28 | “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” Debunks Modern Book Banning
Why is book banning on the rise in the United States? Are the children in danger? And what does “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” have to do with all of this? This week, we tell the story of the modern b...
22 Helmi 202448min
27 | Why Your Favorite Artist Hates the Grammys ft. Jay-Z
Has your favorite artist had a thing or two to say about the ever-so-elusive club that makes up the Grammys? We are willing to bet that they have. On January 4, 2024, Jay-Z accepted Dr. Dre’s Global I...
8 Helmi 202450min
26 | How Florence Nightingale Changed Medical History by Outsmarting Male Doctors
How did Florence Nightingale manage to stop British soldiers dying of infection before germ theory was discovered? This week we are sharing the story of the Mother of Nursing, the Lady with the Lamp, ...
25 Tammi 202436min
25 | How Prohibition Bootleggers Created NASCAR
You may be familiar with NASCAR, you may also be familiar with Prohibition, but how did these two worlds collide? This week Brendan and Claire take you deep into Appalachia where between 1919 and 1933...
18 Tammi 202438min
24 | How does an IKEA product get its name?
If you’ve been to IKEA, you’ve likely noticed that every product name is Swedish. Now what if I told you that IKEA’s product names follow a set of rules created by its founder, Ingvar Kamprad? This we...
11 Tammi 202437min
23 | How a Bulldozer Got a Police Escort to Destroy a Garden After Christmas in Seattle
The BLM Garden in Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park was destroyed by the city on December 27th at 6am. This week, we bring you the story of how a beloved community garden was caught in the crossfire of Seat...
4 Tammi 202435min
21 | Learning From Lesbians: What is Gender Essentialism?
What is gender essentialism? Who does it impact? In today’s first installment of Learning From Lesbians, we answer these questions (and more) with the guidance of our close personal friends, Emma and ...
7 Joulu 202345min
