Big Talk: Does your Mom ever talk with her hands?… In Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to interview William Shakespeare at a time when Puritans and the Plague are making it hard to survive…. Widget and Whack try to explain why something boiling inside your fridge is a GOOD thing… When a local [...]
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Episode 20 Featuring Shakespeare and Time Travel II
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Episode 14 Featuring Charles Merrick (The Elephant Man) and Pottermania
Big Talk: What do you do when your Mom keeps telling you stuff you already know? Turning Points: Whenever you start feeling sorry for yourself, you might consider the case of courageous Joseph Merrick who became known as “The Elephant Man”… Boom Radio’s Ben Jammin has a print-out of his own genome map. And [...]
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Episode 12 Featuring Georgia O’Keeffe and Numbers & Risk
Big Talk: Always travel with an extra Pez dispenser… Skulls and cactus flowers were the subjects of famed artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Kelsey takes the time machine back to get her idea of color… Boom Radio: If the phone doesn’t make you mad yet, just wait until the next great discovery… When Dave Schmave [...]
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Kelsey takes the time machine back to the 13th century to meet a guy who had really been around – Marco Polo… Big Talk: Why are grown-ups so doggone slow?… Devin the Duff figures there’s not much difference between good luck and the bad variety… Dave Schmave helps out a friend with family problems… [...]
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Episode 08 Featuring Annie Oakley and Fear
On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to the late 1800’s to interview Little Sure Shot Annie Oakley… Big Talk: What right do overweight gym teachers have telling me about exercise?… Speaking of the bug, something is pestering Devin the Duff on Boom Radio… When Cheryl breaks her leg, it’s up to Schmave [...]
Read more about this episode!Episode 07 Featuring Chief Joseph and We Are What We Eat
Big Talk: Is it OK for parents to eavesdrop?… Kelsey has a stirring conversation with Chief Joseph, courageous leader of the Nez Perce tribe on Turning Points… Devin the Duff has a few words about the safety police… Schmave discovers that – despite public opinion – some things just don’t have a price [...]
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Episode 06 Featuring Dr. Seuss and Tiananmen Square
Theodor Geisel saw the world differently than most people. And if you are a Cat in the Hat fan, you know we’re lucky he did. On this issue’s Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to speak with Dr Suess… A few of your letters about the funny things grown-ups do… Well, living [...]
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Episode 04 Featuring Lewis and Clark, Child Labor
Why is crummy food suddenly OK when the waiter comes around?… In Turning Points, Kelsey grabs a few precious minutes with Captain Meriwether Lewis in the midst of his famous expedition across America… Boom Radio: Devin the Duff selects the best day of the week… Schmave discovers Cheryl’s secret potion to everlasting courage — [...]
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Episode 35 Featuring Aldo Leopold and Globalization 3
Big Talk: Should this writer toss his Dad’s old newspaper pile?… Aldo Leopold saw the earth’s soil and rivers and wildlife as one connected organism. Our BOOMERANG! reporter goes back in time to talk to this environmental pioneer … Boom Radio: Clodagh has a new pastime she is just dying to tell you about… [...]
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