Episodios

  • Give My Regards to the Broadway Episode!
    Apr 24 2025

    Broadway is a street in NYC, but more than that it's a term for the NY theater district. They say the neon lights are bright there. Who knows?

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    47 m
  • Short Stuff: Alternative Libraries
    Apr 23 2025

    Today we highlight and celebrate a couple of alternative libraries.

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    12 m
  • Richard III: Good Guy or Evil Putz?
    Apr 22 2025

    Ever since Shakespeare wrote his tragedy on Richard III the world has thought of him as an evil king with a shriveled soul. But is that actually unjust?

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    44 m
  • Selects: Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry
    Apr 19 2025

    Join Josh and Chuck in this classic episode as they go down the sport shoe rabbit hole, detailing the strange tail of the brothers who brought Puma and Adidas to the world. Sibling rivalry, Nazis, shoes - there's a lot to unpack here.

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    42 m
  • What Makes Disaster Films Great
    Apr 17 2025

    Disaster films are surprisingly tough to define. What makes them different from an action movie or a monster movie? Who cares? They’re great! Escape with us as we cover the the ins and outs and the history of disaster films and recommend some good ones.

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    55 m
  • Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock
    Apr 16 2025

    The Doomsday Clock is closer too midnight than it's ever been, which is not awesome. But what does this metaphorical clock even indicate?

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    13 m
  • Kim Philby: Greatest Liar of All Time?
    Apr 15 2025

    British MI6 agent Kim Philby was a spy for the Soviet Union and one of the great liars in human history, right up until his retirement in Moscow where he lived out his days as a national hero.

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    50 m
  • Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great
    Apr 12 2025

    Cake has been around for a long time, but mostly less than great forms. It took the Industrial Revolution, the advent of plentiful sugar, and some good old American know-how to come together to make the cake we know and love today. Find out all about it in this classic episode.

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    1 h y 11 m
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