Mass for Shut-ins: The Gin and Tacos Podcast
News:Politics
Question Kyle and Question Jennie join me as we discuss the 18th century fad of using the emerging understanding of the phenomenon of electricity to entertain. Men who considered themselves worldly natural philosophers and amateur scientists found it relatively easy to blow the minds of party guests by demonstrating some basic concepts that we're too jaded to appreciate today. Nowhere was this made clearer than with the Flying Boy stunt, aka the Hanging Boy. A child or small adult was suspended from the ceiling with non-conductive silk ropes. Then, electricity would be introduced into the lad's feet and guests would amuse themselves by making objects stick to him or watching him discharge tiny bolts of lightning to metal wires.
We lament the death of planning live entertainment for social events and consider the possibility that the time is right to bring back the Flying Boy.
008- Silent Sam-demonium
Minicast A3 - The Genius of Steve Allen
007 - Cetacean Information
Minicast A2 - What is Mass for Shut-ins?
006 - Hold Mein Beer
Minicast A1 - Emergency! Emergency!
005 - For Unlawful Canal Knowledge
004 - Wild Mood Swings
003 - Markov Chains
002 - Fuselage Mucilege
001 - I am Eagle! I am Eagle!
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free