Two friends take turns teaching each other about a topic far-flung or familiar. Head down the rabbit hole and open your eyes as we do some learning about the wonderful world around us.
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0:00 Intro: Fall Weather & Tornado Season
6:21 Tornadoes in Colorado
15:30 Why Tornadoes Are So Fascinating
19:50 The Earliest Recorded Tornadoes
30:10 Tornadoes in Medieval Europe
36:45 The London Tornado & the Fujita Scale
45:00 Modern Tornado Warnings, Radar & Ratings
🎙 Episode title:
Twist and Shout about the Enhanced Fujita Scale
📌 Episode summary:
Daniel takes McKyler on a whirlwind tour through the history, science, and strange cultural legacy of tornadoes. From Aristotle’s early descriptions and destructive storms in ancient Rome to modern radar, storm warnings, and the Enhanced Fujita Scale, they explore how people have tried to understand these powerful storms for centuries. Along the way, they talk Colorado tornadoes, Twister, storm chasing, and why tornado ratings are based on the damage left behind. It’s a fun, curious dive into one of nature’s most fascinating—and terrifying—weather phenomena.
🎥 About Doing Learning
Doing Learning is the podcast version of hanging out with curious friends on the couch. Daniel and McKyler follow their childlike curiosity into history, science, and strange stories—not to prove a point, but just to see what we’ll discover together. No pressure, no pop quizzes, just learning for the sake of learning and inviting you to wonder
25 Sept 2026
Hip Hop Anonymous
Sources
Triumph — Wu-Tang Clan (https://open.spotify.com/track/3glqlA5qY3bbo8UaUDGPnw?si=79b0cae37b0d4373)
Love Is the Message (12" Version) — MFSB (https://open.spotify.com/track/6KpnnpR5qn8HCdvnQbuy0u?si=05372d6783a6474a)
Shrunk — Aesop Rock (https://open.spotify.com/track/1CXfq8G5lBVyJQ82UIFWH1?si=4633af779f0e48bc)
Roadwork Rappin' — Aesop Rock (https://open.spotify.com/track/3m0tb1idV9h4jcpzWswvqS?si=cf7f185bee5047fc)
Long Legged Larry — Aesop Rock (https://open.spotify.com/track/0OX9lzZxKlbtn3c2d97uqz?si=349db8983ebf4334)
Doomsday — MF DOOM (https://open.spotify.com/track/7EQvdUJqZ2i7SWvSB2VqGA?si=19dc31cd0f144373)
Rap and Hip Hop: Crash Course Black American History #47 (https://youtu.be/RHCA5b9TkVg?si=T6jeKYSsEe1b8PKR)
How MF DOOM Made "Doomsday" (https://youtu.be/drZLSme4Vbg?si=OcDw8a9YDBNwsUGQ)
Founding Fathers The Untold Story of Hip Hop (https://youtu.be/Q__6DEpFSqo?si=nwjuMvr34avxBERF)
Hip-Hop & Shakespeare? Akala at TEDxAldeburgh (https://youtu.be/DSbtkLA3GrY?si=nAdxLBDFF9txj4NL)
Damian Lewis as Antony in Julius Caesar: 'Friends, Romans, countrymen' | Shakespeare Solos (https://youtu.be/q89MLuLSJgk?si=dr3gycl1ckJmD0FS)
Lupe Fiasco: Why (And Maybe How) You Should Appreciate Aesop Rock (https://youtu.be/p01lG66MWbA?si=AoLUvhRh9VBzHMiT)
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🎙 Episode title:
Hip Hop Anonymous
📌 Episode summary:
McKyler and Daniel got time to learn to rhyme. We discuss poetry, which naturally leads to poetry in motion—hip hop. Even if hip hop isn't your favorite, come learn why it's worth a listen.
🎥 About Doing Learning
Doing Learning is the podcast version of hanging out with curious friends on the couch. Daniel and McKyler follow their childlike curiosity into history, science, and strange stories—not to prove a point, but just to see what we'll discover together. No pressure, no pop quizzes, just learning for the sake of learning and inviting you to wonder right along with us.
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6 Sept 2026
The Lady of the Lamp--How One Amazing Woman Changed an Industry
Resources
History.com: Florence Nightingale (https://www.history.com/articles/florence-nightingale)
National Army Museum: Florence Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp (https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/florence-nightingale-lady-lamp)
National Library of Medicine / PMC Article (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4557413/)
Wikipedia: Florence Nightingale (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale)
American Association for the History of Nursing (https://www.aahn.org/travel5)
Florence Nightingale Museum: About Florence Nightingale (https://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk/about-florence-nightingale/)
Nursing Before Florence Nightingale (https://www.medicalstaffing.co.uk/blog/2025/12/nursing-before-florence-nightingale?source=google.com)
Wellcome Collection (https://wellcomecollection.org/works/khuduwmj?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
Florence Nightingale’s Coxcomb Chart (https://mathwomen.agnesscott.org/women/nightpiechart.htm)
Flight of the Wild Swan (https://www.blpress.org/books/flight-of-the-wild-swan/)
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Chapters
00:00 Welcome to Doing Learning
01:17 Why Florence Nightingale?
12:16 A Privileged Childhood and a Calling
24:31 Choosing Nursing Against the Odds
38:54 The Crimean War and Scutari Hospital
51:10 The Lady with the Lamp: Sanitation and Data
1:01:46 Nightingale’s Lasting Legacy
Episode Title
The Lady of the Lamp--How One Amazing Woman Changed an Industry
Episode Summary
In this episode, Daniel teaches McKyler about Florence Nightingale: the “Lady with the Lamp,” pioneering nurse, reformer, and data-driven problem solver whose work changed healthcare forever. They follow her journey from a privileged upbringing and a calling to serve, through the horrifying conditions of the Crimean War, to the sanitation reforms, statistics, and nursing education that became her enduring legacy. Along the way: bad 1800s medicine, the Crimean War, telegraphs, coxcomb charts, and why washing your hands turned out to be a world-changing idea.
About Doing Learning
Doing Learning is the podcast version of hanging out with curious friends on the couch. Daniel and McKyler follow their childlike curiosity into history, science, and strange stories—not to prove a point, but just to see what we’ll discover together. No pressure, no pop quizzes, just learning for the sake of learning and inviting you to wonder right along with us.
Thank You to Our Patrons
Liz D.
Seth T.
Irvin H.
DaDog
Brice T.
Kirk K.
#DoingLearning #Podcast #History #doyourownresearch #staycurious
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