Mainland 12 - Filling False Creek & Rupturing Ripple Rock
Mainland
English - April 29, 2019 21:00 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture History history british columbia canada educational funny fun talk local canadian hobby Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Joel takes us through the story of the Ripple Rock explosion and the filling of False Creek in Vancouver!
Ripple Rock was the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history at the time (the '50s!), and False Creek used to be about a quarter bigger than it is today, because Vancouver really, really needed a garbage dump.
We also address our own biases as people sharing history, discuss how appropriate it is to change the natural landscape (when explosions and garbage dumps are involved), the rings engineers wear, and how focused we are in making the ocean swimmable (instead of livable).
PSA! In the coming months, we won't be able to always publish on the 15th, due to our schedules! Going forward, we will have one episode mid-month, and another on the 1st!
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Intro and outro music is written by Joel Mackenzie. See his music at joelmackenzie.bandcamp.com.