<![CDATA[Ty Bannerman - City on the Edge]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:53:53 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[121. Dendroglyphs]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:46:21 GMThttp://www.tybannerman.com/city-on-the-edge/121-121-dendroglyphs
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Dendro... what? You know. Dendroglyphs! Tree carvings! It turns out they have a fascinating history in New Mexico. Note: there are some audio issues at the beginning, but it settles down after a bit. LINK

]]><![CDATA[120. The Exhibition]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:44:46 GMThttp://www.tybannerman.com/city-on-the-edge/120-the-exhibition
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The death of Cecil Kelley in Los Alamos, the rise of Gunther von Hagens' corpse plastination and meditations on mortality itself all play a role in this excerpt from Ty Bannermans' new book, Nuclear Family. LINK

]]><![CDATA[119. Piñons are bad, actually]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:42:46 GMThttp://www.tybannerman.com/city-on-the-edge/119-pinons-are-bad-actually
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In part two of our deep dive into the piñon tree, Ty finds evidence that piñons are responsible for more death, exploitation and murder than any other New Mexico tree. LINK

]]><![CDATA[118.Fannie Spitz and the piñon shelling machine]]>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 02:41:09 GMThttp://www.tybannerman.com/city-on-the-edge/118fannie-spitz-and-the-pinon-shelling-machine
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Ever had unshelled piñon nuts? Tough little buggers. Fannie Spitz thought so , too, so she invented the first pine nut shelling machine in the United States. LINK

]]><![CDATA[117. The First of us]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 01:32:53 GMThttp://www.tybannerman.com/city-on-the-edge/117-the-first-of-us
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Ty gives a sneak-peak of his new book, Nuclear Family, with a story about the first known civilians to be exposed to nuclear fallout. LINK
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