Episode 2 - Engines of Ingenuity

LitSciPod: The Literature and Science Podcast

Produced by: Catherine Charlwood (@DrCharlwood) and Laura Ludtke (@lady_electric) Music composed and performed by Gareth Jones. About the episode: This second episode of the third series of LitSciPod features an interview with modern linguist, early modernist and Francophile Dr Jennifer Oliver (@jenhelenoliver) discussing shipwrecks and technological developments. Materials discussed: Gordon Lightfoot, “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI) Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Wreck of the Deutschland” (1875–6,1918) About the Edmund Fitzgerald: https://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald/the-fateful-journey/ Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes: https://www.marmuseum.ca/ Josephine Mandamin’s Water Walker movement: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trekking-the-great-lakes-on-foot-to-raise-awareness-about-water-pollutants-1.4161467 Truth and Reconciliation: the legacy of Canada’s residential schools: http://nctr.ca/reports.php Great Lakes Guardian’s Council: https://www.ontario.ca/page/great-lakes-guardians-council Walter de la Mare, “The Wreck”, The Veil and Other Poems (1922) Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim (1899) Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899) Sea Shanties https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55661351 Noise Pollution Duarte, et al. “The soundscape of the Anthropocene ocean”, Science, Vol. 371, Issue 6529 (5 Feb 2021). DOI: 10.1126/science.aba4658 (https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6529/eaba4658) Walruses https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56404484 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56470235