John Green reviews the video game Tetris and the seed potatoes of Leningrad.
Brought to you by... - 16: NASA Uncut
We don’t think of most government agencies as brands, but NASA is different. This year is the space agency’s 60th anniversary, so we're diving into NASA’s brand history to bring you little-known stories about a meatball and a worm, some astronauts with gastrointestinal issues, and a middle schooler’s mission to send chickens into space.
Sticky Wicket - Huey Long Vs. The Media
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The Nod - How to Make Free People
Writer and thinker Casey Gerald reflects on what we lose when we buy into the promise of the American dream. In his new book, “There Will Be No Miracles Here,” Gerald unravels his origin story, which was previously held up as a “rags to riches” tale, and tells his truth, which is much more complicated.
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The City - The Cleanup | S1 E9
The illegal dump is finally eradicated—but at whose expense?
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The Boring Talks - #24 – The Taxonomy Of Cornflakes
From lollipop sticks, to batteries and used car headlight bulbs, the collectaholic Anne Griffiths has always made art from the 'accumulations of the bricolage of everyday life'. But how did Anne get 84 mounted cornflakes accepted in to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition? We take a trip to her studio to find out.
Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Anne Griffiths Producer: Luke Doran
Sticky Wicket - Coming Soon: ‘Sticky Wicket’
Sticky Wicket: Louisiana Politics Versus the Press is a new mini series out of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio and WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio that takes on four historic clashes between Louisiana politicians and the media, one at a time. These relationships have always been love/hate in the Pelican state.array(3) {
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Uncivil - The Ring
Two brilliant women—one black, one white—assemble a spy ring in the rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia that eventually attempts a ‘mission impossible’ inside the military planning rooms of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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Uncivil - The Fugitive
A young woman, held by one of America’s founding slaveowners, bolts one day for a life of freedom that keeps her on the lam for the rest of her life, eventually touching upon the life of the most notorious slaveowner of the Civil War.
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The Anthropocene Reviewed - A Word From John
The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. On The Anthropocene Reviewed, #1 New York Times bestselling author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down) reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale.
WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, Snap Judgment, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, and Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin.