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Episode 30 Featuring Sitting Bull, Spying and Privacy

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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… Dave Schmave tells the tale of luck– and confidence…. Widget and Whack explain a law of physics, using as an example the man of steel himself… Freedom, safety, privacy– it’s a complicated world out there these days, and Hayley tries to sort it out on The Big Idea. … News Update: Forget football and baseball— it’s time for badminton … White-tailed deer are some of the most common wild animals. But as Natalie explains, that doesn’t diminish her Natural Wonder.

Episode 08 Featuring Annie Oakley and Fear

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On Turning Points, Kelsey goes back in time to the late 1800’s to interview Little Sure Shot Annie Oakley… Big Talk: What right do overweight gym teachers have telling me about exercise?… Speaking of the bug, something is pestering Devin the Duff on Boom Radio… When Cheryl breaks her leg, it’s up to Schmave and a group of his friends to cheer her up. And every friend has his specialty… Freddie Finklehammer is back with some really, really Weird Words… How come we like to listen to scary stories, but don’t like people scaring us? Jessica and the King of Complicated Stuff take a look at risk and fear… Census: What’s the most scared you’ve ever been?… On this episode’s News Update you get the latest on virtual pets. Warning: You have to feed it and put it to bed… Natural Wonder: When you envision the word freedom, no other picture will come to mind other than the wild horses after you listen to this story.

Episode 04 Featuring Lewis and Clark, Child Labor

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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 to give it away… Weird Words: OK, you know what impavid means, right?… All over the world greedy businesses force children as young as 5 to work for almost nothing. On this episode’s Big Idea, Jessica and the King talk to one kid who is fighting back… Claire reports on three wise guys who are more famous than the President of the United States on the News Update… In Natural Wonder, Rachel ponders a scary creature leftover from prehistoric times: the Komodo dragon.