{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ea024ba70ea8af8625f65df/5fc4c7e390ed322906de7c23?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Consider the Pupfish","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ea024ba70ea8af8625f65df/1606734731469-3e86be228c4532836afffbac6b12da66.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>High-speed car chases through the desert. Homemade alcohol. Stolen water. Power cuts. Catholic pilgrimages.&nbsp; </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>This episode travels from Egypt to the Amazon, from Arizona to Portland, from France to Ethiopia <em>—</em> and it's all about one tiny blue fish.&nbsp; </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>For full episode notes, visit: <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/roundness/episodes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/roundness/episodes</a>  </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Roundness is a cross-disciplinary podcast produced by the Queen's Library at <a href=\"https://www.qebarnet.co.uk \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet</a>. (<a href=\"https://www.qebarnet.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.qebarnet.co.uk</a>)  </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Sources:  </p><ul><li>Description of the Sonoran desert was adapted from <a href=\"https://sustainability.colostate.edu/blog/humannature/brief-history-three-desert-survivors/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rekha Warrier's article \"A brief history of three desert survivors\"</a>. </li><li>Global average heights for men and women taken from <a href=\"https://ourworldindata.org/human-height#how-much-taller-are-men-than-women \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Our World in Data</a>. </li><li>Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument <a href=\"https://www.hcn.org/articles/after-12-years-organ-pipe-national-monument-reopens \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reopens</a>. </li><li>Analysis of Quitobaquito's falling water levels in 2020 taken from <a href=\"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/quitobaquito-springs-arizona-drying-up-border-wall/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"Sacred Arizona spring drying up as border wall construction continues\" by Douglas Main</a>; and <a href=\"https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2020/10/01/the-disappearance-of-quitobaquito-springs-tracking-hydrologic-change-with-google-earth-engine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"The Disappearance of Quitobaquito Springs: Tracking Hydrologic Change with Google Earth Engine\" by Logan Williams</a>.</li><li>2050 water usage statistics taken from <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23IHDOKhZc \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Darling's TEDxNaperville talk</a>. </li><li>Details on disagreements between Ethiopia and Egypt adapted from “The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)”, Geography Review, Hodder Education, September 2020 Volume 34 Number 1, pp. 7-9 (p. 9).&nbsp;</li><li>Information on Pharaoh Menes's dam taken from the <a href=\"https://ypte.org.uk/factsheets/renewable-energy/hydro-electric-power-hep-dams?hide_donation_prompt=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Young People's Trust For the Environment</a>. &nbsp;</li><li>Trump says: <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54531747\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"blow up that dam\"</a>. </li><li>The tragic pilgrimage of William X, Duke of Aquitane: details adapted from the <a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p6w8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Radio 4 series \"Eleanor Rising\"</a> and the book <a href=\"https://erenow.net/biographies/eleanor-of-aquitaine-a-biography/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"Eleanor of Aquitane\" by Marion Meade</a>.  </li><li>Willamette fishing anecdote adapted from <a href=\"https://steadystate.org/negative-externalities/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Dietz's blog post</a> published by the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. &nbsp;</li><li><a href=\"https://eu.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/11/05/oregon-deq-identifies-toxins-willamette-river-basin-water-fish-soil/6180283002/ \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Hundreds of toxins in the Willamette River water, soil, and fish</a>.   </li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Further listening/reading:&nbsp; </p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fvvm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mutant fish (and cows!) with green intestines... with Mark \"The Hulk\" Ruffalo</a>. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/19/climate-crisis-markets-economic-system\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The failure of negative externalities</a>.   </li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Episode illustration: Steve the pupfish in mating season by Simba Baylon (Instagram: <a href=\"https://instagram.com/simbalenciaga?igshid=gh4w4ebplerc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@simbalenciaga</a>)   </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Additional music: Lee Rosevere and Doctor Turtle.  </p><p>\"What Happened in the Past Doesn't Stay There\", \"Curiousity\", \"Edge of the Woods\", \"Let's Start at the Beginning\", \"Quizitive\", \"More Questions than Answers\", \"Sad Marimba Planet\", \"Cloudloop\", and \"Let That Sink In\" by <a href=\"https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Rosevere</a> licensed under <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 4.0</a>.</p><p>\"Reality Cartwheeled\" and “Clusticus The Mistaken” by <a href=\"https://doctorturtle.bandcamp.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor Turtle</a> licensed under <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 4.0</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>For full episode notes, visit: <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/roundness/episodes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/roundness/episodes</a></p>","author_name":"The Queen's Library"}