Encyclopedia Brunch

The Panama Canal

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This week we begin our new series on Engineered Wonders - those bafflingly large projects that make us impressed with, and a little scared of, the Human Race. First up: The Panama Canal!

  • Ryan Haupt graciously wrote and performed an intro for this episode. You should get to know him!
    • -Check out his great science show, Science...Sort Of
    -And chat with him on Twitter, @haupt
  • Hamilton. You in? Get in.
  • But seriously, the death toll in the Panama Canal Construction was crazy!
  • Furthermore, the Nicaraguan Canal is a really bad idea. ecologically and socially.

    • Music by: | The Heftone Banjo Orchestra | BLAMMOS |

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