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İnsanlık 20. yüzyılla birlikte inanılmaz bir ilerleme kaydetmişti. Bu ilerlemenin şahikalarından biriyse otomobillerdi elbette. Ancak bu araçlarda bir tür yakıt problemi gözüküyordu. Bir türlü otomobil motorları istenilen verimi sağlayamıyordu. Thomas Midgley isimli bir kimyager bu sorunu çözmek için yola koyulmuş, hatta başarıya da ulaşmıştı. Ancak bu başarısı onu tarihin en sevilmeyen mucidi yapacaktı. Hiçbir Şey Tesadüf Değil'in bu bölümünde Midgley'in hikayesine odaklanıyoruz. Dünya'nın nasıl bir zehir tabakasıyla kaplandığını bu hikaye aracılığıyla anlamaya çalışıyoruz.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Quella che troverai in questo cenno storico è la storia dell'uomo più letale della storia, responsabile della morte di CENTINAIA DI MILIONI DI PERSONE. E non sto parlando né di Hitler, né di Pol Pot, ma di Thomas Midgley, un apparentemente innocuo ingegnere chimico statunitense.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Disordered eating is sadly a common co-occurring symptom of ADHD. Many of us have gone through decades of not understanding why we have battled with these challenges, and then after we receive a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, we're able to understand why it presented itself. This is a powerful conversation that focuses on how emotional regulation plays a vital part in preventing and treating eating disorders.This week's guest is Thomas Midgley, a behavioural and cognitive psychotherapist (CBT) and dietitian specialising in eating disorders.Having worked in the field for more than 18 years, Thomas has a deep understanding of the delicate balance between body image, emotional health and the challenges neurodivergent people face when it comes to disordered eating.Kate and Thomas spoke about:Disordered eating vs eating disorders: why these important distinctions matter – especially for anyone with ADHD or autism.Emotional regulation in recovery: how emotional regulation plays a vital part in preventing and treating eating disorders.Compassionate therapy: how DBT and compassion-focused therapy support emotional wellbeing and recovery.Parenting and emotional resilience: how parents can balance validation and resilience when raising neurodivergent children.Neurodivergence and eating disorders: the connection between ADHD and autism and the increased risk of eating disorders.Compassion in treatment: How compassionate, non-judgmental therapy helps us understand and manage our emotions effectively.Timestamps:The difference between disordered eating and eating disorders (2:08)Neurodivergence and eating disorders (4:51)The importance of Emotional Regulation in understanding and treating eating disorders (7:12)Balancing validation and building resilience in parenting (22:59)The Role of Compassion in treatment (30:14)Connect with Thomas via his website, thebodyimagetreatmentclinic.co.ukResources MentionedIf you or someone you know is struggling with eating disorders and wants neuro inclusive support, start with these websites:www.beateatingdisorders.org.ukwww.firststepsed.co.ukwww.bodyimageclinic.co.ukwww.twomorebeenthere.comLook at some of Kate's ADHD workshops and free resources here.Save 15% on supplements from The Herbtender, using code kate15Kate Moryoussef is a women's ADHD Lifestyle & Wellbeing coach and EFT practitioner who helps overwhelmed and unfulfilled newly diagnosed ADHD women find more calm, balance, hope, health, compassion, creativity, and clarity. Follow the podcast on Instagram here.
Today, I'm joined by Thomas, a Behavioural and Cognitive and Compassion focused Psychotherapist as well as a Highly Specialised Eating Disorders Dietitian. For over 20 years Thomas has been working in the NHS and/or Private sector with both adolescents and adults in the fields of Eating Disorders, Personality Disorder, body dysmorphic disorder and Complex Trauma. We explore how long-term, sustainable recovery requires looking beyond just the physical symptoms like weight gain and BMI restoration. True recovery involves addressing the underlying psychological factors—something that often gets overlooked. Together, we'll discuss the importance of understanding the embedded beliefs, thoughts, emotions, and triggers that need to be considered for a more holistic approach to recovery.Tom offers his insights into the complexity of body image, explaining how it's shaped by a web of interrelated factors. For many, body image is dominated by an inescapable inner critic—constantly reinforced by toxic cultural messages that equate self-worth with appearance. These external pressures only magnify the struggle. So, we discuss the importance of untangling these deeply ingrained thought patterns and gaining clarity on the underlying motives driving them. Tom stresses the need for a personalised approach—working with patients in a way that aligns with their unique values and beliefs. This tailored strategy not only helps them gain insight into their thought processes but also equips them with the skills and resources needed to cope more effectively and sustain long-term recovery.We examine the characteristics often associated with eating disorders—such as perfectionism, unrelenting standards, and a drive for achievement. These traits can exacerbate disordered eating tendencies in the pursuit of validation and self-worth.But as Tom points out, the goal isn't to eliminate these traits; it's to leverage them in a healthier way. These same traits, when redirected, can fuel recovery. This is something I relate to personally - my determination and stubbornness took me to a dark place with my anorexia, but they were also the very traits that powered my recovery. We talk about how to channel that energy into something positive and constructive, transforming what once fueled the disorder into a source of strength.thebodyimagetreatmentclinic.co.uk
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Voltamos com mais um episódio do Escuta Essa, podcast semanal em que Denis e Danilo trocam histórias de cair o queixo e de explodir os miolos. Todas as quartas-feiras, no seu agregador de podcasts favorito, é a vez de um contar um causo para o outro. Neste episódio Danilo fala sobre a história do LSD, sua ascensão e queda, e como ele virou arma política nas mãos dos mais diversos grupos. Não deixe de enviar os episódios do Escuta Essa para aquela pessoa com quem você também gosta de compartilhar histórias e aproveite para mandar seus comentários e perguntas no Spotify, nas redes sociais @escutaessapod, ou no e-mail escutaessa@aded.studio. A gente sempre lê mensagens no final de cada episódio! ... NESTE EPISÓDIO - O dia 19 de abril, dia em que Albert Hofmann ingeriu LSD pela primeira vez, ainda é celebrado no mundo todo por entusiastas da substância e recebe o nome de "Dia da Bicicleta", por conta da estranha viagem de Hofmann para casa. - Thomas Midgley foi o homem que ingeriu chumbo (mais especificamente tetraetilchumbo , um aditivo para gasolina) para mostrar que era seguro e acabou morrendo aos 55 anos vítima de complicações causadas pela substância. - A maniçoba é uma folha que precisa ser cozinhada por 7 dias para que o veneno da planta seja removido. - Marie Curie, pioneira no estudo da radiação, faleceu devido à exposição ao seu objeto de pesquisa. - George Harrison falou abertamente sobre como várias músicas dos Beatles foram inspiradas por viagens de LSD. - O consumo de LSD nos Estados Unidos despenca dependendo da atividade dos laboratórios capazes de produzir a substância. - A história de como Timothy Leary foi para a Argélia é contada no livro "The most dangerous man in America" ("O homem mais perigoso dos Estados Unidos"), de Bill Minutaglio e Steven Davis. - Alexis Turner usa a história do LSD para mostrar como as descobertas científicas são sempre politizadas por diversos grupos distintos. ... AD&D STUDIO A AD&D produz podcasts e vídeos que divertem e respeitam sua inteligência! Acompanhe todos os episódios em aded.studio para não perder nenhuma novidade.
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I 1920'erne løser Thomas Midgley bilindustriens store problem. Ved at tilsætte bly til benzinen løser han problemet, og gør bilmotorer mindre larmende og giver dem flere hestekræfter. Der er bare lige ét problem. Når benzinen bliver brændt af, udleder motoren store mængder giftigt bly til atmosfæren. Lyt med i afsnittet og hør om Thomas Midgleys skadelige opfindelser. Podcastanbefaling:Hvis du vil være endnu klogere på, hvordan verden hænger sammen, så kan vi anbefale naturvidenskabspodcasten ‘1 ting ad gangen'. Her gør værterne, Tobias og Villads, PhD-studerende inden for biomedicin og kernefysik, komplekse emner letforståelige og spændende. I hver episode udforsker de fascinerende naturfænomener som sorte huller, vacciner, stråling og sidestik på en tilgængelig måde, så alle kan være med. Lyt med, og lad dig inspirere af spændende videnskabelige opdagelser og debatter.Periodisk – en RAKKERPAK original produceret af Rakkerpak Productions. Historierne du hører bygger på journalistisk research og fakta. De kan indeholde fiktive elementer som for eksempel dialog. Hvis du kan lide min fortælling, så husk at gå ind og abonnér, give en anmeldelse og fortæl dine venner om Periodisk. Podcasten er blevet til med støtte fra Novo Nordisk Fonden. Hvis du vil vide mere kan du besøge vores website periodisk.dk Afsnittet er skrevet og tilrettelagt af Frederik Holst Tor Arnbjørn og Dorte Palle er producere René Slott står for lyddesign og mix Simon Bennebjerg er vært
Just a couple years after Thomas Midgley, Jr. invented leaded gas in the 20s, he followed up that achievement by inventing chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs, which were sold by Du Pont under the brand name of Freon. The crown jewel of his work was the creation of Dichlorodifluoromethane, or CFC-12. This substance allowed for more people to experience the wonders of electric food refrigeration as well as indoor air conditioning. For over 40 years everyone assumed the Freon was perfectly safe, and in fact safer than other chemicals used in refrigeration. It wasn't until the 1970s, years after Midgley had died, that the horrible truth was discovered: CFCs were eating away at the Earth's ozone layer. The ozone layer is a region in the stratosphere that absorbs 97 to 99 percent of the Sun's medium-frequency ultraviolet light, which otherwise would potentially damage life. The deterioration of this protective layer threatened all life on earth with increased risk of cancer and other ecological problems. People realized the extent of the damage in 1985 when it was discovered that there was a massive hole in the Ozone layer above the Antarctic. This emergency situation led in 1987 to the creation of an international treaty called The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer. Because of this agreement, which was signed by all of the members of the United Nations and has an extremely high compliance rate, climate projections indicate that the ozone layer will return to 1980 levels between 2040 and 2066. One possible apocalypse averted because of global cooperation. This is the story of one guy who just wanted to make money for himself and the companies he worked for (specifically Frigidaire, General Motors, and DuPont), and how his second big invention eventually forced the entire world to pull off a massive effort to avoid global ecological disaster. Christie, Maureen. The ozone layer: A philosophy of science perspective. Cambridge University Press, 2001. Cagin, Seth, and Philip Dray. "Between earth and sky: how CFCs changed our world and endangered the ozone layer." 1993. McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. “Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World.” Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, 2001. Wilson, Eric Dean. After cooling: On freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort. Simon and Schuster, 2021. Cox, Stan. Losing our cool: Uncomfortable truths about our air-conditioned world (and finding new ways to get through the summer). The New Press, 2010. Molina, Mario J., and F. Sherwood Rowland. "Stratospheric sink for chlorofluoromethanes: chlorine atom-catalysed destruction of ozone." Nature 249, no. 5460 (1974): 810-812. Oreskes, Naomi, and Erik M. Conway. Merchants of doubt: How a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming. Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2011.
When we think of good and evil the picture appears obvious. The side of good is attractive, righteous and persuasive while the bad side is ugly, flawed and fallible. But does the way we intuitively expect good and evil to work line up with how it is portrayed in popular fiction and the arts? Are literature and film teaching us that might is right or is something else at play? In this week's episode, we discuss baddies with special guest Jamie Lear. We speak about Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Thomas Midgley, consequentialism and deontological philosophy, Rousseau and Hobbes and Nick presents a taxonomy for good and evil. Finally, we reveal our favourite fictional baddies. A few things we mentioned in this podcast: - Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? https://iai.tv/articles/hobbes-vs-rousseau-are-we-inherently-evil-or-good-auid-1221 - TV Tropes: Always Chaotic Evil https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlwaysChaoticEvil - How do Orcs breed? https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/game-pedia/how-do-orcs-breed For more information on Aleph Insights visit our website https://alephinsights.com or to get in touch about our podcast email podcast@alephinsights.com Image by jasonwang7 via Deviant Art
Leaded gasoline could not have become a universally-used commercial product without an enforcer. Someone who was dedicated to protecting the status quo position that leaded gasoline was safe to use and not a threat to the general public. And that enforcer was named Dr. Robert Kehoe. In 1925 he was appointed chief medical consultant of the Ethyl Corporation and remained in the post until his retirement in 1958. Though he continued to fight for leaded gasoline after that and he lived until the 1990s. Thomas Midgley, Jr. might be the one responsible for inventing leaded gasoline. But Robert Kehoe is the one responsible for protecting industry from uncomfortable questions about lead so that it could be used as long and widely as it was. Until the 1960s, the only studies of the use of tetraethyl lead were funded by the lead, gas, and car industries and carried out by Robert Kehoe. REFERENCES Brown, Oliver W. "Kettering Lab Hailed as Pioneer" Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio), April 2, 1964. Markowitz, Gerald, and David Rosner. Lead wars: the politics of science and the fate of America's children. Vol. 24. Univ of California Press, 2014. Ross, Benjamin, and Steven Amter. The polluters: the making of our chemically altered environment. Oxford University Press, 2010. Keating, Peter. "The Secret History of the War on Cancer." Bulletin of the History of Medicine 82, no. 3 (2008): 757-758. Nriagu, Jerome O. "Clair Patterson and Robert Kehoe's paradigm of “show me the data” on environmental lead poisoning." Environmental research 78, no. 2 (1998): 71-78. Loeb, Alan P. "Birth of the Kettering doctrine: fordism, sloanism and the discovery of tetraethyl lead." Business and Economic History (1995): 72-87. Reilly, Lucas. "The Most Important Scientist You've Never Heard Of." Mental Floss 17 (2017). https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94569/clair-patterson-scientist-who-determined-age-earth-and-then-saved-it Rosner, David, and Gerald E. Markowitz, eds. Dying for work: Workers' safety and health in twentieth-century America. Indiana University Press, 1987 McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch. “Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World.” Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, 2001. Markowitz, Gerald, and David Rosner. “Deceit and denial: The deadly politics of industrial pollution.” Vol. 6. Univ of California Press, 2013. Cagin, Seth, and Philip Dray. "Between earth and sky: how CFCs changed our world and endangered the ozone layer." 1993. Kovarik, William. "Ethyl-leaded gasoline: how a classic occupational disease became an international public health disaster." International journal of occupational and environmental health 11, no. 4 (2005): 384-397. Kitman, Jamie Lincoln. "The secret history of lead." NATION-NEW YORK- 270, no. 11 (2000): 11-11. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secret-history-lead/ Patterson, Clair C. "Contaminated and natural lead environments of man." Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal 11, no. 3 (1965): 344-360.
Programa 4x56. La Neus ja ens va parlar d'aquest bon home quan va fer la seva secci
Programa 4x56. La Neus ja ens va parlar d'aquest bon home quan va fer la seva secci
Es ist wieder ZEIT für GOSSIP: Literaturpapst Robitzky rezensiert (noch ungelesen) Britney Spears Autobiografie. Caro stößt auf weltverändernde Erfindungen aus der Kategorie "gut gemeint und sehr schlecht gemacht".
This year, 2023, marks the hundredth anniversary since chemical engineer Thomas Midgley, Jr. made the discoveries that led to the invention of leaded gasoline. Of all the many harms that the automobile has caused the environment and humanity over the last century, the effects of leaded gasoline have to be pretty close to the top of the list. Science and industry were well aware of the dangers of lead in the 1920s. But adding small amounts of it to motor fuel made internal combustion engines work better, and that made it possible to turn the automobile into a viable mass market product. As a result, pretty much every American born between 1960 and 1980 was, to some extent, poisoned by lead. In this episode, bestselling author Steven Johnson joins Aaron Naparstek to talk about Midgley, his legacy, and what his story can teach us about our technological inventions and their future consequences. ***Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive access to ad-free versions of all our episodes, exclusive bonus content and stickers.*** This episode is produced with support from Cleverhood. Listen to the episode for the latest Cleverhood discount code. LINKS: “The Man Who Broke the World” by Steven Johnson for the New York Times Magazine, March 15, 2023. Find more of Steven Johnson's work on his website. Subscribe to Steven's newsletter, Adjacent Possible. Find all thirteen of Steven's books here. War on Cars fans will enjoy The Ghost Map -- it's a page-turner of a mystery/thriller about urban planning and epidemiology. You can buy Steven's books at our Bookshop.org store. Interested in digging deeper into the history of leaded gasoline? Check out Toxic Truth by Lydia Denworth. Buy official War on Cars merch at our store. Find us on Mastodon, Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and whatever godforsaken new social media platform pops up next. Follow and review us on Apple Podcasts. TheWarOnCars.org
No começo do século passado, um homem chamado Thomas Midgley revolucionou a indústria automotiva. Na época, ele trabalhava para uma empresa de engenharia que prestava serviço para a General Motors. Midgley descobriu que, ao adicionar uma pequena quantidade de chumbo na gasolina, os motores ganhavam muito em potência e em eficiência, e quebravam menos. A descoberta permitiu carros maiores e mais confortáveis. Ajudou a criar os Estados Unidos das autoestradas e a moldar o fascínio do mundo inteiro pelos automóveis. Mas, ao mesmo tempo, envenenou o planeta com um metal pesado e nocivo à saúde humana. Anos mais tarde, ainda trabalhando para a GM, Midgley fez outra descoberta que revolucionaria a indústria. Ele foi o primeiro a usar o gás clorofluorcarbono na refrigeração. Os carros ganharam aparelhos de ar-condicionado, as casas ganharam geladeiras mais seguras e a humanidade ganhou latinhas de aerosol. Como consequência, o céu sobre a Antártica ganhou um buraco na camada de ozônio que tornou o câncer de pele e outras doenças mais comuns. A partir das invenções de Thomas Midgley, este episódio reflete sobre o impacto muitas vezes nocivo que nossas invenções causam no planeta. E sobre a postura da humanidade diante de questões atuais, como as mudanças climáticas provocadas pelo aquecimento global. Mergulhe mais fundo Breve história de quase tudo Prometheans in the Lab: Chemistry and the Making of the Modern World (em inglês) Cautionary Tales – The inventor who almost ended the world (podcast em inglês) Radiolab - Heavy Metal (podcast em inglês) Ozone Crisis: The 15-Year Evolution of a Sudden Global Emergency (em inglês) Joe Farman (1930–2013) Susan Solomon and Stephen Andersen on Saving the Ozone Layer (podcast em inglês) Episódios relacionados 08: Bem-vindo ao churrasco do apocalipse 29: E se a gente fosse índio? Entrevistados do episódio Alberto Setzer Graduado em engenharia mecânica pela Escola de Engenharia Mauá, com mestrado em engenharia ambiental - Technion Institute of Technology, doutorado em engenharia ambiental - Purdue University (1982) e pós-doutorado no Joint Research Center/EEC. Pesquisador do INPE, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Giovana Girardi Jornalista de ambiente e ciência. Repórter e apresentadora do podcast Tempo Quente. Ficha técnica Trilha sonora tema: Paulo Gama, Mixagem: João Victor Coura Design das capas: Cláudia Furnari Concepção, produção, roteiro, edição e apresentação: Tomás Chiaverini Trilha incidental: Blue Dot
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: James Lovelock (1919 – 2022), published by Gavin on November 30, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. The real job of science is trying to make science fiction come true. Britain's greatest mad scientist died recently at 103. We'll get to his achievements. But I can't avoid mentioning the 'Gaia hypothesis', his notorious metaphor gone wrong that the Earth is in some sense a single organism whooaa. But him being most famous for this is like thinking Einstein's violin playing was his best stuff. Lovelock was raised as a Quaker, to which he credits his independent thinking (he was a conscientious objector in WWII). Also: "His family was poor, too poor to pay for him to go to university. He later came to regard this as a blessing because it meant he wasn't immediately locked into a silo of academia. Somehow, he created an education for himself, taking evening classes that led, when he was 21, to the University of Manchester." He quit work and left academia forever in 1964, instead running a one-man "ten foot by ten foot" lab from his garden in the West Country, living off consulting work for NASA, Shell, HP, and MI5 and royalties from 40 inventions. Chromatography, &, modern environmentalism By far his biggest coup was building the electron capture detector in 1957 during his second PhD, the world's most sensitive gas chromatograph (way of detecting chemicals in air). When Lovelock first developed the ECD, the device was at least a thousand times more sensitive than any other detector in existence at the time. It was able to detect chemicals at concentrations as low as one part per trillion—that's equivalent to detecting a single drop of ink diluted in 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools. He became curious about what the visible air pollution he saw was due to. He picked the notorious CFCs just because they were conspicuous, becoming the first person to notice the global consequences of Thomas Midgley's almighty fuckup fifty years earlier. (CFCs later turned out to be the cause of the hole in the ozone layer, i.e. millions of skin cancer causes.) He went to Antarctica in person, "partially self-funded" to check if they were there too, because why not. He screwed up the interpretation though, writing in Nature "the presence of these compounds constitutes no conceivable hazard". The ECD revolutionised atmospheric chemistry and so the study of air pollution, still one of the more important causes of premature death. On the lawn of the house peacocks strut and mew; a pair of barn owls have built their nest above the Exponential Dilution Chamber, a sealed upper room that was built in order to calibrate the Electron Capture Device. In the garden stands an off-white baroque plaster statue: the image of Gaia. The device was so sensitive that it showed traces of pesticides in animal tissues all over the world, including DDT. Since that led to Silent Spring, he probably helped along the perverse return of organic farming and the anti-chemicals paranoia of the second half of the C20th. Not that he was ever one of those: Too many greens are not just ignorant of science, they hate science... [Environmentalism is like a] global over-anxious mother figure who is so concerned about small risks that she ignores the real dangers. I wish they would grow up [and focus on the real problem]: How can we feed, house and clothe the abundant human race without destroying the habitats of other creatures? Some time in the next century, when the adverse effects of climate change begin to bite, people will look back in anger at those who now so foolishly continue to pollute by burning fossil fuel instead of accepting the beneficence of nuclear power. Is our distrust of nuclear power and genetically modified food soundly based? Later, he was notable for sounding the retreat (humans should start leaving c...
Thomas Midgley (BSc, RD, PGDip, CBT) is a behavioural and cognitive psychotherapist who focuses on CBT, Schema & Compassion Focused therapy & is highly specialised as an eating disorders Dietitian. He is also the director of The Body Image Treatment Clinic in London where he and the team focus on psychological treatments for body image, self esteem, trauma and eating disorders. In this episode we chat about.. What got Thomas into being a dietician and a psychotherapist? Was it always an obvious interest? How important are our values? How to figure out your values Does Thomas recommend therapy to everyone at some point in their life? How to move away from perfectionism and self criticism and more towards compassion and self love What does too much focus on body image look like? Signs of body image issues How other treat us is how we treat ourselves, how do we go about changing this? Eating disorders among the fitness community and why they are so common How does one know if they have an eating disorder? Carrot and the stick analogy for motivation, push or pull What happiness is to Thomas Get in contact with Thomas: Website: thebodyimagetreatmentclinic.co.uk You can get in touch with me via the links below: Blogposts:https://eannamcnamara.com/my-blog/ Instagram: @mackasaur TikTok:@mackasaur
Thomas Midgley's inventions caused his own death, hastened the deaths of millions of people around the world, and very nearly extinguished all life on land. Midgley and his employers didn't set out to poison the air with leaded gasoline or wreck the ozone layer with CFCs - but while these dire consequences were unintended... could they have been anticipated? For a full list of sources used in this episode visit Tim Harford.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Midgley was a deeply respected researcher and chemist who received multiple awards. He also developed both leaded gas and freon, two substances banned around the world now because they are very bad for the environment and public health. Research: Bellis, Mary. "The History of Freon." ThoughtCo, Aug. 28, 2020, thoughtco.com/history-of-freon-4072212. Blakemore, Erin. “The Ozone Hole Was Super Scary, So What Happened To It?” Smithsonian. 1/13/2016. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ozone-hole-was-super-scary-what-happened-it-180957775/ Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "tetraethyl lead". Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Dec. 2018, https://www.britannica.com/science/tetraethyl-lead. Accessed 3 August 2022. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Thomas Midgley, Jr.". Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Midgley-Jr. Accessed 3 August 2022. Dayton Herald. “Midgey's Death Termed Suicide.” P. 28. 11/10/1944. Giunta, Carmen J. “Thomas Midgley Jr. and the Inventions of Chlorofluorocarbon Refrigerants: It Ain't Necessarily So.” Bull. Hist. Chem., VOLUME 31, Number 2 (2006). http://acshist.scs.illinois.edu/bulletin_open_access/v31-2/v31-2%20p66-74.pdf Kettering, Charles F. “Thomas Midgley, Jr: 1889-1944.” National Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, 1947. http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/midgley-thomas.pdf Kovarik, Bill. “Ethyl leaded gasoline: How a Classic Occupational Disease Became an International Public Health Disaster. INT J OCCUP ENVIRON HEALTH 2005;11:384–397. VOL 11/NO 4, OCT/DEC 2005. https://environmentalhistory.org/about/ethyl-leaded-gasoline/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. “History of the Ozone Hole.” https://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/facts/history_SH.html “Novel Method of Removing Metal from An Eye.” Ind. Eng. Chem. 1919, 11, 9, 892–895 Publication Date. September 1, 1919 https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50117a017 Press release. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Thu. 4 Aug 2022. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1995/press-release/ Seyferth, Dietmar. “The Rise and Fall of Tetraethyllead. 1.” Organometallics, Vol. 22, No. 12, 2003. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/om030245v Seyferth, Dietmar. “The Rise and Fall of Tetraethyllead. 2.” Organometallics Organometallics, Vol. 22, No. 25, 2003. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/om030621b U.S. Department of Energy. “Fact #841: October 6, 2014 Vehicles per Thousand People: U.S. vs. Other World Regions.” https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-841-october-6-2014-vehicles-thousand-people-us-vs-other-world-regions See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Michael is joined by Alan Howe, The Australian Newspaper History and Obituaries editor, about Thomas Midgley, the brilliant scientist whose invention one hundred years ago killed millions, caused young men to become violent, lowered the IQ of the world and almost ruined the planet. This year marks a century since the American Chemical Society awarded Midgley its Nichols Medal for developing a compound that prevented the knocking in internal combustion engines. He called it Ethyl. The world called it lead, which had been known for millennia to be a deadly poison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the latest episode of the Simply Fit Podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Thomas Midgley. Thomas is a Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapist, a specialized eating disorder dietician and director of the body image treatment clinic based on Harley Street in London Today's episode is a personal favourite of mine. Tom offers some incredible wisdom on self esteem, self confidence and mindset that I've not heard before. If you've found yourself in a battle with your inner critic, have tendencies towards perfectionism or can't seem to get out of the mindset of constant comparison to those around you in the real world or online, then this episode is for you. In this episode you can expect to learn: How you can thrive and reach your goals whilst offering yourself compassion instead of criticizing yourself in the process. How to navigate the world of social media to maintain your mental wellbeing Along with Tom's perspective on whether he's optimistic about the improvements of our collective wellbeing. So without further ado, Thomas Midgley. Head To Tom's website : https://thebodyimagetreatmentclinic.co.uk/ Connect with me on Instagram: @elliothasoon Let's work together: www.ehcoaching.co.uk Sign up to my weekly newsletter: https://bit.ly/EHCWeekly Please rate us 5* on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review if you're enjoying the podcast. Don't forget to subscribe too so that you don't miss any future episodes.
Looking for some unsolicited opinions from under-qualified former roommates? Look no further. This week Lidia & Courtney return to the the V.U.P podcast by asking the questions that everybody (but also maybe nobody) wants to hear. Who is Thomas Midgley and why was he once called a one-man environmental disaster? Find out what we think, and maybe you'll learn a few things too! Music from: Purple Planet
Thomas Midgley erfand die FCKWs und das Blei im Benzin. Wäre wohl besser gewesen wenn er Maler geworden wäre...
In Folge 46 geht es um Dreck. Nachdem wir festgestellt haben, dass wir gerade nicht wirklich erholt sind, erzählt Florian kurz von einer enormen Sonneneruption. Danach geht es um Weltraummüll und davon, dass zuviel unnötiges Zeug in der Umlaufbahn rumfliegt. Und wenn es blöd läuft, ist bald so viel davon da, dass der erdnahe Weltraum unbenutzbar wird. Unsere Atmosphäre haben wir hier auf der Erde auch schon ziemlich zugemüllt. Mit CO2, aber auch mit FCKWs, die das Ozonloch verursacht haben. Das haben wir halbwegs in den Griff bekommen, aber wenn etwaige Aliens ähnlich verschwenderisch mit den FCKWs umgehen wie wir, dann könnten wir das theoretisch mit dem James-Webb-Weltraumteleskop beobachten. In den Fragen geht es u.a. um Neutronensterne und Teleskopkauf und mit Evi diskutieren wir in “Neues von der Sternwarte” darüber, ob auf der Uni früher alles besser war oder eher doch nicht.
Two of the twentieth century's worst technological innovations were leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons. Both were introduced by the same person, engineer Thomas Midgley.
This episode brought to you by Jason Isbell's tweets.Carina looks at the (almost) rise and (bloody) fall of Lee Miglin.Whitney excoriates Thomas Midgley for his bad, bad chemistry.Lisa revisits the scandal and mystery of Vince Foster's death.
Vídeo: https://youtu.be/sS8YlJp2OeY Los más optimistas dicen que en 2030 el 30 por ciento de los coches serán eléctricos… ¿Qué quiere decir esto? Muy fácil, que el 70 por ciento restante serán térmicos o tendrán motor térmico… Hemos hecho varios vídeos sobre motores revolucionarios o, al menos, innovadores. Y en este vídeo queremos hacer un repaso y una comparativa entre todos ellos. Ha habido varias etapas en la evolución de los motores. La primera revolución fue de la mano de algo tan sencillo como el carburador, que permitió usar combustibles menos volátiles… Hasta entonces, en los motores de combustión interna, se usaba gas… Pero la revolución técnica llegó de una gran olvidada: La gasolina o la nafta, como se llama en otros países. A Thomas Midgley se le ocurrió añadir un aditivo a la gasolina: El plomo. Y es que el plomo es un grandísimo lubricante… y revolucionó el mundo del automóvil. Una de las combinaciones que mejor están funcionando para conseguir reducir las emisiones, reales, pero sobre todo homologadas, son los híbridos y en especial, híbridos enchufables. Y estos coches requieren motores térmicos de tamaño reducido y que, según la tecnología utilizada, no requieren un rango de utilización tan flexible como el de motores térmicos sin ayuda eléctrica. Me explico. Un motor convencional que no tiene ayudas eléctricas en los momentos difíciles, por ejemplo, al arrancar o cuando se solicita la máxima potencia, debe tener buena potencia en bajos y un rendimiento decente. Pero si tiene esas ayudas, ni necesita tanta potencia en bajos ni tiene que ser tan potente. Vamos a ver que futuro se nos abre: 1. Distribución variable UniAir 2. Dos tiempos 3. INNengine 4. Koenigsegg Freevalve 5. Liquid Piston 6. Magnax: Flujo Axial. 7. Rotativo Wankel 8. Skyactiv de Mazda
Musik:Megadeathhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdoXZf-FZyA Das Ach!:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdoXZf-FZyA Weitere Links:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethylblei#Umweltrelevanzhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogenkohlenwasserstoffe#Verwendunghttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorchlorkohlenwasserstoffehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motorshttps://exxonknew.orghttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauveinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkin_Medalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley
Vor den Augen der Öffentlichkeit führte Midgley Experimente an seinem eigene Körper durch, die zeigen sollten, dass bleihaltiges Benzin und Fluorkohlenwasserstoffe – seine beiden Entdeckungen – ungefährlich seien. Das war ein gravierender Irrtum der Wissenschaft.
Excellent review of sources, clinical effects, and managementCalello DP, Henretig FM. Lead. In: Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10th ed, Hoffman RS, Howland MA, Lewin NA, et al (Eds), McGraw Hill Education, New York 2015. p.1219.Toxic substances database for lead https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp.asp?id=96&tid=22Clinical Case from today's showhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353372/Weiss D, Lee D, Feldman R, Smith KE. Severe lead toxicity attributed to bullet fragments retained in soft tissue. BMJ Case Rep. 2017;2017:bcr2016217351. Published 2017 Mar 8. doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-217351HistoryMore lead exists now than at the dawn of time due to radioactive decay of heavier chemicals. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/375492Lead has been deeply intertwined with human culture, used as currency, building material. cosmetics and innumerable other uses. It has has even been proposed to be the fall of Rome due to use in their aqueducts and wine.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14261844Lead in society - Great review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6522252Lead Paint, up to 50% lead until 1940, tens of millions of houses still have lead paint which crumbles and creates lead dustSoil, from tetra ethyl leaded gasoline contamination, added to gasolone by Thomas Midgley https://interestingengineering.com/thomas-midgley-jr-the-man-who-harmed-the-world-the-mostLead piping- https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/508_lcr_revisions_white_paper_final_10.26.16.pdfThe 1986 amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act required lead-free solder, flux, fittings, and pipes as of June 1988.The Lead and Copper Rule originally required replacement of the public and private service pipelines; however, the rule was revised in 2000 to allow for only partial service line replacement in the publicly owned sectorsOlder homes, higher soil lead burden, and unjust housing discrimination have led to disparities in lead racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in lead exposure https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/alixwinter/files/sampson_winter_2016.pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22752852/.Other lead sourcesTraditional medicines- Ayurveda (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2538609/)Kohl- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1567936/BULLETS-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30939573/"Lead crime hypothesis"- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27035924/Lead and the economyhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23797342/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29134344/Clinical effects from"Ben Franklins dangles and bellyach(gripes) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22910081/Lead colic/constipation (gripes)Neuropathy (dangles)Easy to access origiinal letter on lead from Ben Franklin- https://bit.ly/2YqgozeNeurocognitive/Behavioral, especially in exposed young- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3909981/Lower IQVisual spatial effectProcessing speed reductionIrritable affectMay contribute to cognitive and behavioral disorderChronic kidney and vascular disease- https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13-c2.pdfHematologic- https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13-c2.pdfHemolytic anemia- From fragility due to decreased calcium/magenisum ATPase acitivityBasophillic stippling- Pyrimidine 5 nucleotidase inhibtion causes RNA clumpingBuild up of zinc and erythrocyte Protoporphyrin (ZPP/EPP) from ferrochetalase inhibition of heme synthesisMuscoloskeletalBurton lines- Lead sulfate deposition between teeth and gums in mouth- https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(12)00286-0/pdfLead lines- ostoclast inhibition leading to osteoblast induced hypercalcification at the metaphys https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1912933/Toxic mechanism- (gold franks)Binding of sulfhydryl groupsAppearance as a divalent cationGood resources for broad overview and some nitty gritty info on mechanisms and effectsCalello DP, Henretig FM. Lead. In: Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10th ed, Hoffman RS, Howland MA, Lewin NA, et al (Eds), McGraw Hill Education, New York 2015. p.1219.https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/csem.asp?csem=34&po=10https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13-c2.pdfTreatmentChelatorsBAL- IM, painful, peanut oil, hemolysis if G6PD defcientCA2NAEDTA- IV, usually given with other chelator if level >70 or encephalopathic- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041008X99987252Succimer- PO, may increase lead absorption, ensure lead i s past small intestine before starting https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935184710632What to do with your lead level (if its a capillary blood lead make sure you confirm it with venous blood lead!)Kids https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/advisory/acclpp/actions-blls.htm> history, abatement, education>20 x ray and anemia labs>45 X ray, anemia labs, decon, oral chelation>70 consider x ray, labs, decon IV chelation + oral or IM 4 h beforeAdultshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17431500/If you have an elevated blood lead level- call your toxicologist or poison center. Thanks for listening!
Episode Notes The most environmentally destructive organism to ever grace the face of our fragile planet, was a Pennsylvanian chemist named Tom. The crazy and horrifying tale of unintended consequences concerning the career of Thomas Midgley, Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr. www.instragram.com/wikiwalkspodcast http://wikiwalks.net Support Wiki Walks by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/wikiwalks
Join in on the conversation around regenerative capitalism and if/how capitalism can be made regenerative by tweeting @volansjohn and @nori, and you will automatically be entered to win copy of John Elkington’s latest book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism! Most of us are familiar with Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s concept of a black swan: an unforeseen, adverse event with off-the-scale impact. But what if we were to flip this concept on its head? In his new book, John Elkington envisions a world where capitalism transforms to serve people and planet, where the black swan problems currently leading us to exponential breakdown are mitigated by green swan solutions taking us exponentially toward breakthrough. John is an internationally recognized authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable development, bestselling author, and serial entrepreneur. He currently serves as Chief Pollinator at Volans, a future-focused business working at the intersection of the sustainability, entrepreneurship, and innovation movements. Today, John joins Ross and Paul to discuss his most recent book, Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism, and explain how a green swan differs from a black swan event in its potential for an exponentially positive impact. John goes on to discuss the idea of regenerative capitalism, explaining why he doesn’t trust incumbents to lead the movement, how we can approach new ventures with a regenerative mindset, and why he suggests transforming the current system rather than scrapping capitalism altogether. Listen in for John’s insight around the unintended consequences of implementing new technologies, and find out what green swans might arise out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Key Takeaways [2:52] What John is trying to communicate through Green Swans Black swan = unexpected event, exponential negative impact Raise question re: exponentially positive trajectories [5:52] How John defines a gray swan and a white swan Gray swans have massive negative impact but were foreseen White swan = template for anything with exponential impact [8:27] John’s concept of regenerative capitalism Social movements must engage with markets + business Reprogram key parts of system to build resilience [11:17] The potential for oil and gas to lead the movement Fundamental distrust of incumbents in old economic orders Reptilian instincts, try to undermine opposition [13:49] Why we shouldn’t just get rid of capitalism Market activity gone on for thousands of years Reform with government, regulatory involvement [15:57] How to start new ventures with a regenerative mindset Leverage approach of B Corp movement Requires transformation of financial market [22:19] How a regenerative focus might heal the political divide Potential for transfer of wealth from urban to rural Still dispossessed by tech (automotive, dairy industries) [25:57] Nori’s potential role in establishing regenerative capitalism Evolving ecosystem of likeminded companies Operate as standard setter of what is regenerative [30:08] What we need to know about Thomas Midgley Chemist/engineer with patents for leaded gasoline, freons Single organism who did most damage to planet [33:26] How to cultivate leaders who put the community’s needs first Reach out to people don’t understand, make uncomfortable Develop ability to listen for weak signals of change [36:25] What green swans may arise out of COVID-19 Commitment to air quality, places to walk and cycle Universal basic income (has own unintended consequences) Connect with Ross & Paul Nori Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Medium Nori on YouTube Nori on GitHub Nori on Patreon Nori Newsletter Email podcast@nori.com Nori White Paper Subscribe on iTunes Carbon Removal Newsroom Resources John’s Website John on Twitter Volans John Elkington on RCC EP028 Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism by John Elkington The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Books by John Elkington People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corporation Hyman Minsky Kate Raworth Mariana Mazzucato Business Roundtable The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton M. Christensen Certified B Corporation Richard Roberts’ Series on Shareholders vs. Stakeholders RethinkX Thomas Midgley ‘To an Uneducated Ruler’ by Plutarch Leaders’ Quest The Finnish Basic Income Experiment Regenerators John Fullerton at the Capital Institute Janine Benyus at the Biomimicry Institute
Der findes mange skøre videnskabsmænd gennem tiden, der har opfundet nogle relativt nederen. Men måske er det Thomas Midgley der er deres ukronede konge. Midgley stod nemlig bag opfindelser som fx CFC-gasser - herunder Freon - og Blyholdig Benzin. Dermed er han et af de mennesker, der har haft størst negativ indflydelse på planetens ozon-lag. Faktisk blev det også en af hans egne opfindelser, der blev hans endeligt. Dette afsnit er optaget ved vores live-show på Hotel Cecil i København d. 1. marts 2020.
Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds examine inventor Thomas Midgley.SourcesMain - The Secret History of Lead by Jamie Lincoln Kitman in The Nation and Deborah Blum’s two part series in WiredTour DatesRedbubble Merch
In Episode 64 of the Weird Tales Radio Show we interview mythographer Martini Fisher to ask whether witchcraft is a feminist issue and take an international perspective on the stereotyping and persecution of witches.. We also celebrate Thomas Midgley Day. Who? The man who singled-handedly did more to ruin the Earth’s environment than Hitler, the Black Death or anything else!. This week’s links: Urban Fantasist - https://www.urbanfantasost.com Martini Fisher - https://www.martinifisher.com Baubo Bookshop - https://www.baubobookshop.com Tom Midgley - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.
In questi giorni ricordiamo il cinquecentesimo anniversario della morte di Leonardo da Vinci, il venticinquesimo di Ayrton Senna e il trentesimo di Sergio Leone... che non è molto scientifico, ma ha comunque segnato il nostro modo di parlare, con i suoi film.Andrea e Giuliano commentano la notizia della misura della doppia cattura elettronica da parte dell'isotopo 124 dello xenon, misurata ai Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso da parte dell'esperimento XENON1T. Si tratta della misura della più lunga vita media mai osservata, ventimila miliardi di volte l'età dell'Universo!Parliamo di pneumatici con il nostro ingegnere di pista. Scopriamo insieme i segreti di uno degli oggetti su cui facciamo maggior affidamento nella vita di tutti i giorni, ma che spesso conosciamo solo superficialmente. In più ci facciamo anche due conti in tasca per capire cosa convenga comprare… che va beh scoprire i segreti, ma poi i soldi mica crescono sugli alberi.Torniamo in studio per parlare di scienziati sfigati, Alexander Bogdanov, inventore della trasfusione di sangue, Thomas Midgley, inventore della benzina al piombo e di Harry Daghlian e Louis Slotin fisici vittime del famigerato demon core.Chiudiamo questa puntata un po' dark con il fungo che trasforma le formiche in zombie: si tratta di Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, che infetta le formiche della specie Camponotus leonardi e ne prende il controllo, facendosi trasportare dove può proliferare al meglio. Per chi non si fa impressionare, c'è un video molto interessante qui.
L'uomo responsabile per il più alto numero di morti nella storia dell'umanità? Forse. Guarda la puntata completa su youtube o ascoltala su spotify: YT: https://youtu.be/lf6B-WFSB30 SP: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rEXAE1nfxmfdzY9dtFYO7 Seguici anche su: YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/channel/UCSccnE9-... FACEBOOK https://facebook.com/mentecast/ SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/6rEXAE1... SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-613167048 TWITTER https://twitter.com/mentecast INSTAGRAM https://instagram.com/mentecast
Welcome to The Wild Card Podcast! This is episode 82 of our attempt at this whole podcasting thing!! Today's episode features: Jared Eaton getting waaaay too science-y again, Jeff Curtis talking about the dick of the century, and Ron Blair inventing an IEUD? Throughout the episode, you'll hear the three of us discussing such varied topics as: The way this podcast is about bringing noise into your life when the silence of loneliness has become deafening, our favorite moments and memories from the HCSPAC's production of Sherlock, strawberries dipped in bologna, whether or not true evil exists in the world, and occasionally we part from our tangents to discuss the work of Thomas Midgley Jr. This week, Jared teaches about the legacy of the chemist/inventor who came up with the brilliant idea of adding lead to gasoline and CFC's to refrigerators. Join us on this journey to wherever and we're sure that you'll be in the O-zone with our our not-so Environmentally friendly Podcast!Please like/subscribe/review and leave comments below! Let us know your thoughts on the legacy of Thomas Midgley Jr., if you believe evil exists, your favorite moments from Sherlock, and if you are interested in being an official Deckhead! P.S. “Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”~Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "A Case of Identity"P.P.S. Bite the Edge!
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn about the enormous environmental damage done by one of the most terrible inventors in the history of our civilisation: Thomas Midgley, Jr. https://halfarsedhistory.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/031-Thomas-Midgley-Jr..mp3 Download Episode (Right click and select “Save as…”) Image: Blank & Stoller. Thomas Midgley, Jr. Circa 1930. Photograph.
C’est le pire scientifique de l’histoire. Thomas Midgley, voulait changer le monde. Il l’a pollué comme personne. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome back to the Horror Pod Class! Today is everything ecohorror and we are discussing your favorite and not so favorite (looking at you The Happening) films and books. In specific, we are going to be discussing the 2012 found footage film, The Bay. Shownotes: 1:30- Tyler just watched Ready Player One and has a ton to tell you about it over at SignalHorizon.com. Check out his discussion of RP1 and the downsides of nostalgia. He is also currently reading Pack by Mike Bockoven, you can check out more about it on the author's website. 2:40- Mike is reading Bash Bash Revolution, which at first glance looks a bit like Ready Player One, but is actually something quite different. Review will be out soon on Signal Horizon! 3:50- We are all super excited about the Hugo Awards nominees this year, there is a great mix of science fiction short stories, novellas, movies, and more. 4:20- A big congratulations to Scott Gable from Broken Eye Books for his successful Kickstarter Welcome to Miskatonic University. Also, congrats to the Dark Magazine on their successful Kickstarter as well! 5:50- There has been a bumper crop of great cult documentaries and docudramas out lately. Check out Wild Wild Country over on Netflix and Heaven's Gate Podcast. 8:00- On this week's creepy corners of the net, we feature the Horror Hill podcast where you can find a wonderfully narrated short story by Brian Hodge. 10:25- Today's essential question is, "What is EcoHorror and how can we use it in the classroom?" 11:00- Clip from The Happening, because it is Tyler's favorite movie. 20:40- Want to see found footage/mockumentary at its best? Lake Mungo is where you need to go. 25:10- Bear baiting in Missouri was actually a thing. Here is the proof. 25:50- Global Weirding, you gotta check this one out. Real life EcoHorror. 28:35- Tyler claims that bugs are going to start getting bigger and he is actually backed up by some scientists. 29:10- Memory Palace podcast episode all about Thomas Midgley, leaded gasoline, and freon. 32:00- Here is a list of some other EcoHorror movies to check out: Them The Last Winter The Happening (Of course) Long Weekend Early "creature feature" movies Piranha 35:00- Deep Ecology and Gaia Theory. You can also go play the old DOS game based on Gaia Theory named Sim Earth right now in your browser over at Classic Reload. 49:15- Next week we are going to be talking about Westworld, so get in the thinking robot mood by reading the Hugo nominated short story "The Secret Life of Bots" by Suzanne Palmer.
Thomas Midgley erfand die FCKWs und das Blei im Benzin. Wäre wohl besser gewesen wenn er Maler geworden wäre...
In which the world's worst chemist gives everyone lead poisoning, and then puts a hole in the ozone layer as an encore. Certificate #25185
Vegas shooter: gambling creep. Obit: Arthur Janov, the Primal Scream guru. Scientific research of dubious value. Thomas Midgley: a one-man scientific disaster?
Vegas shooter: gambling creep. Obit: Arthur Janov, the Primal Scream guru. Scientific research of dubious value. Thomas Midgley: a one-man scientific disaster?
In a stunning display of confidence, based on nothing more than wishful thinking, Thomas Midgley addressed reporters in October 1924, and declared that adding lead to petrol would have no ... Read More The post Take my word for it! appeared first on Turn the Page.
We talk about the Planet Money podcast episode 780, Reddit Change My View, Katherine Baicker changes her mind with science, Thomas Midgley and his one-man environmental disaster, and Netflix thumbs. Links from this episode: - Planet Money: Oil #1: We Buy Oil - Episode 780: On Second Thought - Reddit/Change My View - NEJM: The Oregon Experiment — Effects of Medicaid on Clinical Outcomes - What is Occam's Razor? - Senate healthcare bill: Read the full text - Pelosi: "We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It" - Single-Payer Health Care: America Already Has It - New Scientist: Inventor hero was a one-man environmental disaster - Al Gore: Inventing the Internet - Netflix Officially Kills Star Ratings, Replacing Them With Thumbs Up and Down
Thomas Midgley, Jr was considered a genius of his time, but now we know better. NOTE: MOST WAS WRITTEN BY ROSS POMEROY FOR “REAL CLEAR SCIENCE”Thomas Midgley, Jr. was born on May 18, 1889 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, a quiet, comely river town 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. A curious, athletic, and affable lad, Thomas flourished under the tutelage of his inventor father. He would later attend Cornell University, where he received a degree in mechanical engineering. It was here that Thomas took to carrying a periodic table with him at all times, a tool that would prove much more useful to him than a mechanic's wrench. (more on the podcast)Sources - 1 2 3 4 5
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Technological breakthroughs bring huge new opportunities, along with the challenge of new ways that things can go bad. Thomas Midgley, Jr. is not widely known outside of his area of expertise in the chemical industry, but his is a cautionary tale of a pattern that's been repeated too often throughout history, and is still going on. Rev. Bill Marchiony honors Dr. Midgley's birthday (May 18, 1889) and rejoice in the fact that he lived only 55 years - any longer and he might have completely wiped us out.
Kevin explains why your bodily organs won’t be too happy about this guy’s life work.
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