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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Phil Law and J. Lauritsen Lines join forces to finally get the ANARE a continental toehold.

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What do you get if you cross religion with flat Earthers and Antarctica? A cross podcaster and little else.Di Matthew Alan McArthur

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Coming back at yer, six months late and barely on topic, episode 157 addresses the increasingly loud and dunderheaded online chatter about escaping society and trying to establish society, only with more ice and surprise cannibalism. Libertarians probably don't listen to my output, but any that do can dig a well, actually, and throw themselves down…

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You don't just throw a Trans-Antarctic Expedition or an International Geophysical Year together. These things take planning. Here's some background on the planners and introductions to some of the doers.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Several years of Macquarie Island winters receive attention as I chill out under a Casuarina after several fraught months.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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I give voice to another almost but not quite lost snippet from "Big Dead Place" and I give the microphone to Adam Fitzgerald who voices the introduction to Jeff Maynard's new book, "The Frontier Below."

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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In 1983 Australian glaciologist Trevor Hamley joined a Soviet traverse from the Russian coastal station, Mirny, to Dome Charlie, high atop the Antarctic plateau. Bouncing about in the back of a T-55 tank converted into a living quarters/galley/dining space/lab, recording locations on audio cassette tape, wielding a hammer, and ignoring the ideologi…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Australian Antarctic Division alumnus, Jeff Wilson, recounts his experiences at Australian stations and in the Ross Sea. Road trip with our eldest. Good company at Anglesea. Good food. Good audio. One of the best days 2023 offered up.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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The ANARE presence at Heard Island runs to 1955 and switches focus to continental Antarctica. The Island taught Australians to work on glaciers and to run dog teams, saw John Bechervaise cut his Antarctic teeth and lead the first ascent of Big Ben, and claimed the lives of two winterers. "Ice Coffee" leaves Heard Island alone for a bit having docum…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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ANARE occupation at Heard Island ran short but intense, and sometimes in tents. In addition to large quantities of wind and sleet the island provided a training ground for Antarctic travelers and their dogs. Challenging maritime approaches led to innovative approaches by maritime challengers, and everyone got home safely, this episode.…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Argentina and Britain needle each other over what huts go where around the Antarctica Peninsula and notes of protest change hands at a fevered pace. Hot heads at low temperatures lead to a low ebb in high latitudes camaraderie ashore at Hope Bayhia Esperanza. And Chile was there, too.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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147_Dr_Hillary_Sebeny 1:26:11

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Yet another amazing interview through which to inform you and by which to relieve myself of the burden to write and record a chronological narrative episode this month. "Ice Coffee": where me goofing off and being lazy still results in audio gold.

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A History of Coffee

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4) Just Friends? America’s love affair with coffee 44:24

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America is coffee-obsessed. From Central Perk’s red couch being the centre of major plot twists in Friends to the fact the average American drank more than two cups a day. And the conventional explanation is pretty straightforward: an English colonist introduces coffee to Jamestown in 1607. 150 years later Americans rebel against the British by thr…

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A History of Coffee

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3) Espresso Lungo: The slow road to Italy’s democratic espresso culture 44:57

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One morning back in the ‘80s, Howard Schultz walks out of his Milan hotel, stumbles into an espresso bar, and fundamentally changes coffee history. He discovered (and then popularises) the iconic, timeless Italian coffee experience: Rich thick coffee, an affordable price and great theatre. But this Italian ritual is surprisingly young, so young tha…

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A History of Coffee

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2) A Lasting Stain: Haiti, Colonialism and Coffee 47:33

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Haiti was once the biggest, most profitable coffee growing region in the world. But today Haiti is one of the world’s poorest nations where you can’t get a bag of Haitian beans delivered to Berlin in a week for love nor money. In this second episode of Series Two of A History of Coffee, we show you how colonialism and racism dragged Haiti into pove…

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A History of Coffee

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1) It’s Just Coffee? How coffee houses changed the world 45:41

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A coffee shop is a lot more than just a place to drink coffee. The seats and sofas encourage you to invite a friend, and chat. And chatting is powerful: ideas that emerge from these caffeine-fuelled conversations give birth to modern finance and even the founding of great artistic and scientific institutions. Meanwhile, other ideas threaten those i…

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A History of Coffee

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Introducing: Series Two of A History of Coffee 5:01

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We're back with more stories about the tiny psychoactive seed that changed the world and continues to shape our lives today. In Series Two, we reveal how the invention of the coffee shop revolutionised societies, why colonialism, racism and coffee have kept once prosperous Haiti poor today, how Italy's revered espresso culture was created, and we d…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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146 An interview with Professor Nash, another with Marsh, and an important update about the series 1:43:03

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Professor Meredith Nash spent two years studying and reporting on the culture within the Australian Antarctic Division. Their findings, released late in 2022, may prove a turning point in the history of Australia's presence in Antarctica. Professor Nash spoke to me about their research and their experiences in Antarctica as part of the inaugural Ho…

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Josh Jensen spent an austral summer keeping LC-130 Ski Hercules operational out of McMurdo. I spoke to him about the challenges that throws up and found out the days of boiling a pot of oil over the stove and pouring it into the sump ended with the last big roundy engines to depart the continent in the 1970s. Cheers to Josh for putting aside time t…

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Some historical and political context for the Russian return south in Soviet Union form. Bolsheviks: form soviets and roll out.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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I haven't interviewed other Antarctic podcasters because that would make for dull content. "Do you press record? Wow! I do, too! Hey, how good is Audacity? Antarctica's cold, huh?" This episode I interview Samantha Hodder about her Antarctic podcast because the stories told in her series, "This Is Our Time," lie so far outside those recounted in my…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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142_Port_Martin_on_the_continent_and_on_fire 1:05:14

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Paul Emile-Victor's charges are ashore and charging. But wait, there's more. Call now and get this free base fire valued at over five buildings.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Port Martin. Port Au Francaise. Port Malloy. Port Jean d'Arc. You'd think the French would switch up it with some cognac or cointreau.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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140_Dave_Donnelly_and_really_big_whales 31:58

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If you set an AI process in motion to build a hard as nails nineteenth century seadog you'd likely arrive at Dave Donnelly in ninety-nine percent of your iterations. Dave looks and moves through the world as though he just stepped out of the pages of a Joseph Conrad book. Have a listen to episode 140 to understand why I value Dave's company and reg…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Professor Daniella McCahey of Texas Tech discusses sexism at Antarctic stations. * Except by HamiltonSuites, who should lie on their left side, raise their right knee to their chest, lubricate this episode and stick it up their arse.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Ice'll kill ya' That's what I said Ice'll kill ya' And then you'll be dead

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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137_Interviews_about_an_air_crash_long_distance_Antarctic_engagement_and_a_ripper_of_a_new_book_about_Sir_Hubert_Wilkins 1:49:21

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Thomas Walkington speaks about the wreck of the Pegasus and his time on the ice as part of VXE-6. Jim Butler showers praise on me and my output after discussing how he engages with Antarctica from half a world away. Jeff Maynard maps how he chose what to include and what to leave out of his most recent book about Sir Hubert Wilkins. Strap your ears…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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I wasn't expecting the Greek shipping magnate.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Three members of the NBSAE drown in an accident on the barrier edge. Every other member of the NBSAE does their bit in making the project one of the most productive and smooth running examples of its type and of its time. Besides kicking off or sustaining the high latitudes careers of several scientist with extremely long Ice Coffee legs the glacio…

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A History of Coffee

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BONUS: Coffee’s Ticking Time Bomb 45:56

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We have an exciting announcement....AND, a story about Sri Lanka and coffee history we think you're really going to like. Sri Lankan coffee has delicious notes of chocolate and caramel. But it’s basically impossible to find, and we’re going to bet you’ve never drank it. But that's really odd, because Sri Lanka has the perfect climate to grow coffee…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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John Giaever storms it in as a high latitudes can-do-mo-fo with an international team of scientists. No matter how many committees got involved and put their bureaucratic handbrake on the NBSAE, the residents of Maudheim got south and got on with their data gathering and trail prep.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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The role of ham radio operators in keeping Antarcticans sane through the long dark is given some attention. Additional audio of Vivian Fuchs speaking to Donald Milner at the BBC was made available by Thomas Henderson of Graceful Willow Productions and with the permission of Jules Madey (http://www.gwillow.com/) The music closing out this episode is…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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A brief and patchy history of Chile as context for the nation's expeditions southward in the twentieth century.Di Matthew Alan McArthur

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A History of Coffee

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BONUS: A History of Tea 28:00

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Coffee has a fascinating history stretching back hundreds of years. But tea takes it to the next level, stretching back thousands. And it too was colonised by Europeans with huge repercussions that we are still feeling today. We hope you enjoy episode 11 from the excellent The Tea History podcast: Europeans Discover Tea, produced by Laszlo Montgome…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Heard and Macquarrie Islands: tragedy, rockets, sheep, and ham.Di Matthew Alan McArthur

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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The first Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition gets moving. Led my Campbell, informed by Mawson, and ignoring any potential input from Davis, the first foryas didn't kick all the committee proposed goals but a start is a start. Heard Island. Macquarrie Island. The last Antarctic outing of the Wyatt Earp. The first Antarctic outing of L…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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A mixed bag of achievements and tragedy for the 1948 FIDS. New faces with big Antarctic careers ahead of them show up in the narrative. If you are working through the series in order and don't usually listen to episodes immediately after they're released I urge you to give this one an early play as there's an important message about pies near the e…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Where the history of other nations involved in the Antarctic land grab received plenty of attention in the series to date, Argentina only received mention as being close to the Antarctic Peninsula. I've sought to redress that in this episode. Thanks to Jim for test piloting the new audio settings. Hope I don't blow anyone's speakers with unexpected…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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While theft is rare in circumstances where most needs and wants are catered to by management other crimes occur in Antarctica with surprisingly monotonous regularity, given the small numbers of people in the far south at any given moment. Other podcasts have dedicated episodes to the matter but that doesn't mean I shouldn't cover it too, so I did. …

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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126_Book_reviews_and_interviews_Maori_perspectives_and_ashore_in_the_Kerguelens_and_True_South 1:19:58

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A formal book review of "With Scott Before the Mast," an informal review of "Operation Deep Freeze II Gooney Birds," and interviews with Associate Professor Priscilla Wehi, Elodie Camprasse, and Evan Townsend.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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125_RARE_Coda 1:11:17

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Trail operations, survey flights, tension, and a surprise for the Darlingtons. The RARE comes to a close and departs Stonington Island with the aid of the Operation Windmill ice breakers. The FIDS stay to keep the lights on at Base E.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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In this episode I fail to respect, let alone defer to, religious beliefs and the artifacts and structures dedicated to various deities' alleged glory while recounting the ongoing story of religion at high southern latitudes. Happy to take debates on the merits of religion generally or your religion specifically if this outing causes sufficient umbr…

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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The Ronnes sulk about the FIDS as the RARE settle in to their digs on Stonington Island but realise they have to Voltron up or get little done. George Takei makes his series debut in company with Katie Sagal and Billy West.

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A History of Coffee

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BONUS: Decolonising Coffee History 48:05

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Each sip of coffee we drink is steeped in dark colonial past. The reason we can enjoy it every morning is because it's relatively cheap, and many people suffered under European colonisers to create systems that produced this cheap coffee. But unfortunately, that's just the beginning. Colonialism has stripped enslaved and indigenous people of their …

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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Worried that you might be feeling cheated on the history front, this month, here's some hefty chunks of trail experiences from the pen of one who lived it. Do you want your word hoosh thick or thin? I can add extra p flour, if you want.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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121_Aviation_futre_past_future_Sean_McBride 49:02

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Sean McBride intends taking electric flight to Antarctic and I am excited about it. I'm also excited about my own investigations into heading south to follow in Wilkins and Eilson's prop steps but uncertain whether it will or should happen.

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A History of Coffee

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BONUS: Stimulating stories or fantastic flavours: what sells coffee? 31:10

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We are hard at work on the bonus episode about decolonising coffee history. But...in the meantime, here's an episode from a sister podcast we think you'll enjoy. You can listen to more episodes from Adventures in Coffee here: https://bit.ly/300V4jS Subscribe to The Science of Coffee podcastDi James Harper

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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120_Operation_Windmill 30:42

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US Navy ice breakers get ground control parties ashore to provide fixed points of reference for Operation Highjump aerial photographs. Helicopters work ship to Antarctic shore for the first time.

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Ice Coffee: the history of human activity in Antarctica

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The RARE draws nearer its destination and the FIDS head out on trail. Will the confluence of two Antarctic expeditions in the same place at the same time conflict with the laws of physics? Listen to 119 and find out. Oooh, see what I did there? Sizzly call to action. Getting good at this marketing shit, ay?…

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A History of Coffee

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6) The Future of Coffee? 47:06

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Do you grind your beans fresh before brewing your coffee? If so, you are helping overturn a race-to–the-bottom with deep roots in colonial extraction that today is leaving millions of coffee farmers impoverished. Or, at least, that’s what many specialty coffee companies would like you to believe. The truth is a lot less rosy. In this final episode …

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