EP42: The Giving Tree, Travel Trailers and th...

On this episode of Our American Stories, you may see them everywhere today, but the UPC barcode didn’t become commonplace until well into the 1970s. What had started as a simple idea to speed up checkout lines took decades to develop, requiring advances in computing, scanning tec ...  عرض المزيد

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1800, the United States faced one of the most uncertain moments in its early history. Tensions that had been building since the 1796 presidential race came to a head as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson battled for the future of the count ...  عرض المزيد

Link gets after Charles for going outside during Hurricane Ian. Charles receives a joke from an alien. The two debate who would survive longer in a zombie apocalypse, and discuss which traits Charles passed down to Link. Plus, Charles tells of a treehouse mishap from childhood in ...  عرض المزيد

Despite being a Coroner, there is only one experience that has left Christian truly unsettled. It occurred while staying over at a house that is somewhat infamous in his town of Fresno, CA, on a street called Christmas Tree Lane. Subscribe to Otherworld on Patreon for exclusive ...  عرض المزيد

What motivated two families to engage in the organized chaos of shared living and how did they learn to talk through, and shape, new expectations for their family life at home? In this episode of How to Talk to People, we hear from Deborah Tepley and Luke Jackson, who remember wh ...  عرض المزيد

On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak, and Jamilah answer a question from a listener who is feeling left behind by her friends who are parents. She says she’s really tried to be supportive and isn’t receiving support in return, especially when she’s celebrating accomplishments like ear ...  عرض المزيد