This week we learn about how the introduction of the corrugated box changed the entire pizza delivery industry and how Pythagoras' belief that fava beans contained the souls of the dead may have lead to his violent death. A listener email gets into the X-rated history of tree carvings in the American west.
Episode Tabs:
The Low-Tech Genius of the Cardboard Pizza Box
https://www.eater.com/2016/9/28/13065010/pizza-box-design
The Death of Pythagoras
https://philosophynow.org/issues/78/The_Death_of_Pythagoras
Listener Tabs:
Captain Volcano, or, The Man of the Red Revolvers: A Story of Life Against Life for a Big Stake
https://dimenovels.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/dimenovels%3A181706#page/1/mode/1up
Aspen Diaries
https://www.steamboatmagazine.com/2005/07/01/1948/aspen-diaries
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