Episode #101
2024-11-06 05:00:16
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Recently, Phoebe told a personal story about her mother, who died this year. In this episode, she talks to journalist Sebastian Junger, who was rushed to the hospital one day after feeling sick – and then, he saw something strange.
Episode #100
2024-10-16 05:00:07
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For our 100th episode, a story from Phoebe about her mother, Valentine, who died this spring.
Episode #99
2024-10-02 05:00:50
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“Every spring it's one of the first birds that I look for. When I hear my first prairie warbler, it resets things for me. It gives me these memories of the past, but it also just reminds me of why I love birds so much.”
Episode #98
2024-09-18 05:00:10
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Writer Andrew Leland was diagnosed with the degenerative eye disease Retinitis pigmentosa when he was in high school. "It was like, 'I'm going out in the woods with my friends at night. And oddly enough, I'm bad at it.'"
Episode #97
2024-09-04 05:00:38
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When Miguel Esteban was 14 years old, he picked up the phone and called Octavia Butler.
Episode #96
2024-08-21 05:00:24
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One Saturday night in the 90s, Patrick Makuakāne and about 15 other hula dancers showed up to a club in San Francisco they called Old Dreamland.
Episode #95
2024-08-07 05:00:24
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Nurse BokHee is in the background of every season of "Grey’s Anatomy." She’s become one of the show’s most beloved characters – but she's only had a few lines.
Episode #94
2024-07-24 05:00:01
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Gabrielle Gatto works in the crematorium at one of the most famous cemeteries in the country. Thanks to our friends at Finally! A Show for sharing her story with us.
Episode #93
2024-07-10 05:00:48
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The synthesizer was invented in the 1890s. But for people to really start using it, it took half a century, and a musician named Wendy Carlos.
Episode #92
2024-06-19 05:00:42
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The night sky is getting brighter almost everywhere in the world. We visit a place that is trying to stay dark.
Episode #91
2024-06-05 05:00:43
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There’s a famous love song – called “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – about folk singer Peggy Seeger. Peggy told us: “If you’ve never been in love before – uncontrollably in love – I advise you, for an easy life, stay away from it.”
Episode #90
2024-05-15 05:00:18
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McGillin’s Olde Ale House is the oldest bar in Philadelphia, and it also claims to be the most romantic place in the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “McGillin’s has matchmaking magic.”
Episode #89
2024-05-01 05:00:50
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Curtis was one of the first nationally-syndicated comic strips with a mostly-Black cast of characters. Ray Billingsley has been drawing it for newspapers every day for the past 35 years.
Episode #88
2024-04-17 05:00:45
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When comic Maria Bamford made her OkCupid profile with the username Hogbook, she says Scott Marvel Cassidy was one of the only people who contacted her. His username was Lazer Eyes.
Episode #87
2024-04-03 05:00:56
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When Kyo Maclear took a DNA test, the kit came with a piece of paper with terms and conditions that read, “You may discover unanticipated facts about yourself or your family when using our services that you may not have the ability to change.”
Episode #86
2024-03-20 05:00:03
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When Charlotte Cushman arrived in England, she was heartbroken. But she began looking for work as an actor. There was one part she really wanted: Romeo.