Cool Stuff Ride Home

Thu. 12/15 - How Sci-Fi Impacts Real-World Innovation & Policy

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The interplay between science fiction and real-world scientific innovations––from space travel to fusion energy. Plus, a replay of a classic Cool Stuff Ride Home segment on Krampus with an update on some risqué depictions of the Yuletide rogue that have been making the rounds online this year.

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    • Links:

    How Science Fiction Movies Prepared Us for the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough (NY Times)
  • Moonrise podcast: Lillian Cunningham’s historical account of America’s journey to the moon (Washington Post)
  • Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee
  • Feminine Krampus greeting cards (WitchesVsPatriarchy, Reddit)
  • Krushing on Krampus (The Paris Review)
  • Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes
  • The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished Holiday by Stephen Nissenbaum
  • The Origin of Krampus, Europe's Evil Twist on Santa (Smithsonian Magazine)
  • What is Krampus? How the Christmas 'Devil' Became Cool (National Geographic)
  • Who is Krampus? Explaining Santa Claus's Scary Christmas Counterpart (National Geographic)
  • Krampus: the demonic Santa Claus you haven't heard about (Vox)
  • Weird Krampus drive-thru parade puts terrifying twist on Christmas and it's Saturday night (NOLA)
  • Necromanor Haunted House hosting pictures with Krampus for Christmas (Shreveport Times)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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