• Short Stuff: History of Spring Break
    Apr 8 2026

    If you think Spring Break started with northern college kids heading to Florida to party, you'd be correct. But there's slightly more to it than that.

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    15 mins
  • Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made?
    Apr 7 2026

    Jump in today to hear all about the disaster that was the movie ROAR.

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    42 mins
  • Selects: The Skinny on Lyme Disease
    Apr 4 2026

    If you live in the Northeastern U.S. then you may know someone who has had Lyme disease. But it's spreading all over the country and parts of the world. Learn all about this tick-borne disease in this classic episode.

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    48 mins
  • The Colorado River Compact
    Apr 2 2026

    Deciding how to share water is pretty important stuff when there isn't much of it around. Today we dive into the Colorado River Compact.

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    37 mins
  • Short Stuff: Simple Spelling Movement
    Apr 1 2026

    Pretty much everyone agrees that English is a chaotic language. There are nutso rules of grammar and spelling other languages don’t have. More than once, movements have emerged to simplify English and each time they were beaten back with a vengeance.

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    13 mins
  • The Middle Class: Canary in the Gold Mine?
    Mar 31 2026

    Lots of nations gauge the health of their country by how the middle class is doing. There’s just one issue with that – no one can say exactly what defines the middle class. But even when you take a guess, it seems like the health isn’t so good these days.

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    53 mins
  • Selects: The Disappearance of Lars Mittank
    Mar 28 2026

    In 2014, a young German man walked into an airport in Bulgaria with a flight booked, then suddenly ran out leaving all his posessions behind, never to be heard from again. This classic episode tells the story of Lars Mittank.

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    43 mins
  • Malcom X
    Mar 26 2026

    Malcolm X was one of the most revered, feared leaders of the civil rights movement. In contrast to Martin Luther King, Jr., X advocated black self-reliance and separateness in American society and that equal rights should obtained by any means necessary.

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    56 mins