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Renee Shatanoff reads you her article selections from the prestigious journal of the Smithsonian Institution.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universe's Biggest Mystery - April 2010 | "Probing the Biggest Mystery in the Universe. Astronomers are going to the ends of the Earth to study 'dark energy,' a force greater than gravity that will determine the fate of the cosmos." by Richard Panek. | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:22:48 |
| Hues and Cries - April 2010 | "Hues and Cries. In 1851 Levi Hill claimed he invented color photography. Was he a genius or a fraud?" by Amanda Bensen | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:05:01 |
| The Best Bull Ever? - April 2010 | "The Best Bull Ever? Texas cattle breeder Donnell Brown hit the jackpot with a Red Angus named Revelation. Then his luck changed." by Jeanne Marie Laskas | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:28:38 |
| All-American Monsters - April 2010 | "All-American Monsters. Long before dinosaurs were discovered, mammoths and mastodons gave the young United States a symbol of national might." by Richard Conniff | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:23:56 |
| On the Waterfront - April 2010 | "On the Waterfront. Baltimore photographer A. Aubrey Bodine captured the dignity of work in painterly tones." by Abigail Tucker | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:06:17 |
| Alice In Wonderland - April 2010 | "Lewis Carroll - Alice In Wonderland. Why did Lewis Carroll's reputation undergo such a dramatic reversal?" by Jenny Woolf | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:15:19 |
| Return to Indonesia - April 2010 | "Return to Indonesia. A reporter who saw the nation go up in flames now finds it has a new hold on prosperity." by David Lamb | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:27:26 |
| Ireland's Forgotten Sons - April 2010 | "Ireland's Forgotten Sons. In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists have discovered the fate of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared nearly two centuries ago" by Abigail Tucker | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:10:03 |
| Our Earliest Ancestors - March 2010 | "Our Earliest Ancestors. How did ape-like creatures evolve into members of the human family? Research on fossils, including 4.4 million-year-old 'Ardi,' is yielding new insights." by Ann Gibbons | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:25:48 |
| Going Home Again - March 2010 | "Going Home Again. The celebrated novelist returns to the upstate New York town where so much of her was formed." by Joyce Carol Oates | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:26:09 |
| Welcome to Barrow Alaska - March 2010 | "Welcome to Barrow Alaska. Ground zero for climate change. Scientists converge on the northernmost city in the United States to study global warming's dramatic consequences." by Bob Reiss | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:24:54 |
| Dolly Madison - March 2010 | "Dolly Madison saves the day. In August 1814, with invading British soldiers only a few hours away, the first lady took command of the White House to save the young nation's treasures." by Thomas Fleming | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:23:26 |
| Wrecking History - March 2010 | "Wrecking History. A 1,000 year-old city in northwest China, Kashgar, was a vital stop on the ancient Silk Road. Why is the government now demolishing its oldest neighborhoods?" by Joshua Hammer | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:23:43 |
| Ultimate Pho - March 2010 | "Ultimate Pho: With more and more Americans sampling Vietnam's savory soup, a noted food critic and an esteemed maestro track down Hanoi's best." by Mimi Sheraton | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:14:24 |
| The Mustang Mystique - March 2010 | "The Mustang Mystique. Descended from animals that escaped the Spanish Conquistadors almost 500 years ago, wild horses roam the West. But are they running out of room?" by Abigail Tucker | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:06:35 |
| The Vigil - March 2010 | "The Vigil. Shelby Lee Adams' 1990 photograph of Appalachian life captured a poignant tradition." by Abigail Tucker | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:06:09 |
| Monument Valley - February 2010 Smithsonian | "Behind the scenes in Monument Valley. Venture to parts of the Navajo tribal park most visitors never see, except in the movies." by Tony Perrottet | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:15:58 |
| Picture of Prosperity - February 2010 | "Picture of Prosperity. For more than half a century the Scurlock Studio chronicled the rise of Washington's black middle class." by David Zax | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:08:27 |
| Courage in Greensboro - February 2010 | "Courage in Greensboro. Fifty years ago, four college students sat down to request lunch service and ignited a struggle." by Owen Edwards | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:05:39 |
| The Truth About Lions - January 2010 | "The Truth About Lions. What drives the world's fiercest, most dominant wild animal? American biologist Craig Packer has spent three decades in Africa finding out" by Abigail Tucker | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:29:48 |
| Indian Quilts- January 2010 | "Indian Quilts. Pattern recognition, a tribal craft gains a new audience" by Owen Edwards | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:06:18 |
| My Kind of Town - January 2010 | "My kind of town: Buckhannon West Virginia. This community in the Allegheny foothills was the perfect birthplace for a writer." by Jayne Anne Phillips | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:13:15 |
| Finding Phineas - January 2010 | "Finding Phineas. An accident with a tamping iron made Phineas Gage one of the most famous names in neuroscience. Now there's a face to go with it." by Steve Twomey | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:06:38 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls - January 2010 | "Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? Research at the ancient West Bank site of Qumran may help resolve the debate about the origins of the seminal religious documents" by Andrew Lawler | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:20:06 |
| Painted Dreams - January 2010 | "Painted Dreams. Rare artworks from an unsurpassed collection evoke the inner lives and secret rites of Australia's indigenous people." by Arthur Lubow | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:10:41 |
| Myths of American Revolution - January 2010 | "Myths of the American Revolution. Much of what we know isn't entirely true. Here, in order to form a more perfect understanding, the most significant myths are reassessed" by John Ferling | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:37:20 |
| Sherlock Holmes' London - January 2010 | "Sherlock Holmes' London. As the detective stalks movie theaters, our reporter tracks down the favorite haunts of Arthur Conan Doyle and his ingenious creation." by Joshua Hammer | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:27:27 |
| Lunar Rovers - January 2010 | "Riding in Comfort. NASA's Next Generation Lunar Rover is a Home On Wheels" by Megan Gambino | Reader: Renee Shatanoff | 00:04:40 |
| In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal - May 2009 | "In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal," by Abigail Tucker. A ballerina turned biologist gives her all to study the narwhal, known as the unicorn of the sea. | Reader: Prem Kishore | 00:36:40 |
| Wild Things - May 2009 | "Wild Things: Life As We Know it" by Amanda Bensen, Joseph Caputo, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino & Sarah Zielinski; "Suits Boots and Gloves" by Megan Gambino | Reader: Prem Kishore | 00:07:56 |
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