Medium Dives

Alicia talks about the origins of Groundhog Day, going all the way back to Imbolc, then Candlemas, then finally to Pennsylvania Dutch culture. We also have a lot of fun talking about the lore surrounding Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous weather-predicting groundhog. Tyler explains iron lungs and answers some questions that have kept him up at night, like how do people scratch an itch or prevent bed sores when in an iron lung? We also talk about Paul Alexandar, a man who achieved amazing things while in an iron lung.Instagram: @mediumdivespod Email: mediumdives@gmail.comIntro/Outro Music Credit:"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Groundhog Dayhttps://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2022/02/groundhog-day-ancient-origins-of-a-modern-celebration/ https://www.groundhog.org/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/02/01/a-groundhog-day-scandal-potomac-phil-denies-rumors-of-collusion/ https://wtop.com/dc/2019/02/potomac-phil-defies-punxsutawney-with-prediction-of-his-own/https://archive.org/details/yearinireland00kevi/page/14/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20141129095147/http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history Iron Lungs/Paul Alexander https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240315-iron-lung-led-to-creation-of-modern-day-intensive-care-unit https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/paul-alexander-iron-lung-dead.html https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/iron-lung

This week, Alicia talks about four different non-water floods. We've got whiskey, molassess, chocolate, and butter, y'all. Tyler tells the history of the Kowloon Walled City and reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit.Instagram: @mediumdivespod Email: mediumdives@gmail.comIntro/Outro Music Credit:"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:mashed.com/493134/the-shocking-story-behind-the-great-whiskey-fire-of-dublinirishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublinhistory.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science edp.org/molpark.htm newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-rockwood-chocolnewspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-rockwood-plant-firewisfarmer.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/05/11/over-20-m-lbs-commodities-lost-great-butter-fire-1991upi.com/Archives/1991/05/04/Dairy-warehouse-fire-melts-butter-lots-of-ittonemadison.com/articles/butter-where-butter-shouldnt-bemediakron.bc.edu/edges/a-history-for-hong-kong/the-yamen-an-inquiry-into-identity-and-place-in-the-kowloon-walled-city/the-magistrate-and-the-suburbs-1843-1899thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/664-kowloon-walled-city-life-in-the-city-of-darknesshistory.howstuffworks.com/world-history/kowloon-walled-cityatlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-cityarchdaily.com/800698/heres-what-western-accounts-of-the-kowloon-walled-city-dont-tell-you

Apologies for our impromptu month-long break!In episode 3, Alicia talks about the Third Man Syndrome, a phenomenon where people feel/see a helpful presence in life-threatening scenarios. Tyler talks about cicadas, primarily the periodical ones that emerge every 13 or 17 years and ruin everyone's lives for a couple weeks - it turns out they are quite mysterious.Instagram: @mediumdivespod Intro/Outro Music Credit:"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sorry for the delay in posting Episode 2! (But not that sorry because we have full-time jobs)This week Alicia talks about how our memory is worse than we think it is. Tyler explores the origin of the Boogeyman and Banshees, and discusses an under-trained veneer tech.Instagram: @mediumdivespod Intro/Outro Music Credit:"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Alicia talks about how trees use fungi to communicate with each other (the “wood wide web”), and Tyler explains Disney’s no-dying-on-grounds policy and how New York water is superior. Instagram: @mediumdivespod Intro Music Credit: "The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/