Episode 30: Ancient Air Conditioning

Even though it is autumn now, down here in Florida it can still get pretty hot, and I was reminded just how hot it can get when Hurricane Michael struck my region. Hurricane Michael left me and thousands of others without electricity and therefore without air conditioning. It made me wonder, how did people stay cool before air conditioning existed? It turns out that ancient people didn’t just sweat it out. They actually came up with some really ingenious ways to keep their cool. On Episode 30 of Hang Your Hat, I explore some of the ways that ancient people stayed cool, even in the hottest climates, and what we can do today to stay cool without electricity.

You can listen to Episode 30: Ancient Air Conditioning online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Episode 30: Ancient Air Conditioning is an episode from Hang Your Hat by Amy Simpson.

This episode is 00:20:17 long.

This episode was published on Oct 29, 2018.

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