The Plaice to Know

Episode

No Such Thing As Chekhov's Volcano

2026-06-04 ยท 2 places on the map ยท episode transcript

  1. MagdeburgOne-offGermany

    Otto von Gierke did this in Magdeburg, and Magdeburg had very, very recently been the victim of the worst atrocity in the 30 Years War, where the population went down from 20,000 to 4,000 due to an enormous massacre.

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  2. Mount UnzenOne-offJapan

    They'd rush there. Tragically, they died as well. They rushed to Mount Unzen in Japan and they were killed by it. Isn't that tragically when they would genuinely say they died doing what they loved? They did.

    mentioned at 00:43:32 ยท See it on the map โ†’

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