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An unhealthy and dangerous podcast! Molly has a degree in environmental health. She's had a number of jobs in the field and it means that she thinks too hard about mold in buildings and shelf-stable food. Ty is a designer. Her job is to make pretty pictures for people and it's sort of unclear what she's doing here, but we have fun. New episodes every other Tuesday!
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In this very special holiday episode we take the non-controversial stance that Die Hard is a Christmas movie and discuss it! However Ty takes some controversial stances in her descriptions of it, though it's hard to disagree. We explore building science by discussing crawling through the HVAC, just what are elevators, and what's up with the sprinkl…
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It's the season finale!! Follow us on social media (twitter, FB, or instagram) to find out about season 2! We wrap our time this season with Zombieland, a movie about found family and how important it is to have, just, any girlfriend that will take you. Remember the Rules of Survival in the Zombie Apocalypse? One of them is to wear a seatbelt, and …
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Today on No Railings we heroically show up to tell you that Alien is a very good film. Ty remarks on the discomfort of watching a plot that kicks off by breaking quarantine in September of 2020, when isolation procedures were in full swing, and then picks at that discomfort some more by researching invasive species quarantines around the world. Mol…
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This week on No Railings, we alone are brave enough to call Sharknado "scientifically dubious". Ty and Molly lead with some pretty synergistic questions: 1- can you fly a helicopter next to a twister 2- while you're there, can you throw a bomb deep enough into the cyclone to blow it up and stop the 'nado? Ty answers No to kissing tornadoes in chopp…
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In discussing Reefer Madness this week, we join the hallowed ranks of Podcasts About Weed. Finally! Did you know that there are actually 2 movies called Reefer Madness? One’s a propaganda piece from the 1930’s about the dangers of smoking Giggle Cigarettes and the other is a beloved cult musical from 2005. We watched both! Ty starts with the effect…
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Our first minisode! Today we chat loosely about animal conservation. No movies, just fun facts! Topics of note: Songbird troubles Snailtopia Conservation's effects on humanity
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This week we discuss the coolest movie poster of 2004: The Day After Tomorrow! First, Molly investigates the animal-earthquake connection we’ve all been told about. Is it real or is it just good cinema? Well… mostly the latter. But there’s a lot of folkloric evidence of following animal cues to guess the weather, so that’s actually pretty cool! The…
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This week we discuss the #1 threat facing extreme sports aficionados today: naked cave monster men. Just kidding, no, the real threat is hubris. Ty immediately breaks format by choosing one topic (spelunking best practices) and beating that to death. Let her tell you about average cave temperatures and the fungal infection affecting US bat populati…
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Welcome to No Railings, a podcast where we look at environmental health and safety by watching movies and talkin' about them. In our first episode, we kick things off with the movies that inspired us in the first place: The Star Wars original trilogy! To start, Ty explores the possibility of farming on the Death Star. Are there Storm Troopers in st…
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