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Episode 43 Featuring Jim Thorpe and Wild Places

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Mom gets all excited about going shopping. But when she gets there, she freaks out… Caroline goes back to 1928 to speak to Native American athlete Jim Thorpe. How good was he? Well, All-American in football, decathlon gold medal winner in the 1912 Olympics, and then he also played major league baseball… In this episode’s Power-Up, Natalie discovers the power of an introduction… When Tucker Jones is asked to look in on a friend’s grandmother, he stumbles onto the lukewarm trail of a foiled robbery….Caroline has an ingenious idea about converting freeway trash to freeway cash on BOOM Radio… Considering the fact that some folks actually wanted to turn the Grand Canyon into a landfill, Hayley and the King of Complicated Stuff consider the value of wild places… Natalie portrays the wondrous, scandalous, mischievous hermit crab in this episode’s Natural Wonder.

Episode 41 Featuring Richard Feynman and The Money Mess

admin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:57:53 +0000

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 out who filched Mickey Mantle’s baseball… Regulation, democracy, greed — in The Big Idea, Hayley and the King of Complicated Stuff take on the incredible world money mess … Jonathan Lebed was a typical teen-ager except for the fact that he made a half million bucks in the stock market. Natalie tells his story… On this issue’s Power-up, August takes to dog training to save his pet… Clodagh raises her voice about beans — or the lack of them.

Episode 29 Featuring George Washington and Is Our History True?

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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 in the world would secretly GIVE candy to his client… Think you’re smart? Freddie has some Weird Words just for you … Slavery wasn’t so bad as long as you took good care of your property, right? Hayley and the King wrestle with this and other “facts” suggested by American history textbooks… On News Update we discover being silly isn’t really so silly AFTER all… Toby & Gramps are traveling through the land of salmon, lumberjacks and rainforests in western Washington.

Episode 24 Featuring John Kennedy, Harry Potter, Science and Magic

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Big Talk: Just how bad is Mom’s memory going to get? Turning Points: A sickly boy who went on to become a war hero and president of the United States, Laura talks to John Kennedy… Boom Radio: Ben Jammin’ doesn’t like the idea of these new cell phones… Someone is framing the snowman — or ARE they? Tucker Jones is on the case… Weird Words: Prepare your belly button; Freddie Finklehammer has a new game show for us. … In The Big Idea, Hayley and the King of Complicated Stuff study the connection between magic, science — and Harry Potter… News Update: The King of Sea Monkeys is DEAD! … They’re powerful, large and silent as a ghost. In this issue’s Natural Wonder, Kayla discovers some unusual aspects of the cougar.

Episode 21 Featuring Ansel Adams, Shock and Awe

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Big Talk: Do you TELL your dad his pants look funny?… Ansel Adams was a famous photographer known for capturing stuff in the natural world. On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to Yosemite to speak with his… On Boom Radio Ben Jammin sees some real possibilities with digital implants… When three local boys come down with high fevers and ghoulish green splotches, Tucker Jones gets a call from the doctor… Schmave weighs in on Michael Jordan’s letter to basketball… Alicia and the King of Complicated Stuff wrestled with the war in Iraq and, in this episode’s Big Idea, finally came up with the story they thought needs telling about America… News Update: The “boat” you see floating down the coast may actually be a bag of water… On their American Journey, Toby & Gramps discover sweet tea, soup, beans and posies in a small Tennessee town.

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 11 Featuring Vincent Van Gogh, Use and Abuse of Power

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On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to interview one of history’s most colorful painters: Vincent Van Gogh… Big Talk: Does your Mom come right away when you call?… Sometimes it’s helpful, sometimes it isn’t. Widget and Whack explain how friction plays a role in our lives… Tucker Jones tries to figure out who is filching Christmas presents… Are you a curmudgeon? Before saying yes, you better check out this episode’s Weird Words game show… Why do people with power so often use it so carelessly? Jessica and the King of Complicated Stuff take a look… Don’t throw away that fruitcake. In her News Update, Claire has a better idea… No cars, lots of horses, and plenty of fudge. That’s what Toby and Gramps discover on their American Journey to Michigan’s Mackinaw Island.

Episode 05 Featuring Mark Twain and the Iditarod

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Big Talk: So who gets served dinner first in your house?… Samuel Clemens once described a night that was “darker than the inside of a cow.” You have to think pretty hard to come up with a better descriptive phrase than that. But that was the genius of the man known as Mark Twain. Kelsey goes back in time to interview the author of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn… Deep Blue sat on one side of the table, a Russian chess-master sat on the other. What made this chess match so interesting was that Deep Blue was only 6 and it was a computer… Tucker Jones is hired to investigate the carnival basketball hoop… So you like adventures? How about mushing 16 dogs over 1100 miles of frozen terrain. In this episode’s Big Idea, Jessica and the King of Complicated Stuff try to figure out what drives men and women to tackle the ultimate race known as the Iditarod… BookBeat: We interview author Shelly Gill, who was one of the first women to compete in the Iditarod.

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.

Episode 02 Featuring Sophie Scholl and Robotics

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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 Duff has an interesting variation on dog-life years in Boom Radio… Science fiction writers have been telling us about robots for decades. On the Big Idea, our King of Complicated Stuff discover they’re really OUT there – just not in the form we expect… News Update: Claire reports on a health club for dogs!… A rural cabin in Maine gives Toby and Gramps a chance to ponder black & white problems in a grey world on American Journey.