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 [...]
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Episode 41 Featuring Richard Feynman and The Money Mess
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Episode 32 Featuring Pablo Neruda and Immigration
Big Talk: Why do parents insist on finishing what they’re doing before they help?… Turning Points: Pablo Neruda was a poet who happened to get involved in international politics. Laura goes back in time to speak with this Chilean wordsmith… On Boom Radio, Clodagh is licking her chops about new software applications…. Dave Schmave tells [...]
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Big Talk: Do you drop the hammer on that “special dish”?… Turning Points: Sitting Bull was the last great chief of the buffalo-hunting Sioux. Laura goes back in time to speak with him at the moment of his greatest sorrow … Boom Radio: Word meanings DO change you know, and Clodagh finds this especially interesting… [...]
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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 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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