EPISODE · Oct 1, 2015
The Volcano That Caused Three Years of Bad Weather
from Modern Notion · host Emma Morgenstern
On today’s Modern Notion Daily podcast, our guest is Gillen D’Arcy Wood, author of Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World (Princeton University Press, paperback September 2015). In 1815, the Tambora volcano on Sumbawa (part of Indonesia) erupted for three days, producing volcanic ash that was absorbed into the Earth’s atmosphere and stratosphere. People blame this…
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On todays Modern Notion Daily podcast, our guest is Gillen DArcy Wood, author of Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World (Princeton University Press, paperback September 2015). In 1815, the Tambora volcano on Sumbawa (part of Indonesia) erupted for three days, producing volcanic ash that was absorbed into the Earths atmosphere and stratosphere. People blame this volcano for famine, cold weather, and a cholera outbreak over the next three years around the world. Later in the show, staff writer Josh Hrala traces the postmortem history of Napoleons nether regions. Music this hour: “Forgiven Not Forgotten” by Jahzzar, from the album Kuddelmuddel “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within “Quasi Motion” by Kevin MacLeod, from the album Global Sampler andnbsp;
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