Episode summary: How a radio show sold flour—and the Delta blues

Episode summary: We ask regular TP contributors and guests to tell us about the books they’ve most enjoyed recently and the ones they are looking forward to reading this summer. History, science fiction, philosophy, memoirs and a little bit of politics too: it’s all here. Sarah Churchwell - My Face...

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Episode summary: In July 2019, Leah Sottile and Ryan Haas sat down with OPB’s Dave Miller for a live Q&A event in Portland, Oregon. The discussion covered a range of topics, from how the second season of Bundyville came together to why conversations about white supremacy and extremist violence are n...

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Episode summary: Farmers have known for centuries that putting a hive of honeybees in an orchard results in more blossoms becoming cherries, almonds, apples and the like. Yet it’s only in the last 30 years that pollination services have become such an enormous part of American agriculture. Today, be...

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Episode summary: Dan Saladino tells the story Esiah Levy who shared seeds and changed lives. It all started with a squash. Soon after he started to grow his own food he cut open a particularly delicious variety and discovered hundreds of seeds inside. He felt compelled to share them with people so t...

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Episode summary: A French breast implant manufacturing company’s method of cutting costs incites a global health scare. Prelude: Concerns over safety issues related to silicone breast implants leads to a moratorium on sales in the United States. Support the show by becoming a Valuedlistener™ at Patr...

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Episode summary: In this episode David and Rose talk to Adam Tow. From having photos taken on his DLSR automatically shared to him via iMessage to playing text adventure games with Shortcuts, there is plenty of automation fun to be had!

Episode summary: Felipe was an IT professional looking for a new gig. Then a notorious con artist offered him a job. Felipe took the job — and tried to con the con man.

Episode summary: With misinformation so easy to spread, how can it be stopped or challenged?

Episode summary: In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went wrong. The Raleigh News and Observer called it “too horrible to chronicle without a shudder.” Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia fr...

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