Category: DailyShorts

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Bay Curious - Unsung Heroines: Rebel Girls of the Bay Area

Women have dramatically influenced San Francisco Bay Area history since before the Gold Rush, but their stories are often far less well known. Rae Alexandra's new book, Unsung Heroines: 35 Women Who Changed the Bay Area shines a light on these untold stories, highlight these women's impact on the social, cultural and political life of the Bay Area.


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This story was reported by Rae Alexandra. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED.

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the memory palace - Episode 242: The Handwriter

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate. 

Music

  • Drywall from Johann Johannson's score to Sicario.
  • Castle Song by Green-House
  • Tea by Resevoir
  • La Valse du Progres by Delphine Dora
  • Arrival by Domenique Dumont
  • Sarah in Bath from Kryzystof Komeda's score to Fearless Vampire Killers
  • Thread of Light by Golden Retriever
  • In Some Spirit World by Geotic

Notes

  • This one was pulled together with tiny threads of information, much provided by the NCRA's website itself. 
  • You can find links to three fascinating (really!) studies on the brains of transcribers here, here, & here. 
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Bay Curious - The Bear on the California Flag

There's a pervasive story that the bear on California's state flag is modeled on a real California grizzly that was kept in captivity in San Francisco in the late 1800s. But when Bay Curious listener Mark Karn started researching Monarch, the facts weren't lining up for him. He wants to know, is it really Monarch on the state flag? Or, could it be a different bear altogether?


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This story was reported by Katherine Monahan. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and Olivia Allen-Price. Additional support from Gabriela Glueck, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED.

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Curious City - Chicago came under martial law after the Great Fire. Did it help?

The mayor of Chicago declared martial law after the Great Fire in 1871. The military occupation ended days later, after the death of a civilian. We look back at that history and get the help of legal experts to answer these questions: Was Operation Midway Blitz — the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in Chicago — an example of martial law? What is martial law, anyway?