SYSK Choice: Weird Things that Influence What You Eat & How to Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

If you were to stand in downtown Detroit and start walking south for as long as it took, what is the first foreign country you would encounter? This is one of the fascinating questions/facts that I know you will find interesting – and might even win you a drink in a bar bet. Then, it is so weird what things influence your opinion and enjoyment of the food you eat. You might like to think you are too smart to be fooled by things like the color of the plate, or the music being played or the weight of the silver ware. But you are. Researcher Charles Spence, author of the new book, Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating (http://amzn.to/2sk9L3f) will amaze you with what he has discovered. You often see celebrities who claim that drinking gallons of water is what keeps them looking so youthful. But is that really true? Listen and find out. http://www.womenshealthmag.com/beauty/drinking-water-for-better-skin Listen as film director and writer Steve Stockman, author of How to Shoot Video That Doesn’t Suck (http://amzn.to/2trbnrR) offers some brilliant and simple techniques that will help you take better, more interesting video that people will actually enjoy watching. This Week's Sponsors -Grubhub. For $10 off any order of $15 or more (for new diners only), download the Grubhub app and use promo code SYSK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I just learned Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome.
0:05.2	At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned.
0:10.7	That's right, everything you've earned doubled.
0:13.6	All the cash back from eating at your favorite soup-dumpling restaurant?
0:17.6	Doubled.
0:18.6	All the cash back from that trip you sort of learned how to snowboard?
0:22.7	Also doubled.
0:23.9	And the best part, you don't have to do anything ridiculous to get it.
0:27.5	Oh, Discover does it automatically.
0:30.5	Seriously though, see terms and check it out for yourself at Discover.com slash match.
0:38.1	Today on something you should know, some fascinating facts that might at least when you would
0:45.3	drink in a barbed.
0:47.4	And it is strange and amazing what influences the foods we like to eat.
0:53.0	For example, we do not like food much if they point towards us.
0:57.8	So imagine you've got a slice of pizza or a slice of chocolate cake if you aren't in
1:02.7	service with a pointy end.
1:04.2	In the middle of the cake, pointing towards them, they'll give that cake a lower rating
1:08.0	than if you turn it around and it's pointing away.
1:10.5	Also, does drinking water really keep your skin looking younger?
1:14.8	And how to shoot better video that people actually want to watch?
1:18.8	I always tell people, don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.
1:22.7	You know, if you're shooting people's faces and you can't actually see what their eyes
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