Series Podcast: Radio Curious: Recent Episodes
Barry Vogel
Originally Broadcast: February 13, 2012
The exodus of approximately six million black people from the American South between 1915 and 1970 had a significant role in setting the stage of the civil...
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Originally Broadcast: July 29, 2003
In this program we visit with David Ebershoff, author “Pasadena,” a book about storytelling. “Pasadena” is the story of Linda Stamp, a young girl born and...
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Originally Broadcast: July 22, 2003
From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel
Biodiesel, an alternative to the dwindling supply of fossil...
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Sweet Grass County: Historic Crossroad
Montana, the Big Sky state, is a place of significant historical interest in the history of North America and the United States. Sweet Grass County, located in...
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Nothing to Fear, Lessons in Leadership from FDR
Alan Axelrod is a writer who has studied the cultural and business dimensions of America. “Nothing to Fear, Lessons in Leadership from FDR,” by...
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This interview’s guest was my old law school friend, Congressman Sam Farr, who represents Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. In this interview, we discussed the USA Patriot Act, the Freedom to Read...
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American Taboo, A Murder in Peace Corps
In this edition of Radio Curious, we take a look at murder and getting away with murder. In the small island kingdom of Tonga, an American Peace Corps...
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Julius Margolin and George Mann, two men separated in age by almost 46 years, are what might be called traveling troubadours. They carry the message of working people in song and spirit, bringing a...
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"Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption," is a book written by Randall Kennedy, a Harvard University Law School Professor. He takes an in-depth look at the issue of black and...
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The Case Against Lawyers
The control and influence lawyers have in American society has grown enormously in the past 75 years. The influence was foreseen in the 1830s by Alexis de Tocqueville and...
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Pigs at the Trough, How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America
Arianna Huffington, a political columnist and commentator with a conservative background, is the author of...
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A Potent Spell: Mother Love and the Power of Fear
Is the concept of “mother blame” a method to control women? Is motherhood a really a fearsome job? Will a mother’s mistake or inattention damage a...
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Faster than the Speed of Light: The Story of a Scientific Speculation
Joao Magueijo, a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Imperial College of London, disputes some of Einstein’s most accepted...
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Socrates’ Way: Seven Masterkeys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost
Socrates of Athens, who lived before the Common Era, is respected as one of the greatest independent thinkers of all time. Socrates...
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The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service
“The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service” is a short book published by three...
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I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers: A Cultural History
“I Want That! How We All Became Shoppers: A Cultural History” is the title of a new book by Thomas Hine. In this book he discusses why we...
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The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health
Dr. Harvey B. Simon is the author of “The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men’s Health” and the founding editor of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch...
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The Mourning of Angles
The life of Lydia Schaefer is a composite fictional story of a 22 year-old woman who served in the Peace Corps in Peru from 1962 to 1964. Patricia Taylor Edmisten, a former...
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The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received recognized academic attention. Our guest, Professor...
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In this program we visit concepts of evolution and intelligence, some of which were raised after our series on near term human extinction.
What is intelligence? What kind of intelligence do non...
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Blood, an Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
Human blood has been compared historically and sociologically to a river that defines human society over the millennia. That river has been charted in...
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The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
“The Other End of the Leash—Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs”, is a recent book by Patricia McConnell, a certified applied animal...
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Sons of Heaven
In June of 1989, in Tienamin Square, in the justify of Beijing, China, one of the largest student protests ever to occur in that country took place. The “Sons of Heaven,” by Terrence...
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
Imagine arriving by boat in a rural town of 150,000 people where two rivers join in central China. Imagine being one of the first two Americans to live there in...
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Fast food is what many people eat in America, and increasingly in other countries. It is advertised to be fun, tasty, and easily available. Americans spend more money annually on fast food than is...
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In June, 2002 I overheard an American woman now living in Israel passionately describe her belief that teaching children to be suicide bombers is the worst form of child abuse imaginable. I invited...
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The Territory of Men
“The Territory of Men” is an intimate self-expose written by Joelle Fraser, a former Mendocino Community College English teacher. Written as a series of short episodes and...
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Earl Dixon is a veteran traveler, a veteran piano player, and he’s actually a veteran, too. An interesting story. Earl Dixon, the man on this show, traveled around the world, and has a lot of...
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Zoya’s Story, An Afghan Woman’s Struggle for Freedom
Zoya, a member of the RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, tells the story of her childhood, her parents and her parents’...
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Take Me With You: Around The World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home
Have you ever made friends with someone from a place where you visited as a traveler? Have you ever wondered what it would be...
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