What The History Podcast

That’s a Big Nelson and Bloopdy Doop

In this episode Suzie examines the controversy behind a major English landmark and Trevor investigates a very odd sound.  What the history?

WHAT THE HISTORY?

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Sources:

NELSON’S COLUMN

Fitzgerald J 2016, ‘Everything You Need To Know About Nelson’s Column’, https://londonist.com/london/history/everything-you-need-to-know-about-nelson-s-column
Hirsch A 2017, ‘Toppling statues? Here’s why Nelson’s column should be next’, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/22/toppling-statues-nelsons-column-should-be-next-slavery
Long D 2013, ‘Bizarre London’ Constable and Robinson, London, pp. 70-72
Nelson Museum 2013, ‘Nelson’s Injuries and Illnesses’ https://www.nelson-museum.co.uk/injuries-illnesses.html

Park Grand London Paddington 2015, ‘15 Facts About Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square’ https://www.parkgrandlondon.co.uk/blog/15-facts-about-nelsons-column-in-trafalgar-square/
Readers Digest 1988, ‘Strange Stories Amazing Facts’, Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd, Surry Hills, p. 470
The Telegraph 2016, ‘Greenpeace to foot bill as campaigners spared jail for damaging Nelson’s Column’, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/16/greenpeace-to-foot-bill-as-campaigners-spared-jail-for-damaging/
van der Krogt R, van der Krogt P 2014, ‘Nelson’s Column’ http://statues.vanderkrogt.net/object.php?webpage=ST&record=gblo023
White C 2011, ‘Nelson: The Hero and the Man’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/nelson_01.shtml

THE BLOOP

The Bloop mystery has been solved: it was never a giant sea monster – WIRED

What is the bloop? – NOAA

PMEL Acoustics Program – NOAA

Recommended by ‘The Bloop’: The loudest underwater sound recorded hasn’t been completely explained – Stuff NZ

This Is What Actually Caused That Underwater “Bloop” Sound – URBO

The Bloop: An Underwater Mystery That Took Nearly 10 Years to Solve – Motherboard

Remember that scary undersea “bloop” noise? At last we know what caused it. – io9

Other stuff:

The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…

History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)

History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)

Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)

You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)

Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)

Fade out – Hey There Cthulhu – Eben Brooks

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