112: Life in Exclusion Zones & Every Single Character

About this episode

What happens to life inside exclusion zones like Chernobyl? Is it good? Bad? Or something much more interesting? And what happens when you try to codify every single character from human language? Well, it definitely leads to some fascinating linguistic rabbit holes! Images we talk about: Przewalski’s horse (yes that’s how it’s spelled) Frogs Character U+FDFD Arabic Text Decorative U+FDFD's Tom's Favorite Use of Kashida Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:03:12) Life in Exclusion Zones (01:01:48) Every Single Character (01:52:06) Outro Support us with a Max Fun Membership! Join our Discord! We also learn about: Actually defining it made it creepier, the zone rouge, we an area of Earth uninhabitable from war, chernobyl release over 100 radioactive elements, they really need to name the zone of alienation the zone of doing taxes, the liquidators actually did a good job of stopping the spread, is this a rewilding experiment? Ella deleted emails to poach this topic, Przewalski’s horse (yes that’s how it’s spelled), technically feral vs wild horses, I’ve reached the nuance center of my nuance pop, why isn’t it my job so sample chernobyl frogs, nearly all pine trees near chernobyl wer