French Army of Tebows hopped up on TBE
December 30, 2020 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBCalling in Sick part 2/2 This was Patreon Episode 16. It's pretty much the 50 Cent song Many Men but in 1400's France.
Episode 60: Philip K Dick: Do Alcoholics Dream of Electric Tweets?
December 30, 2020 21:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBCalling in Sick Part 1/2 This was Patreon Episode #15, and maybe the only one I've felt genuinely lost lost on.
Episode 59 - Christmas Special: The Hockey Helmet Rule
December 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBKeeping in tradition with the King Tut Christmas Special last year, this topic has almost nothing to do with Christmas and I also ruined the first recording of it due to either technical issues or ghosts. (1) Lady who looked like an ex's mom yells at me about Honda Fits (2) Helmet Rule (3) Types of Checks (4) Fighting in Hockey (5) The Code (6) If you find yourself in an Ice Hockey Fight, Two Proven Strategies used by Enforcers.
58 - Christmas in a Pandemic? Lemme get some John Candy.
December 14, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBJohn Candy counts as holiday tradition so in an effort to enjoy watching his movies more this year, I wanted to find out how he came up.
Episode 57 - Mortal Kombat of Pastry: THE MOF
December 07, 2020 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBRemember when Christian Bale goes to that mountain in the first Batman movie and then they put him on mushrooms and kick him for awhile but he doesn't die so he becomes Batman? The MOF is that but in France and about dessert.
Episode 56 - Kramptown Ladies Sing This Song and other Winter Demons
November 30, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBThe holiday season begins as we suss out Krampus and say hi to an an immortal sad Japanese ghost lady who can't stop murdering dudes in the woods.
Episode 55 - The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria: The Story of the First Thanksgiving
November 23, 2020 11:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBPlace your hand palm down on the paper bag and then trace around it with marker because it's hand turkey time.
Episode 54 - Studio 54: IS MY WIFE IN THERE!?!
November 17, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBAs rumors of a second impending lock down swirl, we take a look back at parties of yesteryear. From April 1977 to Feb 1980, Studio 54 gets credit for starting that trend where a doorman tells you to fuck off and go home for no reason and for giving away a trip to the Caribbean based upon ejack distance. It was a lot like World War One.
Episode 53 - Rob Ford: Take'n Care of Business
November 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBThe Canadian Whirlwind himself. I read his brother's book about him and smashed that together with his known arrests.
Episode 52 - The Dutch Masters: The Art Movement Behind the Cigars Everybody Smokes Weed Out Of.
November 02, 2020 03:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBNOVEMBER // WE SOLVE A MYSTERY Out the gate, who are the dudes on the Dutch Masters wrapper // Why the pick // Dutch Golden Age of Painting // DEIC INC LOL GTFO // Hierarchy of Genres // Flex Based Gig Economy.
Episode 51 - H.H. Holmes: If Charles Ponzi killed people
October 26, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBTold a girlfriend 9 years ago I was gonna read The Devil In The White City, "Soon," just under a decade later I audio booked it for an electronic book report about just the serial killer parts.