80: Ify Nwadiwe, The Science of the Peasant Railgun, and a Panoply of Nerdery

Let's Learn Everything!

Tom Lum

Education, Comedy, Learning, Tiktok, Science, Friends

4.8 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Host of Um Actually and nerd of many domains Ify Nwadiwe joins us as Tom helps him deconstruct the infamous Peasant Railgun from D&D. Could it actually work? And can we come up with something even more powerful using real science? We also dig into nerdery old and new, and see if Ify can convince Ella and Caroline to embrace their home country's greatest export: Warhammer.

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0:00.0	I just, like, freaked out my Zinia deck for a charity stream.
0:06.1	And I added a bunch of Inestrade stuff that were fun.
0:09.7	Ella and Caroline, if you check in your mail, it should have arrived in time.
0:13.0	I sent you guys a spray bottle.
0:14.7	So if me and if you talk about magic or Monster Hunter, just give a quick spray.
0:18.9	If we get two up the rails there.
0:21.8	Squids, squits, quick, quick spread. If we get two up the rails there. Squits, squits.
0:23.7	Right, right.
0:24.5	Sorry, podcast, podcast.
0:37.2	Hello, and welcome to Let's Learn Everything, the show where we learn anything and everything interesting today.
0:43.3	We have a very special guest who will be asking us a science question, and then we will ask them a few questions about themselves, see how they like it.
0:51.2	My name is Tom, and today's guest is...
0:54.8	Oh boy, let me take a running start at this long list.
0:57.3	Our guest is a comedian, writer, host, just off his Broadway run at 20-sided Tavern,
1:02.8	and just back on as host of Um Actually, as well as Maximum Film and TV Chef Fancy
1:09.3	League on The Maximum Fun Network.
1:11.6	And a nerd of so many domains I had to write down a list so I wouldn't forget because there are so many.
1:17.6	My name is Ella and today I will be asking our guest what are your niche fandom hot takes?
1:23.6	We already heard a little bit before. Yeah. Yeah.
1:31.2	My name's Caroline, and I'm going to be asking our guest,
1:35.8	how has nerd culture from comics to video games to magic?
1:38.8	How has that evolved since you were a kid?
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