This special, bonus episode was commissioned by Freepoint Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It's intended to be listened to while walking around Fresh Pond, across the street from the hotel, though it can be enjoyed anywhere.Â
ATXplained - Why Are There So Many Mattress Stores In Austin? 🛏
You’re standing in a mattress store. Right across the street are two more mattress stores.
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The Nod - BONUS: Brittany Won’t Give Eric Cheez-Its
We’re off this week, but we wanted to share a little of the behind the scenes magic of our show. There’s a lot that goes into making an episode of The Nod…and there’s a lot that doesn’t go in. Enjoy these outtakes and come back next week for an all new episode!
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the memory palace - A Scavenger Hunt (The Met Residency Episode 7)
Show Notes
Nate DiMeo was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Artist in Residence for 2016/2017. He produced eight pieces inspired by the collection and by the museum itself. This is the eighth episode of that residency.
This residency is made possible by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Chester Dale Fund.
This episode is written and produced and stuff by Nate DiMeo with engineering assistance from Elizabeth Aubert. Its Executive Producer is Limor Tomer, General Manager Live Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This episode was produced in collaboration with composer, Mary Lattimore.
Artwork Discussed
Music
- The music in this piece was composed and performed by Mary Lattimore.
Curious City - Chicago Bathhouses: A Century Of Sanitation, Sex And Sweat
A quick tour of places where residents would chill, get clean and — sometimes — get down.
Curious City - Chicago Bathhouses: A Century Of Sanitation, Sex And Sweat
A quick tour of places where residents would chill, get clean and — sometimes — get down.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - Seller Feedback
Why should we get into a stranger’s car – or buy a stranger’s laser pointer? In 1997, eBay introduced a feature that helped solve the problem: Seller Feedback. Jim Griffith was eBay’s first customer service representative; at the time, he says “no-one had ever seen anything like [it]”. The idea of both parties rating each other after a transaction has now become ubiquitous. You buy something online – you rate the seller, the seller rates you. Or you use a ride-sharing service, like Uber – you rate the driver, the driver rates you. And a few positive reviews set our mind at ease about a stranger. Jim Griffith is not sure eBay would have grown without it. Online matching platforms would still exist, of course – but perhaps they’d be more like hitch-hiking today: a niche pursuit for the unusually adventurous, not a mainstream activity that’s transforming whole sectors of the economy.
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
(Image: Hand touching stars, Credit: Cherezoff/Shutterstock)
Bay Curious - Mountain Lions: Real Threat to Bay Area Hikers?
A Bay Curious listener who hikes a lot wonders: Should he be scared of mountain lions? We find out for him.
Reported by Vinnee Tong. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Penny Nelson, Suzie Racho and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.