Rhode Island PBS Weekly is a Newsmagazine anchored in journalism that searches for truth and examines today's most important regional and local issues. Viewers are introduced to individuals, ideas and places in Rhode Island and beyond that they won't see anywhere else.
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Dark Downeast: Maine and New England's True Crime Podcast digs into the decades-old and modern day cases that prickle the history of Vacationland and beyond – the unsolved homicides, undetermined deaths, unexplained disappearances and other dark stories of New England. Investigative journalist and storyteller Kylie Low gets straight to the story with a mix of narrated episodes and documentary style production featuring interviews with surviving family and friends and insight on the investiga ...
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Greetings from Pawtuxet Village, Rhode Island! This is the Pawtuxet General! We are a high quality general store AND your podcast for recipes, cocktails, local ghost-stories, and all things, "Pawtuxet-ish." Please, join our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/pawtuxetgeneral
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Cosmopod is the official podcast of Cosmonaut Magazine, a project dedicated to expanding the project of scientific socialism in the 21st Century. In our feed we have a combination of podcast episodes and audio articles from our website.
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Oliver Martel, Steve Scott, Mike Gilli and Josh Martin present the #1 podcast in Rhode Island history!
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The history of Rhode Island is truly remarkable. The Story of Rhode Island is my humble attempt to tell you some of the stories about the people, places, and events that have made Rhode Island the state it is today. To learn more about the show visit the Story of Rhode Island Podcast website at https://www.storyofrhodeisland.com/
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The history of the people who live in the United States, from the beginning.
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Small state, big on the weird! Weird Island brings you some of the strangest stories you probably haven’t heard before, all originating in little Rhode Island. Maybe you’re a true crime fan, but you’re burning out on the binges and looking to shake things up. Well, look no further! We’ll bring you unsolved mysteries, conspiracy theories, weird history and even some MURDER (no need to completely leave your comfort zone). Join us as we uncover some strange stories from the smallest state.
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Wicked Rhody: Rhode Island 's Events and Life in Providence, Newport, and the Divine Ocean State
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A Rhode Island podcast hosted by Mary Larsen and Benjamin DeCastro, we want you to know about all the amazing current events, places, food, music, and people of the biggest little state in the union. Whether you are a tourist, or a long time resident who refuses to drive more than fifteen minutes without an overnight bag, we'll have something special in store for you on our show. It's wicked good, wicked fun, Wicked Rhody. Rhode Island 's premiere podcast! Listen each week to hear about even ...
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For years, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island has been unmasking the scheme to capture and control the Supreme Court — or as he calls it, “The Court That Dark Money Built.” Now, this effort is hitting a new platform. In Making the Case, each episode uncovers a different component of the scheme. Whether you’re an avid Court watcher, or just tuning in to the ongoing crises at the Court, we hope you’ll join as we make the case.
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This podcast is an exploration of a bus rider’s experience in Providence, Rhode Island. It is separated into four segments and examines space and sound in relation to Kennedy Plaza operated by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA). Our podcast includes interviews from riders, observations and sounds of Kennedy Plaza, the history of RIPTA, and information on the Poetry in Motion program. Created as part of “Digital Storytelling” a course in Brown University’s Public Humanities pro ...
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The unpredictable and passionate filmmaker Chuck Staton (from punk band Senior Discount) and the mild-mannered and softspoken Brad Rohrer (Senior Discount video star and Providence Improv Guild player) discuss/obsess over pop culture in all its forms, tell behind-the-scenes stories from their various projects, and interview other musicians, comedians, and artists.
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Materials are all around us, but what happens when they get turned into art and design? In this podcast, students at the Rhode Island School of Design explore some of the mediums, elements, and substances that are used by artists and designers in their work. From conventional artworks on ink and paper to more unexpected ones that involve scent and silence, MADE WITH takes you on a journey into and beyond the studio, one material at a time. You’ll learn about the history and properties of the ...
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Join Nic Hardisty of Tall Ships America as he uncovers the ships, people, and events that have shaped history. We’ll explore America’s robust maritime heritage from the days of indigenous sailors expertly navigating coastal waters in their umiaks to some of the tall ships that still sail today. You’ll hear compelling stories from a variety of historians and researchers, and you’ll see how these stories shape and impact our modern world.
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Aerial View is a phone-in talk show hosted by Chris T. and heard LIVE every Friday night, 6 pm ET on thehoundnyc.com, with replays Tuesday nights at 6 pm ET. Call 760-422-5528 and join in during the show... or leave a message any other time for playback on air. Aerial View is also available as a podcast from Amazon Music Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud and YouTube. Aerial View's Facebook page is here. Send email to aerialviewer@me.com. Aerial View tackles ...
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Hey spooky friends! Join us every Monday to learn about haunted places where you can actually travel to and spend the night. Katrina and Monique have lived in a haunted house and had paranormal experiences throughout their lifetime. Now they want to take spooky matters into their own hands, tell you about the history of these haunted destinations and ghostly hauntings and bring their listeners along for the ride as they embark on their first Paranormal investigations in some of the haunted l ...
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Familiar with the name Crispus Attucks? The first black casualty in the Revolutionary War? That was because William C. Nell took the time to do the meticulous research to record the stories of patriotic black Americans who helped secure their country's freedom and independence. This podcast takes you through a forgotten chapter in black history. You'll hear the stories of fascinating men and women who showed generosity, courage, and bravery worthy of our remembrance. Support this podcast: ht ...
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From the host of My History Can Beat Up Your Politics, the story of the greatest argument for liberty ever written is told through the lives of the 56 men who committed their lives property and honor to the document. Carlson discusses not just Jefferson and Adams, but all of them even the less well known like the prisoner Richard Stockton, confused merchant Joesph Hewes, the dueler Gwinnett, brewer-philosopher Samuel Adams and the ultimate founder Richard Henry Lee. Many of the Signers suffe ...
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Every week, Johnny and Spencer attempt to discuss a Wikipedia article chosen at random. They don’t get very far.
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Why Is This Place So Haunted? explores locations that for reasons apparent, and not, tend to be host to unusual paranormal activity. Destination America and The Hauntist ask you to join host Rachel Black and experts and witnesses of unexplained phenomena to try to explain, Why Is This Place So Haunted?
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September 1, 2024 - Home Schooling / Benjamin Franklin's Gift / Birds of Rose Island
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On this episode, we revisit Michelle San Miguel’s in-depth report on what’s behind the rise of parents home schooling their children in Rhode Island. Then, we take another look at the enduring legacy of Benjamin Franklin on one local town and public education. Finally, we return to Rose Island, where producer Isabella Jibilian introduced us to a pr…
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Spanish Florida in the 1600s: Indian Wars, Yellow Fever, and Pirates!
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We are back to Spanish Florida after a long hiatus, with the story of St. Augustine, La Florida after the founding of the city and the slaughter of the Huguenots at Fort Caroline until the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos in the 1670s. The city would almost fail, and in 1607 the Spanish Crown ordered that it be shut down and that Spain wi…
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The Murders of Cynthia Kane-Clark & Dawn Shippee (Rhode Island)
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When friends Cynthia Kane-Clark and Dawn Shippee both turned up the victims of homicide, one after the other, in the same two month span, investigators were faced with a complex investigation. It’s now been over 20 years since the two women were killed in neighboring Rhode Island towns and police are still looking for answers. If you have informati…
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Ending the One Party State: Reflections on Rhode Island Democratic Socialists of America
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Tony Unger sets the record straight on Rhode Island DSA’s political experiences with the Democratic Party and need for class independence. Read By: Christina Carman Intro Music: ворожное озеро Гроза vwqp remix Outro Music: We are Friends Forever performed by Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment.
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August 25, 2024 - Art in Hand / Synesthesia / Rose Island
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On this episode, we revisit Pamela Watts interview with local artist and handbag designer, Kent Stetson. Then we take another look at Michelle San Miguel’s intriguing story about a world where some people not only hear music, but also see it and where even the words they see can have flavors and colors and even smells. The neurological condition is…
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In March 1663, after 97 years of failed attempts by first the Spanish and then the English to establish settlements in North Carolina, King Charles II granted eight aristocrats a vast territory extending from the coast of today’s North and South Carolina to the Pacific Ocean. These eight Lords Proprietor – George, Duke of Albemarle; Edward, Earl of…
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The beacon? Here to stay. Path to the playoffs? We got it mapped out. Crappy 1B talk? Here comes Steve. 2 minute drill? Still here.
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The Disappearance of Marble Arvidson (Vermont)
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When a teenager disappeared from Brattleboro, Vermont, hours before the wind, rain, and damaging floods of a major natural disaster devastated the state, it took days before he was finally reported missing and initial search efforts were hindered by ongoing storm recovery. Now as the case approaches another anniversary in 2024, loved ones are still…
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Pacific Gibraltar: A soft introduction to Hawai'i
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Rudy joins Miguel, amateur historian of Hawai'i for a discussion on the history and present of the islands. We cover the first contact, the unification of the Hawai'ian kingdom, its pan-Oceanic profile, the overthrow of the Monarchy which leads to annexation and the Democratic Revolution before talking about the present struggles around military ba…
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August 18, 2024 - Hiking Rhode Island / Providence's Bead Mecca / Newport Polo
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On this episode, we revisit Pamela Watts interview with former Providence Journal Reporter John Kostrzewa talking about his book Walking Rhode Island. Then, on our continuing Window on Rhode Island series we take another look inside the Wolf E. Myrow company, a bulk jewelry supplier in the heart of Providence, where one family has been selling bead…
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Someone in this space has to be the beacon of optimism. Why not US?
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The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins (Maine) Part 2
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From the location of her car, to the condition of her body, to the timeline of disappearance until discovery, Krystal Lee Higgins’ sister feels that so much of the case doesn't quite add up to an accidental death. So, we’re peeling back the layers of this case even further with the help of experts. If you haven’t already, go back and listen to Part…
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Lightning! Fire! Disturbing Recipes of the Past! We're back with a vengeance and George Washington's Ghost! Tune in - You won't be sorry! Pawtuxet General Store Our online store front for dry goods and specialty baked goods for pick up. Electromagnetic Pinball Museum Pinball restoration and preservation museum arcade, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Dis…
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August 11, 2024 - Wonders on the Waves / Documenting Lighthouses / Urban Explorer
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On this episode, we revisit a story about surfers out on Little Compton who many say are performing miracles. Then, we take another look at a story about a photographer cataloguing lighthouses up and down the east coast. Finally, producer Isabella Jibilian introduces us to Rhode Island filmmaker and urban explorer Jason Allard who gives us his take…
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The Suspicious Death of Krystal Lee Higgins (Maine) Part 1
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It’s been 20 years since 17-year old Krystal Lee Higgins disappeared from her downeast Maine town only to be found dead a week later. Her death was ruled an accident, but her sister has questioned that ruling since day one. This is Part 1 of Krystal's story. Part 2 will be out next week on Dark Downeast. View source material and photos for this epi…
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On July 29, 2024, President Joe Biden visited The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The President referred to LBJ as “master of the Senate,” which reminded me of the opening pages of Robert Caro’s book of the same name. That introduction is…
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August 4, 2024 - Beyond Words / Art of Love / Weekly Insight
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On this episode, we revisit Rhode Island’s Poet Laureate, Colin Channer. Then, we take another look at how artist, Sara Holbrook’s work took a dramatic turn when her husband began to lose his way. Finally, on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi discuss why a Democratic Rhode Island politician p…
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EPISODE 2 OF THE WEEK. JUST OLLIE AND STEVE
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During the late 80s and early 90s, multiple women from Hartford, Connecticut were found dead in remote areas of the city and surrounding towns. After identifying a suspect in one of the cases and bringing it all the way to trial, police thought they might have a serial killer on their hands. But all the suspicion in the world was proven false when …
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In the early 1660s, a motley crew of free-thinkers, republican veterans of Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army, and Quakers would build the freest place in all the English world, the County of Albemarle in northeastern North Carolina. Protected from the north, and incursions by Virginia royalists, by the Great Dismal Swamp, from the east by the treach…
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Episode 1 of TWO THIS WEEK. WATCH OUT
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The Italian Communist Party: From Resistance to Dissolution
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James, Steven and Rudy sit down to talk about the Italian Communist Party (PCI) from its foundation to its dissolution, with a focus on its period of maximum influence from the post-WW2 refoundation to the unraveling of the Historic Compromise in 1980 as well as the differences and similarities to the French Communist Party. We discuss the founding…
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July 28, 2024 - Media Literacy / Critical Race Theory
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On this episode, we revisit Michelle San Miguel’s deep dive into the importance of understanding media and staying informed. Then, we take a another look at the issue of critical race theory. The term has become a catchall for the debate over what, and if, we teach about race in schools.
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You know what you signed up for when you listen to SSBT baby. Shoutout to James Murphy!
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The Murder of Tashauna Jackson (Connecticut)
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In the last episode of Dark Downeast, you heard the story of Denise Hart and her still unsolved homicide in Vermont. I mentioned in that episode the case of another woman who grew up in the same city and around the same people as Denise. So, that’s the story I’m going to tell you today – the story of a young mother who walked out the door and got i…
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July 21, 2024 - Second Acts / Art of Resistance / Alpaca Haven in Little Compton
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Early North Carolina, originally part of a territory called Carolana, is all but ignored in most surveys of American history. After a fast start – both the Spanish and the English had short-lived settlements there in the 16th century before anywhere north of the future Tar Heel State had been settled by Europeans – a long period of failure followed…
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Whenever Denise Lynette Hart was away from her young son, she called home every day, multiple times a day to check on him. But then one January night in 2015 those calls stopped. When Denise's family tried to report her missing, they got the runaround, and no one would know where Denise was until almost a year later when the missing persons case be…
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The legend Hogdale returns to talk about ANYTHING BUT BASEBALL! Our favorite kind of episode!
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July 14, 2024 - Swimming Upstream / Pollywog Pond / Keeping Kids Fishing
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On this episode, producer Isabella Jibilian has an in-depth report on the number of American children who can’t swim and how racism has played a role in barring generations of swimmers from pools. Then, Pamela Watts takes us behind the scenes at Whooplah Studio—where the new Children’s show, Pollywog Pond, comes to life. Finally, a Coventry man tea…
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Ken Katkin, Professor of Constitutional Law at Salmon P. Chase School of Law and Chief Custodian of Trash Flow Radio (WAIF-FM) discusses the Supreme Court’s most recent session. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Infamous Case of Daniel LaPlante (Massachusetts)
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For months, Frank Bowen's daughters complained of strange noises and odd happenings in their Pepperell, Massachusetts home. Frank was sure it was just their imaginations, until an intruder took the entire family hostage one night in December of 1986. When the suspect was released on bail, he was free to commit even more crimes, eventually escalatin…
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Episode 292: OPS IS NOT A REAL STAT
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The bros are back in town. You know the deal. #FreeSpencerTorkelson
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July 7, 2024 - The Fight Over Shoreline Access / Bee-leaving / My Take - Quahogs
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On this episode, in collaboration with The Public's Radio, reporters Isabella Jibilian and Alex Nunes take an in-depth look at the decades-long dispute over beach access in Rhode Island. Then, as part of our Green Seeker series, Pamela Watts reports on how and why climate change is helping fuel the exodus of bees in Rhode Island. Finally, in our co…
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Late in the morning on June 7, 1663, soldiers of the Esopus Indians attacked the fortified Dutch settlements of New Village – now Hurley, New York – and Wildwyck, now Kingston. New Village was fundamentally destroyed. Wildwyck, more populous and better defended, fought off the attack but not before suffering grievous casualties. At New Village, thr…
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Episode 291: TURN UP WITH TURNIP!!!!! (featuring Topher)
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The legend ANGRY TURNIP returns for one of the biggest bangers in recent memory. Tons of laughs. Celtics talk. Red Sox talk. This one was an absolute blast.
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Sidebar: A Conversation with Amanda Bellows
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Amanda Bellows is a U.S. historian who teaches at The New School, a university in New York City. She is the author of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom in the Post-Emancipation Imagination, and a new book that is the subject of this interview, The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions. Amanda received her Ph.D. in History from t…
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June 30, 2024 - Losing Lobsters in Rhode Island's waters / One Froggy Night / Weekly Insight
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On this episode, Michelle San Miguel reports on how climate change is fueling the dwindling lobster population off the Rhode Island coast. Then, we revisit contributor David Wright’s report on why the town of Windham Connecticut has a centuries-long affinity with bullfrogs.. Finally on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and WPRI 12…
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1683 - 1723 | Throughout the late 17th and early 18th century, Rhode Island pirates contributed heavily to the Golden Age of Piracy and became such a nuisance that they almost got the colony's charter revoked. My Favorite Books on this Topic: Black Flag, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin Pirates of …
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The Murder of John Donaldson (Massachusetts)
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It’s been more than 45 years since John Donaldson was killed while sitting in his parked car just yards away from the safety of his own home in Harvard, Massachusetts. It took years for investigators to build a case and arrest a suspect, but it would all prove to be a distraction from the truth. Now, Johnny’s siblings are taking up their little bro…
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Haunted Canary Islands Ghosts, UFOs and Legends
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Send us a text This week Monique takes us to the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco have the most beautiful mountains, sands and beaches aaannnddd ghooooosts. Yes ghosts. There's some famous ghosts we'll talk about and also some high strangeness that tends to occur on these islands. Numerous reports of UFOs UAPs and inter-dimensional contact. …
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1784 - 1860 | With early abolitionists attempting to end Rhode Island's connection with slavery, the state's merchants and industrial leaders continue to find ways to profit off of the business of slavery right up until the Civil War. My Favorite Books on this Topic: Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island by Christy Clark-Pujara Sons of…
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June 23, 2024 - Warehousing Rhode Island's Children / Hidden History / Weekly Insight
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On this episode, contributor Steph Machado reports on the Department of Justice’s investigation into the warehousing of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable children in a local psychiatric hospital for months on end. Then, producer Isabella Jibilian explores the medical treatments for women going through menopause. Finally on this episode of Weekly Insig…
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