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The Smithsonian is a breathing institution made up of more than 22,000 people across 19 museums, 10 research centers, 21 libraries and the National Zoo.

On the ground in more than 120 countries, we are researching, conserving, designing and educating to better understand the world and our place in it.

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17 Pieces

Sidedoor is a podcast only the Smithsonian can bring you. It tells stories about science, art, history, humanity and where they unexpectedly overlap. From dinosaurs to dining rooms, this podcast connects big ideas to the people who have them.


Pieces

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Transforming things we take for granted: an astronomer who has turned the night sky into a symphony; an architecture firm that has radically re-tho...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 23:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Identity in a complex world: a look at the many roles each person plays in daily life; a group of lesbian feminists create an entirely new culture,...

Bought by KALW and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 19:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Bending the rules: people sending their children through the U.S. Postal Mail; a Sikh man in the early 1900s tries to use the Supreme Court's racis...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 21:34
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Squabbles big and small: two besties turn into lifelong enemies over a dining room; a researcher embraces the panda craze; and why some dinosaur sk...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 18:27
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Tales of deception and trickery: sneaky orchid seeks sexually-frustrated pollinator; a battle fought by decoys; and a gender-bending zombie invasio...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 17:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A 1921 riot destroyed almost 40 blocks of a wealthy black neighborhood in North Tulsa, Oklahoma. No one knows how many people died, no one was ever...

Bought by WCNY and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 2
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Technology's grip on us: the 4-1-1 on what's behind your selfie; an artist's computer simulation shows humans aren't as unique as we think; and how...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 20:52
  • Purchases: 1
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The payoff is all in the delivery: sending mail via cruise missile; preparing a strong-willed orangutan for primate parenthood; and failing to land...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 22:07