Ep. 277: a walk to the world cup & glacier dangers

About this episode

In our 6th anniversary episode, Marko tells Corrigan about Richard Swanson's ill-fated walk to Brazil, and Corrigan caps things off with some real bad news about glaciers... and then some good news... and then more bad news. Highlight: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about Richard Swanson, who attempted to walk to Brazil from Washington to see the World Cup [33:00] We've officially done 6 years of JoAG and Marko is scarred, we're doing double mailers, we're watching Viy for our next international movie [55:55] What we watched: The Glass House, Ritual, Legend, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Soulm8te [01:34:41] Corrigan talks about why glaciers melting is bad, how we're fixing it, and the one stupid thing that's really hindering our efforts to stave off climate change Stuff we referenced: • Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn • PBS Horizons: Why Earth's melting glaciers matter more than we think • New Scientist: Why Scientists Are Terrified About What They're Finding Beneath Antarctica • Climate change: mountain glaciers • NSIDC: Glaciers • WWF: Why are glaciers and sea ice melting? • The glacier micr