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Selects: Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years
Tune in to this classic episode to learn all about the legendary NYC Rockettes, who actually got their start in Missouri.
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6 months, 1 week ago
Graffiti: So Cool It’s A Pillar of Hip Hop
Graffiti – the good kind, done with lots of style and skill – developed when some kids in NYC took up cans of spray paint and started to figure out h…
6 months, 1 week ago
Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language
What do you do when you want to tell someone you’re smitten with them but you live in a society so repressive decorum prevents you from even speaking…
6 months, 1 week ago
AM Radio: Solid Gold
The era of AM radio isn't over, but it's well past its heyday. Dive in today for a trip down memory lane.
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6 months, 1 week ago
Selects: How Personality Tests Work
For millennia, we have tried to put human personalities into neat types, an effort psychology took up early in its history in an effort to legitimize…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Pop Tarts: No Fruit Necessary
Pop Tarts are a legendary breakfast treat in the United States. They're fruit-filled toaster pastries with very little fruit. But who cares right? It…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Short Stuff: Third Man Syndrome
People who’ve found themselves in life-or-death situations with their endurance at its limit have reported sensing another presence with them, urging…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Eco-Disasters 101: The Salton Sea
In 1905, an engineering mistake created a brand new 400-square-mile sea (lake?) in the California desert. People made the most of it at first, but it…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Selects: How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work
Conversion therapy is a misguided attempt by religious zealots to convert people from gay to straight. News flash - it doesn't work. Learn all about …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mystery of the Death Valley Germans
In 1996, a small group of German tourists disappeared in Death Valley National Park without a trace. Fifteen years later, the tenacity of one man sol…
6 months, 3 weeks ago