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.”
Episode #78
2023-11-15 05:00:08
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Growing up, Ashton Edwards spent hours watching videos of famous ballerinas. Ashton loved the ballet “Swan Lake” – especially the role of the Swan Queen. But they noticed that only female dancers danced that role, and got to dance on pointe.
One day, years later, they decided to put on a pair of pointe shoes anyway.
Episode #77
2023-11-01 05:00:11
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In its early days, the magazine Mademoiselle positioned itself as “the magazine for smart young women.” It published work by Truman Capote, Albert Camus, and Flannery O’Connor. Each summer, the magazine selected 20 women from colleges around the country to come to New York and work as guest editors. For housing, they were put up in a women-only hotel at East 63rd and Lexington Avenue: The Barbizon Hotel. Historian Paulina Bren says: “The Barbizon was a sanctuary."
Episode #76
2023-10-18 05:00:51
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After Jean Westcott's first "Jeopardy!" audition, she waited 18 months to find out if she'd be on the show. She didn't get called, so she auditioned again. And again. She kept auditioning for over 20 years.
Episode #75
2023-10-04 05:00:40
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Julianne Hirsh celebrated her second bat mitzvah in June, at age 83. “It’s a marker of, well, here I am. I’ve lived this long, and so I’m here before you saying that.”
Episode #74
2023-09-20 05:00:21
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“It's all about finding the place that makes you happy, finding the life that makes you happy, and not worrying that other people make different choices.”
Episode #73
2023-09-06 05:00:48
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Where it’s perfectly good to sound bad.