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Last summer, something monumental happened. One of Uncuffed's founding producers, Greg Eskridge, came home after more than 30 years in prison. In this episode we’ll bring you back to that emotional day last summer when he walked out of the San Quentin gates, free at last. Our work in prisons is supported by the California Arts Council, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, independent foundations, and donations from listeners like you. Learn more, sign up for Uncuffed news, and support the program at www.weareuncuffed.org Follow us @WeAreUncuffed on Instagram and Facebook Transcripts are available within a week of the episode coming out at www.kalw.org/podcast/uncuffed…

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Blue Ghost Moon Lander Sends Back Data, World's Biggest Iceberg Runs Aground, and TDIH - First Major Virus Scare 21:57

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“Blue Ghost” lands on the moon and is already sending data back, earth’s biggest iceberg runs aground – what are the implications? And on This Day in History, the first major public malware scare in history. See the Striking New Images From the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander, Now the Second Private Spacecraft to Touch Down on the Moon | Smithsonian Sunrise on the moon! Private Blue Ghost lander captures amazing shot after historic lunar touchdown (photo) | Space Blue Ghost Begins Surface Operations, Captures Descent Video, Sunrise - NASA A23a: World's biggest iceberg runs aground off remote island | BBC World’s Largest Iceberg Runs Aground - Videos from The Weather Channel The Michelangelo Virus, 25 Years Later | Trend Micro (US) What Is the Michelangelo Virus? A Piece of Cybersecurity History IT History: 1992, Michelangelo Virus: Big Threat, Little Damage | CIO Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Gold Crown Found Under a Bed, Giant Goldfish Recovered, The World's Smallest Park, and TDIH - Great Depression Holiday to Prevent Bank Collapses 25:17

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On today’s Weird Wednesday episode, an ancient Greek gold crown is found under a man’s bed, a giant goldfish is recovered in Pennsylvania, and the world has a new official “smallest park”. Plus, on This Day in History, the holiday that was declared to prevent bank collapses during the Great Depression. Rare Ancient Greek gold crown was kept for decades in box of newspapers under bed | Daily Mail Online Ancient Greek Crown of Pure Gold Found in Box Under Man's Bed - GreekReporter.com Look: 'Megalodon' goldfish found in Pennsylvania waterway - UPI.com ‘Call me Megalodon’: Wildlife officials have goldfish warning – NBC10 Philadelphia Goldfish, facts and photos | National Geographic Japan: The world’s smallest park is the size of four pieces of paper | CNN World’s smallest park: Japanese town dethrones Oregon for title – NBC Chicago Japanese park covering just 2 1/2 square feet is officially world's smallest - UPI.com Bank Holiday of 1933 | Federal Reserve History Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Aging Faster Due to Heat, Australian Fossil Reshaping Dinosaur Hierarchy, and TIDH - The Evolution of the Fax Machine 22:05

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How extreme heat can actually make you age faster and a fossil discovery is reshaping Australia’s dinosaur hierarchy. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the evolution of the fax machine. Ancient Australia Had a Dinosaur Predator Ecosystem Unlike Anything Else on Earth | ZME Science Evolutionary and paleobiogeographic implications of new carcharodontosaurian, megaraptorid, and unenlagiine theropod remains from the upper Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, southeast Australia Extreme Heat Can Accelerate Aging, New Research Finds : ScienceAlert Heatwaves could age humans faster: New study shows long-term health risks | Business Today/MSN Ambient outdoor heat and accelerated epigenetic aging among older adults in the US | Science Advances Alexander Bain and the First Fax | ThoughtCo Fax Machine: History of the Fax Machine Today in Engineering History: First Radio Fax Sent Across Continent - Electrical Engineering News and Products Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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The Insect Inspired Jumping Robot, Years When Humans Age the Most, and TDIH - John Dillinger Uses a Wooden Gun to Escape Prison 20:22

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The walking and jumping robot inspired by the springtail insect. We also look at the two key times in your life where you will age the most. On This Day in History, John Dillinger breaks out of prison using only a wooden gun. A springtail-like jumping robot | ScienceDaily A springtail-like jumping robot | YouTube Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Study Finds Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks – Here's When : ScienceAlert A springtail-inspired multimodal walking-jumping microrobot | Science Robotics Science Says Your Body Starts 'Breaking Down' Quicker at These 2 Ages | Health.com Nonlinear dynamics of multi-omics profiles during human aging | Nature Aging John Dillinger’s wooden gun and death mask preserve notorious moments in his life - The Mob Museum Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Converting Aircraft Wind into Energy, Fossilized Bee Puzzles Scientists, and TDIH: Nylon Invented 17:38

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Today’s episode brings us the converting of aircraft wind (from jet engines) into energy, the fossilized bee that is puzzling scientists, and on This Day in History; the invention of Nylon. US airport installs world’s first pods that turn jet blast into power | Interesting Engineering Incredible 14.6-Million-Year-Old Fossil Bee Discovered In New Zealand | IFLScience Scientists Just Unearthed a 14.6-Million-Year-Old "Bee Fossil"—Its Origins Don’t Make Sense | Daily Galaxy A bee from the middle Miocene Hindon Maar of southern New Zealand (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) - Scientific Publications of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris Nylon and the Double Helix Wallace Hume Carrothers Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How To Get a Good Night's Sleep, Famous Ocean Liner to Become a Reef, and TDIH - The Start of Mardi Gras 23:21

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How to get a good night’s sleep - anxiety and when you go to sleep can affect your slumber. Plus, a famous ocean liner will soon be a reef and tourist attraction off the coast of Florida. On This Day in History, we go back to the start of Mardi Gras. Always tired? A fixed bedtime matters more than sleep duration, study finds | Science Focus Anxiety stopping you sleeping? Here’s how to overcome bedtime worries, according to a psychologist | Science Focus SS United States begins journey to become world's largest artificial reef | AP News SS United States Florida destiny: World's largest artificial reef | Pensacola News Journal Mardi Gras ‑ Meaning, Origin & Traditions | HISTORY Mardi Gras Kicks Off in New Orleans on This Day in 1827 - Programming Insider On this day in history, Feb. 27, 1827, New Orleans celebrates Mardi Gras for first time | National | foxbangor.com Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Reanimating Brain Tissue from Cryogenic Preservation, 46,000-Year-Old Worm Revived, Mummy Smells, and TDIH - Galileo Banned from Teaching 23:21

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Another Weird Wednesday episode. Today we are reanimating life as scientists successfully revive brain tissue, and a 46,000-year-old worm comes back to the world of the living. Plus, we learn what mummies smelled like. On This Day in History, the Catholic Church bans Galileo from teaching his theory that the Earth rotates around the sun. Scientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animation | Popular Mechanics Mouse Brain Slices Were Frozen For A Week, Brought Back To Life | BroBible Frozen worm comes back to life after 46,000 years - Earth.com A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost | CNN A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival with C. elegans dauer larva | PLOS Genetics Ancient Egyptian mummies smell 'sweet' and 'spicy', researchers say | Offbeat News | Sky News What Does a Mummy Smell Like? Scientists Uncover Surprising Truth | SciTechDaily The truth about Galileo and his conflict with the Catholic Church | UCLA Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Removing CO2 From the Atmosphere, Hydrogen Reservoirs in Our Mountains, and TDIH - The First Paper Currency in the U.S. 21:35

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Stanford chemist develops a method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and vast hydrogen reservoirs likely reside in our mountains -- a renewable energy source that is difficult to produce synthetically. Plus, on This Day in History, Congress authorizes the first paper currency in the US. Scientists discover low-cost way to trap carbon using common rocks | Stanford Report Massive new energy source could be hiding in Earth’s mountains | BBC Science Focus Magazine Legal Tender Act passed to help finance the Civil War | February 25, 1862 | HISTORY Legal Tender Act passed, Feb. 25, 1862 - POLITICO Greenbacks "First Legal Tender Act" February 25, 1862 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Hydrogen Powered Motorcycle Prototype, Amateur Photographer Captures a Spacewalk, and TDIH - Ruling Allows Federal Courts to Overturn Congress If the Constitution is Violated 22:08

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One Japanese motor company unveiled a hydrogen powered motorcycle and an amateur photographer captures a spacewalk. This Day in History; the Supreme Court decision that allows a federal court to overturn an act of Congress, if they violate the U.S. Constitution. Kawasaki H2 HySE hydrogen powered concept unveiled | Motorcycle News Goodbye to gasoline and electricity: Japan revolutionizes the world with its new futuristic motorcycle - AS USA Not gasoline, not electricity — Japan launches a 22-century motorcycle | EcoNews An Amateur Photographer Captured a Rare Shot of a NASA Astronaut Spacewalking from Earth |ZME Science Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 'That's impact probability zero folks! | Space.com/MSN Marbury v. Madison ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance | HISTORY Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Foreign Rocks Infiltrate Our Solar System, Turning Cancer Cells into Healthy Cells, and TDIH - The First Electric Burglar Alarm 19:52

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On today's episode, our solar system is being invaded by particles from another star system and combating cancer by switching tumor cells back into healthy cells. Plus, on This Day in History, the first electric burglar alarm is installed. Scientists Think Visitors From Another Star System May Have Infiltrated Our Galactic Neighborhood | Popular Mechanics 'Cosmic Highway' Discovered: How Alpha Centauri’s Debris May Link Our Solar System to Faraway Stars | Daily Galaxy [2502.03224] A Case Study of Interstellar Material Delivery: α Centauri Fighting Cancer Without Fighting: Scientists Switch Tumor Cells Back to Healthy Ones at 'Critical' Moment | Good News Network Almanac: The burglar alarm - CBS News Our Father's Beginning | Wayback Machine Who Was Augustus Russell Pope | Wayback Machine Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How Bacteria Could Help Solve Crimes, Boosting Beneficial Gut Bacteria with Coffee, and TDIH - The Underground Chicago Fright Tunnels 18:54

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Today, bacteria are in the limelight as we discover how bacteria could help solve crimes and how coffee can help boost beneficial gut bacteria. On This Day in History, we go underground for the construction of the Chicago freight tunnels. Can Bacteria Solve Crimes? The "Sexome" Could Help Catch Sexual Predators | ZME Science Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium | Scientific American Chicago's Freight Tunnels - Under Your Feet - The University of Chicago Library Chicago's Forgotten Underground Freight Tunnels - Chicago Detours Chicago Freight Tunnels - Atlas Obscura Frederic Delaitre's Lost Subways / Chicago Freight Subway Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars, Swallowed by a Whale, Sewer Animals, and TDIH - The Bombing of Darwin 24:50

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This Weird Wednesday episode covers the colorful feather shaped clouds are spotted on Mars, a kayaker that was swallowed by a whale, and alligators (along with other animals) that are being found in the sewers. Plus, on This Day in History, the WWII bombing of Darwin Australia. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Captures Colorful Clouds Drifting Over Mars - NASA 'Iridescent' clouds on Mars captured in Martian twilight in stunning NASA rover images (video) | Space NASA's Curiosity Captures Stunning Feather-Shaped Clouds on Mars - Science Magazine Humpback whale swallows kayaker before releasing him: Video | AP News Kayaker survives being swallowed by humpback whale in Chile | World News | Sky News Watch: Kayaker ends up in the mouth of humpback whale - UPI.com Scientists ‘surprised’ to find abundance of alligators in city’s sewer system | The Independent The Bombing of Darwin Remembered | Naval History Magazine - April 2022 Volume 36, Number 2 Bombing of Darwin | Australian War Memorial Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Brain Activity When Trying to Think of a Word, Brain Cells That Tell You to Stop Eating, and TDIH - The First Vacuum Cleaner 19:33

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Today, we focus on the brain. A new study looks at what is happening in your brain when there is a word “on the tip of your tongue” and researchers discover the brain cells that tell you when to stop eating. Plus, on This Day in History, we look at the first vacuum cleaner. What happens in your brain when there’s a word ‘on the tip of the tongue’? | ZME Science Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating | ScienceDaily Hubert Cecil Booth: British engineer revolutionised cleaning by sucking up dust with his mouth | The Independent | The Independent Hubert Cecil Booth: biography and inventions - science - 2025 Made up in Britain: Vacuum cleaner : Hubert Cecil Booth 1901 Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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Preparing Your Digital Assests After Death, Bison Released in the Great Plains, and TDIH - The First Submarine to Sink an Enemy Warship 22:42

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Wills are used to list what happens to our physical goods after we die, but how should you plan ahead for your digital assets after death? We have a list of ways to prepare your digital life after passing. Plus, some bison are reintroduced to the Great Plains to help restore the ecosystem. On This Day in History, we go back to the American Civil War for the first submarine to sink an enemy warship. How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account – Apple Support (UK) About Inactive Account Manager - Google Account Help Request to Memorialize or Remove an Account | Facebook Help Center Contacting X about a deceased family member's account One Tech Tip: What to do when you have too many passwords to remember | AP News Bison Ranchers Return Thousands of Animals to Native Lands and Witness Total Rejuvenation of Ecosystem H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864) The Search and Recovery – The Friends of The Hunley Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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How a Beaver Dam Saved Money and a River, How Omega 3 Might Slow Aging, and TDIH - YouTube is Founded 18:18

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