America Revealed
Yul talks to food writer and industry expert Scott Allmendinger to discuss how our eating habits have changed over the years. Eating out in restaurants thirty years ago was something we did on special occasions, now these ‘celebration foods’ have become part of our everyday food consumption. Joel Fierman, a wholesale food supplier in New York, explains how advertising and clever marketing is used Continue
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Flip through photos of some ingenious examples of mobile saunas from the Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland. Continue
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Would you know how to pronounce löylyhuone if you went to a Finnish sauna? Listen to audio clips of Finnish words relating to the sauna and discover what they mean! Continue
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Setting a good fitness example is easier than you think. Make exercise part of everyday routines to Continue
American Experience
The drought hit first in the eastern part of the country in 1930. In 1931, it moved toward the west. By 1934 it had turned the Great Plains into a desert. Continue
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A timeline from 1931 to 1939 on surviving the Dust Bowl. Continue
American Experience
In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected overwhelmingly on a campaign promising a New Deal for the American people. Roosevelt worked quickly upon his election to deliver the New Deal, an unprecedented number of reforms addressing the catastrophic effects of the Great Depression. Continue
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Interview with Dust Bowl witness Melt White about Black Sunday and other memories of the Dust Bowl. Continue
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Interview with J.R. Davison, a witness to the Dust Bowl in the early 1930s. Continue
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When press reports of the dire situation in the Dust Bowl appeared throughout the country, John L. McCarty, the outspoken young editor of the “Dalhart Texan” newspaper, rushed to the region’s defense. As many fled the plains following the disaster of Black Sunday in April 1935, and the rumors of forced resettlement proliferated, McCarty dug in his heels and decided to stay, come what may. Continue
America Revealed
Urban farming is a new phenomenon ‘cropping up’ in our cities. Yul meets Detroit, urban farmer Will Gardner and finds out how he has been growing his own produce to eat and sell at local farmer’s markets. Will is one of 16 000 urban farmers in detroit. Yul also speaks to Ashley Atkinson of Greening Of Detroit to find out more. Continue
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'The Opposite of Cold' highlights sauna photos and history from North America in the Finnish tradition. Continue
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Hear what Ulysses had to say about things like school, work, and hanging out. Learn what happened to him when he left the familiar comforts of home and family behind. Find out what it was like to walk In His Shoes. Is it anything like walking in your own? Continue
The Mysterious Human Heart
This healthy heart quiz may affect your lifestyle. Continue
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The imbalance between the rich and the poor, with 0.1 percent of society earning the same total income as 42 percent, combined with production of more and more goods and rising personal debt, could not be sustained. On Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression. Continue
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Lawrence Svobida, a wheat farmer from Kansas, witnessed first-hand the searing drought and relentless winds that crippled the southern Great Plains during the 1930’s. His vivid account is taken from his memoir, “Farming the Dust Bowl.” Continue
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Of all of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s vision of a work-relief program employed more than 8.5 million people. For an average salary of $41.57 a month, WPA employees built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports. Continue
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Interview with Donald Worster, who grew up in Kansas in the 1930s, on his memories of the Dust Bowl. Continue
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Interview with Imogene Glover, who remembers life as a young girl during the Great Depression. Continue
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While tales of friendships among hobos that transcended race abound, many African American hobos recounted being made to feel like outcasts among outcasts. Continue
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