Episodes from the 'New and Notable: October 2019 Edition'
This week – the root of all happiness, intergalactic musicians, Obama's weed smoking crew and more. 1619 – 1619 is a new podcast from The New York Times that re-examines the history and the present d...Show More
The institution of slavery turned a poor, fledgling nation into a financial powerhouse, and the cotton plantation was America’s first big business. Behind the system, and built into it, was the whip. ...Show More
Sharmini, Episode 1 - On June 12, 1999, 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel left her family’s Toronto apartment around 9 a.m. She never returned. Her remains were found in a wooded ravine four months later...Show More
Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić discusses his deep connection to the longing for home expressed in Francisco Tárrega’s Lágrima. Keep listening after the episode to hear the full track.
How can winning the lottery ruin your life - while contracting an incurable disease feel like 'a gift'? Dr Laurie Santos hears about dreams come true and nightmares realised; and talks with Dr Dan Gil...Show More
Ever wonder what President Barack Obama was like as a pot-smoking teenager in Hawaii? We did, so we dug deep into Barry's time with his high school weed crew, the Choom Gang. “In Hawaii, chooming mean...Show More
12-year-old Earth boy and musical prodigy, Sebastian “Seabass” Galloway, gets recruited at a school recital by a super-intelligent spacecraft, D.E.B.R.A., and lesser-intelligent sidekick, R.A.N.D.Y., ...Show More
People living in Edmonton’s inner-city communities are clashing with problem properties — needles on their lawns, people overdosing in their yards, fights in the alleys. Residents fear for their safet...Show More
danny recommended:
Might not sound like it from the title, but a really encouraging episode.