475 - 1816: The Year Without Summer
from Do Go On
Here it is, the number one most voted for topic for Block 2024! On the evening of the 5th of April, 1815 the sounds of massive explosions rang out across modern day Indonesia. This lead to1816 becoming the year without summer! This is a comedy/history podcast, the report about the murders begins at approximately 06:31 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report). For all our important links: https://linktr.ee/dogoonpod Check out our other podcasts: Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheat Prime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/ Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/ Who Knew It with Matt Stewart: https://play.acast.com/s/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart/ Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader Thomas Do Go On acknowledges the traditional owners of the land we record on, the Wurundjeri people, in the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present. REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING: The Year Without Summer: 1816 by William K Kingaman and Nicholas P Kingaman theconversation.com/how-a-volcano-in-indonesia-led-to-the-creation-of-frankenstein britannica.com/place/Mount-Tambora theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/16/1816-year-without-summer-dark-masterpieces-beethoven-schubert-shelley nps.gov/articles/000/1816-the-year-without-summer history.com/news/bicycle-history-invention historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=2054 smithsonianmag.com/history/blast-from-the-past-65102374/ history.com/topics/inventions/history-of-cholera irishtimes.com english-heritage.org.uk
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