Detours
By GBH
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Jun 29, 2023
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What happens to all that stuff on America’s favorite antiques show once the cameras leave town? DETOURS reveals the stories, secrets, and surprises of TV treasures which go beyond the screen. Join host Adam Monahan, a longtime producer with GBH’s Antiques Roadshow on a journey of discovery from behind the scenes of the hit PBS series. Each episode tells the deeper story of one object, amazing and amusing listeners along the way. From GBH and PRX.
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Encore: The Barbie Boost?
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Happy 60th Birthday Rudolph! - Encore: The Most Valuable Reindeer of All
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Encore: A Soldier for Sale
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Encore: Billy the Kid?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Encore: Breaking the Ice
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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[BONUS] American Experience Presents - Joseph McCarthy
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Encore: Byrd Flies South
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Encore: Do you Believe in Magic?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Encore: Six Touchdowns and a Song
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Encore: Mo's Mystery Bust
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Encore: Good Grief
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Encore: Theresa's Choice
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Encore: Very Truly Yours, Frank Sinatra
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Encore: The Boy in the Bottle
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Encore: Man vs. Rat vs. Conscience
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Encore: Cowboy Jim's Big Gamble
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Encore: Very Truly Yours, Frank Sinatra
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May 20, 2024 |
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Encore: Is This a Letdown?
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May 06, 2024 |
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Encore: If it’s Brown it’s Down
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Take Me Out to the Ballgame - How the Boston Red Sox, Babe Ruth and the long-forgotten Bunker Hill Brewery combined to make one homerun of a calendar!
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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The Poster Boy Takes a Dive – How an 1890s waterpark, the power of Victorian-era advertising and one man’s unlimited dreams culminated in drama at the auction block in 2023
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Skippy the Hero Dog – How the story of a kidnapped baby, a spunky hero dog and today’s TikTok fans came together to determine the true value of a tattered Dog of the Year award.
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The First Japanese American -- How a story involving sailors lost at sea, 1850s San Francisco, and a Japanese teenager’s quest to build a new life connected two strangers more than a century later.
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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The Unsinkable Titanic Biscuit – An epic shipwreck continues to fascinate a century later creating a collector’s market for Titanic memorabilia that thrives today.
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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The Bob Ross Appreciation Society – How the US Air Force, fluffy clouds and the power of PBS combined to create a pop culture icon and paintings worth mountains of money.
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Encore: Let's Get Naked
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Encore: A Bronze in the Haystack
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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[BONUS] The Big Dig - Part 1: We Were Wrong
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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To Bean or Not to Bean—How an unexplored mention of personal turmoil spurs a look into the short but impactful life of Keith Haring: famous pop artist, trailblazing activist, friend to Andy Warhol and Madonna, and beloved brother.
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Spilling the Secret Sauce – How a chatty event volunteer discovered an uncanny connection involving the U.S military, World War II airborne warfare and an elite military unit so secret that it was kept classified until the 1980s.
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Yacht What it Looks Like – An unsigned maritime masterpiece of a yacht race, a 19th-century pastime of the idle rich, takes DETOURS to visit appraisers, auction experts and the Peabody Essex Museum as the mystery of the painter’s identity is revealed.
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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The Barbie Boost? – How a pioneering Mattel designer created a superstar sensation and how a recent No. 1 Barbie’s sale defined the doll’s new moment.
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Encore: David and the Two Lamps
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Encore: When Appraisers Get it Wrong
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Billy the Kid? – How the notorious Wild West outlaw is still a “wanted” man, and why everyone—even National Geographic—is interested in getting to the bottom of the authenticity of his image
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Breaking the Ice – the story of how Whirlpool’s Miracle Kitchen traveled to Russia and ignited a frosty debate between two superpowers
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Seeing the Bigger Picture
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Byrd Flies South – how The New York Times, Wrigley’s, Paramount Pictures, and other early 20th century icons helped to usher in the age of the personal brand
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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All that Glitters - Gold ingots, retrieved from the ocean floor and appraised on America’s favorite antiques show back in 1999 are now the subject of an international investigation.
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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To Utah Beach and Back – How a World War II helmet revealed a Naval hero in Normandy and the memorial efforts across two countries to document this veteran’s story.
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May 29, 2023 |
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Encore: The King of Fakes Gets Faked
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May 15, 2023 |
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Encore: That Time the FBI Called
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May 01, 2023 |
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[BONUS] MOBITUARIES - Chang and Eng: A Messy American Dream
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Good Grief – A Charles Schulz comic strip collection (and its owner) gets a Hallmark-moment
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Theresa's Choice – When an inherited piece of New Orleans Art Pottery is appraised for thousands, does it still pay to keep it in the family?
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Do you Believe in Magic? - 1990's trading cards worth the price of a car
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Is This a Letdown? - How a Galileo forgery found at the University of Michigan led to a historical hunt for answers
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Six Touchdowns and a Song - The epic appraisal and auction of an NFL legend's jersey
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Cowboy Jim's Big Gamble - does a test on a red diamond ring reveal big money jewelry or big disappointment?
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Let's Get Naked
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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The Boy in the Bottle
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Man vs. Rat vs. Conscience
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Very Truly Yours, Frank Sinatra
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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A Bronze in the Haystack
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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A Reappraisal
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Mo's Mystery Bust
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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If it’s Brown it’s Down
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Whose Club Is It?
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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A Life in Miniature
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Roadshow Kids... Where Are They Now?
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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David and the Two Lamps
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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When Appraisers Get it Wrong
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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The Rolex Effect
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Carolyn’s Next Chapter
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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The Case of the Missing Panels
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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That Time the FBI Called
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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The King of Fakes Gets Faked
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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A Soldier for Sale
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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The Hardest Fact I Ever Checked
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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A Show About a Show About Old Stuff
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Aug 31, 2020 |