Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1447: Eighteenth-Century Factory Maintenance
Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.
Curious City - ‘Friendship set to music’: Curious City goes square dancing on the South Side
It’s a Thursday night and a group of folks in Washington Heights do-si-do to the bassline from “Shake Your Groove Thing” by Peaches & Herb. Square dancing has a reputation as more of a hobby for white people set to country music. But social clubs like the Southside Squares are turning that image on its head.
Last episode, we heard how square dancing was once a booming hobby. Today, we hear from one social club that’s working to keep it alive in the 21st century.
But square dancing’s African and African-American roots often get lost in popular accounts. Some of the first callers and musicians were enslaved Black people.
Since then, square dancing has continued to be a part of African-American communities, including a long-running social club that meets up in Washington Heights every week to get down. Today, we hear from members of the Southside Squares.
And you can’t have a dance without a caller. We also talk with a living legend in square dancing: world renowned caller Sandie Bryant. She’ll show us the ropes and tell us what it’s like being one of the few Black women callers today.
Bay Curious - Bears, Coyotes, Mountain Lions While Hiking or Camping? What You Should Do
As we go about our lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and explore this beautiful state, it's not uncommon to encounter wild animals. Whether you're hiking in the Santa Cruz mountains and see warnings about mountain lions, or camping in Tahoe where bears have learned human ways, there are some things to know about how to stay safe. KQED's audience desk reporters Sarah Wright and Carly Severn join us with helpful tips about how to coexist in nature with the animals that also call it home.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - King Leopold and the Congo Free State
In the late 19th century, during the scramble for Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized a large landmass in Central Africa.
By doing this, he created the Congo Free State, but this name was a misnomer as it was anything but free.
King Leopold’s rule over the Congo Free State was defined by tales of brutality, horrific conditions, and massive amounts of death.
Learn about King Leopold’s Congo Free State on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2510: Reason in All Things
Episode: 2510 Reason in all things: Augustine, Galileo, Collins, The Human Genome, and God. Today, Augustine, Galileo, and the human genome.
ATXplained - How did Texas become the only state with its own toast? (archive episode)
Think of a food that reminds you of Austin or Texas. Tacos? Barbecue?
How about a thick slice of bread, buttered on both sides and toasted to perfection?
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Curious City - Square dance clubs used to be bumping on the weekends
Square dancing was once so popular that a center opened in the suburbs dedicated to the hobby. Today, veteran dancers are trying to recruit new fans.
Everything Everywhere Daily - German POWs in America
Prisoners of war or POWs during the 20th century were a part of war.
Beligerant nations had to develop systems to guard, house, and feed their prisoners, and before the war, in 1929, most countries had agreed on how prisoners would be treated in captivity.
In reality, conditions for POWs differed dramatically, particularly for captured German soldiers. Those captured by the Soviets faced a far different fate than those captured by the Americans or British.
Learn more about German POWs who were held in the United States, what they experienced, and how it shaped the post-war world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2488: Creator vs. Revisor
Episode: 2488 Revision: An Essential Component of the Creative Process. Today, creator vs. revisor.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Washington Monument
Almost immediately after the death of George Washington in 1799, the United States began to think of ways to commemorate and honor the father of the country.
The process of creating a monument took decades. There were multiple aborted designs and one idea that was built but never fully implemented.
What ended up being constructed became the world’s tallest structure at the time and became the icon that defines the city of Washington, DC.
Learn more about the Washington Monument, why it was built, and how on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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