10/23/20

Episode 23: things we learned/things we got wrong:

News:

Kincade fire in Sonoma County CA

Extinction Rebellion, Autumn Rebellion International Rebellion, October Rebellion, October Revolution

ban preventing tourists from sacred rock formation Uluru in Australia

former Nazi bunker in Hamburg to become hotel https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/nazi-bunker-hotel-scli-intl/index.html

truck in UK found with bodies of Chinese Nationals

no-fault evictions in L.A. https://dcba.lacounty.gov/noevictions/

London reported decrease in air pollution https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/dramatic-plunge-in-london-air-pollution-since-2016-report-finds

placebo prescriptions positive impact esp. when drs also believe https://www.statnews.com/2019/10/28/placebo-effect-facial-cues/

Topics:

faces on milk cartons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing-children_milk_carton

Goosebumps series started 1992

Fear Street started in 1989

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 

Edgar Allan Poe book The Man Who Was Poe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe

Agatha Christie disappearance https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/agatha-christie-disappearance-mystery-facts-poirot-miss-marple-detective/

Joy Division / New Order = 2nd most influential band in band-based history?

Rolling Stones list https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-artists-147446

What Culture site https://whatculture.com/music/10-most-influential-rock-bands?page=11

Joy Division’s impact 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/18/the-eternal-influence-of-joy-division-moby-killers-jon-savage-zia-anger

Julius Caesar references to clock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_timekeeping_devices

https://myshakespeare.com/julius-caesar/act-2-scene-1-popup-note-index-item-the-clock

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602920/shakespeare-anachronisms

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