Off the Path

By Davis DunavinSociety & Culture Places & Travel

Off the Path episodes

July 31, 2020 Off the Path Revisited: The Voynich Manuscript
It’s one of the world’s great literary mysteries: a 15th century book full of bizarre illustrations of imaginary plants, astrological signs, surreal figures and landscapes. Its origins are unknown, its creator anonymous. And it’s written entirely in an unknown language that’s stumped the world’s greatest codebreakers.
8 min
July 03, 2020 Off the Path Revisited: Touro Synagogue
This story first aired in 2018. It was inspired by a line from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Hamilton,” now streaming on Disney Plus. It's a real line from a letter written by George Washington: "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid."
8 min
July 03, 2020 Off the Path Revisited: Touro Synagogue
This story first aired in 2018. It was inspired by a line from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Hamilton,” now streaming on Disney Plus. It's a real line from a letter written by George Washington: "Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid."
8 min
June 19, 2020 The People's Food, Cooked The Feminist Way
Until we get fully back on the road again, I’m checking in with a few establishments that are a little closer to home. Here's one just down the road from me. Bloodroot is a vegetarian restaurant and feminist bookstore on the banks of Long Island Sound in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
7 min
June 19, 2020 The People's Food, Cooked The Feminist Way
Until we get fully back on the road again, I’m checking in with a few establishments that are a little closer to home. Here's one just down the road from me. Bloodroot is a vegetarian restaurant and feminist bookstore on the banks of Long Island Sound in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
7 min
May 29, 2020 Off The Path Revisited: The Elephant Man
Off the Path is slowing down a bit for the summer (as are we all.) In the meantime, we're revisiting some classic stories. This episode originally aired February 1, 2018.
9 min
May 29, 2020 Off The Path Revisited: The Elephant Man
Off the Path is slowing down a bit for the summer (as are we all.) In the meantime, we're revisiting some classic stories. This episode originally aired February 1, 2018. There’s a statue of an elephant on a 30-foot pole in the town green of Somers, a small town in Westchester County. “Most people have a fallen war hero,” says town historian Doris Jane Smith, walking me around the nearby town hall. “We have the elephant.” That elephant was America’s first famous elephant. Her owner was Somers
9 min
May 08, 2020 A Garden Of Books
I don’t say this lightly – The Book Barn might top my list of all-time favorite establishments.
6 min
May 08, 2020 A Garden Of Books
I don’t say this lightly – The Book Barn might top my list of all-time favorite establishments. For one thing, I love books. Just about every available wall of my house is taken up by floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. And most of those books probably came from The Book Barn.
6 min
April 17, 2020 Behold The Mechanical Messiah
Thirteen brothers and sisters made up the Hutchinson Family Singers. They toured the United States and Europe. And they drew crowds of thousands of people.
9 min

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For Davis Dunavin, being a journalist is a little bit like being a cross between a wandering storyteller and a detective. For nearly eight years, he's set sail to learn about pirate history, hiked the…