Mindthunder

Show notes: What do you do? 5:20 - "The Season 6 finale for 'Game of Thrones' drew the largest audience in the history of the series, with 8.9 million viewers tuning into HBO on Sunday night, according to Nielsen." 17:12 - Who built the pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex? Skilled workers feasting on prime beef? And when? Graham Hancock is the writer whose name Casey was seeking. 21:30 - Five-year plans of China - first plan put in place in 1953; thirteenth plan put in place in 2016 (no apparent hundred-year plan)   Popularity of the name "Millard" in the U.S. over time: Teddy Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy between April 19th, 1897 and May 10th, 1898. 12:30 - New Horizons team (pre-cursor to the full-fledged NASA mission) was formed in December 2000, so the mission has been in the works for fifteen-plus years. 13:34 - Breakthrough Starshot (and The Herlihy Boy) 27:30 - "Yo we like a twig in the nile we just flowin'" - Lovely Daze by DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince 28:10 - Ken Burns's Stanfor