578- Anything's Pastable: Eat Sauté Love
This week we're featuring an episode from The Sporkful's series on the creation of "Anything's...
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577- The Society of Ambiance Makers and Elegant Persons
Hailing from central African cities of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, sapeurs have become increasingly...
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A chambre de bonne is usually one small room, on the top floor of a five- or six-story apartment...
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Roman Mars Describes Athens GA As It Is
This is the third and final episode in a three-part series of Roman Mars recording on-location...
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A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about...
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574- The Monster Under the Sink
In the middle of the 20th century, the small town of Jasper, Indiana did something that no other...
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The Power Broker #03: David Sims
This is the third official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power...
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of a lot of landmarks in pop culture, especially sci-fi and...
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Intimidating Proposition 65 warnings can be found on all kinds of products manufactured or...
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Roman Mars Describes Santa Fe As It Is
Roman Mars is on a mission to describe the cities that shaped who he is and how he thinks about...
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438- The Real Book [rebroadcast]
Since the mid-1970s, almost every jazz musician has owned a copy of the same book. It has a...
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Significant Others: A Sneak Peek at the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold’s Betrayal
It’s been said that history is written by the person at the typewriter. But who did the person...
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What we see on screen has this way of influencing our perception of the world, which makes sense...
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The Power Broker #2: Jamelle Bouie
This is the second official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The...
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570- The White Castle System of Eating Houses
White Castle has its own take on fast food hamburgers. For starters, the patties are square, with...
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Seen from above, Sofia, Bulgaria, looks less like a city and more like a forest. Large...
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When a highway gets made, there’s a clear and consistent process for doing so. Not so, public...
39:44
Roman Mars Describes Chicago As It Is
A few years ago, at the very start of the pandemic, Roman Mars wrote an episode of 99pi in which...
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Watch a skate video today, and you'll notice how similarly shaped the boards are. It’s called the...
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Welcome to our first official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The...
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