{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/6ad6bf71c23d5753121a14cd?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Earth Transformed | The Eye of the Storm | 4","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68e4c0be965488b63a6987c5/1792458507133-a03433fa-d4f3-4293-9214-29677d3c5a00.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What did a run of terrible Caribbean hurricanes have to do with American independence?</p><p><br></p><p>How did a volcano in Indonesia help give us Frankenstein?</p><p><br></p><p>And, why were so many of the people fighting for civil rights also fighting for the planet?</p><p><br></p><p>In the next part of The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan and Afua Hirsch follow the storms, eruptions and campaigners that changed the course of history.</p><p><br></p><p>Why Europeans didn&#39;t just build their plantations in West Africa, and how mosquitoes helped draw the line between America&#39;s North and South. Hurricane-wrecked islands desperate for food, rope and wood, and American merchants furious that London decided who they could sell to. Then the year without a summer: Mary Shelley&#39;s rain-soaked holiday at Lake Geneva, soldiers home from the Napoleonic Wars with no work, and the massacre at Peterloo. Plus a jumbo jet that flew into volcanic ash, Frankenstein at Cold War disarmament talks, and why Coretta Scott King, Rachel Carson and Greta Thunberg belong in the same story.</p><p><br></p><p>Join <strong>Legacy Plus</strong> for bonus episodes, early access, Q&amp;A&#39;s, fewer adverts and more.</p><p><strong>legacy.supportingcast.fm</strong></p><p><br></p><p>[0:00] Hurricanes, volcanoes and the women who fought for the planet</p><p>[1:49] Founding mothers, and history without the weather</p><p>[3:34] Why not build plantations in West Africa?</p><p>[9:29] The hurricanes behind American independence</p><p>[13:07] Frankenstein and a gothic childhood</p><p>[14:22] Mount Tambora and the year without a summer</p><p>[18:02] A jumbo jet, an ash cloud and nuclear winter</p><p>[23:38] Civil rights and the climate</p><p>[26:55] Rachel Carson and Silent Spring</p><p>[27:57] Why women led the fight</p><p><br></p><p>Stay connected with Legacy:</p><p>Instagram: @originallegacypodcast</p><p>TikTok: @legacy_productions</p><p><br></p><p>Explore more from Peter and Afua — essays, sources, and ideas:</p><p>Substack: peterfrankopan.substack.com | afuahirsch.substack.com</p>","author_name":"Original Legacy Productions"}