Thu. 12/15 - How Sci-Fi Impacts Real-World Innovation & Policy

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The interplay between science fiction and real-world scientific innovations––from space travel to fusion energy. Plus, a replay of a classic Cool Stuff Ride Home segment on Krampus with an update on some risqué depictions of the Yuletide rogue that have been making the rounds online this year. Sponsors: Shopify, Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/cool Rocket Money, Cancel your unnecessary subscriptions at RocketMoney.com/COOL Links: How Science Fiction Movies Prepared Us for the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough (NY Times) Moonrise podcast: Lillian Cunningham’s historical account of America’s journey to the moon (Washington Post) Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee Feminine Krampus greeting cards (WitchesVsPatriarchy, Reddit) Krushing on Krampus (The Paris Review) Christmas: A Candid History by Bruce David Forbes The Battle for Christmas: A Social and Cultural History of Our Most Cherished Holiday by Stephen Nissenbaum The Origin of Krampus, Europe's Evil Twist on Santa (Smithsonian Magazine) What is Krampus? How the Christmas 'Devil' Became Cool (National Geographic) Who is Krampus? Explaining Santa Claus's Scary Christmas Counterpart (National Geographic) Krampus: the demonic Santa Claus you haven't heard about (Vox) Weird Krampus drive-thru parade puts terrifying twist on Christmas and it's Saturday night (NOLA) Necromanor Haunted House hosting pictures with Krampus for Christmas (Shreveport Times) Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.2	It's Thursday, December 15th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird today.
0:56.0	The interplay between science fiction and real-world scientific innovations, from space travel to fusion energy.
1:04.8	Plus a replay of a classic Cool Stuff ride home segment on Crampus, with an update on some risque depictions
1:12.4	of the Yuletide rogue that have been making the rounds online this year. Here's some cool
1:18.0	stuff for your ride home. Earlier this week, I discussed the U.S. Department of Energy's
1:25.8	announcement that a federal lab has achieved
1:28.6	net gain in a nuclear fusion energy reaction for the first time, something heralded as a major
1:35.4	breakthrough. You can listen to my previous episodes for more information on exactly what
1:40.5	happened and why it both is and isn't exciting. But today I want to take a more
1:46.0	cultural approach with a tee-up from Maya Phillips in the New York Times about how popular culture,
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