22 – Dwarfing the Empire State Building

An anachronistic episode about the NYC skyline

Originally recorded as a trial episode back in mid-2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Tom discusses whether building mega-skyscrapers next to the Empire State Building would disfigure the the New York City skyline.

SEE: 15 Penn Plaza

SEE: The Guardian (2010)—New York skyscraper to rival Empire State Building

SEE: List of the Tallest Buildings in the World

SEE: Burj Khalifa

SEE: Space Elevator

The gents discuss whether cinemas and big-budget movies are on the way out due to all the new streaming services.

SEE: List of most expensive films ever produced

Tom asks David and Zack what the traffic rules are for stopping for a school bus with an active stop-sign on a divided highway.

SEE: School Bus Laws By State—When to stop and when not to!

Zack struggles to contemplate Tyrannosaurus as a big chicken.

SEE: NYT (2019)—T.Rex Like You Haven’t Seen Him: With Feathers

SEE: Supervolcanos

SEE: Geocentric vs. Heliocentric Universes

SEE: Relativity of Simultaneity

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