Medical calls outnumber fire calls 20 to one in Chicago. So why does the city own so many more fire trucks than ambulances?
the memory palace - Episode 107 (Roots and Branches and Wind-Borne Seeds)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Music
- We open with Mary Lattimore's Jimmy V. I love Mary Lattimore.
- We hit Hatian guitarist Frantz Casseus' Lullaby from 1954 a few times.
- We hear Drifting, by Matthew Robert Cooper.
- And A Fool Persists by Infinite Body.
- The two piano things are Open Window - For Piano by Yuichiro Fujimoto, and Pale by Akira Kosemura.
- We also hear Gareth Dickson's Friday Night Fever for a bit.
Notes
- I learned about Ynes while flipping idly through the 1974 edition of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (volume II, G-O, incidentally), "prepared under the Auspices of Radcliffe College," as it says on the frontispiece.
- By far the most comprehensive thing I read was biography for young readers called Ynes Mexia: Botanist and Adventurer by Durlynn Anema.
Bay Curious - It’s a Mushroom Bonanza This Year! What’s the Deal?
It’s been a wet winter across Northern California this year, and that means a bounty of mushrooms. Get ready for a lesson in fungi from KQED Science reporter Lesley McClurg.
Reported by Lesley McClurg. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Jessica Placzek and Julia McEvoy. Vice President for News is Holly Kernan. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
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Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
Curious City - The Meteorologist’s Climate Change Dilemma
Tom Skilling explains why most TV meteorologists don't talk about climate change, but should.
Curious City - The Meteorologist’s Climate Change Dilemma
Tom Skilling explains why most TV meteorologists don't talk about climate change, but should.
Bay Curious - What Would It Take to Make Lake Merritt Swimmable?
It would take a lot of money, work and imagination to turn Lake Merritt into a swimmable body of water.
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho and Julia McEvoy. Our Vice President for News is Holly Kernan. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
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Follow Olivia on Twitter @oallenprice and use the #BayCurious hashtag.
Curious City - Are there fallout shelters left in Chicago?
There are plenty, but let's just say they're not ready for a nuclear apocalypse.
Curious City - Are there fallout shelters left in Chicago?
There are plenty, but let's just say they're not ready for a nuclear apocalypse.
the memory palace - Episode 106 (A Washington Monument)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.
Music
- We hear three pieces of Matthew Robert Cooper's score to Some Days Are Better Than Others: Expectation, Drifting, and Katrina Outtake.
Notes
- If you want the story of the construction of the actual Washington Monument, you could check out John Steele Gordon's book.
Bay Curious - What’s That Thing Off 280? The Flintstone House
Take a tour inside this unique Peninsula home that architects find whimsical. Would you live there?
Reported by Rachael Myrow. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Vinnee Tong, Paul Lancour, Jessica Placzek, Suzie Racho and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
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Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.