Into It

Series produced by Andrew Bales

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Exploring oddities, icons, and overlooked trends.

Into It investigates the overlooked pieces of our culture and world. Past segments have covered the rise of relaxation beverages, the strange lionfish rodeos of the Atlantic coast, the forgotten origins of the barber pole, the emerging animation form known as Cinemagraphs, and even the art of the butter sculpture.


25 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
The Resurgence of Records
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Digital music is the furthest we’ve come from running needles through intricate grooves, but record orders keep coming in.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
Horse Companions
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
The Remotest Inhabited Island in the World
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A speck of land in the South Atlantic, Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited island in the world.

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
Imaginary Island of California
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The Island of California appeared on maps for over a century.

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Mysterious Life of the Rubber Ducky
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Rubber Duckies aren't just an old fashioned bathtub toy.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
  • Purchases: 1
Time Zones: a World History
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Time zones reflect a history of our changing politics, commerce, and technology.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Life on the Party Line
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Today's privacy concerns with cell phones seem trivial when we look back at the world of open telephone wires.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Fordlandia, from Dream to Ghost Town
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The rise and fall of Henry Ford's Fordlandia, a rubber plantation and American colony in the Amazon.

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 1
Lesser Water Boatman
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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This week on Into It, Andrew Bales takes a look at a lesser known insect with an unusual talent.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1
Space Dives
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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This week on Into It, Andrew Bales explores space dives, an extreme jump that tests the limits of technology and the wills of dare devils.

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
Pop-Tarts
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The strange evolution of the iconic Pop-Tart.

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  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
Pigments
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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From Victorian parlors to Starbucks, pigments have defined and connected societies.

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  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:51
  • Purchases: 1
Bull-Baiting
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The violent pastime known as bull baiting entertained the wealthy and poor alike and shaped the breed we now know as the bulldog.

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Video Arcades
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Since their rise with the release of the 1978 game Space Invaders, video arcades have evolved alongside home gaming systems.

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
Colorful Noise
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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From record players and tape decks to digital images, noise is a constant in our lives. But our ears have a unique relationship with colorful noise.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Submarines
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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From a lumbering, oar-propelled apparatus to an advanced nuclear-powered machine, the submarine has evolved since the early 1600s.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Holes
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Exploring the secrets of these ancient flooded caves from Australia to Egypt to Belize.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Barber Pole
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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The surprising history of a true cultural icon: the barber pole.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Auto-Tune
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Auto-Tune has become an overwhelmingly familiar effect across nearly every genre.

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1

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