The Junkdrawer - a student podcast

Scissors are one of the oldest items you will find in our junk drawer. They have been around for thousands of year.  Take a listen to where scissors came from and how they are used today.  I also talk about my history with scissors and the impact they have made in my life.  A little tool that makes the world a better place.  Can you imagine the world without scissors?  I even cut food with them in my kitchen.

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Hi I’m Wesley a student at AVS and this is my Junk Drawer podcast about staplers. In this podcast I will be exploring the history of the stapler, who invented it, why it was invented and when it was made. During this podcast I will also talk about the early staplers that only held one staple and their primitive functionality. I will also talk about the new staplers that have a magazine, and two different settings for securing the paper. I will also give my opinion on why the stapler is taken for granted in today's world. I hope you all find it an interesting listen and learn something new as this is my first podcast that will be viewed by someone other than my teacher. I hope you all enjoy the podcast and I also would recommend listening to the podcasts of my classmates as they are also well done and interesting podcasts.

This is a small podcast segment of the Junk Drawer podcast, specifically centering around screws. In this podcast segment I will talk about how screws have been around since the 1st century in Greece, and how it’s amazing to see how far they have come in the past many centuries. Listen to how these amazing little tiny items have changed and evolved over the past centuries and how they have become a very helpful item that we often forget about in the bottom of our junk drawers.

In this podcast, we will discuss the junk drawer item, Elastics. Elastics were invented by Stephen Perry in 1845. They were originally formed in large tubes of rubber. These rubber tubes varied from small to large. However, there were not many uses for these tubes until in the future. In 1923, William H. Spencer trimmed these tubes into individual flimsy rubber circles. These little individual circles proved to be a very helpful and handy item when it comes to executing everyday tasks. By harnessing the rubbery texture, they could be used to hold things together. Eventually, this invention became popular worldwide.

Song: Feels by Patrick Patrikios

In this episode, a very cool and knowledgeable person called Eda will guide you through the recorded history of the Ballpoint pen, which you will find is very much superior to the Fountain pen. The journey will take you from the channels of the 17th century, to the irresistible gimmick of space.

Song ‘Away’ by ‘Patrick Patrikios’ on Youtube.

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