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Back to SearchRoger Williams Root (Classic)
The hunt to memorialize Rhode Island’s founder created one of the state’s strangest and most enduring myths. Learn more about Roger Williams relationship to local indigenous tribes here.
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
A Pasta Tour of Italy with Dan Pashman
Cookbook author and Sporkful host Dan Pashman sets out on a research trip across Italy in search of highly regional pasta dishes that he can’t find anywhere else. Along the way, he learns a shocking …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Day the Tractors Stood Still
In May 2024, tractors across the American Midwest stalled. But that was only the first piece of a much larger story. Journalist Jason Koebler takes us to Nebraska and Illinois to find out what is goi…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Wood Island Lighthouse
Over the course of its 200 year history, the lighthouse on Wood Island in Maine has been home to a celebrity dog, a grisly murder, some mischievous ghosts, and a monster storm that may or may not hav…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
The Wave Organ
Producer Luz Fleming takes his son to revisit a special childhood spot that just happens to be a San Fransisco gem hiding in plain sight ... in the middle of the bay!
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Wild Life Week: Rae Wynn-Grant and the Bear (Classic)
Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, Ph.D. is a wildlife ecologist specializing in large carnivores. And in this episode she unfolds a mystery for listeners.
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Wild Life Week: Why Would a Researcher Pull a Lion’s Tail?
Producer Abbey Perrault takes a trip into the Kenyan savanna, where she meets researchers who are studying how people share space with unlikely neighbors: lions. Along the way, she learns why a resea…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Wild Life Week: Celery Makes A Nature Documentary
We all love to zone out to a soothing nature documentary. But what you’ll learn about them in this episode will make you watch – and listen! – a lot more carefully. Reporter Abigail Keel tells Dylan …
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Wild Life Week: The Female Alphas of Yellowstone
Decades after eradicating its wolves, Yellowstone National Park decided to reintroduce them. In the 1990s, the wolves were thriving—until one wolf decided to make life hell for everyone around her. O…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Wild Life Week: Exploring Our Alien Planet with Cara Giaimo
The natural world is weird. Dylan talks with Cara Giaimo, co-author of our forthcoming book Wild Life, about the world’s tiniest chameleon, an acrobatic fog catching beetle, and how shellfish hold th…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago