Podcast Episodes

Selects: Child Labor: Not Funny

Child labor is no laughing matter. Even though we've taken care of it in the USA (mostly), it's still an issue around the globe. Listen to this class…

1 year ago

Sixdegrees.com: A Social Media Origin Story

Before Facebook and MySpace, before even Friendster, there was SixDegrees. Dive in today to learn about the first social media site, that was a few y…

1 year, 1 month ago

Short Stuff: 8 Track Cartridges

8 tracks were during vinyl, but preceded cassettes. Why? So people could listen to their music on the go. Check out this antiquated medium today.

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1 year, 1 month ago

Sherlock Holmes: The Man, The Myth

Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan Doyle’s …

1 year, 1 month ago

Selects: How Coelacanths Work

Coelacanths are incredibly interesting as far as fish go. For one, they were thought to have gone the way of the dinosaur, along with the dinosaur. T…

1 year, 1 month ago

What was the purpose of USAID?

USAID has saved tens of millions of lives across the globe since its inception. But those days are over. Learn all about this soon-to-be-gone program…

1 year, 1 month ago

Short Stuff: BM Radio

There was a time – a glorious time – when you could turn the dial in any city in the US and hear popular songs rearranged to be the most pleasant ver…

1 year, 1 month ago

The Phil Hartman Story

Sadly, Phil Hartman may be best remembered for being murdered in his sleep by his wife. This episode covers that, but mostly aims to stoke the memori…

1 year, 1 month ago

Selects: What was Tin Pan Alley?

Tin Pan Alley was an area of New York around the beginning of the 20th Century that served as ground zero for the earliest iterations of the music pu…

1 year, 1 month ago

SYSK’s Summer Movie Playlist: Why was Titicut Follies banned?

Titicut Follies is a documentary made famous by its banning. But why was it banned? And what was it even about? Listen in to learn all you need to kn…

1 year, 1 month ago