Geostorm: Abi and Freda Uncut

<p>It's another UNCUT special, back to our eighth episode and third ever dumb science movie! A two brothers classic: Geostorm. This week you get 20 extra minutes of our incredulity at the ridiculousness of this movie! Enjoy</p><br><p>We've got frozen deserts, exploding cities, giant tsunamis and #airlockdrama! Abi tries to understand the scientific and economic logistics of a space net while Freda just wants this movie to flush itself out of her brain. It hurts all the science parts. </p><br><p><em>"I want it dead, I want it's whole family dead, I want it down in the ground!"</em></p><br><p>Things you might find interesting:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180122-will-we-ever-have-satellites-that-can-control-the-weather#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%20having%20satellites%20control%20the,thus%20massively%20increasing%20their%20payload." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Will weather control happen in the future?</a> - BBC</li><li><a href="https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/meteorologists/cloud-seeding.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Can China control the weather?</a> - How Stuff Works</li><li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/cloud-seeding-weather-control-manipulate-effects-chemicals-climate-change-a8160146.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cloud Seeding: should we or shouldn't we?</a> - Independent</li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/geostorm-movie-shows-dangers-of-hacking-the-climate-we-need-to-talk-about-real-world-geoengineering-now-85866" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Geostorm and the ethics of geoengineering</a> - The Conversation</li><li><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2017/11/geostorm-a-very-imperfect-storm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The disasters of disaster movies </a>- Yale Climate Connections</li><li><a href="https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v28/d274" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Project Poyeye</a> - Office of the Hist