SYMHC Classics: The Cuyahoga River's Last Fires
Stuff You Missed in History Class
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 24.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This 2017 episode covers the Cuyahoga River catching fire for the last time in 1969. This event is often credited with helping pass the Clean Water Act and inspire the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | My name is Joshua Topolsky and I have a new podcast called What Future. |
| 0:04.5 | But I want to tell you that I'm being forced by my producer to record a promo telling you about my show. |
| 0:10.1 | And I'm not trying to force you to listen to it. |
| 0:12.6 | And maybe you're not interested in internet culture and the future of life on planet Earth. |
| 0:18.1 | And why John Carpenter movies are so good. |
| 0:20.6 | You may just want to listen to a podcast about, I don't know, sports or whatever Joe Rogan talks about. |
| 0:26.6 | And that's fine, you know, no judgment. |
| 0:28.4 | But if you like what you're hearing and I know that you do, you can listen to all of what future on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:58.4 | People together, that's what I Heartland on Roblox is all about. |
| 1:02.4 | Now open to get started. |
| 1:03.9 | Check out I HeartRadio.com slash I Heartland. |
| 1:11.4 | Want to say I don't know less? |
| 1:13.4 | Listen to stuff you should know more. |
| 1:16.4 | Join host Josh and Chuck on the podcast packed with fascinating discussions about science, history, pop culture and more. |
| 1:23.4 | Episodes dive into topics like was the lost city of Atlantis real and how does pizza work? |
| 1:29.4 | Say goodbye to I don't know because after listening to stuff you should know, you will. |
| 1:35.4 | Listen to stuff you should know on the I Heart Radio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:43.4 | Happy Saturday. |
| 1:44.4 | Over the last couple of weeks of June, the US Supreme Court released a whole series of decisions that related one way or another to topics we have covered on the show issues we've talked about on the podcast. |
| 1:57.4 | One of the last ones was in West Virginia versus the Environmental Protection Agency. |
| 2:02.4 | And this was a case about whether the Clean Air Act gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to set emissions caps based on the generation shifting approach. |
| 2:11.4 | That is shifting power generation to cleaner sources of energy than things like burning coal. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

