Seeking Asylum

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the history of yoga. The beginnings of Yoga were developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 38:16:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links The Science Behind Yoga Different Types of Storms That Will Blow Your Mind A Short History of Yoga Yoga for Beginners: 10 Basic Poses (Asanas) to Get You Started How does yoga work? Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the properties of ice and water, a companion to our previous episode called "Water And Ice," which you should listen to first. Natural ice supply became an industry unto itself — and a large one at that. More companies entered the business, prices decreased, and refrigeration using ice became more accessible. By 1879 there were 35 commercial ice plants in America, more than 200 a decade later, and 2,000 by 1909. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 53:12:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links QI: Quite interesting facts about ice Different Types of Storms That Will Blow Your Mind 15 Blissfully Cool Facts About Ice One Hundred Names for Sea Ice 40 Interesting Ice Age Facts 36 eye-opening facts about water Hilarious and Bizarre Facts About Ice Cream You Weren't Aware Of Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the properties of water and ice. Water is unique in that it is the only natural substance that is found in all three physical states—liquid, solid, and gas—at the temperatures normally found on Earth. You think you know everything about water and ice? We're just getting started. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 39:00:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links Graphene film makes dirty water drinkable in a single step The power of water THE HIDDEN WATER IN EVERYDAY PRODUCTS 27 Fascinating And Strange Facts About Water 36 eye-opening facts about water Facts About Water Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into Astral Projection, an out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 43:08:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links What is Astral Projection? Wikipedia on Astral Projection Astral Projection: Just a Mind Trip Scientists unlock mystery of out-of-body experiences (aka astral trips) The US Army Funded Astral Projection and Hypnosis Research in the 80s Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.  

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron delves into fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence is the capacity to think logically and solve problems in novel situations, independent of acquired knowledge. Fluid intelligence involves the ability to identify patterns and relationships that underpin novel problems and to extrapolate these findings using logic. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 31:50:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Alex Knight Episode Links Too Much Crystallized Thinking Lowers Fluid Intelligence Superfluidity: Fluid Intelligence Goes Beyond Brain Size The Neuroscience of Imagination Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence Fluid Intelligence vs. Crystallized Intelligence 5 ways to improve fluid intelligence (backed by research) The Human Connectome Project You Can Increase Your Intelligence: 5 Ways to Maximize Your Cognitive Potential What Is Fluid Intelligence? Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.  

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," it's our spooky 2019 Halloween special! Rich calls into the show to share a horrific Brazilian wax story, Zorg from the planet Zeon calls in to share that he's retired from abducting humans, and Aaron shares eight really weird facts about Halloween. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 44:25:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links 8 Super Weird Things You Didn't Know About Halloween 56 Spooky Halloween Facts 45 Strange Facts About Halloween Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.  

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into savants. What Makes an autistic person a savant? A savant is a person who is diagnosable with savant syndrome— a condition once referred to by the outdated term "idiot savant." Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 28:15:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links What Makes an Autistic Person a Savant? 5 Mind-Blowing Things Kim Peek Could Do That You Can’t Kim Peek, the Real Rain Man Super Human Number 13 Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.  

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Rich is missing in action, but Aaron and producer Alex Knight are here to talk about indoor biomes, an area that few biologists have studied. Few biologists have studied the evolutionary processes at work in indoor environments. Yet indoor environments comprise approximately 0.5% of ice-free land area – an area as large as the subtropical coniferous forest biome. Here we review the emerging subfield of ‘indoor biome’ studies. After defining the indoor biome and tracing its deep history, we discuss some of its evolutionary dimensions. We restrict our examples to the species found in human houses – a subset of the environments constituting the indoor biome – and offer preliminary hypotheses to advance the study of indoor evolution. Studies of the indoor biome are situated at the intersection of evolutionary ecology, anthropology, architecture, and human ecology and are well suited for citizen science projects, public outreach, and large-scale international collaborations. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 37:26:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Alex Knight Episode Links THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: CRITTERS THAT LIVE IN OUR HOMES Evolution of the Indoor Biome Trends in Ecology & Evolution Evolution of the indoor biome - NESCent Working Group on the Evolutionary Biology of the Built Environment00038-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0169534715000385%3Fshowall%3Dtrue) The average house has 8,000 different types of bacteria and bugs Should You or Shouldn't You Kill Spiders in Your Home? Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.  

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into the history of socialism and how it applies to modern times, both in Canada and other countries. The DSA website, saying no country is fully socialist, suggests the organization would borrow from the best examples from around the world: “We can learn from the comprehensive welfare state maintained by the Swedes, from Canada’s national health care system, France’s nationwide childcare program, and Nicaragua’s literacy programs. Lastly, we can learn from efforts initiated right here in the US, such as the community health centers created by the government in the 1960s.” Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 46:57:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links Socialism Capitalism vs. Socialism: What is the Difference? Communism vs. Socialism A Definition of Socialism What is socialism? Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.  

Synopsis: This week on "Learn Me Something," Aaron and Rich delve into what it means to seek asylum, with a focus on America's history. Has the U.S. always offered asylum? In the country's early history, people fleeing violence and persecution were treated the same as other immigrants. The millions of Europeans who flooded into the U.S. during the 19th century included political refugees and oppressed religious minorities as well as those seeking better economic opportunities. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 45:33:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links The complicated history of asylum in America — explained Chinese Exclusion Act List of countries by refugee population KRISTALLNACHT The History Of Asylum Laws HOW CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS CAN HARM ASYLUM SEEKERS Changing Canada's asylum laws is nothing but a crass political calculation by Trudeau: Robyn Urback Requesting Asylum at U.S. Border? What to Expect at Credible Fear Interview Follow your hosts, guests, and the show on Twitter @LMSPodcast on Twitter Learn Me Something on Facebook @HologramRadio for updates on other interesting podcasts Subscribe to Learn Me Something! Get Learn Me Something on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS.