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: [...]
Read more about this episode!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 [...]
Read more about this episode!Episode 30 Featuring Sitting Bull, Spying and Privacy
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 [...]
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Episode 26 Featuring Wright Brothers and Road to Mars II
Big Talk: Does Mom want my help or NOT?… Turning Points: Orville & Wilbur built and repaired bicycles until they turned their attention to the skies. Laura goes back to interview the Wright brothers… Boom Radio: Yup, it’s time to plan ahead for holiday presents… When Tucker Jones happens upon a poster for a [...]
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Episode 25 Featuring Henry Thoreau and Road to Mars I
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 [...]
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Episode 24 Featuring John Kennedy, Harry Potter, Science and Magic
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 [...]
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Episode 23 Featuring Jules Verne and The Great Pyramid
Big Talk: Are YOUR parents kind of nosy?… Turning Points: Jules Verne combined adventure with amazing insights into the future. Laura — our new Turning Point interviewer — travels back in time to France to speak with Mr. Verne… Boom Radio: Peaches are on Ben Jammin’s mind this issue… When Tucker’s Mom [...]
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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 [...]
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