This week Field Trip Correspondent Becky Palmstrom takes us to a festival in Taung Byone, Myanmar, where we learn how to run a ferris wheel ... using people power. That's right, if you haven't got any electricity, and you MUST run a classic carnival attraction, you've got to hire a bunch of guys to launch themselves at it and spin the wheel using a process that can only be described as ... terrifying.
This week Field Trip Correspondent Becky Palmstrom takes us to a festival in Taung Byone, Myanmar, where we learn how to run a ferris wheel … using people power. That’s right, if you haven’t got any electricity, and you MUST run a classic carnival attraction, you’ve got to hire a bunch of guys to launch themselves at it and spin the wheel using a process that can only be described as … terrifying.
Throw everything you know about physics and biomechanics out the window, and come with us and Becky on our most wild ride yet!
About this week’s special Field Trip Correspondent:Becky Palmstrom is a freelance radio and print journalist based in Burma (Myanmar). Her radio work has appeared on National Public Radio (NPR), Deutsche Welle Radio and KALW. Her reporting focuses on humanitarian and development issues.Keep in touch with us @FieldTripLog on Twitter or help spread the word about The Field Trip Podcast by liking us on Facebook.You can also subscribe (free) to us on iTunes to automatically get downloads of future episodes.