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Placed in Bedlam
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Nine year old Gary Hayman ran away from a Rhode Island mental hospital in 1952 and sparked the biggest manhunt in state history.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
Q. What is "Historical Sci-Fi"? A. 1779 Ships meet 2132 Mars!
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MARCH 2015
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It's evident author Michael J. Martinez is enjoying writing this series where "worlds collide." He reads from the first book, The Daedalus Incident...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Distillations Episode 143: Fairyland of Chemistry
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Hydrogen and chlorine sitting in a tree... Image from Real Fairy Folks: Explorations in the World of Atoms, by Lucy Rider Meyer, 1887., Credit: Courtesy of CHF's collections.
In this episode we travel back in time to the Victorian era, when innovative teachers used fairies to convey complicated ideas in chemistry. We ada...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Step Right Up!
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Big Apple and Ringling Bros. are two of the few remaining travelling circuses left in the country. Elliot Majerczyk spoke with a man who teache...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1