Verily Podcast

Get ready for a sugar rush with this extra sweet Sodapop episode of Verily Podcast! Who is the Coke murderer? Where do you find Colognial water? What is the worst soda drink of all time? Join Jacob and Irene while they drink, critique and rank different German sodas. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, or, if you've had enough, on verilypodcast.libsyn.com

Where was toothpaste invented? Who is Alchemist Dippel? And why do all stories come in threes? Join a Swede and a Dutchman as they explore Germany. Will they be able to avoid all the pitfalls left on the Dutch beaches, while they prepare themselves for their life in a country without ventilation? Come and find out in this brand new episode of Verily Podcast! Find us on Twitter, Facebook or, if you have had enough, on verilypodcast.libsyn.com

Today's episode is all about (mostly about) jobs! How does Irene's nerdy interests fit on a CV? What does the garbage men really do? How dull can engineers be? And which is the only movie that is real? Find us on Twitter, Facebook or, if you have enough, on verilypodcast.libsyn.com

Only 71% of earth is covered with water, but 100% of the earth is covered with air. On this episode Jacob and Irene examine the sky and it's inhabitants in great detail. Why are stork babies such ungrateful children? What should you think about when going for a great migration? Why are clouds? These and many more questions are answered in this episode of Verily podcast. Find us on Twitter, Facebook or, if you have enough, on verilypodcast.libsyn.com

When going to Hell, there is a lot of things you need to know. Luckily, Irene and Jacob are here to guide you through the Nine Circles and teach you where you get the best pizza, how to contact the Ministry of Earthly Delights, how IKEA furniture is made and what punishment awaits those who believe in hearsay. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, or on VerilyPodcast.libsyn.com

Live along the Eight Rules of Verily: 1. Common sense 2. No running 3. Eat mostly sea-food 4. Give hugs 5. Open jars 6. Camoflage yourself to adjust to situations 7. Wear cargopants 8. When in danger, spit ink into your aggressors eyes Find us on Facebook: facebook.com/VerilyPodcast, on Twitter: @VerilyPodcast, or on VerilyPodcast.libsyn.com

Put on your feather hair band and your bright orange necktie, 'cause Jacob and Irene are talking about the roaring twenties! Want to know the top 10 things to do in your 20s? Wonder what the Dutch sailors, Johan Sebastian Bach and Swedish politicians have in common? Tune in to the first Verily podcast of the decade!   Find us on Facebook facebook.com/VerilyPodcast, on Twitter @VerilyPodcast, or on VerilyPodcast.libsyn.com

Want to know where Descartes discarded his head? Want to have a good excuse not to remember someones face? You are in luck, because this week Jacob and Irene see, smell, taste, hear and feel everything related to the brain. From the hippocampus in London to the identity theft of Albert Einstein, this episode will provide enough brain food to make food of your brain.

The past is so last year, the future is where it's at! Wanna know what Nostradamus was like in high school? Curious what the future holds for this podcast? Wonder what egg white has to do with any of this? Join Irene "to the future" Geijselaers and Jacob "Taxtradamus" Taxen in their exploration of the divine!   Find us on Facebook facebook.com/VerilyPodcast, on Twitter @VerilyPodcast, or on VerilyPodcast.libsyn.com

Full disclosure! The criminal masterminds Irene and Jacob confess to all crimes they've committed (one each) and then go on planning the next ones. We learn how to tunnel into parties, how to rob purses, how to get away with yacht theft and how to plot against the monarchy. To hack us, visit: http://verilypodcast.libsyn.com/ or confess a crime on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ or blackmail us at: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast

Verily podcast talks about Antarctica! It's a weird ecosystem where microbes eat air, scientists run naked and the Norwegian dominion turns penguin poop from pink to white, all before the watchful eyes of Lenin. For more, visit the Internet pole of inaccessability: http://verilypodcast.libsyn.com/ or follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast

Technology has it's ups and downs, especially in our age of Artificial intelligence and poor internet security. Jacob finally gets to let out his steam on app-based restaurants, Irene teaches us about the Internet of Shit, and then we talk a lot about every way AI might improve our daily lives. The talkative text-to-speech robot is called Tacotron 2 and its samples can be found here: https://google.github.io/tacotron/publications/tacotron2/index.html The spreadsheet on brilliant AI without regards for common sense can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRPiprOaC3HsCf5Tuum8bRfzYUiKLRqJmbOoC-32JorNdfyTiRRsR7Ea5eWtvsWzuxo8bjOxCG84dAg/pubhtml And if you want to see the picture of Irene in a dough bowl hat, your best bets are on twitter: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/

A new year is upon us, and we celebrate by reviewing the year 2006: the year of Cascada and Shakira, interplanetary struggle, bucket lists and woodpecker headaches. And yeah, we have renamed the pod, so you should now all refer to it as "Verily Podcast". If you have a good mnemonic for remembering the 115 spherical bodies in our solar system, let us know at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ or at Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast or simply send a mail to verilypodcast@gmail.com

The paleolithic is always topical, so this episode is brought to you from the stone age. You will get answers, but also questions, and you will learn what the cavemen laughed at, how to sell them stuff, what it took to be an inventor back in the days and how to ask them the right questions. If you have had enough, visit http://verilypodcast.libsyn.com/ or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast

Hit that like button and subscribe, because today we talk about social media. What was the first ever social medium? Why was Jacob involved in a hug party? And what gems are hidden in 9 years of Irene on twitter? Listen to this verily new episode to find out!

This is The Octopus, singing to you from beyond the grave. In the scariest episode so far, we talk about the most horrible insect, the sanatorium Jacob went to school in, the classism in not wanting to be a werepuppy and why Irene would make a terrible ghost. If you have had enough, visit http://verilypodcast.libsyn.com/ and let us know about your supernatural experiences on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast

You are invited to the most awesome conference in the history of the solar system. We have selected the best speakers with the most interesting topics, there is going to be entertainment and food and you are going to get so much merch in your gift bags that you will have to get some cargo pants to get all of it home. And the tickets are going to be so expensive.   Keep yourself up-to-date by following us on Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ And if you have had enough, visit http://verilypodcast.libsyn.com/

Seven days a week, seven colors of the rainbow, seven continents and seven seas. All good things come in sevens, so for our 14th episode, Jacob and Irene will talk about the number 7. What are the seven wonders of the internet? What animals are the seven deadly sins? Join us for the exploration of the largest single digit prime.

122 days after the apocalypse, Irene and Jacob manage to find some recording equipment. This gives them the chance to gather their thoughts on what happened, share some advice on how to stay alive and reminisce about life before they arrived. But the dark threat is always nearby... If you find this, please share it with whomever you might meet. If you, like us, have had enough, visit https://verilypodcast.libsyn.com. There used to be a Facebook page at https://facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and back when there were people using Twitter, you could follow us at http://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/.

Sit up straight, eat with knife and fork and always say "Please" and "Thank you"! This week Jacob and Irene talk about etiquette: Why do the dutch never laugh? How was the unit length Ångström discovered? What should you never say to a demon? Get educated on these etiquette rules and much more!

Jacob has returned from the South American tribe and Irene is back from studying penguins in the Arctic! The result: a very insightful discussion about things beneath 71% of the Earth's surface. How fun is it really to be a whale? How cute do octopi get? Should we worry about the plastic pollution? What can be done about the ecological catastrophy that is the Black Sea? And what is the best way to cook jellyfish? And you know what? If you've had enough, visit https://verilypodcast.libsyn.com or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/

What do Sigurd Fafnersbane, Jesus and the man with the worlds biggest nose have in common? They are all superheroes! In this episode, we investigate the world of superheroes: what would a proper marxist hero be like, which human powers would animals want, and where do we find superheroes in the real world? And the most important thing: Irene reveals her own superpowers and secret (and very practical) identity! And you know what? If you've had enough, visit https://verilypodcast.libsyn.com or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/

Forget time travelling: Verily, Octopi Sing is stuck in the past. We learn about lighthouses of the past, how the light bulb manufacturers stopped an invasion of England, why you can't trust Mesopotamian merchants and how to swindle Angola's economy into blooming. We also rewrite history: in reverse. And you know what? If you've had enough, visit https://verilypodcast.libsyn.com or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/

Today we talk about everything language. We discuss what nitpickers do with ants, how Shakespeare would program and what a mlatnop is. Join us while we explore the ins and outs of our languages! And remember: Have you had enough? Visit verilypodcast.libsyn.com! or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/

You listeners sent us a lot of great ideas for promoting our pod, and we now have a lot of work to do: we must found a monastery, visit the Mariana trench and get Earth a few new moons. All to get publicity for the pod. And also, if we have some spare time, we must record a few new episodes. Also: stickers and plushies! And you know what? If you've had enough, visit https://verilypodcast.libsyn.com or follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/  

Hey, remember us? Irene and Jacob is back, and we have made a very special episode for you. We talk about stories we like, including the ones about tiny witches born from eggs, magical rings forged from cursed gold, land-walking septipodes, love, passion and death. We also discover why you should not bring flightless birds on a raft. We want to ask you listeners for a big favour: if you have any ideas or tips about how to make this podcast reach out to a bigger audience, by some wacky gerilla advertising or insane PR stunt, please send in your ideas and we will talk about them the next episode! The wonderful music in the episode was performed by the University of Chicago Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Schubert and recorded 2004-10-31. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ And Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast

Hm, yeah... Irene is away, and I am might be going a bit crazy from loneliness... We have not been able to record any episode this week, but if you can't laugh at us, why don't laugh with us? I am sorry if this episode is a bit... mental... /Jacob P.S. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and we will tell you when we start recording the next regular episode. It might be something interesting, who knows?   https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast

This is the episode where we do as the Romans (and the Greeks, yes) do: combine different animals to create beasts so fierce that Hercules would shiver. It is also the episode where we learn how Komodo dragons offend people, how many sticks you need to throw to Cerberus and we explain how this podcast got it's name. Don't miss out on Things We Do! Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and maybe also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/

Is there intelligent life on other planets? If so, why would they cross the gulf of space to bring us recipes for pollen health drinks? How do you haggle to make them give you their body parts? And why do they keep messing with the Belgians? Irene and Jacob discuss extraterrestrials, what theremin concertos we would play for them and how to exploit their lack of understanding of our humor. Follow us on Facebook to keep up with Verily news: https://www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/ and see what we are up to on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerilyPodcast/

One nice thing with kids is that they are very gullible. This episode is all about different ways to fool children into behaving the way their parents want them to. We talk about things we used to believe in when we were kids, and invent a few new myths for the children of the future to fear. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/VerilyPodcast and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/VerilyPodcast/

Time travel raises a lot of legal issues: how do you insure a time machine, how much goods are you allowed to import from another time, when do you get prosecuted if you commit a crime? Luckily, Irene and Jacob solve most of these problems, and also throw in some facts about the swear words of the future. (The title refers to the Scandinavian mile, which is 10 km. This pod only uses units included in, or based on units included in the International System of Units).