99% Invisible :: Ubiquitous Icons
The story behind three symbols that have become mainstays: the Peace Symbol, the Smiley Face, and the Power Icon on electronic devices. Note: Forrest Gump was not involved.
Best of the Left :: Why We Cannot Have Nice Things (How Racism Hurts Everyone, Including White People)
This collection of stories from progressive news outlets takes “a look at some of the ways that conservative policies, willed into existence almost exclusively by white people, measurably hurt people and shorten life expectancies, including those who most fervently support the self-destructive policies.”
Throughline :: The Siege of Mecca
The purpose of Throughline is to trace the history that shapes current events, but The Siege of Mecca of November 20, 1979 is something I’d never heard about before at all, and think it’s an important event to have knowledge of.
Radio Boston :: 60 Years Ago, A Folk Revival Began At Passim In Cambridge
Passim, the tiny folk club in Cambridge’s Harvard Square, was an important place for me in my 20s & 30s when I attended a lot of shows and even volunteered there quite a bit. There’s a lot of great history in this interview.
Running tally of 2019 Podcast of the Week appearances:
- Afropop Worldwide – 1
- AirSpace – 1
- The Anthropocene Reviewed – 1
- BackStory – 6
- Best of the Left– 5
- Code Switch – 5
- Decoder Ring – 4
- Dolly Parton’s America – 2
- Fresh Air – 8
- Futility Closet – 1
- Have You Heard? – 1
- Hidden Brain – 2
- Hit Parade – 5
- Household Name – 1
- Hub History – 7
- Lost at the Smithsonian – 2
- Lost Notes – 1
- Memory Palace – 6
- More or Less – 3
- More Perfect – 2
- The Moth – 1
- 99% Invisible – 13
- The New Yorker Radio Hour – 1
- Next Left – 1
- On the Media – 4
- Planet Money – 3
- Planet Money: The Indicator – 1
- Re:Sound – 1
- Radiolab – 3
- Radio Boston – 3
- Science Talk – 1
- 1619 Project – 4
- 60 Second Science – 1
- Smithsonian Sidedoor – 3
- Sound Opinions – 4
- StoryCorps – 2
- 30 for 30 Podcasts – 2
- This American Life – 3
- Tiny Desk Concert – 1
- Throughline – 8
- To the Best of Our Knowledge – 1
- Tomorrow Society – 1
- Travel with Rick Steves – 1
- The Truth – 3
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 5
- The War on Cars – 4
- WBUR News – 6
- We Need Some Milk – 1
- Wedway Radio – 1
- What Next – 1
- You Must Remember This – 1
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