Well There‘s Your Problem

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 21: 1953 Federal Express Wreck

In this episode we talk about the northernmost Bojangles franchise

with Gareth Dennis (@GarethDennis)

whose youtube project can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/garethdennistv

slides are here when they finish uploading: https://youtu.be/38-MKEap0AQ

Bonus Episode 4 PREVIEW: Protestantism

A Catholic, a Muslim, and a Jew walk into a podcast to rag on Protestantism.

 

Here is the link to the real thing: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35433585

Episode 20: 1918 Philadelphia War Bond Parade

Today @donoteat01, @aliceavizandum, and @oldmananders0n talk about the deadliest parade in US history. Dont spit.

Here are the slides: https://youtu.be/oifinZTKxKo

Here is the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod

Episode 19: Lake Peigneur

Today we talk about fish.

Here is the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod

Here are the slides (still uploading at publishing time): https://youtu.be/dgKU0zu6KB8

Mostly sourced from the MSHA report: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822029061140&view=1up&seq=13