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 [...]
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Episode 21 Featuring Ansel Adams, Shock and Awe
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Episode 20 Featuring Shakespeare and Time Travel II
Big Talk: Does your Mom ever talk with her hands?… In Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to interview William Shakespeare at a time when Puritans and the Plague are making it hard to survive…. Widget and Whack try to explain why something boiling inside your fridge is a GOOD thing… When a local [...]
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Episode 19 Featuring Ted Williams and Time Travel I
Big Talk: Mom pays money at the grocery, but Dad gets all the grub just by flashing a card… All his life, he only wanted one thing. He wanted people to say when he walked by: “There goes the greatest hitter who ever played the game.” The boy may have accomplished exactly that. On Turning [...]
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Episode 16 Featuring Michelangelo and Dinosaurs
Big Talk: Does your Mom have a hard time deciding on her wardrobe in the morning?… He was a world class architect, painter, poet and sculptor. On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to speak with Michelangelo… Ben Jammin’ wonders about that free-for-all for a home run ball… On Schmave’s Elevator, Dave tells how [...]
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Anthropology is the study of of people and how they live in different parts of the world. In her TURNING POINTS interview, Kelsey goes back in time to speak to one of the most famed anthropologists of all: Margaret Mead… BIG TALK: Mom says Caroline is smart for an 8-year-old. The only problem is, she’s [...]
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Episode 04 Featuring Lewis and Clark, Child Labor
Why is crummy food suddenly OK when the waiter comes around?… In Turning Points, Kelsey grabs a few precious minutes with Captain Meriwether Lewis in the midst of his famous expedition across America… Boom Radio: Devin the Duff selects the best day of the week… Schmave discovers Cheryl’s secret potion to everlasting courage — only [...]
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Episode 35 Featuring Aldo Leopold and Globalization 3
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 [...]
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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… Tucker Jones gets [...]
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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 [...]
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