Labor Day transportation special

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

For Labor Day, we have a special show with reprisals all focused on the theme of transportation — including getting around on foot. Thor Pedersen, a former UN soldier originally from Denmark, went on a decadelong adventure that took him to every country in the world. He never took an airplane. Also, research shows that flight turbulence has increased as climate change has warmed the planet. One researcher explains that the increase in bumpy flights could be caused by changes in wind speed at high altitudes due to warmer air from carbon emissions. And, lithium is in soaring global demand, because it’s used in electric car batteries. This is good news for the economy of Chile, which meets a third of the world’s lithium needs. Experts say there's a big financial opportunity for the region, but it comes at an environmental cost.

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0:00.0	The world is constantly on the move this hour, how we do transportation.
0:09.0	I'm Marco Werman.
0:10.0	And I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:12.0	Today we are all about travel. We start with a man who
0:15.2	spent a decade traveling to every country on earth. Thor Peterson brought along a rope, a
0:20.7	knife, and a compass. Because I thought that's the kind of stuff that's good to have when you go out into the world.
0:26.0	I haven't used a compass for a single thing.
0:28.0	He still had an adventure.
0:30.0	Ahead on the world will also get stuck in traffic.
0:33.0	So much of your life is lost waiting in the borderline.
0:38.0	And get filled in on vehicle specs for outer space.
0:42.0	To go to Mars, we need vehicles that are highly reliable, capable of long duration,
0:47.0	deep space flight and surface exploration.
0:50.0	It's our travel and transportation hour today on the world.
0:54.0	This is the world.
0:58.0	I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:59.0	And I'm Marco Werman.
1:00.0	Thank you for being here.
1:02.0	Today we are breaking format to take you on a road trip,
1:04.8	a full hour about travel transportation, how we move around and why.
1:09.2	We start with the adventure of travel, choosing to leave your comfort zone, seek out
1:14.2	unfamiliar places, and ride the roller coaster of culture shocks. You know the fun
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