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Short Stuff: Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre Mar 27, 2024

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The strange thing about the story of the Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre is that it didn't happen. Yet the story lives on.

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Love Canal: Even Dirtier Than It Sounds Mar 26, 2024

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A man with an unfulfilled vision left a huge gash in the ground near Niagara Falls. Then a chemical company came along and filled it with toxic waste. Then people came along and built homes and an elementary school on top of it. Then things went badly.

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Selects: MOVE: Or When the Philly Police Dropped a Bomb on a Residential Neighborhood Mar 23, 2024

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Believe it or not, in 1985 the Philadelphia Police Department dropped a bomb from a helicopter onto a residential building in an African-American neighborhood. The fact that this story isn't more widely known says it all. Listen and learn about MOVE in this classic episode.

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Peanuts (the comic) Part II Mar 21, 2024

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Today is part II of our tribute to one of the most iconic pieces of American culture.

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Short Stuff: Mariko Aoki Phenomenon Mar 20, 2024

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Ten percent of people – in Japan at least – get the urge to poop when they visit bookstores. But it wasn’t until a courageous woman stepped up and became the voice of the phenomenon now named after her that they realized they were part of a movement.

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Peanuts (the comic) Part I Mar 19, 2024

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Today we pay tribute to one of the most iconic pieces of American culture. Listen in to hear us gush about Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.

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Selects: How Dyslexia Works Mar 16, 2024

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For a learning disability that everyone seems to know about, dyslexia is maybe the most commonly misunderstood and controversial cognitive difficulty there is. Some people think it’s a gift, some people think it doesn’t even exist. Learn more in this classic episode.

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The Alien Abduction Phenomenon of the Mid-20th Century Mar 14, 2024

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It started with New Hampshire couple Betty and Barney Hill, who learned under hypnosis they’d been abducted and examined by aliens in 1962. Since then, possibly millions of people in the US alone came to believe they followed in the Hills’ footsteps. Why?

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Short Stuff: Skittles and TIO2 Mar 13, 2024

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There’s an ingredient in Skittles and lots of other food that Dunkin Donuts stopped using it in their powdered donuts. Skittles said they were phasing it out too back in 2016 but still haven’t and now the lawsuits flow like The Spice.

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Leave Brutalism Alone! Mar 12, 2024

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The most reviled, hated, despised, no-good, low down, dirty rotten architectural style of all time is actually just the most misunderstood. Learn about this unfairly treated architectural movement and why it’s awesome. Learn to love brutalism.

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