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welcome to the cotkey ride home for for Monday, September 20th, 2021.

I'm Jackson Bird today, the history and science of Mosh pits.

Exciting developments in the treatment of poison- ivy reactions, including a possible vaccine,

and how to catch tonight's harvest moon and why we call it that.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

One thing about the before times that I miss in theory, but maybe don't actually miss,

and that I'm honestly not sure when I would ever

feel safe doing again, is going to a live punk show and jumping into the Mosh Pit.

Last month, Consequence of Sound ran a series of articles for Punk Week, including one with

a brief history of Mosh pits and some thoughts on their future in our new COVID world.

First, just in case, an explainer, moshing is when people at a show, usually punk, metal,

or other fast, often aggressive music, basically just run and jump around, slamming into each other,

usually in a rough circle towards the front of the crowd, the place in the

front of the stage referred to as the pits, hence, mosh pits.

Paolo Ragusa, at consequence of sound, describes it rather poetically, quote,

at its best, moshing is a visceral and collective experience, a physical way to match the energy

of the music you're witnessing with the feeling it gives you.

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