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From Radiolab podcast: A Live Collaboration with IMI Fest
We thought we knew what happened in Pompeii. A catastrophic eruption wiped out a whole town. Citizens like sitting ducks, encased in ash. Then, we talked to historian Steven Tuck, who sifted through the remnants of Pompeii and its residents and found a very different story.
Now, we’re podcast people. Usually we don’t mess around with video. But this special release features gorgeous and evocative visuals by Lynda Boström (instagram.com/lynda.bostrom/?hl=en), who illustrates the slow-motion chaos that followed on that sunny day in 79 CE after Mount Vesuvius blew her top.
This segment comes from “A Little Pompeiian Fish Sauce Goes a Long Way.” Listen to the rest of the story here! (youtube.com/watch?v=Pld1pifoEeM)
Thanks so much to IMI Fest (imifest.com/), plus Grady Hillhouse and the team at Practical Engineering (youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel), for helping us bring this video to life! Watch till the end for a link to the rest of IMI fest, streamed live.
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From Radiolab podcast: A Live Collaboration with IMI Fest
We thought we knew what happened in Pompeii. A catastrophic eruption wiped out a whole town. Citizens like sitting ducks, encased in ash. Then, we talked to historian Steven Tuck, who sifted through the remnants of Pompeii and its residents and found a very different story.
Now, we’re podcast people. Usually we don’t mess around with video. But this special release features gorgeous and evocative visuals by Lynda Boström (instagram.com/lynda.bostrom/?hl=en), who illustrates the slow-motion chaos that followed on that sunny day in 79 CE after Mount Vesuvius blew her top.
This segment comes from “A Little Pompeiian Fish Sauce Goes a Long Way.” Listen to the rest of the story here! (youtube.com/watch?v=Pld1pifoEeM)
Thanks so much to IMI Fest (imifest.com/), plus Grady Hillhouse and the team at Practical Engineering (youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel), for helping us bring this video to life! Watch till the end for a link to the rest of IMI fest, streamed live.
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Video by Lynda Boström, Tanya Chawla, and Anisa Vietze
