{"id":572,"date":"2007-09-30T12:28:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-30T17:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/?p=572"},"modified":"2007-09-30T12:28:44","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T17:28:44","slug":"special-mackinac-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/09\/30\/special-mackinac-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Special: Mackinac Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 1, 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge which connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan (US). Being Michigan born and raised, I&#8217;ve always had a special geek fascination with the &#8220;Big Mac&#8221;. This special episode of Technorama is a combination of interview and documentary about the bridge. The interview is with Kim Nowack, Chief Engineer for the <a>Mackinac Bridge Authority<\/a>. Listen and learn about the history of the bridge and get some inside information from the woman who cares for one of the longest spans in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1379\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-572-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 1, 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge which connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan (US). Being Michigan born and raised, I&#8217;ve always had a special geek fascination with the &#8220;Big Mac&#8221;. This special episode &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/2007\/09\/30\/special-mackinac-bridge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1381\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-572-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/technorama\/www.chuckchat.com\/media\/technorama\/Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Tech_Ep187_Mackinac_Bridge.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[586],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe53l-9e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chuckchat.com\/technorama\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}