The Wikicast

Wikicast 009 - Kalla Pasha

Films, tours to Malta, outstanding reader correspondence, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about - Kalla Pasha, an American professional wrestler, vaudeville comedian, and film actor - profesionally active during 1913-1931. 
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Links!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1hnBv12-uk - Devil Went Down To Georgia (washing machine cover)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/268878873600832/ - Wikicast discussion group
https://www.youtube.com/user/rjyoung731 - RJ Young (PhD YouTuber)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g02WKrWjUgA - Alphabet shuffle (Bill Wurts) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7M7BoJGRNc - How To Build A Human (exurb1a) 

Wikicast 008 - Krauschwitz

Warhammer, nerd/geek culture, basically a rant about our favourite things, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about - Krauschwitz, a town on the border of Germany and Poland.
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Follow us on Twitter: @DanielJMaw @simonoxfphys 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krauschwitz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Battle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000

Wikicast 007 - Snowshoe Cat

Cats, technical troubleshooting, dippy egg and solider etiquette, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: the Snowshoe cat! 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowshoe_cat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_(food)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scout_Association
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_shrew 
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And instagram: @danmaw @simonoxfphys

Wikicast 006 - Walter Hummel (musicologist)

Music, moon myths, futhering the cat debate, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: Walter Hummel, the late romantic era musicologist! 
Trinity Te Deum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaEnf8j-ikI
Dan's instagram: @danmaw (plugplugplug)

Wikicast 005 - Elijah Wheatley

Microwave etiquette, our favourite T.V shows, all things equine, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: Elijah 'Whippet' Wheatley, a British flat racing jockey who won the 1905 Jockey's Championship. 
Here's a link to the piece of music Dan was on about, from the BBC adaptation of War and Peace:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGCpsmRxGI (alternatively, look up the soundtrack and listen to, 'Andrei' or 'The Dance')

Wikicast 004 - Yonahlossee salamander

Trouserless Truro, Dunkirk, FANFICTION, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast. This week we're talking about: the Yonahlossee salamander, a particularly large woodland salamander from the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States. We've got a monster episode this week, to fit in the excellent correspondence we've recieved over the last week or so... enjoy! 

Wikicast 003 - Darren Ford (baseball)

Graduation week, inappropriate song lyrics, housemate abuse, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: Darren 'The Bullet' Ford, baseball center fielder. 

Wikicast 002 - Gary S. May

The Underground Railroad, Truro Cathedral, hangovers, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: Gary S. May, Dean of Georgia Tech's College of Engineering!

Wikicast 001 - Hymnus amoris

Choral music, London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: Hymnus amoris by Carl Nielsen.

Wikicast 000 - The 1980 Congoleum Classic (Doubles)

The origins of tennis, appalling French accents, and the usual razor-sharp wit from Simon and Dan - it's the Wikicast! This week we're talking about: The 1980 Congoleum Classic.