STEAM Vault – Cambridge Science Festival

STEAM Vault

Recommended books and media from

Cambridge Public Library & Cambridge Science Festival

Virtual Vault

Explore the world from home. Check back for updates and fresh offerings!

MOS Family STEM Activities

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Museum of Science

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Kitchen Matters

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MIT Materials Science and Engineering

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Biogen’s Virtual Community Lab

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Biogen

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Make Your Own Coral Reef

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Mari Wicks

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Breakthrough Junior Challenge

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Breakthrough Prize Foundation

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Full STEAM Ahead

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MIT J-WEL

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Everyday Nature

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Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

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Virtual Book Talk Series

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MIT Press

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Curiosity Labs™ at Home

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Millipore Sigma

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Explore Nature at Home

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Mass Audubon

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#SCFGathome

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Science Club for Girls

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Stories from Space

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NASA

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Museum Collections and Virtual Tours

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The Museum Computer Network

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Wildlife Cams

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National Park Services

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National Parks

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Google

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Aquarium Cams

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Monterey Bay Aquarium

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Access Mars

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NASA

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Serious Eats

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Ed Levine

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Science With Sophie

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Sophia Tyler Shrand

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How To Fold and Fly World Record Paper Airplanes

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John Collins & Wired

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Kodable

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Kodable

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Left Brain Craft Brain

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Mama Anne

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Kids Vault

Keep the community healthy. Stay home, stay safe, and stay entertained!

We worked with our friends at Cambridge Public Library to come up with a fun list of books, podcasts, programs, and virtual experiences for you to explore. Have fun & Stay curious!

Kids' Books

The Boy Who Grew a Forest

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Sophia Gholz & Kayla Harren

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Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea

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Elizabeth Suneby & Rebecca Green

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Giant Squid

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Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann

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Bringing Down the Mouse

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Ben Mezrich & Tonya Mezrich

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The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs

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Kate Messner & Matthew Forsythe

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean’s Most Fearless Scientist

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Jess Keating & Marta Alvarez Miguens

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

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Fault Lines: Understanding the Power of Earthquakes

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Johanna Wagstaffe

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Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer

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Fiona Robinson

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Interstellar Cinderella

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Deborah Underwood & Meg Hunt

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How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by Frieda Wishinsk

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Frieda Wishinsky

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The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science

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Joyce Sidman

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Smore Magazine: Inspiring Girls Who Love Science

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Sarita Menon

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Rosie Revere, Engineer

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Andrea Beaty & David Roberts

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Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Kids' Podcasts

Ear Snacks

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Andrew & Polly

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Earth Rangers

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The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian

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Jonathan Messinger

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But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids

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Vermont Public Radio

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Short & Curly

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Carl Smith, Molly Daniels & Dr. Matt Beard

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What if World

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Mr. Eric

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Tumble

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Lindsay Patterson & Marshall Escamilla

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Wow in the World

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National Public Radio

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Mystery Recipe

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America’s Test Kitchen

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Brains On!

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American Public Media

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Kids' Movies & Television

Curiosity Correspondents

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MIT Nord Anglia Collaboration

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Gross Science

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NOVA

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Ready Jet Go

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PBS Kids

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Tumble Leaf

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Amazon

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Annedroids

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Doozers

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Jim Henson Company

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Wonder Park

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Paramount

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Nature Cat

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PBS Kids

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Molly of Denali

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PBS Kids

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Fizzy’S Lunch Lab

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PBS Kids

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Cyberchase

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PBS Kids

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Design Squad

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PBS Kids

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SciGirls

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PBS Kids

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Teens & Adults Vault

Books, podcasts, and programs to keep you entertained while you stay home. Need a break from your family and roommates? Pop in your earphones and escape with your curiosity.

Stay home, stay safe, stay curious!

Teen & Adult Books

Undark Magazine: Truth, Beauty, Science.

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Knight Science Journalism

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Fire, Ice, and Physics: The Science of Game of Thrones

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Rebecca C Thompson

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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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Deborah Blum

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Headstrong

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Rachel Swaby

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No One is Too Small to Make a Difference

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Greta Thuberg

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Cosmos

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Carl Sagan

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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Caroline Criado Perez

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“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”

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Richard P. Feynman

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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Mary Roach

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The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Age Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science

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Richard Holmes

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Midnight in Chernobyl

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Adam Higginbotham

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Margot Lee Shetterly

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The Jazz of Physics: The Secret Link Between Music and the Structure of the Universe

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Stephon Alexander

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Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us

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Ruth Kassinger

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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don’t Know You Have

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Tatiana Schlossberg

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On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

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Naomi Klein

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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

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Elizabeth Kolbert

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Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics

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Talithia Williams, PhD

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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

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Dava Sobel

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Broad Band

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Claire Evans

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Brain Rules

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John Medina

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The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution

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Susan Hockfield

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Mountains Beyond Mountains

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Tracy Kidder

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A Short History of Nearly Everything

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Bill Bryson

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Teen & Adult Podcasts

MIT Press Podcasts

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Stuff You Should Know

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Josh and Chuck

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Freakonomics

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Stephen J. Dubner

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This Podcast Will Kill You

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Erin Welsh and Erin Allmann Updyke

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Radiolab

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WNYC

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Science Vs

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Gimlet

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Ways of Hearing

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Damon Krukowski

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Science Friday

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WNYC

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Teen & Adult Movies & Television

Ice on Fire

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HBO

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Building Perception

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Siena Construction

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One Strange Rock

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National Geographic

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COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY

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National Geographic

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Hidden Figures

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Theodore Melfi

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Growing Cities

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Ronin Films

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Birds of North America

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Jason Ward

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Liquid Science

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GZA (The Genius ) & Red Bull

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