Frances Perkins Part 3
Miss Perkins travels to Washington to become Madam Secretary - and the architect of The New Deal. Her ferocious battles with the status quo during these years later led President Kennedy to call her "...
26 Jan 20231h 41min
Frances Perkins Part 2
In Part 2 of our three-part coverage, Frances Perkins was galvanized by the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire tragedy to turn her talents for research into reform. Her reputation for intelligence, thoroughness...
9 Jan 20231h
Mrs Claus - Our Holiday Tradition!
Once again, we are dropping in to bring you the history of an unsung Christmas hero - Mrs. Claus. Where did she come from? What is her role in the festive season? We'll tell you all about her in this ...
24 Des 202216min
Frances Perkins Part 1
Line by line over the course of her life, Frances Perkins drew the blueprint for a better society; one that protected the weak, curbed the unethical, and provided a humanist framework for government. ...
16 Des 20221h 15min
Pocahontas Revisited
Pocahontas did save lives... just not the way (or the one) that you've been taught. For both Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving, we revisit this 2017 episode to tell her real, not Disneyf...
23 Nov 20221h 13min
Ida Lewis
She was just a teen when she took on lighthouse keeper responsibilities and bravely began saving lives--and risking her own--while doing what she looked at as her daily responsibilities. She attracted...
14 Nov 20221h 30min
Boston Field Trip Travelogue
Forty travelers, four hosts, and thirty seagulls headed out to experience podcast-based adventures in historic and iconic New England. We laughed, we cried, we learned a lot - and made friends (and me...
2 Nov 20221h 45min
Empress Sisi, Mega-revisit
We've combined our previous coverage of Empress Sisi of Austria because she's getting a lot of screen time these days and we found ourselves in need of a refresher, so we thought you might be, too. Bo...
17 Okt 20223h 16min
