Note-Our audio was challenging this week! We did our best to postprocess to improve, and we promise the backlog is higher quality listening.
This week, hosts Casey Handmer and Christine Corbett Moran share stories from their recent family road trip to Las Vegas for a cousin's wedding. They discuss the efficiency of Vegas weddings, touring the Hoover Dam and its impressive Art Deco design, and experiencing the technological marvel of The Sphere. The conversation explores engineering history through the lens of Henry Kaiser's accomplishments, biohacking experiments, professional achievements, and Casey's ongoing Mars terraforming project.
Sure Thing Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas
Touring the Hoover Dam and learning about its Art Deco architecture
Visiting the Great Unconformity geological formation
Exploring the National Atomic Testing Museum
Experiencing The Sphere and its "Postcard from Earth" show by Darren Aronofsky
Discussion of Western Colossus (Kaiser biography)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (book club selection; Christine does not recommend though)
Modern Relationships podcast with Eric Weinstein