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episode 33 (lost lobsters)

Published on August 25, 2010 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment Tags: 20th Century, 21st century, animals, cameroon, fishing industry 19th century, food, horseneck, lobsters, maine, maritime, Massachusetts, new england, oceans, ogunquit, sachuest, sierra nevada, Super Bowl, taunton.

lost lobsters

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episode 32 (gigantic)

Published on July 3, 2010 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment

Gigantic

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episode 31 (looking up)

Published on June 15, 2010 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments Tags: astronomy, halley's comet, hotels, manhattan, parties, the end of the world as we know it, waldorf-astoria.

halley's comet

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episode 30 (nee weinberg)

Published on May 11, 2010 in Uncategorized. 5 Comments Tags: 20th Century, afghanistan, algeria, brooklyn, fraud, imposture, manhattan, navy, photography, prison, psychiatry, romania, yonkers.

nee weinberg

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episode 29 (omg!!! jkp!!!)

Published on April 14, 2010 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments Tags: 19th century, james k. polk, manifest destiny, presidents, Southwest.

omg jkp

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episode 28 (babysitting)

Published on April 1, 2010 in Uncategorized. 2 Comments Tags: 20th Century, a bomb, cape cod, don hornig, manhattan project, new mexico, oppenheimer, trinity, WWII.

babysitting 2

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episode 27 (the sisters fox)

Published on March 12, 2010 in Uncategorized. 4 Comments Tags: 19th century, alcohol, con men, family, ghosts, hoax, new york, rochester, sisters, spiritualism.

the sisters fox

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episode 26 (citius, altius, fortius, horrendius)

Published on February 24, 2010 in Uncategorized. 3 Comments Tags: 20th Century, africa, american history, anthropology, chicago, cuba, marathon, olympics, p.e.d.'s, running, sports, st. louis, steroids, world's fairs, ymca, zulu.

citius 2

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episode 25 (I have not yet begun to rot)

Published on January 31, 2010 in Uncategorized. 7 Comments Tags: 18th Century, 19th century, 20th Century, Ben Franklin, civil war, horace porter, horrible deaths, john paul jones, medal of honor, navy, new jersey, paris, Revolutionary War, teddy roosevelt, war.

I have not yet begun to rot

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episode 24 (the moon in the sun)

Published on January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized. 4 Comments Tags: 19th century, aliens, astronomy, journalism, new york, newspapers, sir john herschel, sir william herschel, the moon, the sun, uranus, yale.

the moon in the sun

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