Zoology, conservation, conversation. You know, stuff like that. Episode 7. End of Year Special. Music just for us by Calidore Tesio - we get hoity toity in the British Library - Jules rants about the Discovery Channel and kinky penguins - Prince William takes on the world - Sam tries Ecotherapy in the woods - We love 'H is for Hawk' (even though we…

Zoology, conservation, conversation. You know, stuff like that. Episode 6: THE GREEN BLOB, plus fish lice and... is Lucy Cooke the next Attenborough?Autor: nature's footnote podcast

Zoology, conservation, conversation. You know, stuff like that. Episode 5: Springwatch turns 10! Bear Grylls turns stomachs! EDNA, peacock spiders, post-coital Sam (don't ask)...Autor: nature's footnote podcast

Jules talks Minibeasts Adventure with Jess and asks why girls hate spiders – Sam explains her furious hatred of primates - Bees, bees, bees; is it because they're furry? - Chris Packham goes off-grid against the Maltese and makes Jules cry a lil' bit - Jules and Sam are joined by special guest Tracy Roberts! - crap photos of animals that weren't th…

Ah, the 1920's: when the gin was cold, and the Very Secret plans for a Canadian invasion of Vermont were hot, hot, hot. Special thanks to Mr. Wesley J. Ziegler for lending his voice as Colonel James Sutherland Brown.Music:Podington Bear (http://podingtonbear.com/)Trent Severn "O, Canada"U.S. Old Fife and Drum Corps "Traditional Medley"…

Rebroadcast from the fantastic show Life of the Law: These days, it's congresspeople and presidents who rack up the miles, but in the early days of the country, it was Supreme Court justices who travelled thousands of miles each year -- by carriage, ship and even burro -- all in the name of justice.Find more stories about our legal system at lifeof…

November 3, 1883 was a strange day in New York City. Time itself stopped for four minutes. The city experienced two noons. And all the trains in and out of the city started running on Standard Time. Learn more about the 'day of two noons,' the leap second and how astronomers tell time (it's not like the rest of us) on this episode of Footnote.Featu…

Did George Washington's favorite dog launch his political career? A quick look at a few presidential dogs that have shaped history.Featured music: Pitman's Gramaphone Course of Typewriter Keyboard InstructionNew York Military Band and the American Quartet, "Patriotic Songs of America"Ed Morton, "What Do You Mean You Lost Your Dog"…

The long-forgotten (and pretty strange) origins of a childhood favorite.HEADS UP! For those at work or around small children: Although in no way explicit, this episode does talk about human sexuality and the fact that not all sex is for making babies. Featured Music: 'Italian Summer' Free Music Achieve 'Burgundy Reel' Father Sleephttp://freemusicar…

Before Prohibition hit, the New York mafia had another racket that netted them millions of dollars in profits. The name of the game? Sweet, sweet baby artichokes. The man in charge? Ciro Terranova, the Artichoke King of New York.Featured music: "Geneviève" by Lee Maddeford (http://www.leemaddeford.ch)"Mouth of Seven Tongues" by Big Blood (http://ww…

In June of 1880, a series of extraordinary events began to unfold that sent a man most of the country agreed was completely unqualified to be president into the Oval Office. When he first became president, he may have been the most mistrusted person in America. But then he started receiving mysterious letters from a stranger, and decided to become …