Big Talk: Dad’s Standing in the corner again… Turning Points: Didn’t know there was a difference between an “artist” and an “illustrator”? Join the club. Laura goes back in time to speak with famed illustrator, Norman Rockwell… Clodagh has a bone to pick with some folks who adopt highways on Boom Radio… The cheese is [...]
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Episode 71 Norman Rockwell… Global Warming
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Episode 70! Anne Frank… Hunger
Money: Over at the Rhubarb and Banana Sandwich Stand, Freddie discovers he has to contend with something that is very much in the news these days: taxes… One Big Talk letter wants to know why grown-ups ask what we want to do, and then do something different… Anne Frank never knew she would someday be [...]
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Episode 69 Carl Sagan… The Human Spirit
Big Talk: Should you tell Dad about Peanut Butter mouth?… Showman, scientist, whiz-kid, author – everyone knew Carl Sagan by a different name. In our Turning Points interview, Emily goes back on time to speak with the man who brought science into the family living room… Body Rhythm: Water is good stuff… Boom Radio: Clodagh [...]
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Episode 68 Mother Jones… Sports: How Early? How Hard?
Money: What’s this Dow Jones thing they keep talking about?,,, Big Talk: How about a limit on telephone time for grown-ups?… Turning Points: What is an old woman doing down in the coal mines of West Virginia? Laura goes back in time to speak with someone once referred to as the most dangerous woman in [...]
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Episode 67! The Titanic and Olympic Games
Big Talk: Dad shares stuff with me, but doesn’t like MY shares… Turning Points: It’s the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster, not a bad time for Kelsey to go back in time to speak with the lookout on the ill-fated ship before she went down… On Boom Radio, Devin the Duff has some bones [...]
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Episode 65! Captain Cook and Political Parties
Big Talk: Bored? Don’t look like it around my house… They don’t make explorers like Captain Cook anymore. Some historians think that’s a good thing. But however you judge the effect of his 3 voyages on local cultures, everyone agrees this fella was at his best out in uncharted waters. On Turning Points, Kelsey goes [...]
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Episode 64! Edward R. Murrow, Science & Belief
Big Talk: So what’s wrong with a few wrinkles?…Turning Points: Laura goes back in time to speak with the man who changed the face of TV and radio reporting, Edward R Murrow… Clodagh has a few insights into software design for pets on Boom Radio… Tucker Jones is unwitting bait for a neighborhood ambush… These [...]
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Episode 63! Albert Einstein and Competition
Albert Einstein was kicked out of school as a kid. Tell THAT to your Dad the next time your history grade slips into dangerous territory. In our Turning Points interview, Josie goes back in time to talk with the famed scientist… Big Talk: Mom and Dad can’t agree when to do the dishes… Author Walt [...]
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Episode 62! Henri Matisse and The Peace Corps
Big Talk: My Dad rushes me into the car, then spends 10 minutes looking around for stuff in the house…. There are painters, and then there are painters. On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to speak to one of the great French painters, Henri Matisse. BOOM Radio: With tongue in cheek, Cloey Blowy [...]
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