When we started talking about making an episode related to the impending US election, we realized that we didn't understand, at a fundamental level, how they work. So Adam spent a few weeks immers...
2024-10-25 12:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostThree things I know about Finland:
They call their country "Suomi."
It is the home of Angry Birds.
And it's been named the World's Happiest Country 7 ye...
2024-09-26 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostIf you've ever taken one of those consumer DNA tests, it might have informed you that you have a little bit of DNA inherited from Neanderthals. 2024-09-16 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
0:58 What's an antifascist fountain?
4:16 Adam's visit to Barcelona
7:28 The liquid mirror telescope
11:10 Bigger and bigger mirrors
16:15 What's the point of a telescope th...
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Just a little song about the Spilhaus map projection. This map projection, which creates a seamless ocean by drastically distorting the continents, was created in the 1970s by oceanographer and pol...
2024-08-27 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostFive big news items from Howtown!
1. Here's your link to watch our new video on: The "crappy" math behind the C...
2024-08-15 17:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post
The day after the shooting at Trump's rally, Joss texted Adam.
"What if we teamed up on something this ...
2024-07-26 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi pals - now that we're a couple months into this project, we'd love to know which of these options you prefer for the main perk at our $8+ tiers:
2024-07-16 13:53:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm sharing a high-resolution file of the family tree from this week's video on invertebrate sentience, along with the sketch that I made and the references I was working from.
My goal was to...
2024-07-12 18:19:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello to the friends of Howtown,
Joss here, writing to let you know that I've got a new feature up on our channel, "2024-07-11 17:40:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi friends - You're invited to a video call for our paying members this Wednesday night at 8:00-8:30pm EST!
Video call link: 2024-07-01 14:57:26 +0000 UTC View Post
This week we answer a question from our friend Simone Giertz: "How do we know the circumference of the Earth?"
2024-06-28 15:32:41 +0000 UTC
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Hi folks! Just dropping in to let you know that our second video is live on Youtube - check it out at y...
2024-06-13 19:23:41 +0000 UTC View Post
People of Howtown,
We're very excited to bring you our first episode: 2024-05-31 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Which of these questions are you most interested in? (You can choose multiple)
2024-05-29 15:05:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I bet you can guess what it's about.
2024-05-28 17:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostHear our goals for the channel, and what you'll get from different tiers
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