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On July 4th 1817, the construction began on the Erie Canal, a man made waterway that stretched 363 miles from the Hudson River in Albany NY to Lake Erie in Buffalo NY. Thomas Jefferson called it madness and yet if it wasn’t for one man, DeWitt Clinton, the eastern US would have not been connected by water to the new lands to the west. They called it DeWitt’s Ditch, but if this canal wasn't built would NYC become the commerce capital of the world that it is today? OK - Let’s Learn about DeWitt Clinton and the Erie Canal. 

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As people started moving west, traveling upstream on a river was very difficult. Then Robert Fulton met Robert Livingston in Paris and almost overnight the Steamboat became a reality and changed the course of history in the United States. Come join us as  we learn all about how the Steamboat was created.

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It was 1846 and western expansion was in full swing in the United States. The country was coming out of the Era of Good Feelings with James Monroe as its President and winning the War of 1812. People started heading west in search of new opportunities, free land and the idea of Manifest Destiny. People packed up everything they owned and headed west on The Oregon Trail. Learn everything about this journey on this episode of The OK Let’s Learn podcast. 

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The history of the New York Mets from the beginning in 1962 to 2025. Come join me as we detail the ups and downs- mostly downs -of this amazing baseball team over 63 years with my life running parallel. This team has an amazing story - a few times we had the thrill of victory but too often we experienced the agony of defeat.

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Light as we see it from the sun is just a tiny fraction of light. Light is the electromagnetic spectrum and we use light not just to see what’s in front of us, but to cook our food, watch TV, listen to the radio, use Wi- Fi and see if we have a broken bone using X-Rays. Join us and …OK Let’s Learn about Light.

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Book 6, Episode 2. Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord. Come along as we read this book together and I offer commentary. This episode covers pages 33- 65.  

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Everything about water and how it cycles through our earth from evaporation to condensation to precipitation. But - along it’s journey it has forces that help it from the temperature of the air, to the air’s pressure and why exactly does the air get colder as it rises? Find out in today’s episode.

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Everything you always wanted to know about Butterflies from A-Z. It’s life cycle, physical characteristics, behavior and tons of fun facts, including the Monarch Butterflies’ long migration south during the fall.

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Everything you wanted to know about frogs from A-to-Z. It’s life cycle, habitat, behavior, physical characteristics and tons of fun facts, including- can you have one as a pet?

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We rank the Top 20 most influential moments in February- both people born during this month and events that shaped our world today.

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