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Episode 50: Let's Dance!
Maria Tallchief was a member of the Osage nation who happened to become the first major American ballet dancer. Her story is read by Ashley Thursby, …
5 years, 6 months ago
Episode 49: Under Your Feet
This episode is about places that used to be and which are now covered up by something new. Yarrow Mamout was an unusual man in early America, but th…
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 48: Great Moments in Communication!
The Transatlantic Cable connected North America and Europe, allowing for communication like never before (at least for a few weeks). It sure wasn't e…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 47 Leonardo!
Leonardo da Vinci had some wins and some losses, but his impact was enormous. He kinda sorta finished a painting of a lady named Lisa that wound up i…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 46 Deliveries!
Mary Fields was known as Stagecoach Mary, and her story is one of the great tales of the West. Likewise, Owney the dog, always captures the imaginati…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 45: Parents!
Parents can be pretty amazing sometimes - these two stories feature parents who went above and beyond for their kids and their community. Ada Blackja…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 44: Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten became a music star pretty late in her life. In fact, she was a grandmother. But when she was 11 she wrote a song that made it's way…
6 years ago
Episode 43: Hands!
A Special Episode for April of 2020. Join us as we meet Ignaz Semmelweis, Florence Nightingale, John Snow, and also a woman named Mary Mallon, who - …
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 42: Bears!
Join Mick Sullivan for a story about the first bear in Theodore Roosevelt's life, a bear named Jonathan Edwards, and then the second bear in his life…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 41: OK BLOOMER!
Amelia Bloomer helped change the world with a pair of underpants (which she didn't even invent). Among other things, it helped women ride bikes, and …
6 years, 2 months ago