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And here's Heather with the weather.

Well, it's beautiful out there, sunny and 75, almost a little chilly in the shade.

Now, let's get a read on the inside of your car.

It is hot.

You've only been parked a short time, and it's already 99 degrees in there.

Let's not leave children in the back seat while running errands. It only takes a few minutes for their body temperatures

to rise and that could be fatal. Cars get hot, fast, and can be deadly. Never leave a child

in a car. A message from NHTSA and the ad council. Adventure should never come with a pause button.

Remember movie pass? All the movies you wanted for just nine bucks? I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet. And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told. Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of Movie Pass, who got pushed out of the company he built. Everybody's trying to knock you down and it's not going to work and no one's going to like it. And then boom, it's everywhere. And that was that moment. Listen to there are no girls on the internet on the IHurt Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Guess what, Mango? What's that, Will? I'm going to Dollywood. What? You're what? I'm going to Dollywood. Our family was at this event last week and we won a trip to Frickin' Dollywood. I feel like that Powerball winner from last week, and I do need to warn you about this, I may never come back to work again. So you've got to tell me what happens in Dollywood? I actually have no idea.

That's part of why I'm so excited. I mean, of course, I've heard of it. I grew up a few hours away from it. But, you know, other than knowing that one of the co-owners is Dolly Parton and she's great and that it's in this really pretty area of Tennessee, I know nothing about it. And I'm actually intentionally avoiding any information about it because I want to just show up and be completely surprised. Well, I do have one spoiler for you. And this is

something I remember from reading about it a long time ago. In the Chasing Rainbow section,

they have this autographed picture from Jonathan Taylor Thomas. And I think you read something

like, you are so very special. Oh, how sweet. I know. I love that he gave her that affirmation. But I definitely want you to report back. I want to hear what your kids think about it. I definitely will. But winning this trip felt like a sign to me, you know, that it was time to do this episode on the history and philosophy of theme parks. And we've been talking about doing this for a while now.

So let's get started.

Thank you. Hey there, podcast listeners. Welcome to part-time genius.

I'm Will Pearson, and as always I'm joined by my good friend Mengesh Ha-Ticketer.

And the man making funny faces at us through the soundproof glass is our friend and producer Tristan McNeil.

And today we're talking theme parks,

all the science and imagination and even the philosophy that goes into designing and building

and running theme parks. So we thought it'd be fun to dig into some of the deep thinking behind

one of the world's favorite forms of escapism. We've also got some great guests on the line to

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