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May 6, 2012 Podcast

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We open today’s show with a 1962 interview with Sanders Russell, harness racer who won the famed Hambletonian at the age of 62.

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April 15, 2012 Podcast

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We open today’s show with the story of Dendroica cerulea, until the mid 20th century a bird common throughout much of eastern North America.

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February 19, 2012 Podcast

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In October 1960, Dr. Bernice Eddy gave a talk to the NYC Cancer Society without warning her employer in advance. It cost Dr. Eddy her career.

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December 11, 2011 Podcast

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We open today’s show with a 4th century European Christmas folktale–‘The Holly Tree’–that has survived & been carried into Appalachia.

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October 9, 2011 Podcast

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One of Hollywood’s most famous cowboys wasn’t raised on a western ponderosa. Leonard Slye grew up west of Lucasville, OH on a small farm.

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