Ep. 277: a walk to the world cup & glacier dangers

In our 6th anniversary episode, Marko tells Corrigan about Richard Swanson's ill-fated walk to Brazil, and Corrigan caps things off with some real bad news about glaciers... and then some good news... and then more bad news.

Highlight:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about Richard Swanson, who attempted to walk to Brazil from Washington to see the World Cup
[33:00] We've officially done 6 years of JoAG and Marko is scarred, we're doing double mailers, we're watching Viy for our next international movie
[55:55] What we watched: The Glass House, Ritual, Legend, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Soulm8te
[01:34:41] Corrigan talks about why glaciers melting is bad, how we're fixing it, and the one stupid thing that's really hindering our efforts to stave off climate change

Stuff we referenced:

• Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn
• PBS Horizons: Why Earth's melting glaciers matter more than we think
• New Scientist: Why Scientists Are Terrified About What They're Finding Beneath Antarctica
• Climate change: mountain glaciers
• NSIDC: Glaciers
• WWF: Why are glaciers and sea ice melting?
• The glacier microbiome
• ‘Vast’ mass of microbes being released by melting glaciers
• In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas
• Floodwater ‘like liquid cement’ as death toll in Nepal rises sharply