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Sidedoor Podcast

Space Jams

Blast off with Sidedoor and AirSpace podcast to learn about the Voyager Golden Record and the decisions behind the out of this world mixtape.

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Sidedoor Podcast

Cellphones Rock

Cellphones put the power of the world at our fingertips and it's all made possible by rocks formed millions of years ago, deep underground.

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Sidedoor Podcast

Bitcoin Bank Heist

How do you solve a modern bitcoin heist? Follow along with Sidedoor to find out.

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CSI: Southern Pacific

Re-examine evidence from "The Last Great Train Robbery" to find out how U.S. Postal Inspectors tracked down a band of old-school outlaws.

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The Toxic Book of Faces

Explore the history of portraiture in America and a poisonous mystery.

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Sidedoor Podcast

The Funk List

Using artificial intelligence and good old fashioned research skills to discover the lost women of science.

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Wronging the Wrights

On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made history when he flew more than 800 feet across a blustery beach in North Carolina.

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Hubble Trouble

America's first large space telescope went from a "billion-dollar blunder" to one of history's most important scientific instruments.

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The Many Inventions of Beatrice Kenner

Learn more about one of the most prolific African American inventors of the mid 20th century.

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Sidedoor Podcast

The Robot in the Mirror

Artificial intelligence is built on human intelligence. Meet a very special robot who asks us to consider: whose image will be reflected in our AI future?

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Sidedoor Podcast

Edison's Demon Dolls

Hear a short story that imagines what happens when two little girls receive one of Edison’s talking dolls as a holiday gift.

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Sidedoor Podcast

Love in the Time of Emoji

Learn how one groundbreaking emoji is changing digital representation and the future of museum collections.

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Sidedoor Podcast

Outer Space & Underwear

Learn how expert seamstresses played a critical role in the first well-supported steps on the moon.

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Inventor, Photographer ... Murderer

Meet Muybridge, a photographer from the 1800s whose work paved the way for the invention of motion pictures.

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Sidedoor Podcast

The Mean, Green, Water-Cleaning Machine

The Algal Turf Scrubber harvests algae from large bodies of water and converts it to biomass, and is one of the marine ecology field’s best-kept secrets.

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Tech Yourself

A grab bag of stories from the Smithsonian Sidedoor team.

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