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A Very Special Desk - an Election Season Special Episode
The Resolute Desk is a fixture in the Oval Office. American Presidents have used it during some of the country's most pivotal moments. But what does …
1 year, 4 months ago
Microscopes and Telescopes
Episode 98 goes to the Netherlands. There is something remarkable about the Dutch when it comes to glass lenses and scientific tools. Maybe Hans Lipp…
1 year, 5 months ago
I Scream for Ice Cream
Episode 97 is all about ice cream. Eat it anytime of year - it's a treat that we might take for granted today. It used to be expensive, impossible, o…
1 year, 6 months ago
No Chill - Pioneers in Ice
Episode 96 is all about Ice - in preparation for our following episode about Ice Cream.
Boston's Frederic Tudor became the "Ice King" by taking ice to…
1 year, 7 months ago
International Games: Field of Cloth of Gold and Olympic Marathon
Episode 95 covers two great stories of international competition. First, The Field of Cloth and Gold was a historic summit that brought together Henr…
1 year, 7 months ago
Park People
Minerva Hoyt was a wealthy socialite who loved to escape to the desert of California and sleep in the sand. Her hard work and dedication in convincin…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bad Milk
Episode 93: Milk has been a lot of things through the years, but it was often poisonous, spoiled or both. Learn about how far we've come in making mi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Donuts and Cheese
Did Captain Hanson Gregory invent the donut? Did the Lord Mayor of Nottingham get trucked by a truckle of cheese during the Nottingham Cheese Riots o…
1 year, 10 months ago
Librarians!
Episode 91 is about Anne Carrol Moore and The Western Library!
Anne Carroll Moore is one of history's most important children's librarians, but not ev…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Meatshower Part Two (Electric Burgoo)
In The Meatshower Part 2 (Electric Burgoo) the saga continues. Originally we aired a segment in 2019 to coincide with Mick's book "The Meatshower: Th…
2 years ago