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Dan Q - The Podcast

Dan Q - The Podcast

By: Dan Q
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A podcast nobody asked for about things only Dan cares about. A spin-off of the blog of Dan Q, who's been making random stuff on the Internet since the 1990s.© Dan Q 2026; all original content CC-BY-AT; details at https://danq.me/license/ Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Wikipedia @ 25: Carl Person

    Wikipedia @ 25: Carl Person
    May 27 2026
    Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/27/wp25-carl-person/

    As I continue my 25-consecutive-days-of-Wikipedia, today's random article of the day was Carl Person, a lawyer with an interesting history.

    00:00 Intro
    00:22 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday
    01:01 Carl Person
    05:39 Outro
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    6 mins
  • Wikipedia @ 25: Cirrothauma Murrayi

    Wikipedia @ 25: Cirrothauma Murrayi
    May 25 2026
    Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/25/wp25-cirrothauma-murrayi/

    Today, Wikipedia introduced me to a mysterious deep-dwelling octopus. So cool!

    00:00 Intro
    00:25 Wikiedpia's 25th Birthday
    01:01 Cirrothauma Murrayi
    03:36 Aside: pluralisation of octopus
    04:23 Octopus eyes
    07:11 Outro
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    7 mins
  • Wikipedia @ 25: Yousuf Karsh

    Wikipedia @ 25: Yousuf Karsh
    May 21 2026
    Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/21/wp25-yousuf-karsh/

    Wikipedia is 25 years old this year, and in celebration of that I found my way via a Mercurial crater to the article about Yousuf Karsh, one of the most-important portrait photographers of the 20th century.

    00:00 Intro
    00:20 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday
    01:03 Karsh (crater)
    02:33 Yousuf Karsh
    04:40 Karsh's life
    06:36 Outro
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    7 mins
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