S1 Ep2: Fordlandia Pt. 1: Henry Ford's Rubber Utopia
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In the early 1900s, Henry Ford devised a plan: buy a swath of Amazonian rainforest, build the ultimate utopia, and grow some rubber. Unfortunately, that would be a lot easier said than done. Join James and Nolan as they recount the wild and ill-fated story of Fordlandia.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody my name is Nolan from Past Gas by Donut Media we are an |
| 0:04.7 | automotive history show I kind of like to think of it as hanging out with your |
| 0:08.1 | buddies in a garage listening to them tell great stories from automotive history |
| 0:12.5 | this week it's the second part of our two-parter on Phil Hill and the 1961 |
| 0:17.2 | Formula One season where the guys me and our guest host Elizabeth Blackstock |
| 0:22.4 | ask why was it a death sentence to drive for Ferrari aside from Phil Hill who |
| 0:28.6 | were some of these tragic figures and why didn't Enzo Ferrari go to the |
| 0:32.3 | feudal's of his drivers while this week on Past Gas we're gonna tell you why |
| 0:36.5 | it's a story of the Ferrari curse and how was broken by an American this was a |
| 0:41.0 | really good episode Elizabeth Blackstock one of my good friends really great |
| 0:45.7 | on the show as well you might know her from her book racing with rich energy |
| 0:48.9 | or you might have read her articles online if you read a lot of automotive |
| 0:53.6 | articles so check out Past Gas get it wherever you get your podcast today |
| 1:01.8 | what is a utopia how does a society come together and become self-sufficient |
| 1:08.7 | can such a thing be built or is it doomed to fail Henry Ford thought he had it |
| 1:15.9 | figured out but as we'll learn he was wrong hello and welcome to past |
| 1:21.2 | gas podcast what don't media I am your host James pump three and as always I |
| 1:27.4 | am joined by your other host no one Jay psych hello thank you for listening so |
| 1:32.2 | much let me introduce this this is part one of our two-part series on Ford |
| 1:37.7 | landia Henry Ford's utopian vision for a rubber plantation down in Brazil it is |
| 1:44.2 | one of the more bizarre things that we have encountered in our you know three |
| 1:48.6 | years digging through yeah digging through automotive history here on donut |
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