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Stuff You Missed in History Class

SYMHC Classics: The Eruption at Heimaey

Stuff You Missed in History Class

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, History

4.224.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This 2016 episode covers the aftermath of after a series of earthquakes on the eastern side of the Icelandic island of Heimaey in 1973. As the eruption developed over time, it became more dangerous, and a variety of measures were undertaken to stop the flow of lava.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up y'all? I'm Guillermo Diaz and I played hook on Scandal.

0:04.0

And I'm Katie Loes, aka Quinn Perkins, and we're the hosts of Unpacking the Toolbox,

0:09.8

the Scandal Rewatch podcast where we're talking about all the best moments of the show.

0:14.1

With guests like Tony Goldwyn who always amped up the fire as President Fitzgerald Grant.

0:19.2

Grab your scandal swag, your du belay, and join us on Unpacking the Toolbox every Thursday.

0:25.3

Listen to Unpacking the Toolbox on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:55.3

And anybody who uses the word pining, let me know, because I don't think it's very

1:00.8

substantial to the middle ages. Very common word.

1:03.3

Alphabet Boys is a new podcast series that goes inside undercover investigations.

1:08.5

In the first season, we're diving into an FBI investigation of the 2020 protests.

1:13.9

It involves a cigar smoking mystery man who drives a silver hers.

1:17.6

And inside his hers look like a lot of goods.

1:19.4

But are federal agents catching bad guys or creating them?

1:22.6

He was just waiting for me to set the date, the time, and then for sure he was trying to get it to happen.

1:27.9

Listen to Alphabet Boys on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

1:35.6

Happy Saturday!

1:37.0

50 years ago today, a lava flow broke through the base of the Elf El volcano in the Westman Islands in Iceland.

1:43.9

The volcano had been erupting for weeks, but this was a new development that threatened a harbor

1:48.9

that was critical to the island's survival. So people started trying to slow the flow with water.

1:55.1

Ah, so I love this whole story in their episode on this volcano and this effort to save the town

2:00.8

and the harbor from destruction.

2:02.6

Originally came out on June 1, 2016. It is today's Saturday Classic. So enjoy!

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