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Before you dive headfirst into that New Year’s hangover, let’s explore exactly what’s going on inside your body when you wake to a splitting headache, a troubled gut and the realization that you’re wearing half a gorilla costume. Join Julie and I as we speak softly and lead you through the biological effects of alcohol consumption, the anatomy of the resulting hangover and tips to prevent or cure your accursed condition.
Sometimes when Holly and I sit down to research PopStuff, it’s in front of a screen with a controller, a remote or popcorn in hand. But almost as often, it’s … still in front of a screen, but with a keyboard on one side of it and a giant database of peer-reviewed papers on the other. Sometimes there are even actual books involved. Nonfiction ones. Written by experts.
So if you’re of a mind to learn something from a podcast on pop culture, these 10 PopStuff episodes are a good place to start.
I’ve lived in the South all my life. Holly has lived all over, but she’s in the South now, too. And we’ve taken this opportunity to get all riled up about how the South and southerners are portrayed in the worlds of television and film. It’s not that no one in the South does the things we’re talking about … it’s that the portrayals stick mostly to the same tropes and traits.
You are unprepared for the sheer awesomeness of Sir Isaac Newton. Sure, his contributions to science were true game-changers, but when you look deeper into his life, you realize just how Chuck Norrisy the man really was.
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I discuss Newton’s career as a disguised crime fighter, his orbital cannon, the 2060 apocalypse and the quest for the Philosopher’s Stone.
PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 27, TV Bosses We Love and Love to Hate
by Tracy V. Wilson | December 26, 2011
I’m Holly’s boss, and this episode is about terrible bosses, so recording this episode wasn’t awkward at all. I kid. We talk about good bosses, too.
Hopefully you’ve finished your Christmas shopping by now. If not, you’ll have to get your hustle on. And maybe next year, plan ahead and visit one of the Christmas markets held traditionally in Germany but found all over the world, including Toronto, Paris, England, Chicago and Georgetown, Colorado. Fulfill all your holiday fantasies at one [...]
What mysteries rest at the bottom of the sea? Which embody nature’s vast diversity and which tell the tale of humanity’s darker tendencies?
In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Julie and I look to the thousands of vessels lost beneath the waves and the things that linger in their rusting hearts: lost seamen, forgotten oil and radioactive payloads that threaten the surrounding ecosystems.
Totally Last Minute Space Music Gift Ideas
by Robert Lamb | December 22, 2011
Finish your holiday shopping already. The roads are crazy, the shops are overrun so it’s time to head online for some instant digital purchases. Might I suggest you shoot some space music down their e-stockings? Here are just a few prime choices for this holiday season:
“Dive” by Tycho
One of my favorite records of the year, this dreamy album from San Francisco-based electronic artist Scott Hansen delivers an overall feeling of cosmic, Kodachrome nostalgia.
PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 26, PopStuff’s Pop Culture Wish List
by Tracy V. Wilson | December 21, 2011
‘Tis the season for giving, but Holly and I are all about asking, wishing and taking in this episode. It comes down to our wish lists — both physical, tangible consumer goods and more abstract wishes for our own entertainment.
Americans bought around 2 billion Christmas cards in 2010, according to the Greeting Card Association. Despite women making 85 percent of greeting card purchases these days, we send and receive Christmas and holiday cards thanks to a British fellow (kind of like how men invented high heels).
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BrainStuff
- Thank You and Best Wishes to Marshall Brain
- Contest – Design a $300 house and win $25,000
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The Coolest Stuff on the Planet
- Have a Coke and a Smile
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Keep Asking
- Why can a 5 foot 8 inch man dunk a basketball on a 10 foot rim while some people of taller stature can’t?
- What happens to our sun once it runs out of fuel?
- How do we know the age of the universe?
Stuff Mom Never Told You
- Who invented the Christmas card?
- How the Kinsey Report Fueled Whiskey Sales
- How to Get Your Wedding Announcement into The New York Times
Stuff to Blow Your Mind
- Space Music: DJ Food and ‘The Search Engine’
- Stuff to Blow Your Mind: Hug it Out
- Space Music: Jay-Z and Beyoncé to Film Music Video in Orbit
Stuff You Should Know
- The Southern Death Cult, the Maya and Georgia
- Deformed Baby Spider Brains
- Amazing Medical Conditions: Maple Syrup Urine Disorder
The Stuff of Genius
CarStuff
- Why is NASA studying car safety?
- Tips for in-car Navigation Systems
- Tips for Using Bluetooth in the Car
How-to Stuff
- How to Swim with Dolphins (When Deep Water Terrifies You)
- How to Cure a Homemade Cookie Craving Without Turning on the Oven
- How to Know When It’s Time for a New Pet
PopStuff
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 36: Now Available in 3-D
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 35: Let’s do brunch!
- PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 34: Play it again, Sam
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Stuff to Change the World
- Who will own the Arctic?
- Obesity: The New Global Crisis
- Bill Gates Makes For A Pretty Decent Cartoon
Stuff You Missed in History Class
- Butch Cassidy: Should we read between the lines?
- Are we rooting for D.B. Cooper?
- Party Time: A Look at Unconventional Politics
