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Let's Learn Everything!

104: The Anthropocene Argument & Sound Effects

Let's Learn Everything!

Tom Lum

Education, Comedy, Learning, Tiktok, Science, Friends

4.8547 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 146 minutes

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Summary

What is the Anthropocene? No really, who came up with it, when does it start, and why does that matter? Well it involves nuance, scientific beef, and a surprising amount of freaky little guys. And we all know of some sound effects we love, but what is their history, where are the weird places they've shown up, and what can they teach us about art?

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0:00.0

Caffeine doesn't have any kind of effect on me anymore.

0:02.7

I get fucked up drinking bubble tea sometimes.

0:05.0

Like, I get wired.

0:07.0

It's crazy.

0:08.0

I wish.

0:09.0

I just drank a can of monster, but not to get energy from it, just to maintain my baseline,

0:14.0

otherwise I get a headache.

0:16.0

As an Advil.

0:18.0

That sounds healthy.

0:19.0

I'm just, there's a monster, monster truck that comes around Cardiff, like, once a month.

0:26.1

What the fuck are you talking about?

0:27.5

That's the most Welsh thing I've ever heard.

0:29.2

And it hands out free monsters, and it's always outside my work.

0:32.6

So, and everyone always texts me, all my colleagues, like, Ella, the monster truck is outside. I'm like, oh no.

0:39.3

That's Ella.

0:41.3

That's a lot.

0:43.3

Oh, boy, howdy.

0:45.3

Oof.

0:46.3

Oof.

0:47.3

Robles.

0:49.3

Yeah, oof.

0:50.3

That's some great Ella lore.

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