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The first page of Goodnight Moon - an illustration of a room with green walls with two pictures hanging on the walls, a fireplace on one side of the room, and a window looking out at a starry night sky. A small bunny is dressed in pajamas tucked in bed. The floor is red with a brown circular rug and a small tiger rug next to the bed. There is a red balloon floating above the bunny, a small table with a lamp, and a night stand with a phone and a clock.

Episode 105: In the Great Green Room

Episode #105

2025-01-08 05:00:22

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Everything you didn’t know about Goodnight Moon, the book that’s put children to bed for generations — and the woman who wrote it. "She could write very well for young children because she remembered exactly what it was like to be one of them."

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A photograph from the 1960s of a Black couple smiling happily.

Episode 26: The Kinseys

Episode #26

2020-10-14 12:49:32

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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters in Tallahassee. Years later, when their son Khalil was born, Bernard and Shirley made a plan — they wanted him to understand where he came from, and where his ancestors came from. So they decided to become detectives, uncovering the history of the Black experience in America.

Episode 14: The Town That Stayed Quiet

Episode #14

2019-05-15 12:21:06

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We visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful. We speak with Paolo Bodini, Leonardo Tedeschi, Virginia Villa, and others about the Cremona Violin Museum’s “Stradivarius Sound Bank.”

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