Endlings

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Martha died alone, becoming the first named member of an exclusive and terrible club: The Endlings. This episode we're tracking the history of the passenger pigeon, a bird that once darkened American skies by the billions. The story of the passenger pigeon is the story of our understanding of extinction, and the lessons we once learned but appear to be struggling to remember. Visit our Patreon page here (https://www.patreon.com/theconstant). And our sponsor, www.industrialartifacts.net (https://www.industrialartifacts.net/) where you can entered coupon code "theconstant" for 15% off your first order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.3	At three business, we know the importance of keeping your business connected.
0:09.4	Whether you're doing emails on the 7.30 to Paddington or taking a video call on site,
0:15.2	our multi-simp plans all come with unlimited calls, texts, and data.
0:19.4	Plus, with 99% UK coverage, you can do your best work wherever you are.
0:25.8	Head in store or search three business.
0:30.0	Unlimited UK only, 99% outdoor population coverage. Terms apply.
0:34.8	Connie, I'd a wonderful dream where I climbed an infinite mountain. What
0:38.6	kind of mountain, Trevor? A mountain of roast potatoes, parsnips. Right. Picks and doves. At Argos, we've got all
0:45.6	the gifts they're dreaming of this Christmas, from Ninja Air Fryers to festive Habitat Tableware. There's
0:50.5	more... Yum! To Argos.orgos.orgos.com.uk and installs subject to availability.
0:55.0	The constant is brought to you by industrial artifacts.
0:58.4	I have recurring daydream where I inexplicably discover an extra room behind the closet I'm recording in.
1:04.4	It's my own personal office and in my fantasies it is glorious.
1:08.8	There's a fine leather regency armchair and ottoman for me to kick
1:12.5	up on while I'm reading. There's a hundred-year-old pull-down map cabinet on the wall so I can
1:17.4	stare purposelessly at the continental U.S. or Illinois, circa 1908, and then do that thing where I let
1:24.1	the map snap, roll up, and disappear the way I got in trouble for in elementary
1:28.0	school? In center stage, there's the desk, an antique quarter-sawne oak draftsman's desk,
1:35.0	dark and woody and wonderful, with more than a dozen pull-out drawers for all my miscellaneous
1:40.6	doodads and nonsense. In my dreams, it's perfect.
1:45.0	And every last element can be found at industrial artifacts.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mark Chrisler, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mark Chrisler and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.