Learn about nineteenth century waste management practices, early aviation history, and find out where you too can get a good source of vintage glassware for your next Brooklyn event.
Lavender and Evil Things takes a look at physic gardens - the forerunners of western botanical gardens - which provided medieval doctors and medical students their remedies.
How do we solve the problem of communication at a distance? What is the best way to communicate secrets? Has the government always been reading our messages?
The Weekly Transcript is an investigation of the minor islands of the New York City Archipelago: their history, use, and reuse. What do we keep on these islands and how do they relate to the city as a whole?
The Turtle is a handmade booklet telling the story of Bushnell's Turtle, the first submersible used in combat, first deployed in the waters off of Governors Island.
Escape Wheel concerns time: biological, mechanical, relative, and narrative. Why don't you go to work in the middle of the night? Why don't we still use water clocks? What is a sextant?
Action at a Distance is an exploration of Isaac Newton, the Principia, and the beginnings of the Royal Society in London. Math! Plague! Mean Anonymous Pamphlets!
Escapism for Amateurs is an investigation of the life and times of Harry Houdini, favorite son of Appleton, Wisconsin and pioneer in the realm of escapologists, who built his career on demonstrating the ability to escape from a huge variety of restraints and difficult situations.