Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1532: Typewriters
Episode: 1532 The invention and selling of the typewriter. Today, the typewriter teaches us its purpose.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1531: Only a Theory
Episode: 1531 On restoring the word theory. Today, let's theorize.
Bay Curious - The Case of the Missing Tree Frogs
Bay Curious listener Dave Ellis lives in the South Bay city of Saratoga. When he was a kid growing up there, he remembers loud tree frogs chorusing almost all the time. But now, even in spring when they should be loudest, he says it's eerily quiet. What's going on?
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- A South Bay Mystery: What Happened to All the Tree Frogs?
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Curious City - No cars, no road salt: How one Midwestern community avoids salt all winter
Chicago — like so many other frigid American cities — can’t seem to kick its dependence on road salt.
In our last episode, we learned how winter weather on both ends of the thermometer can impact the local economy. Some businesses come out on top during the coldest winters: auto mechanics repairing cars when they hit a pothole, snow plow companies shoveling out small businesses and rock salt providers when the roads get icy.
But chloride from salt is harmful to both our natural and built environments. You’d be hard-pressed to find a cold-weather community that avoids road salt altogether, but we found one!
In this encore presentation, we visit a place way up north, Mackinac Island, Michigan. Dominick Miller, chief of marketing at the Mackinac State Historic Parks, tells us about how the island deals with snow and ice in the winter without laying down a single grain of salt. And it has a lot to do with the fact that cars have been banned on Mackinac Island for over a century.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562: Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics
Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.
Curious City - How does a mild winter affect Chicago’s economy?
Each Chicago winter’s wintery-ness has big implications for your sanity and your wallet. That led one Curious City listener to ask us if mild winters have a noticeable effect on the local economy.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3354: Wharton Esherick
Episode: 3354 Wharton Esherick's finely-crafted furniture, objects, and art enliven the studio building he designed and constructed. Today, building an autobiography.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3266: New Year Fireworks
Episode: 3266 Fireworks, Firecrackers, and Lunar New Year. Today, we ring the new year in with a bang.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3266: New Year Fireworks
Episode: 3266 Fireworks, Firecrackers, and Lunar New Year. Today, we ring the new year in with a bang.
Bay Curious - How Italian Is North Beach? The Surprising Stats
Bay Curious listener Grant Strother has been visiting San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood his whole life. He loves to get a caprese sandwich at Molinari's Deli, which has been there since the late 1800s. But he wondered, apart from the restaurants, how Italian is North Beach these days? Do Italians still live here? Or, is it all just for tourists?
Additional Resources:
- Ciao Bella: Do Italians Still Live in San Francisco's North Beach?
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