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This is a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes
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Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
More organic chemistry urrrrgh
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austrian wine
By Mussklprozz - Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1216323
red wine
By André Karwath aka Aka - File:Red Wine Glas.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28162331
rose
By Agne27 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21880373
sparkling wine
By bgvjpe - originally posted to Flickr as champagne, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5236631
fortified wine
By Jon Sullivan - pdphoto.orghttp://pdphoto.org/PictureDetail.php?oldpg=2479, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25990
mead
By Stormbringer76 - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9031743
wine press
By Sanjay Acharya - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4670436
grapes
By Dragonflyir - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18407480
fermenting must
By Agne27 - English Wikipedia [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2975990
rotary kiln
By Chmee2 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2162820
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
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
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how the linotype machine actually works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzilaRwoMus
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Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Alice talks about skyscrapers
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(bonus episode will likely not actually finish uploading until the early morning)
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
In this episode we talk about pretty blue lights.
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Uchenna's insta: https://www.instagram.com/uckema/
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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
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
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
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
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
Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
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
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
in this episode liam's chair squeaks a lot
here is the link to the patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36625279
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
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
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
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