Ben Franklin’s World :: The World of the Wampanoag
A two-party history of the indigenous people of Eastern Massachusetts who encountered the Puritan settlers of Plymouth in 1620.
Planet Money :: We Buy a Lot of Christmas Trees
A behind-the-scenes look into how the Christmas tree market works.
Planet Money :: The Case Against Facebook
A suit filed by the federal government and 46 state attorney generals against Facebook is stirring up the long-dormant history of anti-trust action in the United States.
Radiolab :: The Ashes on the Lawn
The purposes of protest and why they can’t be modulated to avoid offending people as seen through the story of the ACT UP protests to support relief from the AIDS crisis.
Smithsonian Sidedoor :: Edison’s Demon Dolls
Talking dolls are creepy and have been so since they were first invented in the 1890s by Thomas Edison himself.
Snap Judgment :: The Crossroad
A true story of a good Samaritan in the time of COVID 19.
RUNNING TALLY OF PODCAST OF THE WEEK APPEARANCES
- AirSpace – 2
- Afropop Worldwide – 3
- All Songs Considered – 3
- And Nothing Less – Entire series
- The Anthropocene Reviewed – 1
- BackStory – 4
- Brattle Film Podcast – 2
- Ben Franklin’s World – 1
- Best of the Left – 3
- Coronavirus Daily/Consider This – 5
- Code Switch – 5
- Decoder Ring – 6
- Fresh Air – 9
- Futility Closet – 5
- Have You Heard – 3
- Here & Now – 1
- Hidden Brain – 3
- Hit Parade – 4
- Hub History – 2
- The Last Archive – 4
- LeVar Burton Reads – 1
- Memory Palace – 4
- More Than Enough – 4
- Mortified – 1
- The Moth – 1
- Nice White Parents – entire series
- 99% Invisible – 13
- 60-Second Science – 7
- Planet Money – 10
- The Politics of Everything – 2
- Radio Boston – 3
- Radiolab – 8
- Retro Disney World – 1
- The Rewatchables – 1
- Risk! – 1
- Science Talk – 2
- Smithsonian Sidedoor – 5
- Snap Judgment – 2
- Sound Opinions – 1
- The Story Collider – 2
- The Thirty20Eight – 2
- This American Life – 2
- This Day in Esoteric Public History – 3
- Throughline – 14
- The Tomorrow Society – 2
- The Truth – 1
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 8
- The War on Cars – 1
- Wedway Radio – 1
- What Next – 13