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Episode 5: Abracadabra, Goodnight Moon, Anatomy of Cool, Paper Sizes

What does the incantation abracadabra have to do with malaria?

What does the incantation abracadabra have to do with malaria?  Goodnight Moon is a highly acclaimed and much loved bedtime story, but why was it banned by the New York Public Library for 25 years? What's cool, what's daggy, and who decides?  And finally for this episode … did you know that the foolscap paper size was actually named after a fool's cap? 


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REFERENCED REMORANDOM CHAPTERS

Abracadabra is featured in REMORANDOM 1
Goodnight Moon is featured in REMORANDOM 1
Anatomy of Cool is featured in REMORANDOM 2
Paper Sizes is featured in REMORANDOM 2

PODCAST CREDITS

REMORANDOM is produced and published in Sydney by REMO Since 1988

Podcast co-hosts: Remo Giuffré and Claudia Chan Shaw

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Original Theme Music by Tom Thum … using only his voice. Watch his 2013 TEDxSydney talk HERE.

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