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Episode 31 Featuring Henry Ford and Moral Courage

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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! detective, Tucker Jones…You never know when you’re going to have to count to ten in Spanish… Moral courage seems to be in short supply out there. So what is it anyway? Hayley & the King of Complicated Stuff talk about it on The Big Idea … Natalie Powers-up to change a tire… Toby & Gramps visit the “red rock” country in the Southwest.

Episode 28 Featuring Walt Whitman, Steroids and Ethics

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Big Talk: Does your Mom sing in the car? … Turning Points: In the early 1800s the world had not yet discovered a truly American poet. Laura goes back in time to interview the first real candidate: Walt Whitman…. On Boom Radio Clodagh makes it clear she does NOT have a crack in her windshield… Tucker Jones is on the trail of a stolen car… Getting glabrous? Freddie Finklehammer tells you what that means on Weird Words… As steroid use is rocking baseball, the King of Complicated Stuff & Hayley discuss the role of ethics in the matter… On News Update, Josh wrestles with the question: What is art — and what isn’t? … Toby & Gramps take to the wilderness of Yellowstone Park, despite bluff grizzly charges, buffalo, wolves and… signs.

Episode 27 Featuring Tecumseh and The New China

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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 idea for “reality” TV on Boom Radio… Dave Schmave tells the story of D-Day through the eyes of a pilot shot down in France… Bartzie Boy takes over for the wandering Freddie Finklehammer on Weird Words… China has always been that country “way over there,” that people didn’t know much about. But there’s a “new” China that will be difficult to ignore as Hayley reports on The Big Idea… News Update: If you like pink we have the restaurant for you… Natural Wonder: They’re slimy, they’re sneaky, and they would love to eat your tomato plants. Other than that, slugs are just regular folks…

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 36 Featuring Babe Ruth and Fair Trade

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Big Talk: When adults are tired why don’t they just go to sleep?… They don’t make ‘em like the Sultan of Swat anymore. Emily goes back in time to interview Babe Ruth in this Turning Points segment… Boom Radio: Nat the Bat has her sights on an “easy” way to make money… Tucker Jones gets the call to investigate some mysterious sounds and lights coming from a refrigerator. (Hey when’s the last time YOU heard good accordion music?) …Natalie discovers a little bit of TLC goes a long way with Oscar… We know it hasn’t been easy sorting through the complicated explanations of globalization. In this final segment of The Big Idea, Hayley reports about all the people out there doing GOOD stuff… Now you can be the first kid on your block to count to 10 in Farsi!!! … Ever watch a hummingbird’s wings? At 80 beats per second you probably didn’t see much. Check these critters out on Natural Wonder.

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 39 Featuring Admiral Byrd, Politics and The Olympics

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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 discovers there is no such thing as easy money… Widget and Whack take apart Dad’s camera to see how it works… Hayley considers the political part of the Olympics and interviews a champion archer about her participation in Team Darfur… American Journey: Toby & Gramps discover there are worse things than bears in Yosemite Valley — like a 14 mile hike.