Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
In which #7 and #13 go up to Michigan to see the Dymaxion House.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Feats of Building & Engineering, Supplement
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"Arts & Culture"
Oh, the humanities!
Fuller Houses
R. Buckminster Fuller and his various Dymaxion Houses
It was a marvel of modern technology that promised to create freedom by liberating the mind... so why aren't you living in one right now?
Categories: Arts & Culture, Feats of Building & Engineering, Series 13
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Christmas Day
a poem by Julia Ann Moore
A special treat: "Christmas Day" by Julia Ann Moore, the Sweet Singer of Michigan, read by the incomparable Eric Leslie.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Bonus Episodes, Least Popular
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The Realest Housewife of Beverly Hills
confidante of kings, movie stars, and mobsters
The Countess di Frasso was the most famous hostess in the world, who threw parties for kings; actors, athletes and aviators; Nazis and mobsters.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, Entertainment & Media, People & Places
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Fruitcake Subculture Conspiracy Revisited
Christmas's most maligned tradition strikes back
Listen up, fruitcake... or, rather, listen up -- fruitcake! Everything you never wanted to know about your least favorite holiday treat.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 13, Strange Customs & Superstitions
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Mr. Mumler’s Ghosts
A small gallery of some of William H. Mumler's best spirit photographs. (By which I mean "aesthetically pleasing", not "genuine.")
Categories: Arts & Culture, Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Supplement
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Mr. Pickle Goes On Tour
oh, the pickle-related places you'll go!
Why yes, of course we've gone out of our way to see the pickle-related sights. Here are a few of our favorites.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Supplement
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Pickle Me This
everything you need to know about pickles
This week #7 drops by to tell us everything we need to know about pickles... and then throw a "pickle party" featuring all sorts of unconventional pickles.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 13
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I Started a Joke
the difference between laughing with and laughing at
In 1876 poet Julia Ann Moore was beloved by the people of Grand Rapids, precisely because her poems were so bad. Then she went national.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, Series 13
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Crepuscule in Blood and Guts
the most curious incident in the life of James McNeill Whistler
This one has it all: sibling rivalry, country club politics, adultery, duels, the Civil War, Spanish colonial policy, and three giant piles of bird poop.
Categories: Arts & Culture, Daring & Epic Journeys, Series 13
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Saddam’s Favorite Artist
the dictator who loved bad fantasy
Rowena spent two decades building a career as a top fantasy artists... and then two of her paintings were found hanging in Saddam Hussein's "love nest."
Categories: Arts & Culture, Bonus Episodes
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Jelly Time
what's the difference between jam and jelly?
...and for that matter, what the heck is marmalade? Have no fear, #7 has all the answers!
Categories: Arts & Culture, Series 11, Wild Card
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