What the Heck
By What the Heck
What the HeckMar 21, 2021
The Internet
Resources:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/22/what-is-the-internet-13-key-questions-answered
https://www.elitegroup.com/news-and-insights/who-owns-the-internet/#:~:text=No%20single%20person%20or%20organisation,own%20certain%20bits%20of%20it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web
https://www.fing.com/news/21-incredibly-interesting-internet-facts#:~:text=There%20are%20currently%20around%20150,on%20the%20Internet%20each%20day!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_web
www.visualcapitalist.com/the-50-most-visited-websites-in-the-world/
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Secondary School Psychology
It’s a first for the pod this week as we have a guest! We welcome the psychology queen herself Caitlin K to the pod. Caitlin is a secondary school psychology and English teacher, who happens to be Jono’s wife and Bec's best friend. We learn about sleep facts, eyewitness testimony and other fun topics. Bout time someone on the pod knew what they were talking about! Enjoy!
Robbed: women who didn’t get their credit
This week's topic is one that's close to most womens hearts: men taking credit for your work. We look at artists, inventors and scientists who you might not have heard of because some bloke made a whole song and dance about themselves instead.
Sources:
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/03/men-taking-credit-women-history/
Twitter thread by @Lironsie on @the_female_lead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_effect https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/the-women-behind-the-creative-work-men-took-all-the-credit-for/ https://www.bustle.com/p/9-times-men-were-given-credit-for-womens-historic-accomplishments-41120
Wikipedia.com
Pro Wrestling
Aussie Inventions
In another episode brought to you by “Rebecca Barely Explains Basic Concepts”, we dive into Australian history to discover our contributions to the global inventing community (we imagine that that community exists and it’s some cool secret club!).
Sources:
https://www.weekendnotes.com/60-great-australian-inventions/
Wikipedia
Crime and Punishment
Q & A #2
Urban Legends
We're back with season 2 of the pod and of course we're still on the conspiracy train. This week we discuss some of the best Urban Legends out there. You'll learn about some of the origins of those fun stories you used to tell with your friends when you all went away for a weekend when you were 17 and thought they were SO scary. And of course we continue our trend of slowly tearing apart the Hugh Jackman classic, The Greatest Showman. Enjoy!
Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_legend https://people.howstuffworks.com/urban-legend.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewer_alligator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead
Ponzi Schemes
We’re back with our season finale, Ponzi Schemes! We continue the trend of talking about things well outside our scope, but Jono shares with Bec the story of the OG Ponzi, some of the biggest Ponzi fraud in history and we share our love of the Nathan’s hotdog eating contest!
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ponzi_schemes
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/ponzi-vs-pyramid.asp
https://complianceandethics.org/the-biggest-ponzi-schemes-ever/
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2104982_2104983_2105003,00.html
Bad Books
You ever read a book so bad you think “this is the worst book I’ve ever read?”. Well, art is subjective you hack so you can’t say that! On the other hand, lots of people on the internet do still have opinions on what the worst books of all time are, so on this ep Bec talks us through some of the most notable candidates.
Bigfoot
We get to squatchin' on this week's ep, as we delve into the mysterious cryptid known as Bigfoot! Jono shares with Bec the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organisation and the immense cataloging of sightings there has been and the two essentially book their first post covid holiday to Oregon! Bigfoot, relative of Jono? You be the judge!
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot#Sightings
https://www.outsideonline.com/2097161/10-most-convincing-bigfoot-sightings
https://www.bfro.net/?fbclid=IwAR2rvCsnZVPxRw2xLbVDhLhMN24WTB6ZaDMjnQSd0dLpW5c-yuLZCYRQBWE
Q & A
In this mini episode, we went out to all of our Heck Heads (our close friends) and let them do the asking! We both tried to give answers to some simple questions, but as per normal, we went down a rabbit hole of misinformation and chaos. Enjoy!
Resources:
https://www.healthline.com/health/can-blind-people-dream#things-to-consider
https://www.livescience.com/34777-sharks-keep-swimming-or-die.html
https://interestingengineering.com/what-would-happen-if-the-world-ran-out-of-crude-oil
https://www.citylab.com/environment/2012/05/why-arent-cities-littered-dead-pigeons/2038/
https://www.pigeoncontrolresourcecentre.org/html/amazing-pigeon-facts.html#baby
The Loch Ness Monster
We're back with another 'conspiracy' this week as we chat about all things Loch Ness Monster! Jono shares his young teenage Nessie fandom with Bec, as the two show their lack of knowledge of metric conversion and discuss the in's and out's of the fabled creature!
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster
https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoors/a29858210/loch-ness-monster/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgacFkMIqyE
https://www.visitinvernesslochness.com/property/nessieland/
https://www.livescience.com/26341-loch-ness-monster.html
Black Lives Matter resources:
Victorian aboriginal legal service: https://vals.org.au/volunteers/get-involved/donate-vals/
Pay the rent: https://paytherent.net.au/
Flat Earth Conspiracy
As we edge closer to the world of conspiracies, Jono takes Bec on a journey through the tales of the Flat Earth concept. They discover that they both have the scientific knowledge of a 7 year old whilst Bec asks the hard hitting flat earth questions like, who cares?
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth#Conspiracy_theory
https://www.iflscience.com/brain/six-celebrities-who-honestly-believe-the-earth-is-flat/
Mysterious Musicians
There’s one musical mystery that gets Bec so riled up she could talk about it for hours...and she did, so we had to cut it from the recording. Lucky she got through a bunch more stories about musicians that are shrouded in mystery. Tune in to hear their stories and hear Bec sing Enya.
(Please note: there is a content warning for discussion of mental illness and suicide on this ep)
Criminal Artists
While not every basic white girl studied art, every basic white girl loves true crime. Bec fits both categories of basic white girl, and on this ep she talks us through three artists who also committed some crimes. True crimes!
Resources:
Performance Art
The tables have turned on this ep of What the Heck - that’s right, it’s Bec’s turn to teach Jono about something she’s an expert in! And when we say expert we mean ‘did a fine arts degree but didn’t fully, like, GET it all, but now has the authority to speak on the topic’. What we’re trying to say is this week is about Performance Art. Enjoy.
Weird Animal Sports
In the final of a 3 part sports series, Jono shares his vast knowledge with Bec about some of the strangest animal sports in the world. Turns out a lot of animal sports revolve around dogs, so the two bond over their love of good bois.
Video links:
Dog Skijoring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9MqZS95mz8
Horse Skijoring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM3M20_nt8
Dog Surfing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td7YVS7A874
Dog Agility - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n39CD75cCXw
Weird USA Sports
We’re back with episode 2! Jono tries to teach the resident sports fan Bec about all things weird USA sports. There’s laughs galore in this adventure of podcasting proportions!
Weird Euro Sports
Episode 1 is here! The highly anticipated debut ep of WTH with Jono & Bec! We delve into all that is weird European sports, we know it’s a strange topic to start on but what the heck??
Trailer: What the Heck with Jono and Bec
Join Jono and Bec as they introduce you to the wonderful world of - everything. Debut episode coming soon.