Disaster films are surprisingly tough to define. What makes them different from an action movie or a monster movie? Who cares? They’re great! Escape with us as we cover the the ins and outs and the history of disaster films and recommend some good ones.

Disaster films are surprisingly tough to define. What makes them different from an action movie or a monster movie? Who cares? They&rsquo;re great! Escape with us as we cover the the ins and outs and the history of disaster films and recommend some good ones.

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What Makes Disaster Films Great

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When a man named Cliff packaged book summaries in yellow and black booklets he changed the way kids learned. But was he just creating a cheat code?

When a man named Cliff packaged book summaries in yellow and black booklets he changed the way kids learned. But was he just creating a cheat code?

The Cliffs Notes on Cliffs Notes

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Today Chuck and Josh look at the interesting relationship between figs and wasps.

Today Chuck and Josh look at the interesting relationship between figs and wasps.

Short Stuff: Figs & Wasps

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You don’t have to be a hardcore vegan to eat a plant-based diet (although you can be). There’s a whole variety of degrees people adopt phasing out meat from their plates. One kind is even called flexitarian for goodness sake. Seems pretty welcoming to us.

You don&rsquo;t have to be a hardcore vegan to eat a plant-based diet (although you can be). There&rsquo;s a whole variety of degrees people adopt phasing out meat from their plates. One kind is even called flexitarian for goodness sake. Seems pretty welcoming to us.

Plant-Based Diets

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