EpisodeLegacies of World War II
When you think of archeology what comes to mind? Maybe paper maps and pickaxes in dusty places?
EpisodePandemic Pockets
What do you do for work? That answer changed for many people at the top of the pandemic.
EpisodeLondon Fog, LA Smog
Almost overnight, things that had not been crimes became criminalized in a new Victorian era.
EpisodeREPLAY: The Shondaland Revolution
Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder aren’t just popular tv shows–they’re also groundbreaking. Michaela Meyer (Christopher Newport University) says showrunner Shonda Rhimes has changed the way …
EpisodeThe Environmental Imagination
Climate change is real, and perhaps imaginations may be our best tool for understanding and keeping up with the changes.
EpisodeEverybody’s Gotta Eat
Parents spend a lot of time refereeing. No, you can’t have hot fries and ice cream for dinner. Yes, please, have some more kale. We go to the dinner tables of “natural parents,” who left city life behind to bring kids closer to their food source.
EpisodeThe Voyage of the USS Albatross
Many of us spent the summer fishing. But could overfishing be changing fish genetics?
EpisodeGoodbye My Tribe
We tell ourselves stories in order to survive, says the great novelist Joan Didion. What stories sustain you? This week, we talk about belief.
