Boom! Knowledge
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 14:34:12
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Synopsis
Curating the sum of all human knowledge 25 minutes at a time. BOOM! Knowledge is your twice-weekly cornucopia of cool trivia, facts, figures, and information related to science, travel, technology, history, humanities, humor, art, and much more.
Episodes
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Episode 31: The Surprising History of Mobile Communication
21/04/2017 Duration: 25minIn what century did the first mobile phone chat occur? Who invented radio? What does cellular even mean? All these questions and many more answered in the latest BOOM!
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Episode 30: The Art of Video Game Creation
17/03/2017 Duration: 39minTalking with EA's Mario De Govia about writing over 200 game guides, producing the hit mobile game Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, making video games in general, and walking through Die Hard's Nakatomi Building as a kid. Really!
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Episode 29: A Science Grab Bag of Science!
15/03/2017 Duration: 23minTime crystals, caterpillars who wear skull hats, making Mars habitable again, an incredible NASA theory about possible observed extraterrestrial travel, and much more.
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Episode 28: We All Gotta Go Sometime
10/03/2017 Duration: 29minHow have cultures all over the world buried their dead? What happens to our bodies after we go? Can life's one great certainty be fully eradicated by science? It's a Boom Know theme show! Let's talk fearlessly about the big one.
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Episode 27: Scarin' Up Some Scary Art
08/03/2017 Duration: 43minMike chats with Nicolas Caesar of www.scary-art.com about 300 baud modems, curating weirdness, making it as a successful artist, and Charlie Sheen.
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Episode 26: The Seasonal Guide to Drunken Dating
03/03/2017 Duration: 22minSeasonal dating and sexual habits, the science behind getting drunk, and why bidets aren't so much a thing in the United States.
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Episode 25: Foundations in Architecture
28/02/2017 Duration: 30minMike talks with Kit Newman of Architect 7600 LLC about building buildings, building businesses, famous builders, and the future of building. Now with more building!
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Episode 24: Orbital Transitory Triglycerides
25/02/2017 Duration: 19minHow the seasons work, where fat actually goes when you burn it off, cremated vinyl, handedness, and more.
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Episode 23: A Grand Dramaturgical Contraption
21/02/2017 Duration: 33minProfessor Michael Chemers and Circus Contraption ringleader David Crellin help us dig on into dramaturgy, American circus historical culture, and finding the path to a lifetime in performing arts.
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Episode 22: The Art of Twinning
19/02/2017 Duration: 26minCovering every last thing you were dying to know about twins, art forgery, and heavy metal sharks.
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Episode 21: Travel Adventures in Veterinary Epidemiology
10/02/2017 Duration: 36minWe explore the fascinating world of epidemiology and veterinary sciences with the charming and exceeding well-traveled Edie Marshall.
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Episode 20: Looks Like a Storm is A-Brewin'
07/02/2017 Duration: 23minThe worst storms in history, more weird hotels around the world, Black Sabbath, space poop, disappearing planes, anxious musicians...you know, typical BOOM Know stuff.
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Episode 19: Time To Get Weird
04/02/2017 Duration: 31minGoing the oddball route this episode with the creepiest denizens of the sea, the strangest humans on land, and a hodgepodge of beautiful and bizarre hotels. Let's get weird, baby.
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Episode 18: The Universe's Largest Ear Worm
01/02/2017 Duration: 27minHow does sound travel to the brain? What are the benefits of music? How big is big in this big ol' universe? Here there be answers.
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Episode 17: The History of Classic Arcade Games - Part 2
27/01/2017 Duration: 29minI finish this two part series with Asteroids, Defender, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Frogger, Joust, and many many more!
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Episode 16: The History of Classic Arcade Games - Part 1
24/01/2017 Duration: 23minGrab a handful of quarters for this special two-part series on the history of video games creation; from the earliest days of electronic gaming through the golden age of 1980s classics such as Space Invaders, Pacman, Tron, and many more.
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Episode 15: The Universe Can't Stop Movin' and Groovin'
20/01/2017 Duration: 22minWhy it's a physical impossibility to sit still, wacky presidential inauguration moments, and X-ray radiation through the years.
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Episode 14: Eyes The Color of Vitamin D
17/01/2017 Duration: 25minThe history and benefits of the vitamin they call D, your eye color in relation to your mood, and an extended list of random facts and interesting things.
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Episode 13: Beautiful Burrito By The Bay
14/01/2017 Duration: 29minHockey teeth and cow poop pucks, the most perfect of perfect foods, and 16 facts you may not have known about San Francisco, California.
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Episode 12: International Automata Update Month
10/01/2017 Duration: 24minThe history of humanity's obsession with robots, National Bath Safety and other crazy month distinctions, and the low-down on endless software updating. Boom!