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Episode 003 — When Humans Nearly Vanished


Episode Details

In this episode, we talk about When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano by Donald R. Prothero while drinking a bottle of the 2016 Brassfield Eruption Red Blend (California). Cheers!

Book:

When Humans Nearly Vanished—The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano (Buy now at Bookshop.org! Support local bookstores; shop online with Bookshop.)

Author: Donald J. Prothero

Publisher/Date (book): Smithsonian Books; October 16, 2018

Audio edition—Publisher/Date: Dreamscape Media; October 16, 2018, 6 CDs, 408 minutes; narrated by Qarie Marshall

Booze:           

Type: Wine

Producer: Brassfield Estate

Label:  Eruption Red Blend

Vintage: 2016

Links & Other Source Material

Dr. Donald Prothero: Paleontologist – Geologist – Science Writer – Lecturer

  • Dr. Prothero’s Website
  • Prothero on The Thinking Atheist— “Basic Evolution (for Creationists): with Dr. Donald Prothero”
  • Donald Prothero’s IMDB page

Books and Journals

  • Rampino, Michael & Ambrose, Stanley. (2000). Volcanic winter in the Garden of Eden: The Toba supereruption and the late Pleistocene human population crash. 10.1130/0-8137-2345-0.71.
  • Supervolcano: The Catastrophic Event That Changed The Course Of Human History
  • Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester

Volcanoes

  • Wikipedia entry—Toba Catastrophe Theory
  • Wikipedia entry— Large Volcanic Eruptions
  • Wikipedia entry—Volcanic Explosivity Index
  • Mystery of the Mega Volcano (PBS Video)
  • 2018 Update to the U.S. Geological Survey National Volcanic Threat Assessment
  • “18 Most Dangerous Volcanoes in the United States” (Gizmodo Magazine; October 26, 2018)

Music

  • Acrontas Blank on Soundcloud

Written by:
Bradley Weber
Published on:
April 3, 2020
Thoughts:
1 Comment

Categories: Podcasts

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Konstantinos Kostas

    June 3, 2020 at 8:01 am

    What a great podcast, Brad!  You brought together a volcanic eruption, that came astonishingly close to decimating our species, with Brassfield Estate’s Eruption Red Blend (creative choice, btw!) and conveyed the essence of what it means to be human: that regardless of any slight genetic difference, we all evolved from an infinitesimal group of Homo sapiens that survived the Toba eruption a mere 75,000 years ago.  Your message, especially right now during this time of unrest in the US, was on point, sensitive and thought provoking.  Just like a good wine, your podcast left me with a psychological aftertaste that made me glad I tuned in…

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