Way off Track: Episode 3 - The Great Smog of London
Where the Weird Things Are
English - March 13, 2023 13:26 - 34 minutes - 79.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We're back with another Way Off Track episode, and this time Brittany tells Thurlow the wild story of the Great Smog of London (and some warning signs that came before).
Sources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/great-smog-of-london-1952-coal-air-pollution-environmental-disaster
https://www.history.com/news/the-killer-fog-that-blanketed-london-60-years-ago
https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Smog-of-London#ref1273797
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pea_soup_fog
https://www.britannica.com/science/pea-soup-fog
https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/londons-historic-pea-soupers.html
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686