Best Department Of Surfaces Podcasts (2025)

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Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! 3:22

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An interactive and engaging summary of "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" with some standout incidents and reflections on how all the “dots” connected to make Richard Feynman the iconic thinker and human he was.

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The role of viscosity on drop impact forces on non-wetting surfaces 16:53

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*Note:* The podcast is generated using Google NotebookLM Sanjay, V., Zhang, B., Lv, C., & Lohse, D. (2025). The role of viscosity on drop impact forces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1004, A6. Original paper: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.982 Blog: https://blogs-comphy-lab.org/Blog/2025-JFM-viscous-drop-impact For more details, visit: https://comp…

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The Stone Deliverer 21:02

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Wales has an Iron Age language and a Stone Age affection for rocks. In this story, as we wander among the fossils and bedding planes on the North shore of the Severn Estuary, we meet a strange entity.By Department of Surfaces ®

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Major Take aways from "Sapiens, a brief history of humankind by Yuval Noah Harari" | Summary of Sapiens 5:59

2y ago5:59

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This is my takeaway from the book Sapiens authored by Yuval Noah Harari. A must read book, I'd recommend everyone to read.

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For You, My Juniors | My honest talk with you all 5:05

2y ago5:05

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Book link: https://www.amazon.in/you-My-Juniors-poem-between-ebook/dp/B0C7QGCQZGJoin me on an inspiring journey from chemistry student to aspiring author. Discover the joys and challenges of his creative pursuits, including the release of his debut book, "For You, My Juniors." Get ready to be inspired and embrace your own passions in this heartfelt…

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No more chemistry :) 1:53

2y ago1:53

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Nothing much to write. Recently published my book: https://www.amazon.in/you-My-Juniors-poem-between-ebook/dp/B0C7QGCQZG (please consider checking)

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The River Keepers 22:46

3+ y ago22:46

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Though we can tell a history of Milwaukee's environmental movement, the effort to clean up and preserve our waters is also a story of the present. In this episode of Water Works, our season's finale, historian Jonathon Stuever tells the story of Milwaukee's river keepers. Water Works is a production of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Departme…

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Cleaning Up Our Act 26:14

3+ y ago26:14

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As we've seen, the history of Milwaukee's relationship with water has been in many ways defined by the damage Milwaukeeans have done to its rivers, lakes, and streams. In this episode of Water Works, we begin to focus on Milwaukee's concerted efforts to clean up the messes it has made by charting the history of our environmental movement. Water Wor…

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The Battle for Blue Space 19:16

3+ y ago19:16

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Milwaukee is widely known for its ample public beach space. But the lakefront was not always this accessible. In this episode of Water Works, produce Marisa Camacho explores how Milwaukee's abundance of blue spaces is in many ways a legacy of the Socialist Party's rise in the early 1900s. Water Works is a production of the University of Wisconsin-M…

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Under the Surface 21:23

3+ y ago21:23

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Do you know where the water you drink comes from? And do you know where it goes when it flows down the drain? Well, on this episode of Water Works we not only explain how Milwaukee's water infrastructure works, we also explain how it came to be. For more information about the show, including photographs and documents from the era, check out https:/…

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Shipwrecks 25:53

3+ y ago25:53

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The Lady Elgin often has an outsized presence in Milwaukee's maritime history. The boat's fateful voyage in 1860 took place in the midst of several local and national conflicts, while the ship's wreckage remains a destination for divers to this day. On this episode of Water Works we parse fact from fiction in the sinking of the Lady Elgin, and ask …

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Bridge War 22:01

3+ y ago22:01

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Milwaukee is a city born of conflict. Though, it might not be the conflict you'd expect. The city's charter took shape over a fight over bridges, and the result of this fight is still visible on any map of Milwaukee today. Today's show is produced by public history student Oscar Harding. For more information about the show, including photographs an…

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Millennial Thinking 24:49

3+ y ago24:49

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Last episode on Water Works, we looked at the ways Milwaukee's first peoples articulated their deep admiration for the waters of the area through the effigy mounds they constructed in the time before European contact. This episode, we explore how Wisconsin's native communities sought to conserve and preserve their relationship with water in the era…

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Water Spirits 28:03

3+ y ago28:03

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The first peoples who called the land we call Milwaukee home recognized the centrality of water to the region. Beyond relying on the rivers and lakes to survive, the area's Indigenous communities also revered water. In this episode of Water Works, public historian David Zeh documents how effigy mounds built throughout Milwaukee and Wisconsin reveal…

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Water Works: A Preview 2:45

3+ y ago2:45

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A preview of the new season of a podcast from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of History and the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Last season looked at the 1918-1919 Influenza outbreak in Milwaukee, and asked what that history could teach us about navigating the coronavirus pandemic today. This season we look at Milwaukee's u…

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f- Block elements 30:49

4y ago30:49

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IMPORTANT FOR JEE-MAINS f- block elements are the most dangerous yet interesting to learn. First refer to NCERT and then refer to the notes pinged here- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ex-x84-JWArZH9DFsXDxA5ueUfIoxexA/view?usp=sharing Good LUCK! (Special thanks to Allen teacher from spotify for this podcast)…

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The Invented World - part 5 11:57

4y ago11:57

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Next in a series exploring the future, which is now. Audio effects are from the BBC Sound Effects Library and the Free Music Archive courtesy of Ergo Phizmiz' Sounds of Soviet Animation compilations. Music is © Dee Yan Key (2017) Alto Flute Sonata in B flat minor from the FMA. Copying of the programme is permitted on crediting the Department of Sur…

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The Invented World - part 4 13:48

4y ago13:48

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Next in a series exploring the future, which is now. Audio effects are from the BBC Sound Effects Library and the Free Music Archive courtesy of Ergo Phizmiz' Sounds of Soviet Animation compilations. Copying of the programme is permitted on crediting the Department of Surfaces and these contributors.…

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The Invented World - part 3 7:27

4y ago7:27

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Next in a series exploring the future, which is now. Audio effects are from the BBC Sound Effects Library and the Free Music Archive courtesy of Ergo Phizmiz' Sounds of Soviet Animation compilations. Music is © Serge Quadrado (2019) Flower Dance from the FMA. Copying of the programme is permitted on crediting the Department of Surfaces and these co…

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The Invented World - part 2 8:47

4y ago8:47

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Next in a series examining the future, which is now. Audio effects are from the BBC Sound Effects Library and the Free Music Archive courtesy of Ergo Phizmiz' Sounds of Soviet Animation compilations. Copying of the programme is permitted on crediting the Department of Surfaces and these contributors.…

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The d- Block elements 51:56

4y ago51:56

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(SPECIAL THANKS TO MY FRIEND Amay Raj, who's explaining about d-block in this episode) Notes of the episode- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H_3NpIvHz-kYIhc_ijlF1KCHsBVVRp54/view?usp=sharing All the coins' materials, from copper to gold are part of the elements we study in d-block. Understand the trends and all important points which are important…

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The Invented World - part 1 15:23

4y ago15:23

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First in a series examining the future, which is now. Audio effects are from the BBC Sound Effects Library and the Free Music Archive courtesy of Ergo Phizmiz' Sounds of Soviet Animation compilations. Copying of the programme is permitted on crediting the Department of Surfaces and these contributors.…

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Catalysis- SURFACE CHEMISTRY_02 17:02

4y ago17:02

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Notes of the episode- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmRN9eIamTnHIgIt5ynjfzOt5RYX5CPE/view?usp=sharing Did you remember, when our Biology teacher in standard eighth taught us about the digestion and how pepsin, trypsin, zymase and other enzymes helped in its accomplishment! What to enzymes do? What is catalysis? How and what mechanism they follow…

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Adsorption- SURFACE CHEMISTRY_01 23:32

4y ago23:32

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Notes of the episode - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bLR_DQXwvQSJWFKzGEUX6ESHtaH8dtej/view?usp=sharing This episode gives us an insight of our surrounding phenomena of ADSORPTION. Gas masks, the tiny white pocket in our new bought shoes and even our face wash works on the very principle of adsorption. Listen to know what this phenomena is! And t…

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The s-block elements 44:25

4+ y ago44:25

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Have you ever wondered all the hormones, neurons and ATP generations functions in your body have something in common? If not, listen to the episode to enjoy the knowledge of the grand s-block elements and their properties. THERE'S NO NOTES FOR THIS EPISODE. Please listen this time and again to make all the discussed things clear in your mind and ma…

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Qualitative Analysis/ Salt Analysis (CATIONS) 56:24

4+ y ago56:24

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Notes of the episode - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bP9XUbyrPLPzrz_-F7YR7NeYm0REUhXX/view?usp=sharing The second part and the most interesting part of the inorganic and lab chemistry world, where positive charges and their analysis holds importance significantly and the topic with vivid colors and reactions - Analysis of cations. Hope you find …

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Qualitative Analysis/ Salt Analysis (ANIONS) 46:33

4+ y ago46:33

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Notes of the episode - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iriEm3FUjp5Vu4MwmTVYNZ0-lAJR0gKu/view?usp=sharing The heart of inorganic chemistry and the major portion of the lab work in chemistry comes from the analysis of various salts, their anions and cations. Enjoy the beauty of qualitative analysis of anions in the first part of the chapter. Hope, y…

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Detailed metallurgy of some important metals - Metallurgy_02 38:55

4+ y ago38:55

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Metal and it's ores - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AS31-d06ZXJHIaosC7YvCK1eM_ybdlqG/view?usp=sharing Notes of this episode - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QtP8t32F7aP-KdQLfrJfukJOLjo1hL0L/view?usp=sharing This episode is continuation of the episode 1 and last episode for metallurgy chapter. In this, you will get to know all about the detaile…

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General Principles of extraction of metals - Metallurgy_01 1:01:32

4+ y ago1:01:32

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Metal and it's ore - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AS31-d06ZXJHIaosC7YvCK1eM_ybdlqG/view?usp=sharing Notes of the episode - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L68Hs75Ys2ZmOzsRMmBiE0SlNQpU66ls/view?usp=sharing This episode teaches us the basic individual principles and methods which are involved in metallurgy. In next episode, we'll use these princ…

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Introduction to "Learn chemistry with Abhi" 2:14

4+ y ago2:14

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What is this podcast all about? What are the things, you'll get? all about this podcast is discussed in this intro. For any query mail me at [email protected]. Share with your friends.

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The End of the Pier 18:14

4+ y ago18:14

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Charlie's encounter with Wales' greatest living journalists presents a problem. Can any of this be true?By Department of Surfaces ®

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Episode 7: The Healthiest City 20:37

4+ y ago20:37

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By the end of the epidemic, the United States had lost 0.6% of the population to the Spanish Flu, with around 675,000 deaths. Yet Milwaukee suffered a relatively low death rate. In 1918, Milwaukee was the thirteenth largest city in the US and one of the nation’s most densely populated cities. Perhaps Milwaukee’s response can account for some of thi…

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Episode 6: The Healthiest City 24:12

4+ y ago24:12

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Milwaukee's success at handling the influenza pandemic did not mean the going was easy. For the city's bars and restaurants, shut down orders and consumer fear made business difficult. On this week's episode of The Healthiest City, we explore how Milwaukee's entertainment and retail establishments navigated the influenza pandemic, and consider what…

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Episode 5: The Healthiest City 23:45

4+ y ago23:45

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While pandemics can seem to disrupt every facet of our daily lives, they are, at their core, medical crises. This week on The Healthiest City we talk about how doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals face these challenges. We open by talking with an ICU nurse in Milwaukee who worked in the unit that treated the first wave of coronavirus…

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Episode 4: The Healthiest City 24:36

4+ y ago24:36

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When a disease folks then called the "Spanish Flu" was first detected in Milwaukee, the city's public health officials faced a choice not unlike the one we've debated for most of this last year: whether to close the community's schools. This episode of The Healthiest City follows the story of George Ruhland, who was Milwaukee Public Health Commissi…

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Episode 3: The Healthiest City 20:08

4+ y ago20:08

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As the 1918 influenza pandemic tore its way across the globe, the damage it caused went hand-in-hand with the ongoing combat of World War I. The massive mobilization of troops from around the world provided the perfect conditions for the disease to spread. And with the need to keep sending troops to the trenches, and to keep morale up on the home f…

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Episode 2: The Healthiest City 21:48

4+ y ago21:48

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In episode two of The Healthiest City podcast, hosts Bailey Green and Roman Lulloff explore how the rise of the Socialist Party in Milwaukee helped build up the city’s public health programs in the years before the 1918 flu pandemic struck. Emil Seidel was elected as the city’s first Socialist mayor in 1910, and the party captured a majority in the…

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Episode 1: The Healthiest City 16:43

4+ y ago16:43

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In the years after its effective response to the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic, Milwaukee became known as “the healthiest city.” But that reputation, and the public health preparedness that made it possible, wasn’t built up overnight: Milwaukee learned how to respond to a dangerous epidemic the hard way. In episode one of The Healthiest City podcast,…

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The Healthiest City: A Preview 3:09

4+ y ago3:09

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In the winter of 1918, the city of Milwaukee faced a crisis almost exactly like our own. A highly contagious and deadly virus found its way to the city. This disease was the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and 1919; and like the coronavirus pandemic today it completely upended life in our city. What might we learn about our own moment by looking t…

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Todos los santos 17:45

5y ago17:45

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A trip to Alicante railway station connects Luis with more than he bargained for.By Department of Surfaces ®

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Bureaucracy 11:14

5y ago11:14

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The pressure of work gets to a successful apparatchik. Music - The Taran Quartet: 'On The Mountain' (2020).

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Cantillon in Buenos Aires - why? 7:31

5+ y ago7:31

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Richard Cantillon, financier, economist and entrepreneur died in 1734. Or did he? His biographer Antoin E Murphy thinks that, perhaps, his story ended too conveniently. There is no evidence to suggest he fled to Buenos Aires, here's why.By Department of Surfaces