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Moving Water
The Erie Canal and The Chicago River were two of the most impressive engineering feats in history.
For the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the E…
7 months ago
Kids Listen Big Emotions
We're a part of Big Emotions this week! We’re feeling all squishy this week, as we dive into two of the strongest emotions of all. Love is powerful, …
7 months ago
Halloween Special: Twain's Ouija Novel
Did a no-longer-living Mark Twain send a novel from the great beyond with a Ouija Board? Find out about the real story with help from our pal Nate Du…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Very Hairy
Episode 110! Peter the Great, The Hairy Eagle and more!
Did I decide on an episode about Peter the Great just so I could say 6-7 a few times to be c…
8 months ago
Handwritten
Episode 109 tells the story of Lincoln's the speech Lincoln lost before his inauguration in 1861.
Also included is the story of Ely S. Parker, an in…
9 months ago
Lost Bones
Composer Joseph Haydn is buried with two skulls. You'll never believe why (hint: it has to do with phrenology).
Meanwhile Thomas Paine's bones went …
10 months ago
Mountains To Climb
Henriette D'angeville was the first woman to climb Mount Blanc in the Alps, despite everyone advising her not to try it.
Decades later, Julia Archib…
11 months ago
Electric Kids
Philo Farnsworth loved electricity so much he came up with a way to invent television - as a 14 year old!
Centuries beforehand Stephen Gray, a Briti…
1 year ago
Good Things to Eat
This episode will make you hungry!
Rufus Estes and Chin Foin both left a big mark on food, both lived in Chicago at the same time, and both had their…
1 year, 1 month ago
One Year, Two Hoaxes
Episode 104
The year 1917 gave us both the birth of the Cottingly Fairies and the silly fake history known as the Bathtub Hoax.
1 year, 2 months ago