The Past and The Curious

One-person history radio with a songwriter's heart. Mick Sullivan builds each episode around a theme and connects stories of people and events in unexpected ways, then stops halfway for a quiz and finishes with a song about what you just heard, which tends to get stuck in everyone's head for the rest of the drive. Many of the stories come from American history, and the show does not dodge uncomfortable parts, such as the communities displaced to build Dodger Stadium or the women the 19th Amendment did not reach. A new episode arrives about once a month, episodes average about 30 minutes, and while it works from around six, slightly older kids get the most from it. It is independently made, with very little advertising.