August Around the World continues, this time in the bigger of the oceans! You know the one.
Jake begins with cool rocks, just like you always hoped he would. Why? Because they’re what make up Nan Madol, a series of tiny, real nifty artificial islands in Micronesia built around a millennium ago! How exactly were they constructed, and why? IT’S A MYSTERY. And will white people ever give other cultures credit for their engineering chops? Not if this weather-controlling lost city has anything to say about it!
Wyatt then takes one for the team (and fulfills a recent-ish promise) by finally giving an obligatory rundown on Rapa Nui. Also known as Easter Island, this bad boy’s got actually a lot of really cool and surprising history regarding its famous big ol’ heads. So stop thinking about yams and listen up!
There’s plenty of world traveling still to come, so drop on by for this hour of Pacific island Superduperstitious fun!
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Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/
Four Phantoms on Untappd: https://untappd.com/FourPhantoms/beer
Jake’s story
Columnar basalt: https://www.wired.com/2015/02/volcanoes-create-towering-columns-rock/
(Important): https://youtu.be/yecJLI-GRuU?t=147
Historic Mysteries article: https://www.historicmysteries.com/nan-madol/
Khan Academy article (with photos): https://bit.ly/3aoOW9F
Smithsonian Magazine article: https://bit.ly/3fRdMQl
Wyatt’s story
Easter Island: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-mystery-of-easter-island-151285298/
Soil fertility: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/mystery-easter-island-revealed
Freshwater sources: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-ancient-mysteries-easter-island.html
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Episode 51 – We Want to Believe Part II: Science
Episode 50 – We Want to Believe Part I: Pseudo
Episode 49 – [Elk bugling intensifies]
Episode 48 – Unsettlements
Episode 47 – The 2nd Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza
Episode 46 – The Hostess with the Ghostest
Episode 45 – Spirited Company
Episode 44 – Seacoast, See Ghost
Episode 43 – Ghost Guest Good Times
Episode 42 – The Goonies for 300 Years
Episode 41 – Tales from the Crypt(ozoology Conference)
Episode 40 – Gullible's Travels Part II: Suggested Memories
Episode 39 – Gullible's Travels Part I: Liar, Liar, Pants on Wire
Episode 38 – "Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim" by Christopher Walken
Episode 37 – Water: We Talking About
Episode 36 – Howlers, Whistlers, and Cabin Smashers
Episode 35 – Terrordactyls
Episode 34 – Bah! Hum-Buzz
Episode 33 – There Are No Moose
Episode 32 – The Vegetable Golem of Mouse Mouth
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