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You Ain’t Nothin But a Postmark
Episode 556
Over a decade after Elvis Presley’s death, the king of rock & roll took over headlines once again as Americans weighed in on which portrait of Elvis …
2 years, 11 months ago
The Big Dig
Episode 555
Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s Big Dig massive infrastructure project, which rerouted the central highway…
2 years, 11 months ago
Devil in the Details
Episode 554
This week we have two stories featuring the devil.
An infamous "training video" teaching cops how to spot and stop "satanic crimes." And a stretch of …
2 years, 11 months ago
Cautionary Tales of the Sydney Opera House
Episode 553
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic and distinctive buildings in the world. It took a relative newcomer and architectural outsider to dr…
3 years ago
Blood in the Machine
Episode 552
Brian Merchant is a tech reporter, and he'd been covering the industry for years when he started to notice a term that kept coming up. When he wrote …
3 years ago
Whomst Among Us Let the Dogs Out AGAIN
Episode 389
All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts you've listened to over and over again. And then the…
3 years ago
Office Space
Episode 551
In most big cities, there’s a housing crisis. And empty office buildings are creating a different crisis known to urbanists as a ‘doom loop.’ Convert…
3 years ago
Melanie Speaks
Episode 550
The story of a voice training VHS tape that helped trans women at a time when other resources were hard to access.
The way a person's voice changes ov…
3 years, 1 month ago
Trail Mix: Track Two
Episode 549
Welcome to our second episode of short stories all about what may be the original designed object: the trail. If you haven’t heard the first episode …
3 years, 1 month ago
Trail Mix
Episode 548
We deconstruct and examine what might be the original designed object-- the humble trail. We discuss how park trails are designed, what makes a good …
3 years, 1 month ago