The hosts play a series of clips featuring Whoopi Goldberg and a promo for a "tiny house" show where a couple plans to live in a shipping container. They discuss these as signs of "Armageddon" and cultural decline.
4 chapters across the catalog
The hosts play a series of clips featuring Whoopi Goldberg and a promo for a "tiny house" show where a couple plans to live in a shipping container. They discuss these as signs of "Armageddon" and cultural decline.
New York City's Office of Emergency Management, with $1.5 million in FEMA funding, has unveiled a prototype for post-disaster housing made from stacked shipping containers. The units are designed to house displaced New Yorkers either temporarily or permanently following natural disasters. The hosts describe the project as a grim vision of future urban living conditions.
The "Mars One" project, which aims to establish a human colony on Mars funded by a reality television show, is discussed. The segment transitions into a lighter topic regarding "yurts" as a viable alternative living structure. Comparisons are made between the proposed Mars habitats and high-end yurts available from California manufacturers.
Shipping Container Library, Sustainable Architecture, and The GIMP
Inspired by an architect listener, the hosts discuss building the "Curry-Dvorak Library" using recycled shipping containers. They marvel at online images of luxury container homes and discuss the low cost of surplus containers. The segment briefly touches on Adam Curry's switch to Ubuntu Linux and his refusal to use "The GIMP" as a Photoshop alternative.
