British Columbia
province of Canada
Episodes
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#5819: What Happens to Retired London Buses?A field guide to 50 Routemasters and their strange afterlives — tea rooms, circuses, a bus called The Potato Story. -
#5585: The Lighthouse Keeper and the Serbian CabinA YouTube video from rural Serbia broke one listener's whole model of what a hermit is. Turns out the anchorite image is a thousand years out of date. -
#5583: The Last Lighthouse Keepers: Life at the Edge of the SeaBefore automation, someone had to trim the wick, crank the clockwork, and keep the light burning through the storm. What was that job really like? -
#5478: When AI Hands Out Your Phone NumberA chatbot gave out a stranger's real phone number. What happens when the model can't forget it? -
#5302: Grass, Road, or Water: Where Does a Crippled Jet Land?An A320 is in trouble with three options left: a grass runway, a road with traffic, or open water. The data on which one crews actually pick. -
#5242: Two Neighbors, Two Invasion PlansCanada drew up a plan to invade the U.S. in 1921. The friendly-neighbor story is only 80 years old.