A kid-friendly, shortened version of our classic episode on …flags! E. Tory Laitila, a textile expert who has also handled Honolulu's flag protocol, gives the skinny on the oldest flags, skull and crossbone Jolly Rogers, his favorite state flag, Scandinavian simplicity, the hardest flags to draw, who designed our modern American flag and how you too can have ... Show More
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Genealogy (FAMILY TREES) Encore with Stephen Hands
Histories, mysteries, memories and families: it’s time to clamber up our ancestral trees. Author and genealogist Stephen Hanks -- who teaches genealogy classes in Portland, Oregon and has contributed to PBS genealogy documentaries -- sits down to chat in this encore episode about ... Show More
1h 8m
Jan 28
Asinology (DONKEYS) with Faith Burden
Tall ears. Huge teeth. Underestimated wit. And vocalizations that would make a songbird envious. Let’s talk donkeys with researcher and Director at The Donkey Sanctuary, Asinologist Dr. Faith Burden. We cover pop culture donkeys, their road to domestication, how much they can car ... Show More
1h 15m
Jan 21
Paleohistology (WHY TEETH EXIST) with Yara Haridy
Excuse me, why do you have teeth? How did they get in your mouth and where did they come from? Let’s ask researcher, tooth enthusiast, and Paleohistologist Dr. Yara Haridy. She opened up the archives at Chicago’s Field Museum to chat about ancient skulls, drawers of bones, and th ... Show More
1h 24m
Feb 2024
Bridgit Mendler, Frida Sofia Guzmán Muñoz & Ella Beatty?
🚨 COME SEE US IN LONDON & DUBLIN NEXT WEEK! BUY TIX HERE! 🚨 On today's JAM-PACKED episode of Who's There, our weekly call-in show, we learn the difference between Spaghetti Warehouse and Spaghetti Factory, the truth about PopCrave's founder, the name of Normani's debut album, t ... Show More
1h 30m
Feb 2024
The Cult of Love Is Blind
Would you sacrifice your phone, passport, dignity, and freedom to move into an isolated pod for 10 days and compete against a sorority of strangers in search of True Love™, all for a world of fiendish reality TV consumers to see??? Sounds like cult behavior to me!!! This week, ju ... Show More
51m 37s
Feb 2024
The Pledge: Who Really Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
<p>In today's Episode, Dana, Zaron and Jason tackle a 130-year-old mystery. Although American schoolchildren still recite The Pledge every morning in nearly every classroom, we still aren't sure who actually wrote it. And all these years later, the long-accepted story is showing ... Show More
46m 18s
Sep 2022
651: Negative Reviews, Narcissist Conspiracy, & Cats Rule
<p>We discuss the negative review we got from a male listener, and share why he wasn't entirely wrong, but we're still mad. Sarah is literally falling apart after her slip-n-slide disaster, and she might have to avoid the powder this winter. We learn why narcissists are prone to ... Show More
59m 40s