Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMr. Kaor’s Letters (Classic)
We visit a quaint Dutch fishing village and attempt to unravel the mystery that unfolded there… a mystery that involved strange and curious letters a…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Mythical Panda with Nathalia Holt
In the 1920s the world was small. This was an exciting time for scientists and explorers. And among these explorers were Ted and Kemit Roosevelt who …
4 months, 1 week ago
Invasion of the Lampreys
About 100 years ago, the Great Lakes were inundated with an unwelcome visitor – the leech-like, blood-sucking, creepy-looking sea lamprey. For decade…
4 months, 1 week ago
Toronto’s Musical Robot
Artist and architect Danny Shaddick and the rapper Shad have known each other since high school, and they both wound up in Toronto making art togethe…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Manuscript Writing Cafe (Classic)
We go to Tokyo, to a particular place that is both nemesis and best friend to all those procrastinators out there. (Yes, we’re looking at you :)
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4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Beat Museum (Classic)
This San Francisco museum, curated by a super-fan of the Beats, is a shrine to an incredibly influential cultural movement and a destination for folk…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Living Libraries of West Africa
Journalist Eliot Stein explores the tradition of the djeli – African storytellers who memorize and pass down oral histories – tracing it all the way …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
More Things We Collect
A while ago, we asked you to send us stories about your collections – and we got so many great responses, that we decided to make another episode abo…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Baseball’s Muddy Little Secret
On the heels of the World Series, Kelly and Amanda discuss an unusual tradition in baseball: the fact that, before each game, every single ball is ru…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Freud Museum London (Classic)
Sigmund Freud’s famous psychoanalytic couch is preserved in his final office in London, England.
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4 months, 3 weeks ago