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EPISODE #106 “The Titanic!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
The Titanic was built to be unsinkable. But it sunk. Researchers may never fully know all the events surrounding the big ship’s demise. We take a l...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #103 “George Washington Carver!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
George Washington Carver was an inventor whose list of inventions is astounding. Did This Happen takes you to Dr. Carver’s lab as he’s about to deb...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #105 “Genghis Kahn!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Genghis Kahn was the mighty emperor of the Mongol Empire. He was feared far and wide.Did This Happen? takes you to the moments before Kahn and his ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #104 “Joan of Arc!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Joan of Arc is a national heorine in France who led the French armies during the Hundred Years War. Did This Happen? takes you to the final moments...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #102 “Betsy Ross!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
In May of 1776, George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross visited seamstress Betsy Ross to talk to her about a new flag for the United State...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
EPISODE #101 “Signing of the Declaration of Independence!”
From: Grant Baciocco
Series: Did This Happen?
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On July 4, 1776, the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Did This Happen takes you to Philadelphia for this historic moment. ...

Bought by KVLU


  • Added: Oct 04, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
How do you sabrage in France?
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
Caption: Champagne Bottles Post-Sabrage, Credit: Jane Alexander
This week we sharpen our swords in the Champagne region of France to learn how the French sabrage!

Bought by KMXT, WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Familial Allure of Mexican Botaneros
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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Unique to the state of Colima, this week's Global Guru explores the familial vaudevillian antics of a Mexican botanero through the eyes of a charmi...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 3
Coal Mine Puts Safety Ahead of Profits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Your chuckle for the day.

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :27
Short List #2
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 7
Short List #1
From: David Green
Series: Short Lists
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A collaborative “Short List” poem which sheds light on the thoughts, secrets, senses of humor and lives of eight and nine-year-olds. Can you figure...

Bought by WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, PRX Remix, Remix Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: :46
  • Purchases: 5
Global Guru-Thailand's Hot and Cold Food
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru learns how to avoid culinary death in Bangkok -- and just why Thais categorize their food.

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 3
Global Guru - Aboriginal Boomerangs
From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio
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This week the Global Guru wades through tourist kitsch to find authentic aboriginal boomerangs.

Bought by WABE, WTIP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 3
11 Central Ave #112. Senior Sex.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip. Written by Susan Shepherd and Sandra Miller.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT-HD


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #106. Why men think women get everything.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip. Written by Sue Shepherd, mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #105. Why we don't want "change." Or: Nat measures his receding hairline.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip. Written by Sue Shepherd, mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #104. Crying over spilled lattes.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip. Written by Sue Shepherd mixed by Walter Dixon.d, mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT


  • Added: Oct 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #103. How to be Poor.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip. Written by Sue Shepherd, mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), KUT, and KUT-HD


  • Added: Sep 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
11 Central Ave #102. Using Animal Training Techniques on your Spouse.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip...Written by Susan Shepherd and Barry Payne.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT


  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #101. The Bridesmaid's To-Do List.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's episode of 11 Central Ave. Mixed by Walter Dixon, written by Susan Shepherd and Eliza Lewis.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT


  • Added: Sep 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #100. Anneliese Enlists.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's episode of 11 Central Ave. Written by Susan Shepherd and Sandra Miller. Mixed by Walter Dixon. Diane Toomey. Mixed by Walter Dixon.. ...

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), WBEZ, and KUT


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
11 Central Ave #99. Nat takes care of Elena's overindulged cat.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's episode of 11 Central Ave. Written by Susan Shepherd and Diane Toomey. Mixed by Walter Dixon.. Mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB) and KUT


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
11 Central Ave #98. Donor Eggs.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's episode of 11 Central Ave. Written by Susan Shepherd . Mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), KUT, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
11 Central Ave #97. The pros and cons of minimum wage work.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's episode of 11 Central Ave. Mixed by Walter Dixon, written by Ramona Hamblin and Sue Shepherd

Bought by WUGA (part of GPB), WBEZ, KUT, and KUT


  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4
11 Central Ave # 80. The Fundraising episode, with Peter Sagal.
From: 800 lb. Productions
Series: 11 Central Ave
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This week's installment of the radio comic strip...Written by Diane Toomey and Susan Shepherd, mixed by Walter Dixon.

Bought by New England Public Media, WUGA (part of GPB), WBEZ, and KUT


  • Added: Apr 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4