Like much of the country of late, Katharine has space on the brain.

Sources:

• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-an-asteroid-caused-extinction-of-dinosaurs.html
• https://today.ucsd.edu/story/an-asteroid-doesnt-have-to-hit-earth-to-cause-catastrophe
• https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/the-powerful-new-rubin-observatory-just-found-11-000-new-asteroids-and-measured-tens-of-thousands-more
• https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/
• https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/natural-disasters/asteroid-hits-earth.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
• https://www.esa.int/About_Us/50_years_of_ESA/Asteroids_The_discovery_of_asteroids
• https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/meteors-meteorites/facts/
• https://www2.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/impacts.htm
• https://www.planetary.org/articles/how-astronomers-rank-dangerous-asteroids-and-what-that-means-for-you

Lorien has discovered another reason not to go hiking. Also, Lorien says she's not going to give away the ending to a 130-year-old short story and then immediately does, so spoiler alert, we guess.

Join us on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe as Katharine tells Lorien about trains.

Sources:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clye22ljxw4o
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/train-crashes-against-crane-southeastern-spain-tve-reports-2026-01-22/
• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/safest-places-sit-traveling-train-044500726.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHXlCiTsDI1W-HQMT2Srzg7Sxt1XD5M05UpxS5RF67Wq7aszfKgg42IDI83-5rK0oH6xUGuVASRQAZHyV6bw8JgnmtpvOSlhFBE0yw5CTtBDYRxFjJykTwuBQ4WUkBFQWREmPQWJ1Z9LjLRH0HN-cJh16Enq_83S4fZj2X1bPO-h
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• https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/railroads-and-regulators-must-address-the-dangers-of-long-trains-report-says/