Podcast Episodes

Whimzeyland

We go to Safety Harbor, Florida – where two artists have made their house into a magnet for creativity and culture, and where Troll Dolls, Jello mold…

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Forest of the Future Library (Winter Wonder Classic)

This forest in Oslo, Norway will provide the trees for paper as part of a century long art project featuring famed contemporary authors. 

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Ark Two Shelter (Winter Wonder Classic)

Forty-two school buses have been buried in Horning’s Mills, Ontario - covered in concrete, they can house up to 500 people in case of nuclear fallout…

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Congo Square (Winter Wonder Classic)

Congo Square in New Orleans is the heart of where African drumming found its way into American music and the birth of Jazz.

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The Complaint Tablet of Ea-Nasir (Winter Wonder Classic)

Turns out, complaining about bad service really is as old as time. Hear the story of an ancient Babylonian clay tablet that has launched a slew of mo…

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Dmanisi (Winter Wonder Classic)

An archeological site in the country of Georgia, which features the oldest, human skull fossils found outside of Africa, challenges what we think we …

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Monkey Island (Winter Wonder Classic)

An island off the coast of Puerto Rico is home to more than 1500 imported monkeys, which have been studied by researchers for decades.

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Cranes of the DMZ (Winter Wonder Classic)

The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea has become an accidental bird sanctuary for one of the world’s most endangered crane speci…

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Mafra Palace Library Bats (Winter Wonder Classic)

A grand library in Portugal has some unexpected nighttime caretakers -- tiny bats. 

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Parrots of Green-Wood Cemetery (Winter Wonder Classic)

These Argentinian parrots have made an unlikely home in a Brooklyn, NY cemetery.

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