Beste Oversell podcaster (2024)

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Turning Math-Hating Prisoners into Mathematicians 22:14

9d ago22:14

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Kate Pearce, a post-doc researcher at UT Austin, talks about her experience teaching math in a women's prison. Her remedial college algebra students came in with negative experience in math, so she devised ways to make the topics new. The elective class called, coincidentally, The Art of Mathematics, explored parallels between math and art, infinit…

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Stop Overselling Mathematics 17:20

1M ago17:20

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Alon Amit, prolific Quora math answerer, argues that an honest representation of mathematical ideas is enough to spark interest in math. It's not necessary to exaggerate the role of math; the golden ratio does not drive the stock market, the solution of the Riemann hypothesis will not kill cryptography, and Grothendieck did not advance robotics. Hi…

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Math for Kids: It's not a Spectator Sport 21:52

2M ago21:52

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Dave Cole, the author of the Math Kids series of books, talks about introducing kids to math as a fun challenge and puzzle beyond the rote memorization they've come to expect. Kids who like to read are enticed by puzzles and mysteries. Möbius strips, Pascal's triangle, and other concepts that are new to them, make them marvel, "Is this math?" They …

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Egyptian Fractions 17:21

4M ago17:21

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Neil Epstein, Associate Professor of Mathematics at George Mason University, introduces us to the fractions used by the ancient Egyptians, well before the Greeks and Romans. The Egyptian fractions all had a unit numerator. They could represent any fraction as a sum of unique unit fractions, a fact that was not proved until centuries later. These su…

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Da Vinci's Math Teacher: Merging the Practical and Theoretical 16:46

5M ago16:46

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Jeanne Lazzarini joins us again to introduce us to the mathematician Luca Pacioli, whose views of numbers and shapes influenced Leonardo da Vinci, leading to a period of art and invention. His book, De Divina Proportione, is the only book ever illustrated by da Vinci. The Renaissance was a period when mathematicians studied art and artists studied …

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Alon Amit, sharing the mathematical journey in Quora and Math Circles 20:26

5M ago20:26

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Alon Amit, probably the most prolific answerer of math questions on Quora, shares his reasons for his deep involvement. He seeks to share the journey, the exploration and stumbles of solving a problem. He's especially drawn to questions that will teach him things, even if he never completes the answer. He also shares his joy of problem solving with…

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Too Much Math in the Schools? These Books Counter That Narrow View 20:59

6M ago20:59

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Lee Kraftchick continues his tour of books about math written for the non-mathematician like himself. We also can't let go of Gödel Escher Bach. Lee cites an opinion piece in the Washington Post, titled, "The Problem with Schools Today is Too Much Math," which gives a very narrow view of what math is. He counters it with a response (see theartofmat…

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Books for the Mathematical Tourist 20:41

8M ago20:41

20:41

Lee Kraftchick discusses some of his favorite books for non-mathematicians to explore the breadth of mathematics. These books range from very old to current. Some discuss beautiful proofs, whether math is invented or discovered, and how to think. Lee and Carol agree on the number one greatest book for mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike. Se…

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Reflecting on Kaleidoscopes 20:18

8M ago20:18

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Jeanne Lazzarini talks about kaleidoscopes and the mathematics that makes them work. This "beautiful form watcher" uses the laws of reflection to make ever-changing repeated symmetries. The use of more mirrors, rectangles, cylinders or pyramids create even more complex patterns.

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Meet the young Davidson Fellowship winners 14:10

10M ago14:10

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Ethan Zhao and Edward Yu are the winners in mathematics of the prestigious Davidson Fellow Scholarships, awarded based on projects completed by students under 18. Ethan's project was on learning models and Edward's was on combinatorics. It was math contests and the MIT Primes program that gave them the background to do original research in high sch…

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Gödel's Incompleteness, Fundamental Truths, and Reasoning in Math and Law 22:07

11M ago22:07

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Lawyer Lee Kraftchick discusses the search for truth and basic principles in the legal community and the surprising parallels and similarities with the same search in the math community. Mathematical and legal arguments follow a similar structure. Even the backwards way an argument is created is the same.…

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Math and the Law 20:22

12M ago20:22

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Lee Kraftchick, a lawyer with a math degree, discusses some of the surprising parallels between the fields. Math is used directly to make statistical arguments to rule out random chance as a cause. He gives examples from his experience in redistricting and affirmative action. Math is used indirectly in legal reasoning from what is known to justifie…

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Fabulous Fibonacci 20:32

1y ago20:32

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Jeanne Lazzarini looks for math in the real world and finds the Fibonacci sequence and the closely related Golden Ratio. These appear as we examine plants, bees, rabbits, flowers, fruit, and the human body. These natural patterns and pleasing symmetries find their way into the arts. Does nature understand math better than we do?…

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Vowels and Sounds and a Little Calculus 11:38

1y ago11:38

11:38

Brian Katz, from California State University Long Beach, invites us to explore the various layers of ordinary sounds, informed by a little calculus. The limited frequencies that come out of the wave equation are what separates sounds that communicate (voice, music) from noise. These higher notes are in the sound itself and you can hear them (but al…

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The Hat: A Newly Discovered "Ein-stein" Tessellation Tile 13:41

1y ago13:41

13:41

Jeanne Lazzarini, who has visited us before to talk about tessellations, discusses a new mathematical discovery that even earned a mention on Jimmy Kimmel. It's a shape that can be used to fill the plane with no gaps and no overlaps and, most remarkably, no repeating patterns.

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How a decade of 'body positivity' progress was usurped by the ultra-thin look 38:21

1y ago38:21

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The 'body positivity' decade is over, and the ultra-skinny look has made a return. The message that all bodies are beautiful has given way to a resurgence in diet culture and obsessive body checking on TikTok and Instagram. So what happened to all that supposed progress, and why are we suddenly backsliding into the toxic size standards of the 90s a…

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Landlord hate and Nepo Babies: how young people lost faith in capitalism 27:19

1+ y ago27:19

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Hating capitalism isn't just a left-wing project anymore. Even in 2018, 59 per cent of Australian Millennials believed that capitalism had failed. Since then the mood has only darkened, with vitriol for landlords, Nepo Babies and Depop resellers who flip secondhand clothes for a profit, rife on social media. Under-40s are abandoning the centre in r…

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Schmeitgeist VI: like it or not, we're all horror fans now 34:06

1+ y ago34:06

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You can deny you're a horror fan all you like, but the numbers say otherwise. Films like Scream VI and M3gan have been tearing up the box office, and horror has roughly doubled its market share in recent years. At the same time, the content formerly known as 'the mainstream' keeps getting darker. Juggernaut series such as The Last Of Us and Strange…

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Interfacing Music and Mathematics 21:12

1+ y ago21:12

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Lawrence Udeigwe, associate professor of mathematics at Manhattan College and an MLK Visiting Associate Professor in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, is both a mathematician and a musician. We discuss his recent opinion piece in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society calling for "A Case for More Engagement" between the two areas, and …

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The ADHD diagnosis wave: cashing in on a crisis (Part 2) 32:14

1+ y ago32:14

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There's a certain desperation to the search for an ADHD psychiatrist in 2023. Existing patients run out of meds waiting for an appointment, while would-be patients are hung up on and quoted as much as $3000 for an assessment. Interest in ADHD has exploded in recent years, driving the demand for specialists to new highs and triggering an access cris…

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The ADHD diagnosis wave: is TikTok overselling neurodivergence? (Part 1) 31:25

1+ y ago31:25

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We're in the middle of a massive ADHD diagnosis wave, but not everyone believes it's the real thing. One side of this debate sees it as an out of hand TikTok trend, fuelled by Gen Zs and Millennials in search of identity, attention, meds, or all three. The other side sees it as the natural consequence of an overdue education — that we're emerging f…

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The ethical non-monogamy boom: how polyamory graduated from the fringe 33:09

1+ y ago33:09

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Polyamory used to be reserved for the kinky, the queer, and the communist witches of this world. (Go with us, we have proof). But in the last few years, the map has been radically redrawn. Ethical non-monogamy in all its forms, including polyamory, is now more visible and widely practiced in the mainstream than ever before. So how did it graduate f…

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"God is trending": the world of edgy internet Catholicism 33:13

1+ y ago33:13

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A chainmail bra made of gold crucifixes. A t-shirt that says "God's favourite". A genuinely funny meme account called I Need God In Every Moment Of My Life. Alt-left media personalities declaring their love for Latin Mass. Welcome to the world of edgy internet Catholicism, where irony-pigs, faith-curious e-girls and racist Zealots all post side-by-…

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Fourier Analysis: It's Not Just for Differential Equations 18:23

1+ y ago18:23

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Joseph Bennish returns to dig into the math behind the Fourier Analysis we discussed last time. Specifically, it allows us to express any function in terms of sines and cosines. Fourier analysis appears in nature--our eyes and ears do it. It's used to study the distribution of primes, build JPEG files, read the structure of complicated molecules an…

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Bimboism 101: how Gen Z is giving 'bimbo' a feminist makeover 30:00

1+ y ago30:00

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Bimbo, a word that's always been used to attack women, isn't the most obvious starting point for a Gen Z feminist subculture. But if you scroll through #BimboTok and you'll find girlies, gays, theys, and more, proudly declaring their bimbo status and looking the part while they do it. Expect to find hyper-girly pink outfits, high heels, lowrise jea…

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Schmeitgeist is back with season 2 5:00

1+ y ago5:00

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Schmeitgeist returns! It's the pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday which decodes the biggest and weirdest cultural trends of the moment, from feminist bimbos to sexy internet Catholics.Av Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Joseph Fourier, the Heat Equation and the Age of the Earth 17:32

1+ y ago17:32

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Joseph Bennish, Professor Emeritus of California State University, Long Beach, joins us for an excursion into physics and some of the mathematics it inspired. Joseph Fourier straddled mathematics and physics. Here we focus on his heat equation, based on partial differential equations. Partial differential equations have broad applications. Fourier …

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The Ten Most Important Theorems in Mathematics, Part II 15:37

1+ y ago15:37

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Jim Stein, Professor Emeritus of CSULS, returns to complete his (admittedly subjective) list of the ten greatest math theorems of all time, with fascinating insights and anecdotes for each. Last time he did the runners up and numbers 8, 9 and 10. Here he completes numbers 1 through 7, again ranging over geometry, trig, calculus, probability, statis…

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ChatGPT is Taking the World by Storm! | Ep 6 22:30

1+ y ago22:30

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ChatGPT and the world of artificial intelligence is creating waves throughout every indsutry. Some are more affected than others. As entrepreneurs, being aware of the impact of the artificial intelligence revolution is critical to position yourselves for the future. With such big opportunities coming down the road, there is perhaps no time more imp…

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The Ten Most Important Theorems in Mathematics, Part I 25:24

1+ y ago25:24

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Jim Stein, Professor Emeritus of CSULB, presents his very subjective list of what he believes are the ten most important theorems, with several runners up. These theorems cover a broad range of mathematics--geometry, calculus, foundations, combinatorics and more. Each is accompanied by background on the problems they solve, the mathematicians who d…

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Surprisingly Better than 50-50 18:15

1+ y ago18:15

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Jim Stein, Professor Emeritus of California State University Long Beach, discusses some bets that appear to be 50-50, but can have better odds with a tiny amount of seemingly useless information. Blackwell's Bet involves two envelopes of money. You can open only one. Which one do you choose? We learn about David Blackwell and his mathematical journ…

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THEY trust YOU | Ep 5 12:12

2y ago12:12

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Build trust with everyone you work with. Get them through the finish line and committed to you and your company. Clicks, Calls & Conversions One-Stop Shop for EVERYTHING related to getting more, happier customers. Check us out wherever you get your Podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and more!) For questions, inquiries…

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Build Trust (DONT oversell!) | ep 4 15:03

2y ago15:03

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Overselling sets you up for failure. Trust is required for growth and success long-term. Learn how to build trust with customers, prospects, and deliver in a way that they want to continue working with you Clicks, Calls & Conversions One-Stop Shop for EVERYTHING related to getting more, happier customers. Check us out wherever you get your Podcasts…

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Fascinating Fractals 21:06

2y ago21:06

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Jeanne Lazzarini joins us again to discuss fractals, a way to investigate the roughness that we see in nature, as opposed to the smoothness of standard mathematics. Fractals are built of iterated patterns with zoom similarity. Examples include the Koch Snowflake, which encloses a finite area but has infinite perimeter, and the Sierpinski Triangle, …

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Dealing with "Karen" | Ep 3 17:08

2y ago17:08

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Most of us have dealt with one (or multiple) Karens. What about about the Business Karen? Jeremiah dives into his experience with Karens, what YOU can learn and implement to solve the issue. Clicks, Calls & Conversions One-Stop Shop for EVERYTHING related to getting more, happier customers. Check us out wherever you get your Podcasts (Spotify, Appl…

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Approximation by Rationals: A New Focus 21:35

2y ago21:35

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Joseph Bennish, Prof. Emeritus of CSULB, describes the field of Diophantine approximation, which started in the 19th Century with questions about how well irrational numbers can be approximated by rationals. It took Cantor and Lebesgue to develop new ways to talk about the sizes of infinite sets to give the 20th century new ways to think about it. …

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The Customer Conundrem 16:52

2y ago16:52

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Is the customer always right? What should you do when they are, or are not? Answers to these questions and more in this episode. Clicks, Calls & Conversions One-Stop Shop for EVERYTHING related to getting more, happier customers. Check us out wherever you get your Podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, and more!) For ques…

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Pilot - Introduction 11:05

2y ago11:05

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Welcome to Clicks, Calls, and Conversions! Hosted by Jeremiah Wilson, we will dive into everything from the click, to the sale, fulfillment and beyond. Clicks, Calls & Conversions One-Stop Shop for EVERYTHING related to getting more, happier customers. Check us out wherever you get your Podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcas…

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Tessellations 20:47

2y ago20:47

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Jeanne Lazzarini, a math education specialist, returns to discuss tessellations and tiling in the works of Escher, Penrose, ancient artists and nature. We go beyond the familiar square or hexagonal tilings of the bathroom floor. M.C. Escher was an artist who made tessellations with lizards or birds, as well as pictures of very strange stairways. Ro…

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How Gen Z is rejecting the Millennial Era and embracing chaos 26:00

2y ago26:00

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The Millennial Era is coming to an end. But what's taking its place? Flawless Instagram face is being rapidly replaced by first take, blurry unedited and even deliberately unflattering posts, as a fever for apparent authenticity takes hold. The number one app in the world is BeReal, which promises to show a less filtered version of people's lives. …

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How pop music conquered the world and is that a good thing? 29:00

2y ago29:00

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After a lifetime of being dismissed as a guilty pleasure, pop music is currently cooler than it ever has been. Pop artists like Harry Styles, Doja Cat and Lil Nas X can do no wrong with both critics and audiences, and there's no end in sight to their reign. So how did pop come out on top? Did the genre change or did we? And is there a downside to g…

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Are we regressing in search of a simpler time? 28:00

2y ago28:00

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In 2022 we all just want to be tucked into bed and told that everything's going to be okay, and who can blame us? Tech and culture is doing its best to transport us back to a simpler time in our lives: childhood. There's roleplay ASMR on YouTube, podcasts to soothe you to sleep, a 'womb noise' playlist and kidcore fashion, replete with dummies. At …

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Rational, Irrational and Transcendental Numbers 21:48

2y ago21:48

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Joseph Bennish returns to take us beyond the rational numbers we usually use to numbers that have been given names that indicate they're crazy or other-worldly. The Greeks were shocked to discover irrational numbers, violating their geometric view of the world. But later it was proved that any irrational number can be approximated remarkably well b…

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How Crocs became cool enough to cost $1350 22:00

2y ago22:00

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It's hard to think of a shoe that's had a better decade than the Croc. So how did the widely reviled foam clog transform from dadcore into high fashion darling? The answer tells us a lot about how anything gets to be cool. Today on Schmeitgeist, the unlikely Crocs cult and the inner workings of the trend curve. Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture …

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How the science generation bought into astrology 28:40

2y ago28:40

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On paper, Gen Z & Millennials should not believe in magic. They were raised on a diet of climate and vaccine science, and they're nominally more secular than their parents and grandparents. So how did they get so into astrology that they decided never to date a Gemini? Is it possible to believe in both magic and science at the same time? Today on S…

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Who's afraid of the carnivore diet 30:26

2y ago30:26

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There's a new religion on the internet, and it's called the carnivore diet. In social media videos, bronzed, shirtless, Type-A influencer bros devour raw lambs' testicles and every other kind of meat with zeal. Among their claims: carbs are poison, vegetables are highly suspect, and meat alone offers humans an opportunity to "thrive" once again. Nu…

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Why you can't stop using the word 'vibe' 24:00

2y ago24:00

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No-one can seem to stop saying the word 'vibe' in 2022. In fact, there are a bunch of words, 'mood', 'energy', and 'blessed' just to name a few, that have us sounding like we got lost on the way back from Woodstock. It's not just us either, it's makeup brands, pop songs, and your bank — everyone from Ariana Grande to Aldi. So why, after a 50 or so …

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Why we hatewatch reality TV 26:55

2y ago26:55

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Reality TV got nasty. In the beginning, every show had roughly one 'villain'. Whereas now, there's a rich subgenre of TV which is 100% full of people who were built in a lab to be disliked — whether it's Selling Sunset, Real Housewives, or Byron Baes. Today on Schmeitgeist, we go deep on hate watching. Is it really as simple as hate, or is it somet…

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Math as Art 18:42

2y ago18:42

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Jeanne Lazzarini, a math education specialist, shares the connections between math, such as fractals and the golden ratio, and art. These are everywhere--nature, architecture, film and more. She shares hands-on mathematical activities that helped her students see math as an exploration and an art.

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The rise of the male thirst trap on TikTok 26:55

2y ago26:55

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Thirst traps aren't just made by women and girls any more. In 2022, guys are acting horny and vain for the female gaze in unprecedented numbers on platforms like TikTok. It might be shirtless lip biting, or a POV where he roleplays the morning after you went home together, or even a short motivational speech about how you're the most beautiful girl…

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