One Thousand Words: the world art created
One Thousand Words: the world art created

One Thousand Words: the world art created

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One Thousand Words is dedicated to exploring the world that art has made by offering brief, meaningful looks into the historical impact of major artistic and cultural milestones. Films, music, concerts, paintings, theatre, dance, sculpture, literature, poetry and more have made our lives what they are today. Let's look back together to see how.

Recent Episodes

1-10 - Morton's Maypole Dance
NOV 17, 2020
1-10 - Morton's Maypole Dance
Listen to the final episode of Season 1 of One Thousand Words, where we tell the story of a dance even more dramatic than your middle school homecoming. Someone's about to get banished. #podcast #ThomasMorton #maypole #dance #Americancolonies
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14 MIN
1-9 - Silent Spring
NOV 3, 2020
1-9 - Silent Spring
The E.P.A. The Endangered Species Act. Earth Day. You can trace it all back to one poetic science writer and a book that begins with a fable. #silentspring #rachelcarson #fables #poetry #environment 
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10 MIN
1-8 - Cato & Valley Forge
OCT 20, 2020
1-8 - Cato & Valley Forge
A production of Cato put on by amateurs in a bakery may have been responsible for reigniting the American Revolution after a historically disastrous winter at Valley Forge. Listen to our new episode to learn more! #AmericanRevolution #theatre #podcas...
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11 MIN
1-7 - American Gothic
OCT 6, 2020
1-7 - American Gothic
When you see this picture, does it make you afraid? Or like you want to rough up a loser in overalls? Listen to the story of the most famous (and perhaps most controversial) American painting. #painting #americangothic #onekwords #podcast    
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8 MIN
1-6 - Rosie the Riveter
SEP 22, 2020
1-6 - Rosie the Riveter
What image pops into your head when you hear the words "Rosie the Riveter?" If you didn't picture four men singing to a ukelele or a hard-working lady eating a sandwich, you may not know the full story. 
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10 MIN