Ep. 179: the coffee's too hot and so is the planet

After Corrigan tells Marko about the widely misunderstood McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and CoRri learns about the British institution that is Mr. Blobby, we delve into some of the seemingly bonkers solutions people have come up with to climate change in lieu of total societal restructuring. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the real story behind the supposedly frivolous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit[38:56] Cultural exchange! Mark explains Mr. Blobby[51:24] We talk shit on CM Punk[62:05] What we watched! (Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, Monkey Man, The Bear, All You Need Is Death[88:20] We discuss some actual solutions to climate change that don't require a complete restructuring of society and whether they give us any hope Stuff we referenced: Liebeck v. McDonald’s What Really Happened Behind the Hot Coffee Lawsuit | Reader's Digest Woman sues McDonald's after she's burned by hot coffee, echoing 1994 case : NPR The McDonald’s Coffee Cup Case: Separating McFacts From McFiction - FindLaw McDonald's sued over hot coffee spill nearly 30 years after 1994 lawsuit Legal Myths: The McDonald's "Hot Coffee" Case - Public Citizen A New Documentary Looks Back At A Famous Cup Of McDonald's 'Hot Coffee' : NPR The Truth Behind the Infamous McDonald’s Hot Coffee Case | The Poole Law Group Decades after the infamous 'hot coffee' case, McDonald's is being sued over another scalding spill | CBC News Do You Know the Full Story Behind the Infamous McDonald’s Coffee Case and How Corporations Used it to Promote Tort Reform? | Democracy Now! McDonald's Hot Coffee Case Revisited in Starbucks Litigation MCDONALD’S HOT COFFEE CASE: THE REAL STORY & WHY IT MATTERS | Morris & Dewett Reversing Climate Change with Geoengineering - Science in the News What is geoengineering—and why should you care? | MIT Technology Review Effects of geoengineering must be urgently investigated, experts say | Geoengineering | The Guardian What Is Geoengineering and Why Is It Considered a...