Catherine Samuel was curious about where the guano goes and who cleans it up, so she asked about it for our ATXplained project.
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San Antonio Storybook - Chapter 5: The Secret Life of Mascots, Part 2
In a previous episode, we talked about the race that occurs at every San Antonio Missions home game between a kid and Henry the Puffy Taco. The implication was that the kid always wins this race, but that isn’t entirely true. One time the Taco won.
Curious City - Nicky’s And The Big Baby Mystery Part II: We Found Nicky V.!
Our recent search for the origins of a famous South burger hit a dead end — until the elusive Nicky Vagenas finally came forward.
San Antonio Storybook - Bonus Episode: Remembering Barney Smith
Barney Smith was both a preacher and a plumber, but he was best known as the creator of the Toilet Seat Art Museum. It wasn’t the legacy he set out to create, but it’s one he was proud to own. In this special episode of San Antonio Storybook, we pay a special tribute to Barney, who passed away last week at the age of 98.
Curious City - Chicago’s Race Riots Of 1919 Contributed To The Segregation We See Today
Choices made in the wake of the violence set a foundation for the racial inequality the city continues to grapple with.
ATXplained - Why Are There No Billboards On MoPac?
Billboards are all over I-35 — but not MoPac and a few other freeways in Austin. Why not?
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Curious City - Why Chicago Had Race Riots During The ‘Red Summer’ Of 1919
Long-brewing racial tensions came to a head one hot summer day, when a black boy was drowned near a whites-only beach.
Curious City - Why Chicago Had Race Riots During The ‘Red Summer’ Of 1919
Long-brewing racial tensions came to a head one hot summer day, when a black boy was drowned near a whites-only beach.
the memory palace - Episode 145: Stories about the St. Louis
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts.
Music
On-ness by Tom Rogerson and Brian Eno.
My Mamma Pinned a Rose on Me by Esmerine.
Some of Eloy by Deaf Center.
Saturday Evening by Tomasz Benarczyk
Solitary Living by The Flashbulb
A Minor by Kid606
Bay Curious - Why Isn’t Local Seafood a Bigger Deal in the Bay Area?
Rayan Rafay was prepared to be blown away by Bay Area seafood when he moved here in 2016.
After growing up on the East Coast, he had been amazed by the seafood he encountered when he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia.
“It’s just this like magical wonderland of seafood,” he said. “Chefs just did things with seafood on the West Coast that I’d never even imagined in my lemon butter world of fish.”
But when he got here, he was surprised not to see the local catch on many restaurant menus.
So he asked Bay Curious: With the Pacific Ocean right there, why isn’t local seafood a bigger deal in the Bay Area?
This week on Bay Curious, we explore the economics of seafood and the cultural changes need for it to get a star place on our dinner plates.
Read the full web version: Why Isn’t Local Seafood a Bigger Deal in the Bay Area?
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