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Tom Scott: Amazing Places

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5 min

S2023 · E1 · Jan 2, 2023

The "architecture graveyard" is alive and well Episode 1

Poly Canyon, at Cal Poly, is an experimental architecture laborator. And it's open to the public:

9 min

S2023 · E2 · Jan 16, 2023

I took a ride on a moving radio telescope Episode 2

The Parkes Radio Telescope, Murriyang, part of CSIRO, is one of the most famous telescopes in the world: and it's got a unique way of getting equipment up and down from the central section.

4 min

S2023 · E3 · Feb 6, 2023

Google gave the Shweeb $1,000,000. Episode 3

At Velocity Valley in Rotorua, New Zealand, there's the Shweeb: a pedal-powered monorail. It's a fun ride: but in 2010. Google gave it a million dollars as a potential "future of transit".

3 min

S2023 · E4 · Feb 20, 2023

This cafe sends food through pneumatic tubes Episode 4

C1 Espresso, in Christchurch, New Zealand, has a set of pneumatic tubes. But that's not enough on its own to keep a business running.

4 min

S2023 · E5 · Mar 6, 2023

The city with a hundred private cable cars Episode 5

Wellington, in New Zealand, has more than a hundred private cable cars. I found out why.

7 min

S2023 · E6 · Mar 13, 2023

Things are changing at the world's oldest hotel Episode 6

Nishivama Onsen Keiunkan is not just the world's oldest hotel, but the world's oldest still-operating business. Or at least, that's one way of looking at it. But things are changing here, just like they always have.

5 min

S2023 · E7 · Mar 20, 2023

This bus transforms into a train Episode 7

The DMV, or Dual Mode Vehicle, on the Asa Coast Railway in Shikoku, Japan, is a hybrid bus and train. And I rode it.

10 min

S2023 · E8 · Apr 3, 2023

I rode the world's fastest train Episode 8

I thought maglev trains were a dead-end technology: but it looks like I was wrong. At JR Central's Yamanashi Maglev Test Track, I rode Japan's new maglev.

4 min

S2023 · E9 · Apr 24, 2023

The military base where you drive over the runway Episode 9

Meiringen Air Base, in Switzerland, has an unusual feature: two public roads that go straight over the runway. How do they keep it safe? And, as a side note, just how loud is it when you're standing next to a fighter jet?

6 min

S2023 · E10 · May 8, 2023

The world’s cleanest railway Episode 10

At CEA-Leti, in Grenoble, there's a "funicular" that not many people get to ride: because it's between two clean rooms, and getting to it requires quite a lot of preparation.

6 min

S2023 · E11 · May 15, 2023

The people who get paid to get sick Episode 11

I went inside the former hotel where, for science (and money), people are volunteering to get colds, flu, and RSV.

9 min

S2023 · E12 · May 22, 2023

Shake tables are way more complex than I thought Episode 12

At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table: an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world.

8 min

S2023 · E13 · May 29, 2023

This is an excuse to show you a really good tunnel Episode 13

The Catesby Tunnel, in the UK, is an old Victorian railway tunnel that has a new use: a secretive car testing facility, like a wind tunnel but in reverse. So rather than just show it to the world, I thought I'd answer a question: if you stick a camera on the outside of your car, how much does the drag cost you?

6 min

S2023 · E14 · Jun 5, 2023

No-one knows how explosions work (yet) Episode 14

The first few moments of an explosion can't be simulated yet. But there's a team at the University of Sheffield working on it.

11 min

S2023 · E15 · Jun 12, 2023

I had to throw out my script about this submarine simulator Episode 15

In an old mill in a remote corner of Italy, sits the Bathysphere Project at Explorandia: a submarine simulator that explores an actual, small pond. It might be the best homemade project I've ever seen.

4 min

S2023 · E16 · Jun 19, 2023

The cable car that you pedal by hand Episode 16

Through the mountains of Slovenia, there are manual cable cars: some historic, some more modern. There aren't many left. I was able to try one, and to talk to the person who still maintains it.

4 min

S2023 · E17 · Jun 26, 2023

The first jungle gym was meant to hack kids' brains Episode 17

Well before the first climbing frame was patented as "jungle gym", mathematician Charles Hinton thought they might be able to teach kids four-dimensional thinking.

8 min

S2023 · E18 · Jul 10, 2023

I thought this rotating house was impossible. Episode 18

Near San Diego, California, there's a rotating house: and somehow, all the utilities, the electricity, gas and water, work even on the rotating part. How's that possible?

6 min

S2023 · E19 · Jul 31, 2023

Storing dead people at -196°C Episode 19

In Switzerland, there's a new cryonics company: and they invited me to have a look around. I had questions: legal, practical, and ethical, and I want to be clear: this is not an endorsement. I just wasn't going to turn down that invitation.

6 min

S2023 · E20 · Aug 7, 2023

This town banned cars (except tiny electric ones Episode 20

Zermatt, in Switzerland, bans all private cars and all gasoline cars. But if you run a business, you might be able to buy one of the special, tiny ones that are built right there.

7 min

S2023 · E21 · Aug 14, 2023

This town throws pennies at people. They hurt. Episode 21

The Honiton Hot Pennies ceremony is the result of 800 ears of tradition: from when rich people would entertain themselves by throwing scalding-hot pennies onto the poor people below. These days, it's a bit less dangerous... but only a bit.

7 min

S2023 · E22 · Aug 28, 2023

This man built his office inside a lift Episode 22

The Bata Skyscraper, in Zlin, Czechia, is a landmark of architecture. And the office of Jan Antonin Bata...is an elevator.

4 min

S2023 · E23 · Sep 25, 2023

Spherical houses weren't a great idea. Episode 23

The Bolwoningen, in Den Bosch, in the Netherlands, are experimental architecture: the surprising part is that people still live there.

4 min

S2023 · E24 · Oct 9, 2023

I finally rode the weird, curved German lift. Episode 24

At the New Town Hall, the Neues Rathaus, in Hanover, there's a strange lift where the track curves unevenly. For years, people from Germany have been emailing me about it: well, I finally visited.

11 min

S2023 · E25 · Nov 20, 2023

These tiny ships have a serious purpose Episode 25

At Port Itawa in Poland, pilots and captains of massive ships train on 1-to-24 scale ship models: and I got to drive one.

6 min

S2023 · E26 · Dec 11, 2023

A robot just swapped my electric car's battery Episode 26

Nio is a Chinese auto maker that offers an alternative to charging: just swapping out the whole battery whenever you need it. I borrowed one of their cars.

26 episodes in Season 2023

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Tom Scott

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Total runtime 13h 40m · Episode length 5 min · Country United Kingdom

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Premiered

June 29, 2015

Final episode

December 11, 2023

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United Kingdom

Episode length

5 min

Total runtime

13h 40m

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English

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