Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1397: John Fitch
Episode: 1397 John Fitch and America's first successful steamboat. Today, America's first steamboat.
Curious City - Chicago’s LGBTQ+ library is a space for people to ‘find themselves in the shelves’
Early LGBTQ+ history can be hard to find. Photos, letters, literature and other artifacts have been destroyed or hidden away, in acts of homophobia, out of a fear of repercussions, and even by witting and unwitting family members.
“I think a lot of LGBTQ people, when they were passing away, their materials were being destroyed by family members that didn't understand them,” said Jen Dentel, the community outreach and strategic partnerships manager at Gerber/Hart, a large LGBTQ+ library and archive in Chicago. “And so having a space by us, for us, where we would collect and preserve the history became really important.”
As we learned in our last episode, some queer women boldly operated sapphic establishments in Chicago during the 1920s and ‘30s. However, there was very little written about these places. Often, the only evidence of their existence came in the form of old newspaper articles reporting on the sudden closure of these businesses at the hands of Chicago police.
In this episode, Dentel and Erin Bell, Gerber/Hart’s operations director, take us on a tour of this LGBTQ+ library and archive. They uncover archival treasures of the past, reveal unexpected moments in local gay history and explain the mission of the archive: to preserve queer history as a means of achieving justice and equality.
The Indicator from Planet Money - We’re gonna need a bigger boat-building industry
During World War II, the U.S. shipbuilding industry flourished. Now, it's nearly non-existent. China is the dominant shipbuilder in the world economy., On today's show, we look at what happened to American shipbuilding and the protectionist impulses that could stifle a revival.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2480: Stephanie Kwolek and Kevlar
Episode: 2480 Stephanie Kwolek: Inventor of Kevlar. Today, not-so-shining armor.
Audio Mises Wire - There Is No Disinflation
There has been much talk of disinflation, but all the evidence points toward the conclusion that the Federal Reserve continues to administer injections of monetary inflation.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-disinflation
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No one seems concerned about the constant devaluation of the dollar. They blame high prices on whoever is president or corporate greed.
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America inherited the core institutional framework of Europe (especially Britain) but refined and amplified it through greater decentralization, lower taxation, and more expansive freedoms.
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Curious City - Where are the girls? A look at early lesbian nightlife in Chicago
It’s not hard to find the LGBTQ+ hangouts in Chicago these days, but at one point it was. There’s a history of lesbian nightlife that goes back more than 100 years.
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Since U Been Gone”— Kelly Clarkson
Rob contemplates the art of making an ironic cover song sincere as he enters the dark realm of the 2000s hit TV show, ‘American Idol’. He follows the inevitable success of Season 1 winner Kelly Clarkson, who proves with her impossible-to-sing hit song, “Since U Been Gone,” that she is more than just a pop princess. Later, he is joined by ‘Breakaway’ tour-goer and Clarkson connoisseur Jodi Walker to discuss Clarkson's vocal capabilities and what her discography did for 2000s TV culture.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Why is data on grooming gangs so bad?
Tim Harford looks at some of the numbers in the news and in life. In this episode:
Why is the data on the ethnicity of grooming gangs of such poor quality?
Iran has apparently enriched uranium to 60%, but what does that number mean?
Adam Curtis’s latest series, Shifty, includes claims about Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power. We ask Sir John Curtice, polling king of election night, if they’re accurate.
And we ask an economist to explain why being pillaged by a Viking might be more lucrative than you’d imagine.
If you’ve seen a number in the news you think needs a stern look, email the team: moreorless@bbc.co.uk
More or Less is produced in partnership with the Open University.
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