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Episode 30 Featuring Sitting Bull, Spying and Privacy

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Big Talk: Do you drop the hammer on that “special dish”?… Turning Points: Sitting Bull was the last great chief of the buffalo-hunting Sioux. Laura goes back in time to speak with him at the moment of his greatest sorrow … Boom Radio: Word meanings DO change you know, and Clodagh finds this especially interesting… Dave Schmave tells the tale of luck– and confidence…. Widget and Whack explain a law of physics, using as an example the man of steel himself… Freedom, safety, privacy– it’s a complicated world out there these days, and Hayley tries to sort it out on The Big Idea. … News Update: Forget football and baseball— it’s time for badminton … White-tailed deer are some of the most common wild animals. But as Natalie explains, that doesn’t diminish her Natural Wonder.

Episode 22 Featuring Woody Guthrie and Buy Now! Free!

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Big Talk: Why does Mom want me to play outside? Turning Points: A lot of people have heard of poet and songwriter, Woody Guthrie, but few know his incredible story. Kelsey goes back in time to 1946 for an interview… Boom Radio: Ben Jammin thinks Hummers are kid stuff …. In News Update, Devin discovers at least one good reason to save a few locks of hair. Hayley ponders the sociable customs of the walrus — all 3,000 pounds of them — in her Natural Wonder…. THE Big Idea: Alicia and the King of Complicated Stuff demonstrate how differently the world is seen by “buyers” and “sellers”… Freddie returns from his yearly vacation in lower Iceland for another game of Weird Words… Schmave’s Elevator: Schmave’s Dad goes on a long trip, annointing him “the man of the house.” Dave figures out what that means — the hard way.

Episode 17 Featuring Mohandas Gandhi and Business As Usual

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What do you do with a wounded toaster? Find out on Big Talk… He inspired the world with his persistent belief in non-violence. On Turning Points, Josie Maran goes back in time to speak with Mohandas Gandhi… Boom Radio: Ben Jammin would like to name his bicycle after your company – for a small fee of course… Tucker Jones gets a call when a rude message is scrawled in a coach’s front lawn… He’s back, the master of the Universe and Weird Words game show host, Freddie Finklehammer… The whole deal was set up so grown-ups couldn’t understand it. On The Big Idea, our King of Complicated Stuff takes on the Enron gobbledygook that gave business a black eye. News Update: Guess what Potter fans? Harrius is coming out in Greek and Latin… Great White Sharks get a bad rap for their monstrous looks and teeth. But as Hayley explains on Natural Wonder, these poor misunderstood fish don’t even enjoy eating humans.

Episode 34 Featuring Robert Frost and Globalization 2

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Big Talk: Here’s one way to get rich… Turning Points: Kelsey goes back in time to speak with that classic American poet, Robert Frost… On Boom Radio, Cloe is planning her very own Memorial Day parade… A client’s piano lesson seems to go ON and ON, and it’s up to Tucker Jones to see if that’s just par for the course — or something nefarious… You never know when you’re going to have to count to ten in Chinese… Hayley & the King of Complicated Stuff bit off a big one when they took on “globalization.” Here’s part 2… Natalie discovers a scolded dog does well with a little TLC… Toby & Gramps learn there is more to do than surf in Santa Cruz, California

Episode 35 Featuring Aldo Leopold and Globalization 3

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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… When Cheryl discovers Schmave’s unusual olfactory gifts, the two of them join the legion of superheroes… Natalie does the Power-up to divert brother Bo… Hayley and the King explain how “supercompanies” preach free trade while snuffing out competition, in this 3rd part of our Big Idea about globalization… Now YOU can learn to count to 10 in Bulgarian!!! (HEY! This is important!)… Widget and Whack decide size DOES matter when it comes to strength.

Episode 37 Featuring Margaret Bourke White and Water Water Everywhere (Water 1)

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Big Talk: This snoring Mom is in denial… Turning Points: She thought she was going to study insects for a living. Instead Margaret Bourke-White photographed some of the most important people in the world. Emily goes back to the 1950′s for an interview with this amazing woman… Boom Radio: Clodagh has a new listing of fees. Watch out!… Neighborhood kids are losing their savings in a phony business scam and Tucker Jones takes the case … Natalie suggests you learn how to count to 10 in LATIN because you just never know… Our Queen of Complicated Stuff takes a look at water: what it is, where it comes from and where it’s going on The Big Idea… August takes his Dad by surprise when he becomes King of the chessboard… Snowflakes… snow-crystals — who gives a hoot? Natalie, our Natural Wonder girl, that’s who.

Episode 40 Featuring Gertrude Bell and The Last Drops (Water 3)

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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 to visit relatives in southern Illinois, he ends up on a pie run he will never forget on SCHMAVE’S ELEVATOR… August comes to rescue of an elderly computer user on this month’s Power-up … Our third and final Big Idea segment about water covers everything from bottled water to dams… Toby and Gramps run into a veteran of the Everglades in this segment of their American Journey.

Episode 38 Featuring Jacques Cousteau and Nature’s Hydrologists (Water 2)

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Big Talk: Mom is peeking at my journal… Jacques Cousteau is best known for his many documentaries of life under the sea. But later in life he became an important environmental activist on the world stage. In our Turning Points interview, Emily goes back in time to speak with this famous explorer… Boom Radio: Clodagh says green is good, but before you blow a lot of money, think about what “green” really means… Schmave’s friend has the perfect antidote for the school bully… Learn to count to ten in Dutch and amaze your friends!… Part 2 of our Big Idea story on water focuses on three mammals we can’t afford to lose… August tackles dinner on this episode’s Power-up… It’s Primary season and the first stump speech for the BOOMERANG! party is given by Jessica.