Rare Encounter - Encounter #48: Doomsday Zone

Encounter #48: Doomsday Zone

2021-06-09

Cicadas on a plane, underground fishways, and the Michael Jackson connection.

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Cicadas on a plane, underground fishways, and the Michael Jackson connection.

Show Notes

Excess migration in America

What census data tells us about population growth in Maryland and the U.S. - Baltimore Sun

108 (number)

It's the 33 of Buddhism. Also the number of days since the last episode of Maps With Mat.

Three wise monkeys

Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru, who sees no evil, hears no evil, and speaks no evil, respectively.

There's also Sezaru, the fourth movie, who does no evil. (Which is why he's covering his nuts.)

Anime

86: Eighty Six

Shin's reading list

Shinei Nouzen | 86 - Eighty Six - Wiki | Fandom

The literature Shin reads are references to works or events that influenced the author during her writing of the novel. The literature he is known to have read are:

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque
Second Variety, Philip K. Dick
The Mist, Steven King
Takasebune, Mori Ōgai
Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler
The Bible (specifically, the exorcism of the Gerasene demonaic is referenced in dialogue)
Thou Shalt Not Die, Akiko Yosano
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Paul Dirac