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The Blazer Experiment
Episode 216
In 1968, the police department in Menlo Park, California hired a new police chief. His name was Victor Cizanckas and his main goal was to reform the …
10 years, 1 month ago
H-Day
Episode 215
September 3rd, 1967, also known as H-Day, is etched in the collective memory of Sweden. That morning, millions of Swedes switched from driving on the…
10 years, 1 month ago
Holdout (Repeat)
Episode 130
Around 2005, a Seattle neighborhood called Ballard started to see unprecedented growth. Condominiums and apartment buildings were sprouting up all ov…
10 years, 1 month ago
Loud and Clear
Episode 214
Sub Pop Records has signed some of the most famous and influential indie bands of the last 30 years, including Nirvana, Sleater-Kinney, The Postal Se…
10 years, 1 month ago
Separation Anxiety
Episode 213
“Für Elise” is one of the world’s most widely-recognized pieces of music. The Beethoven melody has been played by pianists the world over, and its ne…
10 years, 2 months ago
Turf Wars of East New York
Episode 212
Neighborhoods are constantly changing, but it tends to be the people with money and power who get to decide the shape of things to come. New York Cit…
10 years, 2 months ago
The Grand Dame of Broad Street
Episode 211
The Bellevue-Stratford opened in 1904 and quickly became one of the most luxurious hotels of its time, rivaling the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The …
10 years, 2 months ago
Unseen City
Episode 210
Humans form cities from concrete, metal, and glass, designing structures and infrastructure primarily to serve a single bipedal species. Walking down…
10 years, 2 months ago
Supertall 101
Episode 209
Starting in the late 1990s, the government of Taipei began looking into how they could turn global attention to their city, the capital of the small …
10 years, 2 months ago
Vox Ex Machina
Episode 208
In 1939, an astonishing new machine debuted at the New York World’s Fair. It was called the “Voder,” short for “Voice Operating Demonstrator.” It loo…
10 years, 3 months ago