Those Who Wonder

World Studies 30 - Infrastructure... Lowkey What Makes Your World Keep Spinning

Guess what is underrated... that's right. Infrastructure.

What is it? Why is it so important?

You may have never thought you would find a podcast episode on infrastructure to be interesting, but you've never heard Stevenson talk about it.

World Studies 29 - 3rd World Countries... What Does That Even Mean? (Human-Development Index)

If you were to be placed in a country and asked to rate it's "development" on a scale from 1-10, what would you be looking for?

In this episode, Stevenson breaks down the Human-Development Index (HDI), and why the three indicators (life expectancy, avg. years of schooling, GNI) represent how developed a society is.

World Studies 28 - Africa... It's Definitely Not a Country and it Definitely Got Screwed Over by Europe

Thanks Imperialism...

Stevenson hits the tip of the iceberg on HOW Europe colonized Africa and what impact it had on Africa as a whole.

If anyone wants to understand Africa today, they need to know the effects of Imperialism.

World Studies 27 - So Why Did Europe Attempt to Dominate the World? The Board Game, Y'all

Google "Colonial Africa map" and you'll notice some Western European nations on the map.

But why are they in Africa?

1) Resources

2) Racism

Stevenson dives into a speech given in 1884 and challenges the listener to identify the WHY for IMPERIALISM.

Brain Games galore!

World Studies 26 - The Industrial Revolution and WHY (+ Aliens with a Map & $5 to Gamble)

It's time... the Industrial Revolution. This episode as minimal specific information (names & dates) as reasonably possible. WHY did the Industrial Revolution occur in Britain/Europe? Why does industrialization occur at all?

Stevenson breaks down the algorithm of industrialization and pretends he's an alien with a map and $5 to gamble... woah.

World Studies 25 - BRAIN GAME... Industrialization + The Human Experience within TIME and SPACE

Woooooah...

Stevenson offers a brain game. We are on the verge of the Industrial Revolution. MAKE A PREDICTION... How will industrialization (primarily the telegraph and train) impact the individual and collective human experience? HOW FUN!!

World Studies 24 - Industrial Eve (1493) - Context of the Board Game Before the Industrial Revolution

The year is 1492... The board is set... who are the players and how are they playing the game? We are on the verge of Europe dominating the entire map (aka the globe).

Why did Europe go from 0-100 real quick? Why not China? China was already on cruise at 65, know what I'm sayin?

World Studies 23 - FUN(?) Summer Project... The Consumption Map

Let's not call it homework... let's call it a FUN project...

You will be recording, logging, categorizing, and mapping WHAT you consume (food, clothes, technology, other) in a week and WHERE it comes from (maps baby, maps).

YOU have CHOICE in how you want to go about doing it.

World Studies 22 - World History is a Board Game... What Does it Mean to WIN?

Stevenson breaks down the rules of reality in world history in order to prepare you for understanding WHY the modern world is the way it is.

Ever play Monopoly? Settlers of Catan? Risk?

World history is all of those games together at once...

How do you win? What does it mean to win? 

Who will you trade with? What will you trade? What will you do about those pesky (insert neighbor societies) who are growing their army?

 

World Studies 21 - WAIT... People Had/Have to WALK to Get Their Water?Life Without Infrastructure.

Before we get into Industrialization, we need to look at what it isn't.

Stevenson takes a brief glimpse into life BEFORE infrastructure, where things (gas, food, water, electricity, etc.) don't come to you.