78: The Carrington Event and The First Renaissance Faire
500 Open Tabs · Jul 16, 2025 · 1:41:23
500 Open Tabs · Jul 16, 2025 · 1:41:23
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This week we deep dive into the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history that happened in 1959 and how the Red Scare of the 1950s directly led to the founding of the now iconic Renaissance Pleasure Faire. A listener email informs us of how Nixon's airborne toilet is memorialized in Seattle.
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Episode Tabs:
Eyewitness Reports of the Great Auroral Storm of 1859
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20050210157/downloads/20050210157.pdf
The Surprisingly Radical Roots of the Renaissance Fair
Listener Tabs:
The Bay Area's most hazardous playground has to be seen to be believed
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/berkeley-adventure-playground-19462017.php
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