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.
Episode #85
2024-03-06 05:00:08
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A story about moving at your own pace.
Episode #84
2024-02-21 05:00:38
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If you visit Italy, you might come across a street, or a park, or a school, or even a chain of coffee shops named after a 7-year-old American named Nicholas Green. This is the reason why.
Episode #83
2024-02-07 05:00:21
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One day, as a student at the University of Florida, Kourtney LaPlant was reading the student newspaper. “And there was this little tiny ad in the paper about, hey, we’re looking for new mascots. And I was like, why not?”
Episode #82
2024-01-24 05:00:59
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When Valorie Lee Schaefer was asked to write a book about puberty for kids, her first thought was, “Why me?”
Episode #81
2024-01-10 05:00:10
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When twin rovers landed on Mars twenty years ago, they were only supposed to last 90 Martian days. But years passed, and engineers were still trying to keep them alive. “We got very attached.”
Episode #80
2023-12-20 05:00:50
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An experiment in living together, forever.
Episode #79
2023-12-06 05:00:54
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“If somebody asks you to do something, don't say no. Say yes.”