June 21, 1998. Father's Day. At the Church of the Atonement in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Jon and Michael Galluccio are ready to tie the knot, in front of family, friends, reporters, and one lone picketer. The Galluccios are already public figures—a few months earlier, they had secured the right for gay and unmarried couples to jointly adopt children. And today, ... Show More
Nov 24
A Meteorite Hits Ann Hodges
November 30, 1954. At about 12:45 in the afternoon, a space rock comes plummeting through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama. It bounces off a stand-up radio, ricochets around the living room, and collides with the thigh of Mrs. Ann Hodges, who’s been napping on the couch. ... Show More
37m 23s
Nov 17
Ken Burns Reimagines the American Revolution | A Conversation with Ken Burns & Sarah Botstein
November 16, 1776. George Washington rows toward Manhattan to inspect the fort that bears his name, only to meet a full-scale British assault already underway. By afternoon, Fort Washington has fallen, and General Washington is forced to abandon New York City.
The Continental A ... Show More
38m 45s
Nov 10
The Grinnell 14 Take On the Bomb (feat. Peter Coyote)
November 16, 1961. Fourteen college students from Iowa have driven nearly a thousand miles to the White House. They’re fasting, protesting, and calling for an end to nuclear bomb testing. These students, later known as the Grinnell 14, will help ignite the student peace movement ... Show More
27m 56s
Jan 2024
Plaintes, enregistrement... Quand la famille Delon lave son linge sale en public
<p> Aujourd'hui dans Le Titre à la une, nous revenons sur les règlements de compte, en public, d’une famille que tout le monde connaît : la famille Delon. Les enfants de la star se déchirent. C’est le grand déballage depuis quelques jours, dans la presse et à la télévision. Une g ... Show More
20m 42s
Nov 2023
Counterintuitive Ideas About Marriage, Family, and Kids
<p>There are a lot of popular ideas out there around marriage, family, and culture, like, for example, that living together before marriage decreases your chances of divorce, people are having fewer children because children are expensive to raise, and society is becoming more se ... Show More
47m 34s
Sep 2021
#17: Peer Pressure, Judgement, and Sex - Oh my!
Heba brings aboard her husband, Hazem, again to interview Fara and Yehiaa, a married couple who have chosen not to have children. The four share their different lives and how children has affected their marriages and who they are individually. Links:
Mommy’s Happy Hour Website
Mo ... Show More
42m 59s