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Short Stuff: Victorian Flower Language

What do you do when you want to tell someone you’re smitten with them but you live in a society so repressive decorum prevents you from even speaking such things? Why, you can say it with flowers! And that’s just what people in the Victorian Era did. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  What's the bar exam like anyway?

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  Short Stuff: Camberley Kate

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  The Brutal History of Prison Labor

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  Selects: How Black Friday Works

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  Julia Child, la Grandes Gourmande

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  Short Stuff: Pies

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  Rice is Nice

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  Selects: Rockettes: Still Kicking After All These Years

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  Graffiti: So Cool It’s A Pillar of Hip Hop

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  AM Radio: Solid Gold

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  Selects: How Personality Tests Work

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  Pop Tarts: No Fruit Necessary

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  Short Stuff: Third Man Syndrome

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  Eco-Disasters 101: The Salton Sea

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  Selects: How Conversion Therapy Doesn't Work