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Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast

Jan 31, 2020

What are the different types of mask folks are buying to help prevent respiratory illnesses like the corona virus? What is NIOSH?

 

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Jan 24, 2020

Why do we have pensions schemes? How did first pension fund come into existence in the 1700s? What did Bernoulli and Scottish Presbyterian priests have to do with it? How can I save $1500 this year with Empower?

 

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Jan 17, 2020

Humanity has lived off bread for thousands of years, so why has the past decade seen such a rise in people 'allergic' to gluten? What is gluten intolerance? What is Celiac’s disease? Why did doctors once think that a banana diet was its cure? Finally, are there any negative effects from a gluten-free diet?

 

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Jan 10, 2020

What are the creative ways people fool their FitBit? How does my activity tracker differentiate between steps and my tapping to a rhythm? Does it use GPS to calibrate? How does it know what stage of sleep I'm in?

 

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Jan 3, 2020

How do password managers work? Should we all be using one? Our cohost Kevin got hacked recently, so this episode is a personal one! Find out what happened.

 

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