Join host Marcus Smith for conversations that invite you to discover, explore, and reengage with the wonders of the world around you. Find our new podcast that will be available starting airing February 9th.

Why the mishaps of the 1904 Olympic Marathon almost led to the event being banned in all future Olympic Games. Also, how world's fairs have changed the world.

Trees conspire with each other to thwart seed predators. David Allen Sibley tries to answer essential birder questions: “What do birds do?” and “Why?”

Henry Ford and Thomas Edison dreamed of more than Model-Ts and lightbulbs.

How Hawaiian cowboys stunned Wyoming.

The benefits and hazards of fear. And, how to die in space.

How a formerly enslaved man in Kentucky worked with a former Confederate hero to win damages from a lynch mob, and how a formerly enslaved woman sued her former master, and won.

Scorpions hear through their feet, navigate by the stars, and cannibalize each other. And, milking deadly snakes to make lifesaving anti-venom.

The secrets to making excellent pho at home; cooking with Italian grannies; and an introduction to the world's only sourdough library.

A delightful history of using personal ads to find love. And, when did diamonds become a girl's best friend?