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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8922 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Look, out in the sea: it's an earthquake, it's a boat fire, it's a sea monster! It's a tiny, newborn volcanic island! In 1831, a small scrap of land suddenly formed in The Mediterranean. Lifeless, inhospitable, fiery and useless. So, naturally, the world went to war over it. Settle in and listen to the short and ludicrous history of (deep breath) Correo-Hotham-Graham-Ferdinandea-Nerita-Sciacca-Julia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:04.7

Thoughtful driving tips from ESO, number three.

0:08.0

This is Kieran. He's doing 70 on the motorway. On his way to a cheeky spa appointment,

0:14.2

though his diaries as he's visiting a client. Nauty Kieran, lowering his speed to 60,

0:20.6

could save him up to 9% in fuel on the journey.

0:24.4

Enjoy that hot stone massage, Kieran. Slowing down a little.

0:28.3

Canva's magic right can improve any dull piece of work.

0:32.0

Canva's magic right turns dismal diction into spellbinding sentences.

0:37.4

Canva's magic right sprinkles enchanting inscriptions into dull documents.

0:42.9

Canva's magic right turns dull drafts into salient soliloquies.

0:48.6

Dull words designed, convincing, eloquent, compelling, poetic with Canva AI tools.

0:55.9

Canva, design against Dahl.

0:59.4

What do you think about Constantine's?

1:02.6

As in, hey, fellow Constantine's.

1:05.6

Is that too stupid?

1:07.0

Is that not, is it not stupid enough?

1:12.6

Let's try it out. Hey, fellow Constantine's Mark here.

1:16.6

Before we get started, I wanted to tell you that next week will be the finale of our second season.

1:21.6

It's all about one of the most basic questions people have ever asked.

1:25.6

You probably asked it yourself when you were a little kid.

1:28.0

Where do babies come from? Nowadays, everybody knows the answer, but up until surprisingly recently,

1:33.6

no one did. And the story of how we got from Clueless to Duh is like a big global mystery story,

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