August Around the World continues, this time in the bigger of the oceans! You know the one.
Jake begins with cool rocks, just like you always hoped he would. Why? Because they’re what make up Nan Madol, a series of tiny, real nifty artificial islands in Micronesia built around a millennium ago! How exactly were they constructed, and why? IT’S A MYSTERY. And will white people ever give other cultures credit for their engineering chops? Not if this weather-controlling lost city has anything to say about it!
Wyatt then takes one for the team (and fulfills a recent-ish promise) by finally giving an obligatory rundown on Rapa Nui. Also known as Easter Island, this bad boy’s got actually a lot of really cool and surprising history regarding its famous big ol’ heads. So stop thinking about yams and listen up!
There’s plenty of world traveling still to come, so drop on by for this hour of Pacific island Superduperstitious fun!
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Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
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Jake’s story
Columnar basalt: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/volcanoes-create-towering-columns-rock/
(Important): https://youtu.be/yecJLI-GRuU?t=147
Historic Mysteries article: https://www.historicmysteries.com/nan-madol/
Khan Academy article (with photos): https://bit.ly/3aoOW9F
Smithsonian Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3fRdMQl
Wyatt’s story
Easter Island: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-mystery-of-easter-island-151285298/
Soil fertility: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/mystery-easter-island-revealed
Freshwater sources: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-ancient-mysteries-easter-island.html
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Episode 87 – The 3rd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza
Episode 86 – T.A.P.S.’d In
Episode 85 – The (Italian) Old Man and the (Adriatic) Sea (Monster)
Episode 84 – Beers for Fears
Episode 83 – Windy City Spirits
Episode 82 – Creature Features Part II: Suffice It to Say...
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Episode 81 – Creature Features Part I: A SciFi Original
UNLOCKED: Ep. 69-72 Bonus Outtakes
Episode 80 – Below Underneath
Episode 79 – Oh. Canada.
Episode 78 – Not the Real Sredni Vashtar
Episode 77 – Toto Tales
Episode 76 – Mos' Scotia
Episode 75 – Dog Sh!t
Episode 74 – Ho, Dag!
Episode 73 – In the Weeds on the Meat Man
Episode 72 – Have Doughnut
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