Home in a Kit
Between 1908 and 1940, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. sold 70,000 homes through their catalogs. These were called Kit Homes, and they ranged from s...
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Clearstory
From This Old House, Clearstory is a window that sheds light on the surprising stories behind our homes. Host Kevin O'Connor digs into the systems, structures and materials in our homes from...
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Listen to Clearstory, a Leisure podcast. Stream 26 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 of 26 episodesMaterials Around Us
Our lives are shaped by materials. And there’s no better place to see that reflected than in our homes. Glass windows revolutionized the com...
Urban Resilience
Sea levels are rising at an alarming rate worldwide. And yet, we keep moving to waterfront communities regardless of the threats. What does...
“Plyscrapers”
Skyscrapers tell the stories of cities around the world. These massive columns of steel and glass continue to be feats of advanced building...
Healthy Homes
As building technologies have improved and new building materials have found their way into construction sites, our homes have certainly bec...
The Perfect Tree?
There was a time when the American Chestnut was a plentiful resource for the wood that built our homes. In the early 1900s it was found in h...
Life On Mars?
Could humans travel to Mars within the decade? Some tech giants are planning on it. And the plan isn’t just to get there -- it’s to live the...
Our Perpetual House Guests
When we think of pests, we may think of the obvious: ants, mice, spiders, cockroaches. But what about the life we can’t see? And what about...
The (Second) Rise of Concrete
How did a massive, devastating fire lead to the rebirth of one of our oldest building materials: concrete? Host Kevin O'Connor speaks with a...
The Post-Pandemic Home
The pandemic has changed our lives and our world... but will it change our homes? Host Kevin O'Connor speaks with author and professor of ar...
Season 2: Premiering May 13, 2021
From This Old House, Clearstory returns with a brand-new season—with more incredible insight from industry leaders, historians, and builders...
[Bonus] The Walk-In from America’s Test Kitchen
We are ending 2020 with some good news: Clearstory will be back for its second season in spring 2021! In the meantime, we’re bringing you an...
[Bonus] Introducing the Ask This Old House Podcast
Clearstory will be back for season 2, but in the meantime, we’re excited to announce the debut of the Ask This Old House Podcast. Just like...
Rebuilding Paradise: Holding onto Home
After major natural disasters, like Superstorm Sandy and the Paradise, California fires, why do some homeowners choose to rebuild, often in...
Construction Waste: A Dumpster Dive
We’ve all seen a dumpster full of debris on a job site, but do you know anything about where that construction waste ends up? We generate ab...
[Bonus] Proof from America’s Test Kitchen
Clearstory will be back with a brand new episode next week. In the meantime, we’re excited to share a favorite podcast of ours: Proof from A...
Electricity: What’s Current and What’s Next?
In the future, you might have wireless electricity powering virtually everything in your home fed by transparent solar cells planted in your...
Toilets: Humanity’s Greatest Invention?
Not everyone wants to talk about it, but the toilet is responsible for saving countless lives throughout human history. Hodding Carter, auth...
Building Science: If These Walls Could Talk
Put simply, building science is used to optimize the performance of a building...but what does that actually mean for your home? Noted exper...
Roofs: Coming Out On Top
The design, the materials, the maintenance. Let’s face it, most of us don’t really know what’s up there protecting us. It’s battered by the...
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