S2E18 - Tubes With Wings

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First things, first. We have merch. Silly, yes, but available here [https://nostalgic-nerds-podcast-shop.fourthwall.com/]. Now onto the show... Have you ever pressed your face to the window in a plane as a kid and stared at the wing thinking flying shouldn't work? Have you ever sat in seat 23B with the baby crying five rows up and perfume getting reapplied three rows over and wished for just forty minutes of respite? Of course you have. Passenger jet aviation is one of the most transformative things humanity has ever built, and most of us experience it as a tube we sit in until we arrive somewhere else. But, it wasn't always the cattle-car experience we have today. Marc and Renee love aviation and flying and this episode traces that tube from Frank Whittle, the British inventor who patented the jet engine in 1930, to the de Havilland Comet (which kept falling out of the sky because of square windows), to Boeing betting big on a plane nobody asked for, to the Concorde flying Mach 2 over the Atlantic for twenty-seven years while burning fuel like a small country, to the 787 quietly changing what eight hours in a metal tube feels like on your body. Along the way: Juan Trippe deciding ordinary people should be allowed to fly, the 1973 oil crisis rewriting the economics of flight, and the disappointing realisation that the shower on the first-class A380 was never going to be for you. If you have ever waved a thanks to a flight attendant who couldn't possibly see you, paid four dollars for a small bottle of water at thirty-five thousand feet, or sat through a connection in Charlotte Douglas wondering whether there is some kind of cosmic law requiring every American flight to route through there, this one's for you. Check out the Mouselets for civil engineering and Disney - https://www.youtube.com/@TheMouselets We'd love to hear from you. Click here to give us ideas on new episodes. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2521622/fan_mail/new] Join Renee and Marc as they discuss tech topics with a view on their nostalgic pasts in tech that help them understand today's challenges and tomorrow's potential. email us at nostalgicnerdspodcast@gmail.com Come visit us at https://www.nostalgicnerdspodcast.com/episodes or wherever you get your podcasts.

S2E21 Bonus - Cold One on the Porch

Running a day behind on release schedule, but here's the song for this week's podcast episode. Episode out tomorrow. Since we talked about an essential household piece of tech last week, we figured it'd be cool if we talked about another piece of household tech...the refrigerator. For me, I remember the Harvest Yellow refrigerator in my mom's kitchen, the white boxy fridge on my grandma's back porch, and the avocado green tank in a neighbour's garage. This week's song is all about the Cold One on the Porch. A jaunty poppy yacht rock piece. [Verse 1] Lights out in the kitchen Screen door swingin' open Out on the back porch Where the night begins There's a chair that knows me A song on the radio And the cold one waitin' Right there for me [Pre-Chorus] Reach for the handle Light spills out yellow Take that bottle out And settle in slow [Chorus] Cold one on the porch (cold one on the porch) Always cold, always there Cold one on the porch (cold one on the porch) Heaven on a wooden chair Cold one on the porch Cold one on the porch Bless the cold one on the porch [Verse 2] Bottle's gone cool Sweat on the bottom Boots up on the railin' Fireflies coming out Same way my dad sat Same hour, same view Same hand on the bottle Same cold one in mine [Pre-Chorus] Reach for the handle Cold air comes rollin' Take what you came for That hum keeps going [Chorus] Cold one on the porch (cold one on the porch) Always cold, always there Cold one on the porch (cold one on the porch) Heaven on a wooden chair Cold one on the porch Cold one on the porch Bless the cold one on the porch [Bridge] Held the wedding leftovers Held the funeral pies Held the milk for the cereal When it's too hot to rise Held the pop for the cousins Held the ice for every ache Holds the cold one in my hand right now Same as ever, never moved [Final Chorus] Cold one on the porch (cold one on the porch) Always cold, always there Cold one on the porch (cold one on the porch) Heaven on a wooden chair Cold one on the porch Cold one on the porch Bless the cold one on the porch [Outro - vocal fading] Bless the cold one on the porch Bless the cold one on the porch We'd love to hear from you. Click here to give us ideas on new episodes. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2521622/fan_mail/new] Join Renee and Marc as they discuss tech topics with a view on their nostalgic pasts in tech that help them understand today's challenges and tomorrow's potential. email us at nostalgicnerdspodcast@gmail.com Come visit us at https://www.nostalgicnerdspodcast.com/episodes or wherever you get your podcasts.

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S2E18 - Tubes With Wings

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