Richard Feynman won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1965. But it was his teaching style that made him famous. You’ll hear his trademark humor and storytelling in this Turning Points interview with Laura… Big Talk: What about the ketchup on the shirt?… Tucker Jones works with an old nemesis to find [...]
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Episode 41 Featuring Richard Feynman and The Money Mess
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Episode 33 Featuring Nikola Tesla and Globalization I
Big Talk: Does your Dad ever help you BEFORE you ask for (and need) it?… Nikola Tesla is not exactly a famous kind of guy. He should be though. On Turning Points Laura goes back in time to discover why… Now you can learn to count to 10 in Italian!!!… Boom Radio: [...]
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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! [...]
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Episode 22 Featuring Woody Guthrie and Buy Now! Free!
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, [...]
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Episode 15 Featuring Rosa Parks and Big Oil, Little Oil
Money: Who would have thought the economy of a town could be dashed by a trampled rhubarb patch?… Big Talk: Why does Dad get mad when I get hurt?… Turning Points: Our intrepid reporter goes back in time to interview Rosa Parks, an Afro-American woman who decided she was tired of moving to the back [...]
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Episode 03 Featuring Thomas Jefferson and Greed
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 [...]
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Episode 01 Featuring Rachel Carson and The Stock Market
Before “Earth Day” and green energy, there was a persistent researcher who warned about the perils of pesticides. Kelsey takes the time machine back to speak to Silent Spring author, Rachel Carson… Big Talk: Does your Dad sit with his feet underneath the table?… Ben Jammin has a few thoughts about the stretchiness of time [...]
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Episode 34 Featuring Robert Frost and Globalization 2
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 [...]
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Episode 36 Featuring Babe Ruth and Fair Trade
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… [...]
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