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Fox settles into the Space Shuttle Challenger to share how the first Black American in space became an astronaut. Cat dives back into the sea to swim with the gentle giants.

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The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel by Meredith Bagby

NASA JSC Oral History Project: Guion S. Bluford Jr. as interviewed by Jennifer Ross-Nazzal

The Real Stuff: A History of NASA's Astronaut Recruitment Program by Joseph D. Atkinson

The Beginning of The Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian

Whale Sharks: Biology, Ecology, and Conservation by Alistair D.M Dove and Simon J. Pierce

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Cat gets on his little soapbox and talks about animals. Fox goes flying through the twisting history of roller coasters.

Reading Materials:

Animal Liberation by Peter Singer

Petfinder Animal Shelters & Rescues

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Backyard Roller Coasters by Paul Gregg

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Fox fills in a few plot holes using trust and audience oversight. Cat galumphs into the history behind a wonder-filled land.

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Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by Brian Raftery

Thirty Years Among the Dead by Dr. Carl Wickland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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Cat documents dinosaurs and their independent animator. Fox races through Lyon to announce the winner of the first edition of the Tour de France.

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Tour de France 100 by Peter Cossins, Isabel Best, and Chris Sidwells

Aerodynamic drag in cycling pelotons: New insights by CFD simulation and wind tunnel testing by Bert Blocken, Thijs van Druenen et al.

A Race for Madmen: A History of the Tour de France by Chris Sidwells

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Fox slides Dolly under a microscope to examine the history of SCNT cloning. Cat looks into what lust, gluttony, riots, vegetarianism, and the graham cracker have in common.

Reading Materials:

After Dolly by Ian Wilmut and Roger Highfield

Embryonic Development and Induction by Hans Spemann

The Science of Human Life by Sylvester Graham

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Cat praises the sun and the longest day on the Northern Hemisphere. Fox settles in for a meditative ride on the "first" Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Reading Materials:

Midsummer: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for Litha by Llewellyn

Ancient Calendars and Constellations by Emmeline M. Plunket

Ferris Wheels: An Illustrated History by Norman Anderson

Circles in the Sky: The Life and Times of George Ferris by Richard Weingardt

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Fox unearths the foundation of the Great Plains and the cryptids lurking within. Cat takes a hike into the lower mainland woods.

Reading Materials:

Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America by Candace Savage

Foraging for Wild Food by Davis Jones

Valuing Grasslands by GRaSS Alliance

Native Legends of the Indian Arm Area compiled by Ralph Drew, stories from the Tsleil-Waututh hereditary Chief George.

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Cat ... . . ... / .-- .... .- - / .... .- - .... / --. --- -.. / .-- .-. --- ..- --. .... - stop. Fox awards "douze points" to Lys Assia and sends out Eurovision's first queer contestants for a reprise performance.

Reading Materials:

The Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse by Kenneth Silverman

Eurovision! by Christ West

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Fox tumbles and twists from fiction to reality to talk about tornadoes. Cat notches their bow and aims to teach about archery.

Reading Material:

Storm Kings by Lee Sandlin

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Whirlwind Woman: Native American Tornado Mythology and Global Parallels by Nani Suzette Pybus

History of the Bow

How the Long Bow Became the Deadliest Weapon of its Time

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Cat opens a new page on Independent bookstores. Fox summarizes the plot of Seven Samurai and the tropes used that forever changed cinematic history.

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Reinventing Retail:The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores by Ryan L. Raffaelli, Ph.D.

The Essential Role of Indie Bookstores by Katheryn Sparks

How Authors Can Build Relationships with Independent Bookstores by Jane Friedman

Everything I Know about Filmmaking I Learned Watching Seven Samurai by Richard D. Pepperman

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