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Ten Minutes in Lituya Bay

A remote bay in Alaska is home to an odd and occasionally catastrophic geology. In 1958, a handful of people experienced this firsthand.
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Sep 2016 • Read/Listen →
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The King’s Letters

The 15th-century scholar who upset the Korean aristocracy by creating a native script for the Korean language, and thus wean it off Chinese characters.
Written by Marisa Brook and Christine Ro • 08 Aug 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Faxes From the Far Side

The 1950s-era Soviet mission to first photograph the far side of the moon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 23 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Up in the Air

Two families come up with an ambitious and dangerous plan to escape from authoritarian East Germany in the 1970s.
Written by Marisa Brook • 03 Aug 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Zero-Armed Bandit

The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Jun 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Derelict

A series of accidents and errors amass into disaster at sea. But that's not the end of the story.
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Jan 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Supernatural Bunnymother of Surrey

The story of an 18th century Englishwoman and her apparent tendency to give birth to rabbits.
Written by Brendan Mackie • 09 Feb 2014 • Read/Listen →
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The City Under Ice

The story of Camp Century: A 1950s-era experimental "nuclear city" under the Greenland ice sheet that was not what it seemed.
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Sep 2013 • Read/Listen →
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Andrée and the Aeronauts’ Voyage to the Top of the World

The story of three adventurers who tried to reach the North Pole via hydrogen balloon in 1897.
Written by Alan Bellows • 24 Jun 2013 • Read/Listen →
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The Arizona Dragonslayer

The story of one of America's lesser-known WW1 flying aces.
Written by Kiona Smith-Strickland • 06 Dec 2012 • Read/Listen →
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