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Addy, American Girl Doll (Part 2) w/ Aisha Harris
We’re doing a special two-part series on the American Girl Doll line of historical dolls! This is part two.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Aish…
2 years, 10 months ago
American Girl Doll (Part 1) w/ Aisha Harris
We’re doing a special two-part series on the American Girl Doll line of historical dolls!
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by Aisha Harris of NPR to…
2 years, 10 months ago
William Burns, America's Sherlock Holmes (1934)
It’s May 21st. This day in 1934, William Burns resigns from the Bureau of Investigations in scandal, replaced by J Edgar Hoover.
Jody, Niki, and Kell…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Bath School Bombing (1927)
It’s May 18th. This day in 1927, a man detonated bombs at a school in Bath, Michigan, killing dozens of children, then killing himself.
Jody, Niki, a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Wounded Knee '73 (1973)
It’s May 16th. This day in 1973, a 70-day standoff at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation comes to an end.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why …
2 years, 10 months ago
RFK's Fateful Meeting With Baldwin And Belafonte (1963) w/ Paul Kix
It’s the second of two episodes we’re doing with Paul Kix about the critical weeks in Birmingham, Alabama in May 1963.
This day, in New York City, a …
2 years, 10 months ago
The Gaston Bombing in Birmingham (1963) w/ Paul Kix
It’s May 11th. This day in 1963, a series of bombs explode in Birmingham, Alabama — one at the hotel in which Martin Luther King, Jr. was staying, an…
2 years, 10 months ago
Biden Spoils Obama's Gay Marriage Evolution (2012) w/ Sasha Issenberg
It’s May 9th. This day in 2012, President Obama gives an interview in which he expresses his support for gay marriage, a stance that he’d been reluct…
2 years, 10 months ago
Clinton Boxers or Briefs (1994) w/ Kelsey and Alex from Normal Gossip
It’s May 7th. This day in 1994, during a town hall airing on MTV, President Bill Clinton is asked whether he wears “boxers or briefs.”
Jody, Niki, an…
2 years, 10 months ago
Anne Royall, Common Scold (1826) w/ Kelsey and Alex from Normal Gossip
We’re doing a couple episodes on moments of historical gossip with our new Radiotopia pals from the show Normal Gossip.
Today, we discuss Anne Royall…
2 years, 10 months ago