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‘The Seven Wonders of the World’ *sounds* impressive, but could they do with an update? That was the mission of the mysterious Swiss-based ‘New 7 W...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:15
Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his “power-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer” at Chillicothe Baking Company on...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:34
Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries – but Os...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 10:26
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 01:02
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Culture Clique we talk to Scot Simpson at the Winona History Center. Scot is a volunteer at the History Center and one of the mo...
- Added: Sep 21, 2018
- Length: 38:58
On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you three stories from three current or former Colorado springs residents, completely unknown to one...
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 39:29
Highlights of the top Republicans debating in the first contest for the 2016 nomination, with typically apolitical commentary by Rob MacClanahan
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 03:01:45
Retired Marine Corps Major Donnie Dunagan, who was the voice of Bambi in the 1942 Disney film, tells his wife, Dana, about hiding his acting credit...
Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVBI-LP, Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTJU and more
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 02:33
- Purchases: 6
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 19:48
A walking tour of the Vatican's floors, which are frequently made from re-purposed bits of ancient history.
- Added: Sep 02, 2014
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 2
This piece by Eric Millman is about moving to New Orleans from California hoping to join a baseball community, and drowning in the unavoidable Sain...
- Added: Apr 17, 2014
- Length: 05:31
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:34
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:34
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:19
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:43
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:49
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:50
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:37
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 01:29
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 06, 2013
- Length: 01:22
The area’s so flat that every bunny hill seems a candidate. But, no, really — where is it?
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 06:53
- Purchases: 1
Celebrate America's independence the Island way, with pranks, potato-spoon races, and pie eating. But remember, cheaters never prosper here.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and Delta College Public Radio
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 02:47
- Purchases: 3
This is the story of the trumpeter of New Amsterdam sent to rouse his countrymen to ward off a British invasion. Unable to find a ferryman, he swea...
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 03:29
A tale from New Amsterdam concerning the origin of 13 being a baker's dozen.
- Added: Aug 01, 2011
- Length: 03:26
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 01:45
- Purchases: 1
