Sweating The Small Stuff

060 - History of Persia Podcast: 300 Ways To Die In Ancient Greece

You've seen 300, you know the story, now find out what really happened at Thermopylae all those years ago, and why this moment in history has become pivotal for western c

059 - Joey Ramp (And Sampson The Service Dog): Making STEM More Inclusive

Join us for a very special interview with Joey Ramp and her service dog Sampson as we learn about the many ways the STEM field is still letting down Service Dog Handlers.

058 - Minority Report: Our Modern Dystopia

Minority Report sure was a scary glimpse into a painfully dystopian future digital America that will hopefully never come true. ...Anyway here's all the predictions that

057 - 43 Years of Star Wars

Star Wars has been in our hearts (and on our screens) for 43 years! But what has really been happening across all that time? Join as Cameron, Keon, and Elijah explore why

056 - Jessica Abel: Growing Your Creative Gills

We are all creators, but sometimes life gets in the way of our creative goals. Fortunately this week we get a little help from the ever talented Jessica Able. For those o

055 - Animal Crossing: Tom Nook-onomics

Kick back, relax, and explore listen in as we explore the many lessons Tom Nook has to teach us about desert island economics. Enjoy the episode? Please consider support

054 - Osmosis Jones: Viral Vengeance Or Just Cells At Work

Enjoy a tour of human anatomy on an atomic level as we seperate movie tropes from actual science. Enjoy the episode? Please consider supporting the show by sharing this

Bonus - Retro Spectives Podcast: How Does Halo Hold Up?

On the 15th of November, 2001, the Xbox launched with a tremendous bang. Not since Super Mario World for the SNES had a launch title been so well regarded. Halo invented,

053 - The Democr-App-tic Process

The Hiatis will have to wait! Sam is in the studio to explain the Iowa Caucuses and Camerons around to explain how to name your secret software development firm! Enjoy t

052 - Star Wars: Not Quite SciFi

Dear Listener, First off, thanks for listening to all the stuff I've created over the past year. I've put a lot of effort into it and I really appreciate knowing folks e

051 - 1917: J.R.R. Tolkein's Blueprint for The Lord of the Rings

This week Cameron and Sam dive into the movie 1917. Yes it's an academy nominated masterpiece, but it's also an extremely realistic look into the day to day life of WWI s

050 - Star Trek: Replicate This

Everyone knows the replicator as that magic box on Star Trek that can pump out everything from Altair Water to Apple Pie (they're both a thing), but in reality that techn

049 - The Imitation Game, Chris Klesges, and the real Alan Turing

Alan Turing played key roles throughout his life in the fields of computing, cryptography, philosophy and reasoning. To this day we benefit from his vast contributions. B

048 - Jesse Buonanno: Card Games, Crypto Currencies, and the Future of Digital Assets

Pokemon, Magic The Gathering, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Counter strike, and Fortnite. All games that have found a new way to extract money from players through the randomne

047 - Scott Holmdahl and the Future of Music

Scott is back, this time to teach us all about the future of sound! From classic tricks to Artificial Intelligence, learn where the sounds we love are heading and how the

046 - Stranger Things: How To Make Iconic Sounds

Sound. It's all around us, and yet barely notice it. Your favorite movie, show, app. They all use sound to complete the experience and draw you into their world. Join us

045 - Eboné Bell: Building The Things That Matter To You

Eboné Bell is the creator, founder, and editor behind Tagg Magazine. As a member of an under represented community she built Tagg to as a place for "News, culture, and ev

044 - The Mandalorian: Adventures In Immersive Storytelling

The Mandalorian just crossed episode 5 and for the first time we got a glorious look at what Star Wars can be when Disney stops trying to force old stories and starts tel

043 - iRobot and the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Minority Report, iRobot, Demolition Man, all these movies have let us glimpse a future where we hand over a lot of control to machines. But we don't need to wait till the

042 - Inception: The Power Of Dreams With Sleep Expert Tucker Peck

Dr. Tucker Peck is a clinical psychologist, sleep expert, founder of drugfreesleep.com, an online course to help people overcome insomnia. With those credentials we figur