“Refrigerator Mothers” was the label wrongly applied to mothers who were falsely believed to have caused their children’s autism. Maria Mombille was such a mother.
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Take a look at any portrayal of the Dark Ages and you might come away believing it was a gruesome and violent time, but is that historically true?
Wisconsin Public Radio producer Leo Duran reports on the science of movie and television science fiction.
Since Michael Brown was shot, there's a new round of calls for a national conversation about racism. Is that realistic? Are we ready for what we might hear? A couple of years ago, NPR's Michele Norris told us about how a family secret sparked difficult conversations.
Mark Strand is the former Poet-Laureate of the United States, and the author of “Hopper.” He talks about Edward’s Hopper’s classic painting, “Nighthawks.”
Doug Worgul works for Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que in Olathe, Kansas. He's also a writer and the author of a barbecue novel called, "Thin Blue Smoke." He explains what makes Kansas City style barbecue different from other styles.
Philip Ball tells Anne Strainchamps that artists had to be chemists for centuries and that often the paintings we see now look nothing like the originals.
So just how good are we at predicting the future? Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson look back at some forecasts from the turn of the millenium.
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