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Update: Downsizing

6/21/2019

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Dear Listeners,

As of July 7, 2019 Fun Facts podcasting will be removing the majority of our episodes from our hosting platform so that we can cancel our ongoing hosting subscription through our provider, Spreaker.  Spreaker has been a fantastic partner to us while we built our tiny podcasting empire and we recommend them to anyone interesting in trying or launching your own podcast.  Given that Fun Facts is on indefinite hiatus, it makes the most sense to cancel our paid plan with the platform.

But good news!  Thanks to Spreaker's limited free plan we will continue hosting some of our favorite episode indefinitely.  Links to those episodes and segments are included below.  Thanks to everyone who listened to, appeared on, and otherwise supported Fun Facts.  It was a fun learning experience and we're grateful to have been able to pull it off (for a time).

Best of Fun Facts:
Episode 2: Actual Lawyerly Knowledge
Episode 4: Amy's Mirror Image
Bonus: What Changed Reid's Mind on the NEA?
Episode 6: People are just Humans
Bonus: Passion on Spoons
Episode 15: Who's Gonna Bake a Cake in your Underground Bunker?

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Until next time!
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Next Up: TBD

1/8/2018

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We're taking a break for now though please feel free to browse our library of episodes.  Amy's taking some time to think about how to use this channel for the future, but in the meantime thanks for listening!
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Episode 23: Buying HAppiness?

11/27/2017

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​*Deluxe Special Guest Episode featuring Chris Wedge on the psychology behind taxes.  We also discuss Japan's "rent a friend" service and important books from our childhood.

(*An extra long episode with a family member guest.)
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

Promoted Links:
Cirque du Melee 2017
Selected Links:

The Atlantic: How to Hire Fake Friends and Family

Mind Tools: Herzberg's Motivators and Hygiene Factors
Forbes: Wealthy Americans Are Giving Less Of Their Incomes To Charity, While Poor Are Donating More
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Episode 22: Not As We Appear

10/31/2017

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​Happy Halloween!  Amy and Kari appropriately discuss the history of witches and toilet paper.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!
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Episode 21: Alice's Wonderland

10/16/2017

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Emily Jackson of She's Running discusses the Trump administration's recent actions on birth control coverage and Title IX sexual assault procedures on college campuses. Emily, Kari, and Amy also question the validity of supposed medicinal benefits of LSD micro-dosing.

*Episode 20 is on its way. We at least wanted to keep this one on schedule.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!
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Episode 19: Action and Ownership

9/18/2017

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​Harrison Tassopoulos discusses Colin Kaepernick's NFL protest and its fallout with us.  Also on this episode: Trump's decision to rescind DACA and Hobby Lobby's inadvertent purchase of looted antiquities.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!
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Episode 18: Lemonade from Lemons

9/4/2017

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​Amy, Kari, and Kristen discuss Hurricane Harvey and its impact followed by lighter topics on managerial challenges and micronations.  Happy Labor Day, y'all!
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

​Selected Links:

WaPo: Melania Trump’s heels

Harvard Business Review: Basic Competence Can Be a Strategy

Atlas Obscura: Micronations
Republic of Molossia
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Episode 17: The Happiest Place on earth

8/21/2017

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Kari and Amy comment on Charlottesville and discuss Confederate monuments.  Planned topics for the week include a perspective on North Korea and our opinions on Disney's decisions to leave Netflix for their own streaming service.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

​Selected Links:

Southern Poverty Law Center: Whose Heritage?

Vox on YouTube: The growing North Korean nuclear threat, explained
NPR: North Korea Says It Won't Fire Missiles At Guam After All

BuzzFeed: Disney Is Ending Its Netflix Deal, Will Launch Its Own Streaming Services

Charli XCX: Boys
Ingrid Michaelson: Time Machine
Ingrid Michaelson: Girls Chase Boys
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Episode 16: Do We Really Know What We Know?

8/21/2017

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​Leah Murphy guests as we try to remember exactly what sort of threat Russia poses to America.  We also ask why are we still teaching math as memorization and can programmed machines really create better art than humans?

Apologies for the late release.  This episode was originally scheduled for release on August 7th.
We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

​Selected Links:

BBC: How much of a threat does Russia pose, and to whom?
HuffPo: Improve Relations With Russia

NYTimes Opinion: The Politics of Math Education
The Atlantic: How Does Race Affect a Student's Math Education?

Hyperallergic: Humans Prefer Computer-Generated Paintings to Those at Art Basel

NYTimes: Cindy Sherman Takes Selfies (as Only She Could) on Instagram
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Commentary: Amy on the Dominican Republic

7/25/2017

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As Amy mentioned in Episode 15, Social Venture Partners Dallas published her reflection on her experience in the Dominican Republic.  See below for the link to her commentary.

Proximity & Dichotomy: Lessons from the Dominican Republic
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Related Links:
Social Venture Partners Dallas
Dove Missions
Dominican Starfish Foundation
Global Education, Inc.
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