Karen Carpenter Part 1 with Carolyn Kendrick

Choose wisely: trick or treat? Starting in the late 1800s, the spooky and goofy version of Halloween we know today became a time of ruckus and sometimes dangerous pranks by kids and teenagers that caused widespread property damage and bodily harm. For this episode, Halloween corr ...  Show more

Crikey! How does a man decide to wrangle giant reptiles for a living? For this episode, ocean correspondent Brianna Bowman shares the life story of Australian icon Steve Irwin, the beloved Crocodile Hunter who captured the slithering hearts of kids in the late 90s and 2000s. Star ...  Show more

The American singer, Karen Carpenter, died in 1983 of anorexia nervosa. She was one half of a world famous brother and sister duo called The Carpenters. She was aged just 32. Up until then anorexia nervosa had often been referred to in the media as the "slimmer's disease". Skinny ...  Show more

When Neil Peart of Rush was asked how it felt to be the world’s greatest drummer, he reportedly said: “ask Karen Carpenter.”Karen was so much more than meets the eye. Like any other girl had hopes, dreams, hobbies, plus a wicked sense of humor. Did you know she was a largely self ...  Show more

<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Carrie was just like so many of you. Where she began is exactly where so many of you began, and is where some of you still are. She struggled with her eating for most of her life, struggled with accepting her body, and had doubts that this would ...

How does childhood in one country shape adulthood in another - particularly when the values and cultures of those countries seem in total opposition?Karina Carter was born and raised amongst the wreckage of a fallen Soviet Union, before moving to the Netherlands as a teen.Raised ...  Show more