Tue. 08/09 - Excel eSports Championships

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The exciting world of Excel eSports. Plus, a Native American tribe who has had their land returned to them after 350 years. The top scientist who caused a big stir with a tiny bit of sausage. And a group of spiders that have been named after David Bowie. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed’s Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnews Bambee, Schedule a conversation at bambee.com/cool Links: ESPN8 The Ocho is back: How to watch the 2022 schedule of weird sports, from death diving to OmegaBall (Sporting News) There's a World Excel Championships packed with commentators and analysis, people are loving it online (Sport Bible) Episode 606: Spreadsheets! (NPR) Native American tribe gets its land back after being displaced nearly 400 years ago (CNN) Rappahannock Tribe reacquires ancestral Virginia land 350 years later (Washington Post) Top scientist admits 'space telescope image' was actually a slice of chorizo (CNN) A prominent scientist posted an image of a distant star he said was taken by the Webb telescope. It was actually a slice of chorizo. (CBS News) New group of spiders named after David Bowie and his back catalogue (Natural History Museum) General Mills Is Bringing Back 4 Classic '80s Cereals (The Street) Share your 'moon snaps' to celebrate NASA's Artemis 1 mission (Space.com) Tue. 04/27 - This Famous Actor's Mom Helped Save the Apollo 13 Astronauts (Cool Stuff Ride Home) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.8	dot com and secure your seats today it's tuesday august 9th 20 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today. The exciting world of Excel
0:43.2	Esports, plus a Native American tribe who has had their land returned to them after 350 years.
0:51.1	The top scientist who caused a big stir with a tiny bit of sausage, and a group of
0:57.1	spiders that have been renamed after David Bowie.
1:00.7	Here's some cool stuff for your ride home.
1:06.5	Last Friday, August 5th, ESPN held their sixth annual 24-hour-long ESPN-8, the Ocho, takeover.
1:16.9	Inspired by the 2004 Vince Vaughn movie Dodgeball, in which the big tournament was broadcast
1:22.5	on the then-fictional channel, ESPN 8, the Ocho. In 2017, ESPN actually debuted a day in which one of their
1:31.3	channels rebrands as the Ocho and airs 24 hours worth of obscure sports. Things like dodgeball,
1:38.8	as well as pickleball, roller derby, air hockey, quad ball, and this year, Excel Esports.
1:46.2	Excel as in Microsoft Excel. Spreadsheets.
1:50.8	People competing to have to complete tasks within Microsoft Excel as efficiently and cleverly as possible.
1:58.5	Any Excel power users listening will know that there's a whole world
2:02.5	beyond the simple formulas us lay people use. There are thousands of keyboard shortcuts and
2:08.6	endless models that can be created. This year's All-Star Battle, hosted by the Financial Modeling
2:14.7	World Cup, got the full ESPN treatment with graphics and super enthusiastic
2:20.5	commentators leading to a whole new boost of publicity from people posting clips on social media.
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