It’s time to get jazzed about Earth science again. It’s only been 60 or so years since we’ve known the continents move around and we’re still figuring out exactly how they do. But one thing is for sure, that super-slow movement is super important.
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# Stuff You Should Know: Plate Tectonics
Josh and Chuck dive into the fascinating history of how scientists came to understand that Earth's continents actually move, starting with 19th-century ideas about lost continents like Lemuria and land bridges, before tracing the journey to Alfred Wegener's revolutionary continental drift theory and finally today's understanding of plate tectonics. They explore how convective currents in the Earth's hot mantle power the movement of massive crustal plates at the planet's surface, creating earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain ranges, and explain why this constant geological recycling is actually essential for life to exist on our planet. It's a deep dive into how scientists pieced together evidence from fossils, climate data, and modern technology to unlock one of geology's greatest mysteries.
Fire of Love
2022
PG
1h 34m
★ 7.5
"But the documentary, Fire of Love, of the day. May have talked about it before, but the documentary Fire of Love is amazing. — Josh highly recommends the documentary Fire of Love about volcano hunters and their incredible 16mm film footage."
— Josh
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990
1h 42m
★ 5.8
"Like Joe versus the volcano because that was a pretty amazing site. — Josh jokingly references the movie Joe Versus the Volcano when discussing volcanic footage in the documentary Fire of Love."
— Josh
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002
R
1h 32m
★ 6.8
"That was based on, well I know the movie and I know it was based on an original Japanese film, right? Right, called Juwan. — Josh acknowledges that The Grudge was based on the original Japanese horror film Ju-On."
— Josh
Kung Fury
2015
NR
32m
★ 7.5
"We should do one on the fault lines, like the San Andreas fault, maybe the most famous fault line. I feel like the rock did that. — Josh mentions that The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) starred in a movie about the San Andreas fault."
— Josh
The Grudge
2004
PG-13
1h 32m
★ 5.9
"You know the grudge that Sarah Michelle Geller was in in the 90s? — Chuck references the American horror film adaptation of the Japanese film Ju-On as an example of horror movies."
— Chuck
The Invisible Man
2020
R
2h 4m
★ 7.1
"I watched that invisible man update from a few years ago with Elizabeth Moss that I had never seen before. — Josh mentions watching a recent adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man and recommends it as a good horror film."
— Josh
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