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Jun 10, 2020 • 2h 4min

Episode 29: Print Media

Who comes up with a headline like that? Old people in an underfunded and unappreciated department at 3am, that's who. Today we talk about the rise and decline of print media and how it's affected reporting. (Spoiler: badly) slides: https://youtu.be/qW48CIGuvZE DONATE TO BAIL FUNDS AND ETC AND PROVIDE THE RECEIPT TO US VIA TWITTER OR E-MAIL AND WE WILL SEND YOU THE BONUS EPISODES: https://www.phillybailfund.org/ https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 how the linotype machine actually works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzilaRwoMus our patreon since we're still wokegrifters: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod
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Jun 4, 2020 • 8min

BONUS EPISODE 6 PREVIEW: Too Many Floors

Alice talks about skyscrapers DONATE TO BAIL FUNDS AND ETC AND PROVIDE THE RECEIPT TO US VIA TWITTER OR E-MAIL AND WE WILL SEND YOU THE BONUS EPISODES: https://www.phillybailfund.org/ https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 E-MAIL IS IN THE CHANNEL ABOUT PAGE our patreon because we are still wokegrifters: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod (bonus episode will likely not actually finish uploading until the early morning)
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Jun 3, 2020 • 1h 42min

Episode 28: Goiânia incident

In this episode we talk about pretty blue lights. DONATE TO BAIL FUNDS AND ETC AND PROVIDE THE RECEIPT TO US VIA TWITTER OR E-MAIL AND WE WILL SEND YOU THE BONUS EPISODES: https://www.phillybailfund.org/ https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 (don't tip actblue, they take a cut already) Uchenna's insta: https://www.instagram.com/uckema/ our patreon because we are still wokegrifters: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod primary source was the international atomic agency report, and most images came from there: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub815_web.pdf cherenkov radiation image: By Argonne National Laboratory - originally posted to Flickr as Advanced Test Reactor core, Idaho National LaboratoryUploaded using F2ComButton, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27024528 teletherapy machine image: By Unknown photographer/artist, from G. Terry Sharrer, Ph.d. National Museum Of American History. - This image was released by the National Cancer Institute, an agency part of the National Institutes of Health, with the ID 1819 (image) (next)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10011965
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May 20, 2020 • 1h 21min

Episode 27: Bhopal Disaster (Part 2)

In this episode we talk about man-made mass death and destruction on a scale completely unprecedented in history. fun! The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod image credits: slide 1 chemical plant By Julian Nyča - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17238674 king bhoja By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33358272 taj ul masjid By This file is not in the public domain. Therefore you are requested to use the following next to the image if you reuse this file: © Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9646626 bhopal city of lakes By Deepak sankat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38548396 train station By Suyash Dwivedi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82889986 insecticide pump By Photographed by User:Bullenwächter - Hamburg Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28973407 union carbide gas By Union Carbide; scan and commentary by Don O'Brien - Country Gentleman magazine, 1922-10-07, via Flickr: Gas Lighting, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15488089 MIC tank By Julian Nyča - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17238598 tea time By joyosity - Tea at the Rittenhouse Hotel, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2217142 bhopal sunset By Sankalpbhatt - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60345777 give us anderson By Obi from ROMA ,LONDON - BHOPAL, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3165085
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May 13, 2020 • 1h 33min

Episode 26: Transit in the Age of Coronavirus

This is an emergency podcast where we talk about actual organizing stuff, which it turns out you can do successfully even in a pandemic! Here are the slides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEKzJ7h54Uc even though as mentioned we've won our main demand, there's still work to be done. here are the links: Sign the TRU petition, first to support the radically good ideas of the TRU, but most importantly for action – we'll be contacting everyone on that list to prep them to participate in the fare hearings live. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-septa-no-fare-hike-during-a-pandemic/ The hearings will be May 26, 2020 - 11:00 am & 6:00 pm and May 27, 2020 - 10:00 am & 4:00 pm. Philly TRU will livestream the hearings - check phillytru.org or @phillyTRU on twitter for details
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May 9, 2020 • 1h 28min

Well There's Your Problem| Episode 25: Bhopal Disaster (Part 1)

In this half of an episode we talk about the worst industrial accident in modern history, the 1984 Bhopal Disaster. Also we learn some organic chemistry. The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod Link to the Slides: https://youtu.be/vCKVreNqMjI image credits: slide 1 chemical plant By Julian Nyča - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17238674 king bhoja By Bernard Gagnon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33358272 taj ul masjid By This file is not in the public domain. Therefore you are requested to use the following next to the image if you reuse this file: © Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9646626 bhopal city of lakes By Deepak sankat - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38548396 train station By Suyash Dwivedi - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82889986 insecticide pump By Photographed by User:Bullenwächter - Hamburg Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28973407 union carbide gas By Union Carbide; scan and commentary by Don O'Brien - Country Gentleman magazine, 1922-10-07, via Flickr: Gas Lighting, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15488089 MIC tank By Julian Nyča - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17238598 tea time By joyosity - Tea at the Rittenhouse Hotel, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2217142 bhopal sunset By Sankalpbhatt - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60345777 give us anderson By Obi from ROMA ,LONDON - BHOPAL, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3165085
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May 1, 2020 • 6min

Bonus Episode 5 PREVIEW: College

in this episode liam's chair squeaks a lot here is the link to the patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36625279
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Apr 22, 2020 • 1h 38min

Episode 24: Kings Cross Fire

Today we talk about escalators. The Slides: https://youtu.be/ciF1p_GMrmw The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod image credits: met steam loco By Hammersfan - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79896458 tube train By SPSmiler - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=400148 reno-type escalator stolen from https://www.flickr.com/photos/63151554@N00/8772641035 macys wooden escalator By Xiaphias, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16078738 greenford escalator By Billy Hicks - Taken by myself using digital camera., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1128884
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Apr 15, 2020 • 1h 34min

Episode 23: Vajont Dam

Today we talk about a mysterious act of God's love. The slides: https://youtu.be/QueMqRjW5Eo The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod Some references: fairmount dam image By Yasmeen Elmelige - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51527273 grand coulee dam image By U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - http://users.owt.com/chubbard/gcdam/html/photos/exteriors.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19544 hoover dam image By Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63356878 mica dam image By DAR56 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Jonesy22., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11531284 sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20160114061049/http://www.landslideblog.org/2008/12/vaiont-vajont-landslide-of-1963.html http://www.sopravvissutivajont.org/images2/Secondovajont.htm ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/dmg/pubs/cg/1965/18_07.pdf
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Apr 9, 2020 • 1h 31min

Episode 22: Tenerife Airport Disaster

"Why build an airport in the clouds?" "BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE PLANES LIVE ALICE" our patreon where the bonus episodes are: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod the slides (up soon after this is published): https://youtu.be/vxv04lgJYVs

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