Wed. 12/28 - BEST OF: Crossing the Ocean W/O a Map; Waffle House Records; & The Dress and Misinformation
Today from the Cool Stuff Ride Home archives, how Polynesian voyagers navigated the oceans without compasses or maps, and how a new generation is bringing back those traditional skills. Plus, Waffle House’s earnest and hilarious record label. And,...
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Today from the Cool Stuff Ride Home archives, how Polynesian voyagers navigated the oceans without compasses or maps, and how a new generation is bringing back those traditional skills. Plus, Waffle House’s earnest and hilarious record label. And, looking at “The Dress” seven years on––did that viral moment lay the groundwork for the climate of misinformation today?
Links:
- Mon. 07/11/22 - Sailing Without a Map, or Compass, or Anything (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
- This woman navigated a 3,000-mile Pacific voyage without maps or technology (National Geographic)
- Polynesia's master voyagers who navigate by nature (BBC)
- Fri. 07/08/22 - The Breakfast Episode (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
- A B-Side With Your Bacon? Waffle House Has Its Own Music Label (NPR)
- Waffle House Has Its Own Record Label (Great Big Story, YouTube)
- Waffle House has its own record label and the songs are in the restaurant jukeboxes (Boing Boing)
- Waffle House Records (Spotify)
- Waffle House Music - scroll down for music videos
- Wed. 06/29/22 - Did "The Dress" Foreshadow Fake News? (Cool Stuff Ride Home)
- How 'The Dress' Sparked a Neuroscience Breakthrough (Wired)
- How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney
- The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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