Podcast Episodes

Looking Toward the Sky with Summer Ash

Telescope tourist, rocket scientist and STEAM educator Summer Ash gives us the nitty gritty on the V.L.A. - a 22-mile telescope in New Mexico whose formal name is literally “Very Large Array.” We tal…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Canada Obscura: The Giant Orange Sphere

CANADALAND host Jesse Brown introduces Dylan to a strange and decaying Quebecois fast food institution… housed inside a giant orange sphere. Today, the orange is a relic of a bygone era. But decades …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Canada Obscura: The Feral Horses of Sable Island

Host Dylan Thuras brings us to a remote island off the coast of Nova Scotia. On Sable Island, we learn how – against all odds – a group of beloved feral horses have not only survived, but thrived. Th…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Canada Obscura: The Real Life Winnie-The-Pooh

CANADALAND host Jesse Brown tells Dylan the story of a Canadian man who adopted a black bear in the woods of Winnipeg – and how that bear became the inspiration for one of the most beloved children’s…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Maillardet’s Automaton (Classic)

This mechanical boy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a mystery - until it began to write. 

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

A Daring Story of Freedom with Edda Fields-Black

Historian and author Edda L. Fields-Black tells us the fascinating and action-packed story of one of the most daring spy operations and raids of the entire Civil War – led by Harriet Tubman. 

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

A Rogue Trip with Amir Siraj

We catch up with Amir Siraj – friend of the show, scientist and world wanderer – who visited a new observatory in a Chilean desert that could help his search for rogue planets 

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

From Seed to Significance

Earlier this spring we shared the story of the city of Melbourne’s program to track trees, which morphed into a love fest. In this episode, we hear from YOU and your love letters to trees that play a…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

The Ludlow Massacre Site

The Ludlow colony in southern Colorado was once a bustling tent city and haven for miners and their families. But it was also the site of one of the country’s most monumental –and violent – clashes o…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Shipwrecked Doritos (Classic)

In 2006 a massive haul of Doritos was shipwrecked on Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks, leaving its mark on the town forever.

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Published on 1 year, 7 months ago