Can one piece of infrastructure reconnect a city — and what happens when that idea becomes more successful than anyone expected? Naomi sits down with Ryan Gravel, the urban designer whose graduate thesis became the Atlanta BeltLine, a 22-mile loop connecting 45 neighborhoods around Atlanta. Ryan explains how a year in Paris inspired the idea, why he calls the BeltLine “catalyst infrastructure,” and how abandoned rail corridors became a new way for neighborhoods to connect. He also speaks candidly

What was life like in the U.S. from 1941-1945? Rationing, shortages, blackouts, and factories overnight went from making cars and consumer goods to make tanks, planes and warships. OK Let’s Learn about what life was like at home during WW2. Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: Okletslearnpodcast@gmail.com Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s...

Born 2500 years ago, it can be argued that this man has been more influential to his country than any other person has been to any other country in history. Who was he and why did he become so influential? OK Let’s Learn! Reach out for questions, feedback and future episode suggestions: Okletslearnpodcast@gmail.com Go to our new website- okletslearn.com Support the podcast and be named a producer of the show here at this Patreon link: www.patreon.com/okletslearn OK Let’s Learn Substack pag...

Welcome to Science Quest! 🚀 This week, we are celebrating a massive champion crowned in Fat Bear Week, investigating a mystery in Antarctica, and unlocking the secrets of solving crimes with science! 🐻 Fat Bear Week Champion: The votes are in and the chubbiest champion of Alaska's Katmai National Park has officially been crowned! Discover how wild brown bears gobble down thousands of calories a day to bulk up for winter hibernation. 🐧 The Disappearing Colony: Shocking polar news from

Why do mentally tough athletes still struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, performance pressure, and emotional challenges? Athletes are taught to push through pain, stay disciplined, and perform under pressure. But what happens when that same mentality starts affecting their mental health? In this episode of the You Can't Fool You Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Rachel Daltry, a psychologist who works with college athletes at West Chester University, to discuss the psychological challenges of bei...

Welcome friends! We're so glad you're joining us for our third Mixtape mashup! Last week, Todd took us back to the beginning with songs from the first three seasons of the show, revisiting songs about siblings, identity, trying new things, pets, belonging, anger, and imagination. Now we're continuing that musical journey with seven more songs, each one connected to real conversations with kids and adventures in the Land of Qook-a-lackas. This time, we're dreaming about the future, finding hop...

What makes a good hug? That’s what Ryder wants to know. Enter HuggieBot - a robot that helped discover the 11 “ingredients” of a meaningful embrace. We’ll learn why HuggieBot’s creator, Dr. Alexis Block, decided to build a hugging robot, and what a robot can tell us about why hugs matter so much to humans.Watch videos of HuggieBot in action and read the full episode transcript on ⁠our blog⁠. Vote for Tumble! We’re a finalist in the Signal Awards, and you can help us win the Listener’s Choice

More Captain Curious Adventures:CuriousKidsEveryDay.com/CaptainCuriousDid you know a single day on Mercury lasts longer than its whole year? In this episode, Captain Curious takes listeners on an unforgettable journey to the closest planet to the Sun! Along the way, we explore why the temperatures are so extreme, what the surface is like, and we celebrate two birthdays using a time machine. Curious Kids Every Day is a daily, interactive podcast that respects your child’s intelligence and

Please join us for "Stop the Shock: A Panel Discussion about the Judge Rotenberg Center” with members of the Stop the Shock Coalition. Elisa Hunt Driven by the loss of a loved one to institutional abuse, Elisa Hunt is an advocate and coalition leader specializing in institutional care accountability and disability rights. As the lead organizer of the Stop the Shock Coalition, she coordinates grassroots and national efforts to end the use of electric skin shock devices at the Judge Rotenberg C...

Does it take 45 minutes to get your family out the door? Is it a struggle to keep up with all the activities, homeschooling, house work, and still have time for connecting with your family? Do you ever wonder who is this person I'm married to? Is there a better way?In this episode, Blake and Chandler Allsmith share how they integrate business principles into family life, homeschooling seven kids, and maintaining a thriving marriage. They discuss practical strategies like weekly business meetings,

In this episode, we're spotlighting the incredible accomplishments of Umatilla High School in Umatilla, Florida. Adam Roate, CLT's Senior Director of Partnerships, talks to Brent Frazier, principal at UHS. Brent shares his principles for effective administrative leadership and strategies for building a strong school culture that prepares students for success inside and outside the classroom. References: – Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton – Strengths Bas...

As we gear up for the NBA season, we look back at one of the greatest to play the game. Join our special guests as they test their knowledge of the great Kobe Bryant!

Grab your sunscreen and a bottle of water because we’ve a showdown between two outdoor activities. It’s Gardening vs Hiking! Making our love of gardening grow is performer, theatermaker and Story Pirate Mahayla Laurence! Showing us the sight and heights for team hiking is singer, actor and Story Pirate Alex Nader! Which will win? Listen and then vote for your favorite at www.smashboombest.org.Click here to read a transcript of this episode.Want to support the show? Join Smarty Pass to listen to

The Design & Technology Association is proud to enter its second year supporting Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow competition. Solve for Tomorrow is a free-to-enter, tech-for-good competition which empowers students aged 11-18 to solve real-world problems in one of three carefully selected design contexts. Its objective is to empower young people, regardless of their background, to develop the future-ready skills required not just for employment, but for modern life. In this podca...

Presenting recordings from Loud Stories! Loud Stories is a week-long summer program for high school students, where they learn media production and audio storytelling skills while doing a deep dive into a topic that matters. For this year's Loud Stories, students spent the week focusing on misinformation - exploring how it shows up in their lives, and the impacts it has on their mental, physical, and community's health. This episode features recordings from some of the personal narratives

Luna and Elodie both noticed that the pattern on one side of a butterfly looks copied onto the other. In this episode, we'll find out that butterfly wings actually grow separately, following the same genetic instructions. Along the way, we'll meet two genes that scientists found by switching them off, and see why the match isn't always perfect.Have a question of your own? We'd love for you to send it to us. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂📖 --- ✨ Want more science and fewer

We're time traveling this week to get to know one of the most famous wild critters to have *ever* roamed the Earth! We're going back 70 million years to meet the infamous T. rex, the apex predator with an astoundingly powerful bite, huge teeth, ginormous legs, and ... surprisingly small arms? We're joined by an amazing paleontologist, perfect to teach us all about the T. rex and age of dinosaurs! Dr. Roger Benson, Macaulay Curator, Division of Paleontology at the American Museum of Natu...

Chocolate. You know it. You love it. You can’t get enough of it. Today, we think of chocolate as a sweet treat, but for most of human history, it was actually a bitter drink. This week Joy and co-host Camila go coo-coo for cocoa history and learn how indigenous people in Mesoamerica were the first to create the chocolate craze. All that and an extra chocolatey First Things First. Break me off a piece of that sweet sweet history!Click here to read a transcript of this episode.Want to support the