The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As A Rapidly Deflating Walrus

2021-01-22 · 6 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. TupperwareOne-offUnited States

    In 1957, she had held a massive Tupperware party on a Florida island for 1,200 people, and there was a torrential thunderstorm which injured 21 people, and that led to lots of lawsuits. This is the most charitable…

    mentioned at 00:09:41 · See it on the map →

  2. San Jose IslandOne-offPanama

    He bought this island called San Jose Island, which I'd never heard of. It's just off the coast of Panama. He wanted it to become a holiday resort.

    mentioned at 00:11:15 · See it on the map →

  3. Borough MarketOne-offUnited Kingdom

    I went on to the website of a seafood merchant in Borough Market, and that would cost £15,000 per meal if they bought their whelks and clams from Borough Market.

    mentioned at 00:31:55 · See it on the map →

  4. Alaska Sea Life CenterOne-offUnited States

    90% of walruses will be touching another walrus when they're on land. When they're in captivity, like at the Alaska Sea Life Center, they employ four people round the clock per walrus to be there just hugging it.

    mentioned at 00:34:19 · See it on the map →

  5. Vincennes StationOne-offFrance

    One famous movie that's missing is the arrival of a train at Vincennes Station by George Melier, one of the oldest of all the cinematographers, a French guy who did lots of really early, very, very short movies of…

    mentioned at 00:48:11 · See it on the map →

  6. HollywoodRecurringUnited States

    From 1915 all the way up to the 1950s there were things called race films. Hollywood was making all these movies, but at the same time, other people were making films specifically for black people — black directors,…

    mentioned at 00:50:16 · See it on the map →

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