Episode #125
2025-11-05 05:00:28
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“He stole my watch. He stole my jewelry. I stopped wearing jewelry – just to see what else he would steal.”
Episode #124
2025-10-22 05:00:10
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A visitor to the islands of the Pacific Northwest once described seeing “a forest of totem poles.” But by the time Robert Davidson was born, there wasn't a single one left standing in his village.
Episode #123
2025-10-08 05:00:43
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People in India have been flying kites for hundreds of years – using them to predict the weather, carry love letters, and compete in the air. But they share the sky and a name with hundreds of thousands of scavenging birds: black kites.
Episode #122
2025-09-24 05:00:24
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In 1964, a landlord in Washington, DC, noticed that his tenant hadn’t paid rent and went to look for him. The tenant wasn’t in the building – but he’d left behind something strange – something that he’d been working on for 14 years.
Episode #121
2025-09-10 05:00:24
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In October of 2006, a press conference was held at a hospital in Denver. During the press conference, a man asked if anyone watching could tell him who he was, or how he got there. Because he didn’t know.
Episode #120
2025-08-20 05:00:22
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Never check a bag, always bring a journal, and consider duct tape: a conversation with Rick Steves.
Episode #119
2025-08-06 05:00:46
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In 1966, Maurice and Maralyn Bailey had been married for three years. They’d bought a house in the suburbs in the middle of England, and had jobs at the tax office and a printing press. “They're living a respectable day-to-day suburban existence — which is kind of driving them both crazy. And one rainy evening, Maralyn just says, ‘You know what? Why don't we sell this house and build a boat and go?’”
Episode #118
2025-07-16 05:00:30
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When writer Rachel Carson built a house on Maine’s Southport Island, her new neighbor, Dorothy Freeman, sent her a note to welcome her. Rachel wrote back. And when the summer was over, they kept writing to each other.
Episode #117
2025-07-02 05:00:43
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An episode all about hot dogs and the people who love them.
Episode #116
2025-06-18 05:00:19
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In 1910, a group of British men set off on an expedition to the South Pole. Over a hundred years later, in the journals and letters that survived, a writer discovered a love story.
Episode #115
2025-06-04 05:00:32
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In 1963, Jeanne and Alan Abel traveled to Washington, DC to picket in front of the White House. They said they were part of a campaign that wanted to put clothes on animals — including the first lady’s horse.
Episode #114
2025-05-21 05:00:16
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"That bear's been with them through everything.”
Episode #113
2025-05-07 05:00:21
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When money makes falling in love uncomfortable.
Episode #112
2025-04-23 05:00:43
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When The Guardian sends two strangers on a blind date, the last question they have to answer for the newspaper column is “Would you meet again?” We asked people how their dates went – and what happened next.
Episode #111
2025-04-09 05:00:03
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At The Guardian newspaper, there’s a person who has to find two complete strangers to send on a blind date every week.
Episode #110
2025-03-19 05:00:33
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About twenty years ago, D’yan Forest considered getting into stand-up comedy. “People told me, no, don’t go into comedy. Everybody is going to make fun of you. They’re gonna heckle you. You’re an old woman.” D’yan ignored them.