99% Invisible: Ancient DMs
The story of an 2700 year old archive, its accidental preservation, and the unprecedented—and often funny—glimpse it gives us into the daily life of an ancient king.
Not Just the Tudors: Dissolution of the Monasteries
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb explores the dissolution of some 800 monasteries and nunneries by King Henry VIII, a campaign that dramatically reshaped England’s landscape and society. Suzannah meets leading experts -…
Moon Rocks Wanted
On September 18, 1998, an unusual ad ran in USA Today — a company called John’s Estate Sales was looking to buy a moon rock. The phone number on the…
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The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Cherub Rock” | One Song Podcast
Hipsters Unite? This week on One Song, Diallo Riddle and Luxxury are tackling a confrontational track from one of the most successful alt rock bands of the 90’s — “Cherub…
Feeble Spark – Zine
Color photos of artefacts from the Sisters of Chairty of New York and the New York Foundling
Internet Vs Ocean: the essential wires we never think about
Did you know that the internet is held together by a network of undersea cables? And did you also know that these cables can trace their origin back to 1850s?…
Sex and Christianity: 2,000 years of love and fury
What were Jesus's views on sex? Why did so many Christians choose a life of celibacy? Has the church ever been tolerant of homosexuality? These are some of the questions…
Short Cuts: Earth
A friendship forged working the land, memories of volcanic eruptions from 800,000 years ago frozen in Antarctica’s ice cores, and the importance of wild, patient gardens. Short documentaries presented by…
Children say it every day in school, but have you ever wondered why we recite the pledge of allegiance?
We journey back to the late 1800s to understand how a massive wave of immigration and sagging magazine subscriptions gave rise to this vow of patriotism. From the Civil War…