Atanygivenmoment,nearly500,000peoplearecrammedtogetherinametaltube,hurtlingthroughtheair.Inthisepisode,welookatthestrangehumanexperimentthatisflyingtogether.

SpecialthankstoNatalieCompton,JuliaLongoria,MikeArnot,andeveryoneatGateGourmet.EPISODECREDITS: 

Reportedby-MattKielty,SimonAdlerandRachaelCusickProducedby-MattKielty,SimonAdlerandRachaelCusickWithProductionhelpfrom-SindhuGnanasambandanOriginalmusicandsounddesigncontributedby-JeremyBloomand mixinghelpfrom-ArianneWackFact-checkingby-NatalieA.MiddletonEditedby -PatWalters

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Videos

LouBoyer,theanimal-flyingpilotfromourepisode,hasagreatplane-forwardInstagramaccount (https://www.instagram.com/loub747/).AswellasawholeYouTubechannel (https://www.youtube.com/@loub747/videos) dedicatedtosnakesandplanes.(Luckily,notbothatthesametime.)

Books

RichardFoss'sFoodintheAirandSpace:TheSurprisingHistoryofFoodandDrinkintheSkies (https://zpr.io/KZyTPJkSENVq)

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