1201: Saturday Matinee: The Curious History of Your Home

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🗓️ 27 September 2025

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On today’s Saturday Matinee, we head to the kitchen to investigate the history of the coolest home appliance: the refrigerator.

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0:28.9	Think about your home and all the things in it, all the appliances and all the gadgets that make your life easier or more interesting.
0:33.0	We've got your TV and game consoles, heating and air conditioning units, wall ovens, convection ovens, microwave ovens, toaster ovens.
0:40.7	There are dishwashers and clotheswashers, closed dryers, and hair dryers.
0:44.8	But what's the one you use the most?
0:47.0	Every hour of every day, saving you money and keeping you healthy.
0:51.2	The refrigerator?
0:52.4	What an invention.
0:53.7	Fresh food kept safe for days,
0:55.8	weeks even, and a whole lot more. On today's Saturday matinee, we're bringing you an episode on
1:01.3	the History of Cool from the excellent noiser podcast, The Curious History of Your Home. I hope you
1:06.6	enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow the curious history of your
1:11.2	home. We've put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.
1:17.4	Travis fell in love with the perfect woman. Beautiful, understanding. Available 24-7. There was just one catch. She wasn't human.
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1:40.6	The year is 400 BC. We're in the Dash De Lood Desert, in Persia, modern day Iran.
1:48.6	A fierce sun blazes overhead. There's not a single cloud in the sky to soften the relentless heat.
1:55.9	Surface temperatures reach 70 degrees Celsius or 159 degrees Fahrenheit.
2:02.3	It is one of the hottest and driest places in the world.
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