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	Podcast:		Kottke Ride Home
	Episode:		Mon. 07/27 - The Year Without a Summer
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:15:07
	Publish Date:		2020-07-27 18:54:01
	Description:		How people kept cool, or like, stayed alive during heat waves before air conditioning, as well as the year the world skipped summer. How Animal Crossing helped return a lost Nintendo Switch to its owner. A promising handheld robotic mobility aid for vision-impaired people. And how the NBA is filing their stands without breaking their quarantine bubble. Sponsor: BetterHelp, Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/REPORT Links: What Did People Do Before Air Conditioning? (Farmers’ Almanac) 1816: The Year Without a Summer (Farmers’ Almanac) The Climate Event That Helped Create 'Frankenstein' and the Bicycle (The Paris Review) Taiwan police use Animal Crossing to return lost Nintendo Switch (BBC) Mobility device for the blind works like a handheld robotic guide dog (New Atlas) "How I, as someone who is visually impaired use my iPhone" (Kristy Viers, Twitter) CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION \| Official Trailer (Netflix, YouTube) NBA Will Use Microsoft Teams to Project Fans Into Game Arenas (Gizmodo) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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