Historical Humans

Welcome to the Eight Episode of the Historical Humans podcast, our Eighth episode is our discussion into the Louisiana Purchase, America's desire to expand and the costs and problems that arose.

The Historical Humans podcast is hosted by Colum Coleman, Gwendolyn Allen, and Justin Woods.

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Louisiana Purchase signed between US and France in 1803 Agreement between US President Thomas Jefferson & French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte Approved by the US Senate in a 24 to 7 vote Consists of 3 documents 1 treaty of cessation 2 agreements for the exchange of money US purchased via bonds from Britain’s Baring & Co. Bank Baring & Co. paid cash to France US paid Baring & Co. back over 15 years at 6% interest Original treaty lacked defined boundaries for the territory acquired Spanish claims over Texas and Florida were internationally disputed Made it unclear exactly what the Louisiana territory contained Issue settled in 1819 purchase of Florida US acquired the Louisiana territory 828,000 square miles of land $15 million USD $376,614,159.30 USD ($376.6 million USD) in 2021 dollars Purchase amounts to $18.12 USD per square mile in 1803 dollars Purchase amounts to $454.85 USD per square mile in 2021 dollars The land famously sold for 4 cents an acre US negotiators were James Monroe & Robert Livingston Monroe a founding father of the US and future US President Monroe became the 5th President of the US (1817-1825)

Welcome to the Ninth Episode of the Historical Humans podcast, our Ninth episode is our discussion into the Fukushima Disaster, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl and the first one in the 21st century.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan 2nd worst disaster in history of nuclear power Located in the town of Okuma in the Fukushima prefecture of northeastern Japan 100 km (60 miles) south of city of Sendai Plant operated by TEPCO (Tokyo Electric and Power Company) Plant consisted of 6 boiling water reactors Same as approximately 1⁄3 of the nuclear reactors in the US Illinois, which has the most nuclear reactors (11) & largest nuclear generating capacity (11.6 gigawatts) in US Heats water and produces steam within the reactor vessel Water is pumped through the reactor core and heated by fission Steam produced by this is fed via pipe to fan Steam turning the fan produces electricity Unused steam is condensed and reused in the heating process March 11, 2011 Tsunami waves from Great Sendai/Great Tohoku earthquake damage plant Magnitude 9.0 earthquake 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai Caused a 15-meter-high tsunami Damaged the plant’s backup generators All 3 operating reactors successfully shut down Loss of power caused cooling systems to fail Rising residual heat caused fueling rods to partially melt down Occurred in all 3 operating reactors Resulted in the release of radiation Melted rods bore holes through the bottom of reactors 1 & 2 Exposed nuclear materials in the cores Took months to realize these holes were there Outer containment buildings of reactors 1 & 3 explode Explosions the result of buildup of hydrogen gas Reactor 1 exploded on March 12, 2011 Reactor 3 exploded on March 14, 2011

Our Season 2 Episode 16 our Episode on Philippine Barangays

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Our Season 2 Episode 18 our Episode on The Scrap Iron Floatilla

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Our Season 4 Episode 10 our season episode on The Delian League

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The Historical Humans podcast is hosted by Colum Coleman, Aaron Gilpin and Justin Woods.

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