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The air conditioner is often hailed as one of the modern world's greatest inventions—yet nearly as often blamed for global disaster. It has changed everything from architecture to people's food habits; saved countless lives, and caused countless deaths. First appearing in 1902, when Willis Carrier, an engineer barely out of college, developed the "Apparatus for Treating Air," everyone assumed it would instantly change the world. But the story of air conditioning and its rise to ubiquity is far from simple.

Cool had a lot to do with sex, sex appeal, and sex roles. Girls have never received enough credit for the fantastic leap of the mind they took in the 60s. In these post-women's-power days, we've come to take a lot for granted. But when the 17-year-old girl from the comfortable home started adopting some of the attitudes of the black jazz musician, the lessons of centuries of class and gender indoctrination were dumped in the trash along with the pink plastic curlers.

Drawing on unprecedented archival and family access, Cooler Than Cool: The Life of Elmore Leonard, is the first comprehensive biography of the master American crime writer, author of witty, gritty bestsellers like Get Shorty and Raylan. Over the course of his sixty-year career, Elmore Leonard...

Your storytime podcast for a troubled world and for those who dream of better tomorrows, Cool Zone Media Book Club brings you fiction that is one part provocative and one part cozy. Read to you by host Margaret Killjoy, this is the only book club where you don’t have to do the reading, because we do it for you.

Muslim Cool is a way of being an American Muslim-displayed in ideas, dress, social activism in the 'hood, and in complex relationships to state power. Constructed through hip hop and the performance of Blackness, Muslim Cool is a way of engaging with the Black American experience by both Black and non-Black young Muslims that challenges racist norms in the U.S., as well as dominant ethnic and religious structures within American Muslim communities.

Police put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold for selling cigarettes on a New York City street corner. George Floyd was killed by police outside a store in Minneapolis known as "the best place to buy menthols".

The '90s was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. It was the decade of Lad Culture and Girl Power, of Blur vs Oasis. When fashion runways shone with British talent, Young British Artists became household names, football was 'coming home' and British film went worldwide.

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“Really scratches that true crime itch without being about murder” –Kate Evans, Podcast Playlist" [Host] Kasia Mychajlowycz does not pull any punches. When she says something, she backs it up with tape. It's really well made." –Crime Writers On… PodcastWhen Vice editor “Slava P” reached out to young journalists with job offers, they thought it was about freelance writing. Instead, he asked them to smuggle nearly $20 million worth of cocaine into Australia.Cool Mules is available to listen to now — right here on Canadaland Investigates. Our critically-acclaimed and ...

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Audio documentaries and deeper looks into the subjects covered in the We're Still Cool Podcast. Sports, music, fandoms, cultures, and subcultures are all investigated here.

Two Wisconsin lovebirds investigate crime, corruption, and fascinating people of the Midwest to bring you incredible stories happening right in your backyard.

Stories about climate action from the bottom up.

Hi! I'm Jimmy Ríos, of Cool Stuff Jimmy Gets From Mexico! I buy and import artesanía mexicana directly from Mexican Artisans and the shop keepers they work with throughout all of Mexico. There's no desk work paper pushing here. I personally drive down to Mexico to meet with and purchase from all of our Cool Stuff artisans LIVE and in the flesh in some of the most remote artisan communities in Mexico. Join me as I learn about their lives and sub-cultures while trying to stay safe along the Mexican highways and back roads, filling my trailer with all kinds of unique and culturally significant ...

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It's the stamp-collecting podcast for people who don't collect stamps. Gerard's a comedian. Celeste is a normal cool person. He writes a blog called Punk Philatelist. She tells him when he's getting too nerdy. They're married. The podcast was her idea. Catch video highlights on YouTube and see pretty pictures at www.punkphilatelist.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

History is Cool examines the incredible history of Manhattan island and TALKS to some of the people who have helped to make it incredible. We welcome guests from all walks of life including singer/songwriters, actors/actresses, professional athletes, elected officials, authors, historians and anyone who has helped to make this place what it is.Island Voices is a companion podcast to ISLAND the chronological history of Manhattan Island from 1609 to 1909, available on all major podcast directories:https://linktr.ee/ThepodcastislandClimb aboard. History is cool :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Jared Durden and Andrew Crocker set out to meet their coworkers at Ozarks Technical Community College. Each episodes introduces a new member of the college who teaches Jared and Andrew something they didn't know before. Join Jared and Andrew on their adventure as they learn about a broad range of fascinating topics, their colleagues, and maybe even friendship.

Conflict journalist James Stout travels to the remote Republic of the Marshall Islands, where the US tested its atomic bombs, to learn how communities are dealing with their nuclear legacy and the uncertainty climate change brings to their future.

As the country grappled with the aftermath of the 2020 uprising, a new anti-police struggle emerged in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2022, Garrison Davis traveled to Atlanta to report on protests surrounding the construction of a controversial police training facility being built in the Weelaunee Forest on the edge of the city. Over three years, Atlanta ironically became a training ground for anarchists, while the state tested strategies for the next generation of counterinsurgency tactics.