Big Talk: What’s Dad got against measuring cups?… Turning Points: Laura goes back to the early 1900s to speak with the simple, yet complex man who launched the American 20th century: Henry Ford… On Boom Radio, Cloe is betting it all ($4.32) on an internet offer… What is art? That’s just one task for BOOMERANG! [...]
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Episode 29 Featuring George Washington and Is Our History True?
Big Talk: Why does Mom eat out of the pan in the kitchen?… Turning Points: Laura goes back to speak with Founding Father, Commander in Chief of the first US Military, and first American President, George Washington…. On Boom Radio Clodagh tells of a startling new technical development… Tucker Jones tries to figure out who [...]
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Episode 27 Featuring Tecumseh and The New China
Big Talk: Should you let your Dad chaperone a school dance?… Turning Points: You hear of many different Native American tribes fighting to keep their land and way of life. On Turning Points, Laura goes back to 1811 to speak to Tecumseh, a chief who worked to unite ALL tribes as one… Cloe has an [...]
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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 man-oh-man [...]
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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 and [...]
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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 — only [...]
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Episode 02 Featuring Sophie Scholl and Robotics
Kelsey goes back in time to meet Sophie Scholl, a young German who worked against Hitler during World War II… Big Talk: Do grown-ups leave YOU behind?… Widget and Whack look into the world of levers (all 3 classes even!)… Tucker Jones is hired to tail a girl suspected of ditching piano lessons… Devin the [...]
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Episode 40 Featuring Gertrude Bell and The Last Drops (Water 3)
Her accomplishments are breathtaking. Yet you ask someone: “Who is Gertrude Bell?” and the reply usually comes back blank. In our Turning Points interview, Natalie goes back to 1921 to speak with the British mountaineer and desert explorer… Boom Radio: Clodagh believes online “security” questions may be a tad too complex… When Schmave goes down [...]
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Episode 39 Featuring Admiral Byrd, Politics and The Olympics
Kelsey climbs into her cold weather gear to visit famed explorer, Admiral Byrd, in the Antarctic … Primary: Elena gives her stump speech as a candidate from the BOOMERANG! party… Boom Radio: Devin the Duff tries to imagine life with secret Service Agents hanging around… When TUCKER stumbles upon participants in a “money club”, he [...]
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