This week we explore the short stories of Sci-Fi writer Cordwainer Smith and how a prop in the Stuart Little movie led to the rediscovery of a lost Hungarian masterpiece. A listener email explains how 9/11 ruined Disney World train tours forever.
Episode Tabs:
The Sci-Fi Writer who Invented Conspiracy Theory
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/science-fiction-conspiracy-theory-psyops/678195/
Stuart Little leads art historian to long-lost Hungarian masterpiece
Listener Tabs:
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/06/bal-des-ardents/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heritage_railroads_in_the_United_States
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