It's the final episode!! Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Terminator 2"! Topics include: Killer Robots, Why We Cry, Turing Tests, How Pain Works, and a wrap-up of what we’ve learned on this crazy journey! Links: http://www.cracked.com/article_19754_5-computer-hacks-from-movies-you-wont-believe-are-possible.html http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/07181/798367-85.stm https://www.painscience.com/articles/pain-is-weird.php https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-do-we-c...
Aug 20, 2018•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 113
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Gravity"! It's the second to last episode guys! Topics include: Space Disasters and Near Misses, Gravity Itself, Sound in Space, and Space Junk! Links: https://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow/most-dangerous-moments-space-shuttle-station-history/ http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/ https://www.britannica.com/list/7-accidents-and-disasters-in-spaceflight-history http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/space-disasters/ https://listverse.com/2014/03/1...
Aug 13, 2018•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 112
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Matrix"! Topics include: Living in a Simulation, Deja Vu, Nihilism, Humans as Batteries, and The One Phone Call Rule! Links: https://www.darpa.mil/program/targeted-neuroplasticity-training https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/201001/what-is-d-j-vu https://www.bustle.com/p/9-things-your-brain-is-trying-to-tell-you-when-you-experience-deja-vu-8334677 https://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_nihilism.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history...
Aug 06, 2018•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 111
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Cloud Atlas". Topics include: Reincarnation, Birthmarks, Nuclear Power, Cannibalism, and Microchipping Yourself! Links: https://people.howstuffworks.com/reincarnation.htm https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/definitions-of-clouds.html https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/bumps-and-growths/birthmarks https://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/problems/beauty/birthmark.htm https://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/Psychic_Birthmarks https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-sci...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 110
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Face/Off"! Topics include: Face/Head transplants, Interpol, body morphing, and Greek mythology! Links: http://mentalfloss.com/article/65363/15-peachy-facts-about-faceoff https://www.thrillist.com/vice/i-talked-to-the-nation-s-top-plastic-surgeons-about-face-off-is-face-off-possible https://www.gq.com/story/richard-norris https://people.howstuffworks.com/interpol.htm http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/07/01/what_do_interpol_agents_really_do.html https://mytholo...
Jul 23, 2018•59 min•Ep. 109
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Identity"! Topics include: The Insanity Defense, Meyers-Briggs, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Identity Politics, and Sea Monkeys! Links: https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Dissociative-Disorders https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/aron/qa227.htm?noredirect=on https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/insanity-de...
Jul 16, 2018•54 min•Ep. 108
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Battle Royale"! Topics include: Crazy Game Shows, the East Asia Anti-Japanese Armed Front, the End of the Gladiator fights, a Real Life Lord of the Flies, and Corporal Punishment! Links: http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/social/sherif_robbers_cave_experiment.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/16/a-real-life-lord-of-the-flies-the-troubling-legacy-of-the-robbers-cave-experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Telemachus https://churchpop....
Jul 02, 2018•51 min•Ep. 107
Joya and Jeff watched the 1986 movie "Howard the Duck"! Topics include: Possible Types of Alien Life, Growing Organs Within Animals, Laser Spectroscopy, and Anthropomorphism! Links: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-will-extraterrestrial-life-look-180950029/ https://io9.gizmodo.com/5784971/how-to-create-a-scientifically-plausible-alien-life-form https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/universe/scientists-determine-atmosphere-planets.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/laser-analysi...
Jun 18, 2018•55 min•Ep. 106
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "12 Monkeys"! Topics include: Animal Rights Activism That Backfired, The First Penitentiary, Sterilization Methods, and Old Timey Bank Heists! Links: https://bitesizebio.com/853/5-laboratory-sterilisation-methods/ https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/5068 http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/04/07/deer-cull-animal-rights/ http://www.cracked.com/article_20556_5-animal-rights-campaigns-that-managed-to-screw-over-animals.html https://io9.gizmodo....
Jun 11, 2018•56 min•Ep. 105
Joya and Jeff watched the 2005 movie "House of Wax"! Topics include: The History of Candles, Madam Tussauds, Using Recycled Construction Materials, and Taping Your Mouth at Night! Links: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/why-we-are-afraid-of-creepy-dolls-and-robots-uncanny-valley-effect-a6728161.html https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/25/525447206/a-worm-may-hold-the-key-to-biodegrading-plastic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25...
Jun 04, 2018•51 min•Ep. 104
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Source Code"! Topics include: Virtual Reality in our Minds, Schrodinger’s Cat, Waking Up With Fake Memories, and the Radioactive Boy Scout! Links: https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/this-fall-the-radioactive-boy-scout-died-at-age-39/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/virtual-reality-do-we-live-our-brains-simulation-world-david-hawkins https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25459-induced-hallucination-turns-doctors-into-pizza-chefs/ http://blogs.discovermagazine...
May 28, 2018•47 min•Ep. 103
Joya and Jeff watched the terrible movie "Biodome"! Topics include: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Homeostasis, Music Torture and the Biosphere 2! Links: http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/whatever-happened-to-biosphere-2.html https://mic.com/articles/87851/11-popular-songs-the-cia-used-to-torture-prisoners-in-the-war-on-terror#.xIkMpSFQ4 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40090809 https://www.theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/g...
May 21, 2018•35 min•Ep. 102
Joya and Jeff watched the 2002 movie "The Time Machine"! Topics include: The Standardization of Time, Time’s Arrow, Nukes on the Moon, and H.G. Wells Himself! Links: http://www.nextgentoothbrush.com/infographics/brief-history-of-electric-toothbrush-detailed-analysis-with-infographic/ https://www.greenmeadowdental.com/blog/electric-toothbrush-facts/ http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/tomorrow.htm https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/04/03/599122774/time-travel-with-your-fridge https://www.technologyrev...
May 14, 2018•52 min•Ep. 101
Joya and Jeff watched the Jim Carrey classic "The Mask"! Topics include: The History of Masks, Baby Tazmanian Devils, Norse Mythology, Turning Landfills into Parks, and Freud’s Id Ego and Superego! Links: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25414/tommy-gun-thompson-submachine/ https://www.thrillist.com/gear/things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-thompson-submachine-gun-tommy-gun-tommy-gun-facts https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/dumps-destinations-converting-...
Apr 30, 2018•56 min•Ep. 100
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Volcano"! Topics include: Volcanoes, the La Brea Tar Pits, a Prince Who Built a Volcano, and What Happens If You Jump Into Lava! Links: https://tarpits.org http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-volcano.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/volcano.htm http://mentalfloss.com/article/68512/15-explosive-facts-about-volcanoes https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/that-time-a-german-prince-built-an-artificial-volcano-19001853/ https://www.for...
Apr 23, 2018•52 min•Ep. 99
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Snowpiercer"! Topics include: The Hyperloop, Cloud Seeding, Frostbite, Perpetual Motion Machines, and The Orient Express! Links: https://www.seat61.com/OrientExpress.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorologists/cloud-seeding1.htm https://hyperloop-one.com https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/frostbite/symptoms-causes/syc-20372656 http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/01/smelling-salts/ https://www.livescience.com/55...
Apr 16, 2018•57 min•Ep. 98
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Twister"! Topics include: How Tornadoes Form, Early Warning Systems, the Fujita Scale, and Can You Ride a Tornado?! Links: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150511-tornadoes-storms-midwest-weather-science/ https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorological-instruments/totable-tornado-observatory2.htm https://www.nasa.gov/content/goes http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/23/tornado.history/index.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-n...
Apr 09, 2018•50 min•Ep. 97
Joya and Jeff watched the 1999 movie "Idle Hands"! Topics include: Self Surgeries, Cauterization, People With Two Heads, and How a Body Decomposes! Links: http://listverse.com/2008/12/09/top-10-incredible-self-surgeries/ http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/abby-and-brittany-hensel-2017-133084 https://health.howstuffworks.com/diseases-conditions/death-dying/dying4.htm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-some-people-t/ http://www.iflscience.com/brain/finally-know-people-left-righ...
Apr 02, 2018•50 min•Ep. 96
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Se7en"! Topics include: The Seven Deadly Sins, Pinkerton Detectives, Blacklight Forensics, and Eating Until You Explode! Links: https://www.history.com/news/history-lists/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pinkertons https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/it-possible-literally-eat-yourself-death https://www.ranker.com/list/eating-yourself-death/laura-allan?utm_expid=16418821-388.8yjUEguUSkGHvlaagyulMg.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F http://www.neww...
Mar 26, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 95
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Wild Wild West"! Topics include: Steampunk, Earliest Hearing Aids, Operation Paperclip, Parties at the White House, and Bulletproof Vests! Links: https://www.history.com/news/ask-history/what-was-operation-paperclip https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackson-holds-open-house-at-the-white-house https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-story-of-the-wildest-party-in-white-house-history/ https://www.beltone.com/hearing-aid-guides/hearing-aid-history https://w...
Mar 19, 2018•48 min•Ep. 94
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Dark City"! Topics include: The Higgs Mechanism, Hypnotism, Cryptomnesia, and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. Links: http://www.medicaldaily.com/why-some-people-are-immune-hiv-ebola-and-other-diseases-397940 https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/april-2014/massive-thoughts http://www.carl-jung.net/collective_unconscious.html https://medium.com/indian-thoughts/education-and-platos-allegory-of-the-cave-bf7471260c50 http://nymag.com/vindicated/2016/11/has-hypnosis-...
Mar 12, 2018•48 min•Ep. 93
Joya and Jeff watched the 2000 movie "The Beach"! Topics include: Communes for Future Technologists, Longest Open Swims on Record, Urban Legends, and Secret Societies! Links: https://www.cultofmac.com/125656/this-lsd-love-guru-turned-gold-mining-billionaire-gave-steve-jobs-his-reality-distortion-field/ http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/2015/10/steve_jobs_at_reed_did_he_name.html http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2012olympics/2012-07/31/content_15635774.htm http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-rec...
Mar 05, 2018•49 min•Ep. 92
Joya and Jeff watched the 2001 Jet Li movie "The One"! Topics include: Parallel Universes, String Theory, "Internal" Martial Arts Styles, Parkour, and Steroids! Links: https://www.muscleforlife.com/side-effects-of-steroids/ https://www.livescience.com/3349-steroids-work.html https://www.livescience.com/39074-what-is-an-mri.html https://science.howstuffworks.com/mri1.htm http://www.dummies.com/education/science/physics/string-theory-for-dummies-cheat-sheet/ http://www.energyarts.com/hsing-i-chuan...
Feb 26, 2018•50 min•Ep. 91
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Memento"! Topics include: Types of Amnesia, How Memories Are stored, Ginkgo Biloba, and How Polaroids Work! Links: https://petapixel.com/2011/05/18/how-polaroid-instant-film-works/ https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question605.htm https://bebrainfit.com/ginkgo-biloba-benefits/ http://www.human-memory.net/processes_storage.html...
Feb 19, 2018•44 min•Ep. 90
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Short Circuit"! Topics include: What a 'Short Circuit' actually is, Speed-Reading, War Robots Going Rogue, The "Memory Palace" Technique, and the Earliest Tanks! Note: We recorded this episode before the recent controversy surrounding Aziz Ansari, which is why we don't mention it when discussing his take on Fisher Stevens (a white actor who played an Indian man in 'Short Circuit'). And we still think the conversation was an important one to have, but just a head'...
Feb 12, 2018•49 min•Ep. 89
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Truman Show"! Topics include: The Truman Show Delusion, Why We Believe Conspiracies, Japanese Contest Show "Nasubi", and Norman Rockwell! Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RgC_nkU2sg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzueQK-Q7gI http://www.businessinsider.com/believing-conspiracy-theories-makes-people-feel-special-2017-9...
Feb 05, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 88
Joya, Jeff and special guest Rachel Bloom watched the movie “Space Jam”! Topics include: Rachel's "Space Jam" Musical Sketch, the Deepest Living Organisms, Hollow Earth Theory, the invention of Basketball, the Placebo effect, and a discussion about the intersection of Art and Commerce! Links: https://gizmodo.com/terrifying-facts-about-the-worlds-deepest-gold-mine-1484301368 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110601-deepest-worm-earth-devil-science-animals-life/ https://www.vox.com/...
Jan 29, 2018•58 min•Ep. 87
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Cube"! Topics include: Prime Numbers, Problem Solving on LSD, Savants and Booby Trapped Houses! LINKS: http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/05/10-most-fascinating-savants-in-the-world/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelics_in_problem-solving_experiment https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/nature/how-does-dead-sea-salt-form-giant-cubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7K5KjOdLD8...
Jan 15, 2018•50 min•Ep. 86
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "Predator"! Topics include: The Discovery of Infrared (and how to avoid Infrared Detection), Invisibility Cloaks, Awesome Animal Camouflage, and, of course, Choppas! Links: https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/helicopter.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_vulture https://science.howstuffworks.com/invisibility-cloak.htm http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/ir_tutorial/discovery.html...
Jan 08, 2018•43 min•Ep. 85
Joya and Jeff watched the movie "The Happening"! Topics include: Ergot Poisoning, Harmful Algal Blooms, The Bystander Effect, and Why Body Parts Sag! Links: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/redtide.html http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/15/Salem-Witch-Trials-The-Fungus-Theory/ https://seanmunger.com/2014/02/20/we-interrupt-this-program-the-terrifying-ebs-false-alarm-of-1971/ http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2014/02/most_dangerous_mushroom_death_cap_is_spreading...
Jan 01, 2018•40 min•Ep. 84
