Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! As we approach the 13th anniversary of the BP oil spill, Olivia tells the story of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the 87 days that helped it earn its title as the largest marine oil spill in human history. Then EliseContinue reading “Episode 71 – Oil Spills – Deepwater Horizon and Dawn Dish Soap”
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Episode 37 – Bird Lady and Lady Bird
Listen on Spotify / Apple / Anchor / scroll down for our podcast player! At the peak of 19th-century hat culture, an ounce of feathers was worth more than an ounce of gold. This extravagant trend, however, was putting once-flourishing bird populations in peril. Enter the bird lady: Harriet Hemenway, a controversial Boston socialite whoContinue reading “Episode 37 – Bird Lady and Lady Bird”
