Mar 26 2019 49 mins 2.1k
Today we travel to a future where we try to break up with cement. Can it be done? How did cement because so ubiquitous? And what’s so bad about cement in the first place? Guests: Grady Hillhouse: civil engineer and host of Practical Engineering Robbie Andrew: senior researcher at CICERO Center for International Climate Research Amy Slaton: historian at Drexel University and author of Reinforced Concrete and the Modernization of American Building David Stone: inventor of Ferrock → → → Further reading & full transcript ← ← ← Actors: The Snowglobe Narrator: Brent Rose Lenny Haywood: Evan Johnson Farah Mousterian: Zahra Noorbakhsh, host of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim John Jacob Siwa: Joseph Jones Juana Aguilar: Tamara Krinsky, host of Tomorrow’s World Today Kevin Macklin: Lawrence Carter Long Flash Forward is produced by me, Rose Eveleth. The intro music is by Asura and the outtro music is by Hussalonia. The episode art is by Matt Lubchansky. Get in touch: Twitter // Facebook // Reddit // [email protected] Support the show: Patreon // Donorbox Subscribe: iTunes // Soundcloud // Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
