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The Petticoat Rebellion of 1916

When women in a poorly administered Oregon town hacked an election in order to repair the town's problems.
Written by Jennifer Colton • 12 Oct 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The First Ten Years

We pause to observe the tenth anniversary of our site's founding.
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Sep 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Up in the Air

Two families come up with an ambitious and dangerous plan to escape from authoritarian East Germany in the 1970s.
Written by Marisa Brook • 03 Aug 2015 • Read/Listen →
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A Special Note to the Writers at The Dollop

Dear The Dollop podcast: Please stop plagiarizing our content. Sincerely, the unwilling authors of some of your episodes.
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Jul 2015 • Read →
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The Zero-Armed Bandit

The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by Alan Bellows • 16 Jun 2015 • Read/Listen →
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The Derelict

A series of accidents and errors amass into disaster at sea. But that's not the end of the story.
Written by Alan Bellows • 13 Jan 2015 • Read/Listen →
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Surface Tension

In 1953 a storm of extreme severity struck the North Sea coasts of Britain and the Netherlands, subjecting communities to a ferocious watery onslaught.
Written by Matt Castle • 04 Sep 2014 • Read/Listen →
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Welcome to the Jungle

An 18th-century Peruvian woman encounters a staggering amount of bad luck as she attempts to reunite with the husband she hasn't seen in twenty years.
Written by Marisa Brook • 07 Jul 2014 • Read/Listen →
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May Have Settled

It was early in the morning on the 1st of May 1832 in New York City. The ordinarily gentle horse-drawn traffic of the...
Written by Alan Bellows • 27 Jun 2014 • Read →
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The Clockmaker

A patient German inventor in Nazi Germany takes matters into his own hands.
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 May 2014 • Read/Listen →
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