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Patrick Miner's Podcast

301 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago -

Episode Concentration is
1. Health and Wellness 
2. Literature 
3. Natural Science 
4. Community Service 

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A stolen jar of mustard and Supreme Court

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

A mustard story, or the tale of baseball?

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

Supreme Court/mustard museum

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

World Series, baseball and mustard

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

Supreme Court/mustard museum

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

NATIONAL MUSTARD MUSEUM

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

MUSEUM: mustard, not a drop of ketchup

November 19, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

https:/https://youtu.be/CJHgPlRKW- Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Mustards and Mustard Memorabilia A mustard museum? ABSOLUTELY! According to Barry Levenson, founder & curator of the National Mustard Museum, you can blame it all on the Boston Red Sox. In the wee hours of October 28, 1986, after his favorite baseball team had just lost the World Series, Barry was wandering an all-night supermarket looking for the meaning of life. As he passed the mustards, he heard a voice: If yo...

Inland waterways: Clean water has replaced a filthy river

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

Clean water has replaced a filthy river

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

GIANT RIVER STORIES, small river - St. Joseph River

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

A river restored, community life

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

Inland waterways: Clean water has replaced a filthy river

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

ENVIRONMENT: Notre Dame, vibrant city and a clean river

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

ENVIRONMENT: a community rescued from a poisonous river

November 04, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.4 MB

Kristy Erickson is Deputy Executive Director at The History Museum. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Kristie oversees the Curatorial, Exhibits, and education departments, which includes exhibit design and construction at The History Museum. She has been with the museum since 2008. The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana is the second largest and second oldest historical society in the state.  Situated on a large urban campus, the museum comprises three historic h...

AGRICULTURE: mechanization in 1800’s

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

Mechanization of agriculture

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

Invention? Or Innovation?

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

Mechanization on the farm

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

AGRICULTURE: Invention? Or Innovation?

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

History :Mechanization of agriculture

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

Get another horse? No, get a tractor

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

John Deere, Charles Deere, Deere family and corporation

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

History :Mechanization of agriculture

October 27, 2021 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MB

Neil Dahlstrom is the corporate archivist at John Deere, and the author of three books, including The John Deere Story: A Biography of Plowmakers John and Charles Deere, and the upcoming Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture (available January 2022). He is a Quad Cities native, studied history and classics at Monmouth College, and received his masters in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University. He serves on the b...

Integrative medicine: Diet for a beer and brat?

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

Integrative medicine: Diet for a beer and brat?

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

Classical Greek philosophy and diet

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

Unhealthy weight-loss diet

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

Medicine as your Food and Food as your Medicine

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

HEALTH: Integrative medicine

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

A hot dog in July

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

That dietary plan, not in Balance, is harmful.

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

Popular diets and physiology

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

MEDICAL: Diet and overall healthy Balance in all things

October 12, 2021 18:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

Donald Starzinski,  M.D., Ph.D. has had the privilege of  education in both  Western and Eastern Medicine. Initial undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota  was in Engineering and Social Sciences.   Doctoral Studies resulted in a Ph.D. in Psychopharmacology with his thesis involving and aggression. Subsequent medical (M.D.) training led to a Neurology Residency and related Board Certification.  Eastern Medical education has included Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine studies with Board...

Pushed from Connecticut to Kansas

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

MUSEUM: The college was destroyed by arsonists.

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Prudence Crandall demonstrated valor and determination; civil rights.

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

ABOLITIONIST, EDUCATOR, AND AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN I800'S

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.   Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

She was a resilient Civil Rights activist. You’ve never heard her name.

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Civil Rights

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Prudence Crandall demonstrated valor and determination; civil rights.

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Prudence Crandall’s life is one of GREAT principle and strength

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

An inspirational biography worth 45 minutes

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Before MLK and Rosa Parks

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

HISTORY: 1800’s: Civil Rights, Women's suffrage, Education for African American Women

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Not 30 years old; imprisoned Civil Rights activist

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

Social justice, imprisonment, school burned

September 29, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB

P R U D E N C E    C R A N D A L L Prudence did not fear condemnation of neighbors, prison, or threats of bodily harm. Her school was eventually open for African American women only.  Only for that reason was her school vandalized, and burned did she, for the sake of her students, close the school. Skillfully she  leveraged this and more for the sake of promoting her goals.  Prudence lived a life which made for ripples yet expanding in our world. Prudence Crandall has made for a better wo...

CULTURE: Film Critic

August 06, 2021 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

I'm a reporter/film critic at WHBF Local 4 News and www.ourquadcities.com. I write court- and crime-related stories and movie reviews. My reviews appear on rottentomatoes.com and www.ourquadcities.com I'm a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and the Critics Choice Association. Its membership votes in the annual Critics Choice Awards.  I earned a master's degree in criminal justice from St. Ambrose University and a bachelor's degree in English/elementary education from Monmou...

Film Critic

August 06, 2021 18:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MB

I'm a reporter/film critic at WHBF Local 4 News and www.ourquadcities.com. I write court- and crime-related stories and movie reviews. My reviews appear on rottentomatoes.com and www.ourquadcities.com I'm a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and the Critics Choice Association. Its membership votes in the annual Critics Choice Awards.  I earned a master's degree in criminal justice from St. Ambrose University and a bachelor's degree in English/elementary education from Monmou...

CULTURE: She has thousands of dolls

July 07, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

DR. ELLEN TSAGARIS, executive director of American Doll and Toy Museum in Rock Island Illinois shares her deep insights into toys, especially dolls, in this episode. This museum is a dynamic teaching museum displaying several hundred dolls, many of them nearly one hundred years old, others months old. Since she was three years old, Ellen has collected dolls. Her interest in dolls has resulted in extensive research and writing.  "Dolls and toys are humanity's historians, in short, Dolls Rock...

Toys and Culture, thousands of dolls

July 07, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB

DR. ELLEN TSAGARIS, executive director of American Doll and Toy Museum in Rock Island Illinois shares her deep insights into toys, especially dolls, in this episode. This museum is a dynamic teaching museum displaying several hundred dolls, many of them nearly one hundred years old, others months old. Since she was three years old, Ellen has collected dolls. Her interest in dolls has resulted in extensive research and writing.  "Dolls and toys are humanity's historians, in short, Dolls Rock...