It's All Child's Play
What’s in a cardboard box that brings a happiness that money can’t buy? It’s imagination of course! A Buzz Lightyear doll is exactly what it appears t...
Was Is Could Be
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Was Is Could Be is Liz Russell's journey to find the joy in things past - plain and simple. Through interviews with historians, authors, hobbyists, and average Joes we rediscover the lifestyles of our past and ask the question - what if we still did this today?
Functioning in Pre-Cell Phone America, Part 2
“A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.” In the first part of this episode, we describe this predication made by Nikola Tesla about the c...
Functioning in Pre-Cell Phone America, Part 1
In 1926, Nikola Tesla - the famed inventor - sat down with John B. Kennedy of Collier’s Magazine for an interview. In it, he predicts that people wil...
Extra! Extra! All the Time
In March 1974, a Japanese bookseller flew to the island of Lubang in the Philippines to order the surrender of a Japanese intelligence officer. The of...
Take a Hike. Seriously.
Spending on outdoor recreation accounts for 2.2 percent of the American economy at just over $400 billion a year! This seems pretty incredible to me, ...
Are Love Letters Dead?
In March 1827, Beethoven's most famous letter - a love letter - was found in his apartment, with no name to identify his past lover. How can a love l...
Was Is Could Be
By the time I hit 25, I felt like every conversation with my friends was cut from the same cloth - "remember when...?" Armed with a tape recorder and ...