Deep Dive: Treaty of Paris, Porsche’s Dual Legacy, and How Fast the Brain Really Is - September 3, 2025
Hosts Ethan Morris and Miriam Keller examine the 1783 Treaty of Paris and its cultural legacy, celebrate Ferdinand Porsche’s impact from the Beetle to performance cars, and unpack a striking fact about human brain processing speed.
In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Ferdinand Porsche’s influence on automotive history, and the remarkable processing speed of the human brain.
- 📜 The Treaty of Paris (1783): We explore how the treaty "formally ending the Revolutionary War and reshaping the map of a new nation" functions as a precise historical turning point — its cultural ripple effects, memorialization, and the duality of ending conflict while launching nation-building.
- 🎂 Birthday spotlight on Ferdinand Porsche (1875): A focused look at Porsche’s engineering legacy — from designing the Volkswagen Beetle as an affordable, mass-produced car to seeding a lineage of high-performance sports cars, and how that systems-level approach reshaped mobility and industrial design. (Also noted: birthdays of Charlie Sheen and Garrett Hedlund.)
- 💡 Fact of the day: Human brain processing speed — we discuss the claim that the brain can process information up to 120 meters per second, what that means for perception, memory, and split-second decisions, and why that fact feels both cinematic and reverent.
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Chad Thompson
Chad Thompson is the producer of Neural Newscast, bringing his expertise in technology, cybersecurity, media production, DJing, music production, and radio broadcasting to deliver high-quality, engaging news content. A futurist and early adopter, Chad has a deep passion for innovation, storytelling, and automation, ensuring that Neural Newscast stays at the forefront of modern news delivery. With a background in security operations and a career leading cyber defense teams, he combines technical acumen with creative vision to produce informative and compelling broadcasts. In addition to producing the podcast, Chad creates its original music, blending his technical expertise with his creative talents to enhance the show's unique sound. Outside of Neural Newscast, Chad is a dedicated father, electronic music enthusiast, and builder of creative projects, always exploring new ways to merge technology with storytelling.
