Arts festivals! Gorgeous beaches! Fruchocs! Large mounds of brown fibreglass! What can't Adelaide do?

In this incredibly special episode--recorded in Chris' mum's living room in the Adelaide Hills--we sit down with noted expert in pretty much everything, Jon Tickle, to discuss the finest and funniest parts of South Australia's best capital city: Adelaide.

Jon runs us through a bit of history, a lot of culture, and near-endless miscellany.

Notes:

South Australian Museum's Land Acknowledgment

ABC coverage of Gina Rinehart's portrait

Paywalled article of SA's tattoo bloke

Wiki: Magic Mountain

Wiki: Big Rocking Horse

Adelaide Airport's Press Release on Direct Flights

Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to have a podcast.

Your Doctor Has Spoilers! We play our favourite road trip game: Tell me the entire plot of a movie.

Chris walks Kacy Jo through the entire plot of Martin Scorsese's 1990 gangster classic, Goodfellas.

What's up with class actions? What are they for? What do they do? Why do I keep getting letters in the mail telling me I'm entitled to a $5 coupon because a laptop I bought eight years made a funny noise?

We're thrilled to be joined by friend of the pod and respected plaintiffs' lawyer Jamisen Etzel, who walks Kacy Jo through the whys and wherefores of class action litigation. Chris . . . uhhhh . . . participates, with increasing seasonal jollity.

Sources:

Mostly just Jamo's years of experience, but you can also check out Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.

Serious Trouble has run a few great episodes discussion Tom Girardi and Michael Avenatti.

Our very first fifth episode!

In this special, bonus episode (featuring friend of the pod, Jamisen Etzel), Kacy Jo explains carpal tunnel syndrome, plus she gets grilled about what it's like to cut into a person.

Sources:

Just years and years of school and training. Decades. It's a miracle we survived.

Back with a splash! We delve into the science and history of tea, doing our best to answer the important questions: What is it? Where does it come from? Why does it taste like that? How racist is it, really?

Mentioned in the episode: Porto Rico Importing Co. and at 210 Bleeker St. in Manhattan if you're ever in the neighborhood. Well worth a visit!

Sources:

Three Basic Teas and How to Enjoy Them, Virginia Utermohlen Lovelace

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World, Erika Rappaport

Wikipedia: Boston Tea Party

Wikipedia: East India Company

How cold is it there? Are there people? How did they get there and what are they up to? Are they eating the dogs?

Pretty farkin'. Yes. Mostly ships. Mostly research. Not any more.

But we dive much deeper into Antarctica we get into in this episode, including some truly macabre history and some downright chilly meteorology.

Sources:

All wikipedia this time

Antarctica

Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration

Far Eastern Party

Discovery Expedition

Douglas Mawson

Amundsen's South Pole expedition

Ernest Shackleton

Fridtjof Nansen

Research stations in Antarctica

Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

Religion in Antarctica

Religion in space

History of Antarctica

Mount Erebus disaster

What's up with Ponzi schemes?

We delve into a little of history of Ponzi schemes, plus some details on the more notable ones with--as always--some worthwhile distractions.

Sources:

Websites:

How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

NYT: Trump Tests the Limits of His Power With a New Airstrike

SEC: Ponzi Scheme

Wikipedia:

Recursive islands and lakes

Ponzi Scheme

List of Ponzi schemes

Charles Ponzi

Sarah Howe (fraudster)

Towers Financial Corporation

Saradha Group financial scandal

Madoff investment scandal

In our inaugural episode, Kacy asks "What are the important volcanoes I should know about?" The question that inspired our podcast!

Chris walks through a little background on volcanoes--What they are, how they work, what happens when they go boom--and then we dive into seven of the most interesting volcanoes in human history.

Sources:

Books:

The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough

Websites:

US Geological Survey: About Volcanoes

Wikipedia:

Volcano

Supervolcano

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

1815 eruption of Mount Tambora

1883 eruption of Krakatoa

1902 eruption of Mount Pelée

1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

Armero Tragedy

2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull