Q&A #3: glacial surge, myth vs legend, and underground nukes
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Episode: 150
A collection of responses to feedback and addenda from supporter Jeremy. Basically, a review of some things we missed in a few episodes and an expansion on others. 🙂
Volcano
Fault types review. Flood basalts as hot spot lava spam. The Deccan Traps. Vulcanism as a possible explanation for dinsoaur extinction (Wargames).
The Last Jedi
Progress in millitary tactics. The triumph of guerrilla tactics. Politeness in chess. Mt St Helens sound waves. High-energy events.
Black Mirror Season 4 Part 1 – Arkangel
Implantable devices. API development.
Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams
Lojban. Constructed languages. Esperanto.
Transformers the Last Knight
Unfavorable reviews. Myth vs legend vs fable as given to us by an actual folklorist. Colonialism and the lens of cultural study. Swole Jesus. Zeus’s promiscuity. Anti-intellectualism.
Stargate
“Gopher nukes.” Tactical nuclear yields. Nuclear testing and Godzilla.
Men in Black
Alcohol! Low-alcohol beverages in history instead of water. A History of the World in Six Glasses, again.
Lost in Space
Climate change and glacial surges.
Annihilation
The Color Out of Space – by HP Lovecraft: iTunes | Amazon
Tron
Programming languages, where to draw the line behind low and high level.
A Quiet Place
Sound localization without pitch. Inaudible High-Frequency Sounds Affect Brain Activity.
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