Podcast Episodes

Our Favorite Objects: The Spritz Cookie Gravestone (Classic)

We explore the unexpected combination of recipes and graves through the story of Naomi Odessa Miller Dawson’s spritz cookies.

All week, we’re featuring the stories behind a few of our favorite things …

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Our Favorite Objects: Galileo's Middle Finger (Classic)

Dylan goes on a journey to examine the preserved middle finger of astronomer, physicist, and engineer Galileo Galilei.

All week, we’re featuring the stories behind a few of our favorite things – from …

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Classic)

Created by a volcanic eruption in 2015, this island in the South Pacific no longer exists… but we chat with a person who got to see it before it disappeared.

LEARN MORE about Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Shamanism: The Timeless Religion

We talk with anthropologist Manvir Singh, whose research on shamanism took him from the small island of Siberut to study current practitioners, to exploring prehistoric cave art in France. It’s the s…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dylan’s Mailbag: Traveling With Kids, Girls’ Trips, and Pedal Pubs

Dylan has just returned from a month-long trip with his family, and he and the gang answer listener questions about traveling with kids and more. 

Have a question for Dylan? Give us a call at 315-992-…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

This Is Your Commute

Listeners share stories about how they commute to work and back home as they also reflect on how special their neighborhood is too. 

Plus: We wanna hear stories about your first time traveling with yo…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Time Travel with a Parking Lot Dinosaur

Earlier this year a geologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science got a very unusual phone call. A construction crew ripping up the museum’s parking lot had found… dinosaur bones. We dig deepe…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit (Classic)

For years, students at Bennington College snuck into a locked room for a glimpse of strange and magical instruments created by professor Gunnar Schonbeck. Today, we join his orchestra. 

READ MORE IN T…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The World’s Largest Collection of Two-Headed Calves

Henry S. Rosenthal is the owner of what is likely the world’s largest collection of two-headed taxidermied calves. The collection is in San Francisco, and you can reach out to Henry at deepgort@gmail…

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

America’s Oldest Tofu Shop

Ota Tofu in Portland, Oregon is the oldest tofu shop in the United States. Two brothers opened the shop in 1911 and even today their tofu is still made the old-fashioned way, using a labor-intensive …

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago