An illustration of Hero’s aeolipile. Life of Hero of Alexandria Hero’s precise dates of birth and death are not well-documented, but he is thought to have lived in the Roman province of Egypt during the 1st century CE, possibly under […]
Today The Atlantic is launching Being Human, a new section and newsletter at TheAtlantic.com as part of a major expansion of its writing and reporting on health. The name describes The Atlantic’s wide-ranging approach to health coverage, on what it
This show is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. This episode was originally released in November, 2015. Music* Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth’s Modesty Blaise score.* They first meet to a piece called Brouillard
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography by Rob Lowe Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind The Sex Education of James Spader by Trip Gabriel. GQ, October
Today, the U.S. popular music industry is worth billions of dollars. And some of its deepest roots are in blackface minstrelsy and other racist genres. You may not have heard their names, but Black musicians like George Johnson, Ernest Hogan,
General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Early Years Kilpatrick graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1861, shortly after the war began, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. In just three days he was a captain
The Close-up Photographer of the Year competition is now in its sixth year, and recently released its shortlisted picks, with the winners set to be announced in January. The contest “celebrates close-up, macro, and micro photography,” among 11 separate categories.
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “Burning Desires: Sex in America. Part One: The World’s First Safe-Sex Orgy” by Steve Chapple and David Talbot, Playboy, April 1989 “Movies” by Bruce Williamson, Playboy, April 1989 “How We Play The Game” by Lillian B. Rubin.
Birmingham, Alabama was one of the fiercest battlegrounds of the Civil Rights Movement. And in order to understand the struggle, you don’t have to look any further than Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball stadium in the country. Over more than
