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====== Turtles on the Blockchain ====== 
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**Turtles on the Blockchain** is episode 274 of the podcast, [[start#About the Show|Boonta Vista]]. This episode was released on 17-Nov-2022. 

===== Description ===== 
Andrew, Lucy and Theo are joined by JR Hennessy, host of Down Round podcast and author of The Terminal, to discuss amphibian poaching, the allure of the forbidden grease, aeronaut misadventures in the Alps, and more.



Listen to Down Round: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/down…nd/id1636629847

Read The Terminal: www.theterminal.info/

Follow JR on Twitter: twitter.com/jrhennessy 

===== Intro Scenario =====
^Summary^Written by^
|Theo is stuck in the washing machine, pondering the fate of his absent step brother. Andrew is waiting on a casting couch for a casting that will never come. Lucy is driving the now-empty Bang Bus, alone but free.|Theo|

===== Hosts ===== 
  * [[start#Hosts|Andrew]]
  * [[start#Hosts|Ben]]
  * [[start#Hosts|Lucy]]

===== Guests ===== 
  * [[JR Hennessy]] 

===== Segments ===== 
^Timestamp^Segment^Notes^ 
|0:12:36|[[Balloonly Speaking|Balloonly Speaking]]|Nine injured as a hot sure balloon crashes twice in the Alps, throwing out pilot and co-pilot as it bounces. There's a discussion of how easy hot air balloons are to fly, and the have that should be used for the person responsible for pulling the hot air handle.|
|0:18:52|[[Crime Watch|Crime Watch]]|Grease thefts on the increase across Ohio, and how it is laundered for sale to biofuel manufacturers giving it a street value of millions. According to the report, anyway.|
|0:31:22|[[Nature Corner|Nature Corner]]|There's a spike in turtle poaching as demands for them as pets increases. Theo puts forward an aerodynamic argument for turtle throwing, and there's also some discussion of etching serial numbers into shells before they realise there's nerves in those things.|
|0:48:00|[[Sovereign Citizen Watch|Sovereign Citizen Watch ]]|NZ man refused to take breathalyser test and then demanded payment from police for his time..|

===== Episode Notes =====

The intro contains a lot of self deprecating stuff about both this podcast and down round as well as a brief deliveroo and Twitter update. There's some discussion of how vicious she tenacious some birds are, and the catch and release of foxes
^  Other Information  ^^
^Outro Music|n/a|
^Movies Referenced|Dune (2022?) [oblique & hard to tell the year from 'the grease must flow']|
^Fad Diets|None|
^Crime Passes|None|
^Hundredth Episode Gong|N/A|
===== Listen to the episode ===== 
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