EpisodeLondon Fog, LA Smog
Almost overnight, things that had not been crimes became criminalized in a new Victorian era.
EpisodeREPLAY: Invisible Founders
There are the names on the buildings, and then there are the real founders.
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.
EpisodeQuarantine Road
An 1855 yellow fever outbreak in Virginia eerily mirrors the present-day quarantine. And Marie Antoinette often secluded herself with a secret trove of banned books.
BlogThe Geography of Slavery – web extra
Search Tom Costa’s “The Geography of Slavery” database for clues about the men and women who fled slave holders in the late 1700’s.
EpisodeReading the Founding Fathers’ Mail
More than 30 people who spent the last three years immersed in thousands of letters written by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Abigail Adams, and James Madison, are …
