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All Rings Considered
Episode 368
Before we turned our phones to silent or vibrate, there was a time when everyone had ringtones -- when the song your phone played really said somethi…
6 years, 6 months ago
Peace Lines
Episode 367
There are many walls in Belfast which physically separate Protestant neighborhoods from Catholic ones. Some are fences that you can see through, whil…
6 years, 6 months ago
Model City
Episode 366
During the depths of the Depression in the late 1930s, 300 craftspeople came together for two years to build an enormous scale model of the City of S…
6 years, 6 months ago
On Beeing
Episode 365
Farmers have known for centuries that putting a hive of honeybees in an orchard results in more blossoms becoming cherries, almonds, apples and the l…
6 years, 7 months ago
He's Still Neutral
Episode 364
When confronted with trash piling up on a median in front of their home in Oakland, Dan and Lu Stevenson decided to try something unusual: they would…
6 years, 7 months ago
Invisible Women
Episode 363
Men are often the default subjects of design, which can have a huge impact on big and critical aspects of everyday life. Caroline Criado Perez is the…
6 years, 7 months ago
Goodness Gracious Great Balls of Twine
Episode 362
Vivian Le is on a mission that requires equal parts science, philosophy, and daring, in search of something that’s been hotly contested for decades: …
6 years, 7 months ago
Built on Sand
Episode 361
Sand is so tiny and ubiquitous that it's easy to take for granted. But in his book The World in a Grain, author Vince Beiser traces the history of sa…
6 years, 8 months ago
The Universal Page
Episode 360
Reporter Andrew Leland has always loved to read. An early love of books in childhood eventually led to a job in publishing with McSweeney’s where And…
6 years, 8 months ago
Life and Death in Singapore
Episode 359
When Singapore gained its independence they went on a mission to re-house the population from densely-packed thatched roof huts into giant concrete s…
6 years, 8 months ago