A listener’s nostalgia for catching lightning bugs as a kid lead her to wonder: Are there any left these days? Our experts say they’re around, just really, really fickle.
Curious City - Why Chicago Lightning Bugs Light Up One Neighborhood But Not the Next
A listener’s nostalgia for catching lightning bugs as a kid lead her to wonder: Are there any left these days? Our experts say they’re around, just really, really fickle.
Bay Curious - What Is the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum and Why Is It in San Jose?
If you attended sixth grade anywhere in or near San Jose, there’s a high likelihood you've been to see the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities on public display anywhere west of the Mississippi. I'm talking about the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
Credits: Rachael Myrow, Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Jessica Placzek, Julia McEvoy.
Curious City - How Chicago Beaches Get and Keep That Nice Fine Sand
Here’s why you shouldn’t take that "sand between your toes" experience for granted!
Curious City - How Chicago Beaches Get and Keep That Nice Fine Sand
Here’s why you shouldn’t take that "sand between your toes" experience for granted!
the memory palace - Episode 112 (The Taking of Tom Sawyer’s Island)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Music
- Max Och's Ain't Nobody High Raga.
- Frog's Eyes by Evan Ziporyn
- Cooped up at Home with a Fever and a Tape Loop, by Lullatone
- Medieval Waters, from Carter Burwell's score to In Bruges.
- Frost Trees, from Lalo Schifrin's score to The Fox
Notes
- By far my favorite and the most thorough examination of the Pow Wow I came across was actually Disney Historian Todd James Pierce's three (!) part series about the incident on his podcast Disney History Institute.
Curious City - Chicago’s Best Stargazing Spots
Chicago's notorious light pollution hides the stars, but here's where you have a fighting chance to peek at the heavens.
Curious City - Chicago’s Best Stargazing Spots
Chicago's notorious light pollution hides the stars, but here's where you have a fighting chance to peek at the heavens.
Bay Curious - Why the ‘O’ in San Francisco’s Airport Code, SFO?
Why the "O" in SFO? And why is one of Chicago's airports coded ORD? And IAD for Dulles?
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Penny Nelson and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
ATXplained - What The Heck Are Those Blue Panels Along The Lamar Underpass?
When you’re driving down Lamar Boulevard between Lady Bird Lake and Fifth Street, do you ever look at the walls of the underpass beneath the train bridge? Do you look at those blank blue signs on the walls of the underpass and wonder: What the heck are those things?
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