Hello Unknown

Jonathan Wright

Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture

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Thief-taker
Is Jonathan literally the WORST HUMAN IMAGINABLE? We answer this question with the stories of an 18th century proto-Sherlock and a 21st century English major.
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For Keeps (A POGs Story)
In March ’94, with POGs fever gripping his school, 11‑year‑old Chad spots the problem no one else can solve: the slammer. In this episode, the rise and fall of two POGs empires, and what it means to play for keeps.
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Wrong Colours
In our first episode of season two: a Glasgow rivalry and god fans in Vancouver. Welcome back to Hello Unknown!
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Hawaiian Mall
In the final episode of season 1, Jonathan Wright confronts the unknown, telling the stories of two Hawaiian malls: one in a pineapple cannery in Lahaina and the other in Jonathan’s mind. Sources Sarah Ruppenthal, "The Sweet and Sour History of the Pineapple in Hawai'i", Flux Hawai'i, https://fluxhawaii.com/hawaii-pineapple-the-sweet-and-sour-history-of-the-island-fruit/ Duane P. Bartholomew, Richard A. Hawkins, Johnny A. Lopez, "Hawaii Pineapple: The Rise and Fall of an Industry", HortScience, https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/47/10/article-p1390.xml Thos. G. Thrum, "Hawaiian Annual for 1927 - The Refernece Book of Information and Statistics Relating to the Territory of Hawaii", chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/32424/1927.pdf "Labor in the Territory of Hawaii 1939", United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/bls/bls_0687_1940.pdfhttps://www.google.com/search?q=labor+in+the+territory+of+hawaii+1939+bulletin+no+687&oq=labor+in+the+territory+of+hawaii+1939+bulletin+no+687&aqs=chrome..69i57.11412j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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The 6th Dalai Lama
A monk sees footprints in the snow. He follows the footprints, belonging to his teenaged religious leader, to the home of his forbidden lover. Buddhist Tibet explodes. In this episode Jonathan Wright tells the history of his favourite Dalai Lama and reads his old notebooks to try and answer the question of how we tell our life stories. Sources Mark Tatz, "Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama", The Tibet Journal, https://www.jstor.org/stable/43300034 Geoffrey Waters, "White Crane: Love Songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama", White Pine Press, https://www.amazon.ca/White-Crane-Songs-Sixth-Dalai/dp/1893996824
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Stories exploring the hidden parts of the human experience. Host Jonathan Wright re-examines moments from culture and history that tell us about the feelings we avoid and the big questions we don’t know how to answer. New episodes every week. Send comments or questions to [email protected]. I'd genuinely love to hear from you!

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