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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 25 Featuring Henry Thoreau and Road to Mars I

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Big Talk: How come Dad always falls asleep 15 minutes into the movie?… Turning Points: Writer, philosopher, naturalist, poet, farmer, bean farmer, surveyor– that’s not even half the goods on this month’s historical interview subject: Henry David Thoreau… Boom Radio’s Ben Jammin’ is a little suspicious about these “learn while you sleep” deals… On Schmave’s Elevator, Dave discovers people don’t come in cardboard cut-outs… THE Big Idea: Hayley & the King of Complicated Stuff weigh the new rush of interest in human exploration of Mars… Power-up: Natalie discovers you get what you give… News Update: Professional athletes are being all they can be — and THEN some… American Journey: Toby gets to play in the mud in a piece of earth that time forgot — Maryland’s Finzel Swamp.

Episode 18 Featuring Ernest Shackleton and The Middle East

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Big Talk: Dad won’t let her run the dryer because it’s too expensive… There are adventures — and then there are ADVENTURES. As Kelsey discovers in Turning Points, the Shackleton expedition to the South Pole on the Endurance was definitely one with capital letters…. Ben Jammin is being defamed on Boom Radio… Tucker Jones is hired by a girl with dandelion-colored hair to uncover who is spreading lies about her… Freddie Finklehammer is back from vacation with another game of Weird Words…. The history of Palestine goes back thousands of years. Lately, it has involved lots of bad blood between the Palestinians and the Israelis. Alicia and the King of Complicated stuff take on the incredible task of sorting it all out… News Update: You can’t refer to your boat as “she” anymore … Weasels don’t exactly have a cute and cuddly reputation. Hayley finds out why in the Natural Wonder.

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 03 Featuring Thomas Jefferson and Greed

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We take ideas like freedom and liberty for granted. Kelsey goes back in time to speak with one of the people who brought them over to America: Thomas Jefferson… Big Talk: Ever feel like the FBI is monitoring your phone calls?.. Master mechanics Widget and Whack explain the workings of the vacuum cleaner… There seems to be a graffiti gang loose and Tucker is hired to chase them down… Boom Radio: All this cloning stuff is old news to Devin the Duff.. How much money is enough? Jessica & the King of Complicated Stuff try to get a handle on “greed”… Census: How much money would you need to be happy?… News Update: Try smelly feet for your next science project… Toby & Gramps discover the Arizona desert isn’t quite as scary as it first seemed.