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Everything Everywhere Daily

Atlantropa: The Most Ridiculous Idea Ever (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2020

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In the aftermath of the horrors of WWI, many people in Europe wanted to find a better future going forward. A future of peace and prosperity, where energy, food, and jobs would be available for everyone. One man from Germany named Herman Sörgel had a VERY ambitious idea. An idea that would literally change the map of the planet Earth, and was the biggest proposed engineering project ever put forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

0:03.4

I'll be back again on January 1st with brand new episodes.

0:07.0

In the aftermath of the horrors of World War I, many people in Europe wanted to find a better future going forward.

0:17.5

A future of peace and prosperity where energy, food, and jobs would be available for everyone.

0:23.0

One man from Germany named Herman Sorgal

0:26.0

had a very ambitious idea,

0:28.0

an idea which would literally change the map of the planet Earth

0:32.0

and was the biggest proposed engineering project ever put forward.

0:35.0

Learn more about Sorgal's staggering, sweeping, and ultimately ridiculous idea of Atlantis

0:41.0

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