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Learn Me Something is a podcast that celebrates our ignorance as the beginning of the search for Truth. Every week we select diverse subjects outside our neurosphere and set out to teach/learn something about them. The intent is to learn/teach something, for all of us. Recognizing the evolving world we live in, our end goal is to teach critical thinking strategies to enable us to see past falsehoods.

79 episodes available. A new episode about every 7 days .

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Learn Me Something

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4d ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into motivation, why do we do the things we do, and what is it that drives our behaviours? 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 cam ...…

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9d ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the lost city of Atlantis. Is it myth or reality? 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 enoug ...…

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18d ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into voting, the current system in place in Canada, the new alternatives being put forth to get rid of “first-past-the-post,” and how they differ. 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 ...…

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Halloween Extravaganza 2018

25d ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich are joined by numerous guests to discuss why Halloween is awesome, including favourite monsters and spooky stories! 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 o ...…

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1M ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the history of witches, witch burnings, and draw parallels with modern-day irrational human behaviour. 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 ...…

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The Goblin And Planet 9

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the research behind what scientists know about the ninth planet. The Kuiper Belt (also known as the Edgeworth–Kuiper belt) is a region of the Solar System that exists beyond the eight major planets, extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to approximately 50 AU from th ...…

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2M ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the love languages. What is a love language? According to Dr. Gary Chapman, there are 5 love languages. The idea is simple: Break down and decode the different ways in which people communicate with their partners, so we can finally take the mystery out of what our significant ...…

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2M ago

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Synopsis This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into transhumanism, an international philosophical movement that advocates for the transformation of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology. Transhumanism is a class of philosophies ...…

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2M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into astrology, its history, the difference between that and astronomy, and why only one is considered a science. The Babylonians are generally credited with the birth of astrology. Their astrological charts enabled them to predict the recurrence of seasons and certain celestial ...…

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2M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into photosynthesis. We know that plants convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel them, but there’s emerging science in this area that could make a significant impact for humanity. Using nothing but sunlight as the energy input, plants perform ...…

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2M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into orgasms, the stats behind the disparity between men and women who have them, what happens to your brain when you orgasm, and how men can please their partners more. Understanding what’s happening to you and your partner’s bodies during sex can only aid in the full enjoyment ...…

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3M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into allergies. Does everyone have them, how long have they been around, and where do they come from? 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 ...…

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3M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the history organ donation, the problems surrounding it in various different countries such as Canada, the United States, and the thought process behind those that choose not to donate after death. More than 120,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant. On ...…

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The Know Nothings

3M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the “Know Nothing” political movement. The Native American Party, renamed the American Party in 1855 and commonly known as the Know Nothing movement, was an American nativist political party that operated nationally in the mid-1850s. Those debates and regulations continue to ...…

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Alien Abductions

3M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into alien abductions, the reports behind them and why they’ve subsided, and of course strive to separate fact from fiction. Paranormal investigators say it all started in the 1940s and ’50s. The Space Age was upon us, and sci-fi literature was soaring in popularity with human-al ...…

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The Plastic Problem

4M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into plastics. How much plastic do we recycle in North America, how do we compare to the rest of the world, and what nascent technologies are helping us solve this environmental problem? Because plastic wasn’t invented until the late 19th century, and production really only took ...…

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4M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into anxiety, how it’s defined, where it comes from, and its varying degrees of severity. The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) says that over 40 million people in the US over the age of 18 suffer from some anxiety-related disorder, and those are just the people who hav ...…

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Animal Intelligence

4M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into animal intelligence, the differences between different species, and how they’ve developed. In the Early Days of Humanity, Odin sat high in the Halls of Valhalla, occasionally meddling in the affairs of man. However, even for the keeper of All-Knowledge, he would be blind in ...…

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4M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into superstition. Why do so many people believe in things that seem irrational, illogical, and rooted in fear of the unknown? Merriam-Webster, superstitions are nonsensical: ‘A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false ...…

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5M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into consciousness. What is it, does every living thing have it, and are we part of some greater collective consciousness? The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than nonconscious. It is the problem of explaining ...…

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5M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the rather complex and pervasive ssue of cyberbullying. What’s it like to be a kid growing up with Facebook and Snapchat? Have you ever experienced it or have known someone who has? Discussion of online harassment and defamation has taken place since as early as 1996, when C ...…

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5M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the subject of brain hacking, the current science behind it, and what it means for the future of human society. Duration: 49:00:00 Present: Aaron Stewart, Rich Plumb Episode Links Hacking the Brain Nootropics Defined and Explained How to Hack Your Brain PIRACETAM – WHAT IS P ...…

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5M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into the subject of willpower and the science behind it. Wait, there’s actual science behind the concept of willpower? Do you think you have willpower? We have many common names for willpower: determination, drive, resolve, self-discipline, self-control. But psychologists charact ...…

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5M ago

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Synopsis: This week on “Learn Me Something,” Aaron and Rich delve into what eSports are, its long history, and why it’s so lucrative. Can you really make a full-time living as a career gamer? The first eSports event happened all the way back in the October of 1972 at Stamford University where students competed on the video game Spacewar. The gr ...…

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