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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, 8 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…
5 years, 9 months 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 - …
5 years, 10 months 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…
5 years, 11 months 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 ago
Episode 40 Robert Smalls And Basketballs
The Harlem Globetrotters were more than a show. They were an incredible barnstorming team who helped integrate the NBA. Told by Mick Sullivan with he…
6 years ago
Episode 39 The Astronomer and the Photographer
Eadweard Muybridge made history with his photos, including one of a running horse. It's more interesting than it sounds. Tycho Brahe lost his nose, …
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 38 Store Windows and Old Underwear
L. Frank Baum, an author of a classic book (which became a classic movie) was also partially responsible for our love of fancy holiday shop windows. …
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 37 Sewer Water and Water Water
John Wesley Powell is the first American of European descent to conquer the Grand Canyon, and he did it with one arm! Also, Paris was a pretty stinky…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 36 Mechanical Monsters!
Mary Shelley didn't just create one of the most memorable characters and important books in history, she also pretty-much invented science fiction. H…
6 years, 4 months ago