Short Stuff: Tulipmania

Before Facebook and MySpace, before even Friendster, there was SixDegrees. Dive in today to learn about the first social media site, that was a few years too early.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

8 tracks were during vinyl, but preceded cassettes. Why? So people could listen to their music on the go. Check out this antiquated medium today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 Holmes stories are still in print and he is the most portrayed human literary character in history.See omnystudio.com/listener f ... Show More

A 'BN'er' is a Dutch person who has become famous in the Netherlands for whatever reason. In this mini-lesson, Joyce Diebels from Dutch with Joyce, will introduce you to ten famous Dutch people. - Een BN'er is een Nederlander die om een of andere reden bekend is geworden in Neder ... Show More

Arriving in the Netherlands just in time for the annual Tulip Festival, Snoop and Sniffy must journey through the canals and windmills of Amsterdam to help find a rare lost Tulip Bulb. 

The boys have finally done it - a short flight to Amsterdam and a quick visit to a coffee shop, led to the most mental Wafflin' episode ever! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Margaret talks with Prop about how people all over Argentina resisted neoliberalism and took over their factories to run them without bosses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Margaret talks with Kat Abu about the history of community gardening in New York City and elsewhere.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

It’s the 80th anniversary of the Dutch Hongerwinter during World War II, which led to widespread starvation, and an inadvertent breakthrough in treating deadly celiac disease. 

Margaret talks with Ed Zitron about the origins of one of her all-time favorite games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

This week’s picks from our YouTube channel feature a look at the housing bubbles that are looking increasingly shaky in a number of countries and a little tale of what happened when Instagram fact-checked a meme I posted about CBDCs. A home of one’s own is a big deal for many peo ... Show More

it’s been a wild year. gather round as i look back at 2023. the highs, the lows and a story that still makes me laugh every time i think about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Margaret reads Prop two horror stories she wrote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.