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On this episode of the Grepcast, we only focus on the good stuff! No bummers in this episode, not even a single one! Our quick hits start with domain name "acquisitions" and Smart Mirrors. From there, we go on to the future of 3D printing and what the "right to repair" really means. Links and Extra Reading Social Media Influencer Behind ‘State Snaps’ Sentenced to 14 Years for Plot to Steal Domain Name A $1,500 smart mirror brings live fitness classes to your home The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses He Was Murdered in a Hate Crime. She Brought His Blood-Soaked Phone Back to Life. Apple Is Bullying a Security Company with a Dangerous DMCA Lawsuit The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World This Company Built a Private Surveillance Network. We Tracked Someone With It
Who would ever live in London?! PS. The Great Stink was also Emily's nickname in college! Sources for this episode: BOOKS: The Tiger in the Well by Phillip Pullman The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Capital by Stephen Halliday The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World by Steven Johnson ONLINE: https://allthatsinteresting.com/great-stink-london https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/ridiculous-history-the-great-stink-london.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bazalgette_joseph.shtml https://londonspulse.org/joseph-bazelgette-and-the-sewer-system/ https://www.citymetric.com/fabric/tubes-bridges-sewers-centuries-old-infrastructure-londoners-still-use-today-3579 https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/04/story-cities-14-london-great-stink-river-thames-joseph-bazalgette-sewage-system https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/04/story-cities-14-london-great-stink-river-thames-joseph-bazalgette-sewage-system https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/13/scientists-say-theyve-solved-mystery-1952-london-killer-fog/95375738/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/05/smog-day-warning-18000-die-london-great-smog-1952-air-pollution https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/victorian_britain/social_conditions/victorian_urban_planning_04.shtml https://www.history.com/news/the-killer-fog-that-blanketed-london-60-years-ago
This episode we’re talking about Travel Reading! What do we read when we travel? How do we pick which books to bring? Which fictional places would we like to travel to? And more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray Media We Mention Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed On the Camino by Jason I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason The Last Musketeer by Jason The Left Bank Gang by Jason The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic by Steven Johnson Southeast Asia on a Shoestring Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher The Literary Traveller in Edinburgh: A Book Lover's Guide to the World's First City of Literature by Allan Foster Nightwing: The New Order by Kyle Higgins and Trevor McCarthy (this is terrible) Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes by Robin Ha The World of Scary Video Games: A Study in Videoludic Horror by Bernard Perron Burmese Days by George Orwell Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin Where We Live: Las Vegas Shooting Benefit Anthology Links, Articles, and Things Camino de Santiago Powell's Books Nikolai Gogol Alexander Pushkin Musée Hergé Some photos from Matthew’s visit Gambler's Book Shop Burlesque Hall of Fame The Mob Museum A year of reading the world (the blog/book about reading a novel from every country in the world) Platform Nine and Three-Quarters Turkish delight The Lion, the Witch, and the Really Foul Candy Anna wanted to visit Rhíminee in The Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo Discworld by Terry Pratchett My Neighbor Totoro Howl's Moving Castle Kiki's Delivery Service The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis Borges Questions Do you read when you travel or on vacations? Do you organize travel around bookish things? What fictional places would you like to visit? Check out our Pinterest board and Tumblr posts, follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, September 18th, when we’ll talk about Romance Fiction! Then come back on Tuesday, October 2nd when we’ll give you an update on our non-book club related media consumption!
Why I Wrote A Book About Toilets Paul and Jesse discuss the complex politics of the public toilet with Lezlie Lowe. She’s a Nova Scotia-based freelance news columnist, feature writer, radio documentary maker and Journalism teacher with an above average interest in public restrooms. Her new book “No Place To Go - How Public Toilets Fail Our Private Needs” demonstrates why public bathrooms are hot spots of social action: Who gets access and who doesn’t? Who uses public restrooms and why? They discuss trans access, the gender politics of bathroom design and use, and some of Lezlie’s favorites public bathrooms. Lezlie also gives up some details about her next book. What We’re Reading Jesse recommends “To the Lighthouse” by Virginia Woolf. Lezlie recommends “The Fruitful City: The Enduring Power of the Urban Food Forest” by Helena Moncrieff and “Halifax Warden of the North” by Thomas Raddall. Paul recommends “The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World” by Steven Berlin Johnson. *Event Announcement: Hi podcast listener! Thanks for reading these shownotes. Join Paul, Jesse, and the King’s Co-op Bookstore to celebrate the launch of Lezlie’s book, Thursday, September 20th, 7-9:30pm, at the Art Bar in Halifax, NS. Music “More on that Later” and “Living with Trauma” by Lee Rosevere Bookings is recorded at the University of King’s College by Mark Pineo and is produced by Paul MacKay and Jesse Hiltz. Subscribe to this podcast on Google Play, iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, or the podcasting app of your choice. Send us Feedback at Podcast[at]kingsbookstore[dot]ca Social Media www.twitter.com/bookingspodcast www.instagram.com/kingscoopbookstore www.facebook.com/BookingsPodcast kingsbookstore.ca