Uploaded September 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Episode #275 of GE's "Excursions in Science" program, produced with radio station WGY. Features Robert Stone, director of the WGY players, and science reporter Emerson Markham. In this episode, Markham discusses on the amount of money modern Americans spend on superstitious goods and services (fortune tellers and good luck charms for example) as well as the expensive results following some superstitious practices.
Information in this episode comes from a talk with John R. Saunders, Curator at the American Museum of Natural history.
This recording was provided by the Antique Wireless Association in Bloomfield, NY. A special thanks for providing the audio and image.
Episode #275 of GE's "Excursions in Science" program, produced with radio station WGY. Features Robert Stone, director of the WGY players, and science reporter Emerson Markham. In this episode, Markham discusses on the amount of money modern Americans spend on superstitious goods and services (fortune tellers and good luck charms for example) as well as the expensive results following some superstitious practices.
Information in this episode comes from a talk with John R. Saunders, Curator at the American Museum of Natural history.
This recording was provided by the Antique Wireless Association in Bloomfield, NY. A special thanks for providing the audio and image.
