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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
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
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 25:48
Long before Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson began sending civilians into space, in the 1960s there was an American airline that had the same dream. ...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Nov 10, 2022
- Length: 09:36
- Purchases: 1
Simon Helberg and Rufus Sewell star in a dark comedy about the race to preserve Lenin's body.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, KALW and more
- Added: Nov 07, 2022
- Length: 01:58:01
- Purchases: 17
What has horns and flies overhead at night? The Great Horned Owl, that's who. Although they're horn shapes and not actual horn material. As far as ...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jul 08, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The metro area hosts a variety of cemeteries and mausoleums. You may have a favorite – Uptown’s Lakewood perhaps? Or maybe a smaller, more secluded...
- Added: Apr 13, 2022
- Length: 06:34
It wasn't just fame and glory that inspired Lewis and Clark's expedition across this great land. It took a "medication" so powerful that people wou...
- Added: Mar 30, 2022
- Length: 04:58
What happens when you are the Emperor of France and your hunting party plans go completely wrong? You get attacked by rabbits. This isn't a Monty P...
Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Feb 15, 2022
- Length: 04:47
- Purchases: 2
In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Stop laughing Americans, it's not what you think. Starting with the industrial revolution in the UK, people were employed as human alarm clocks, wa...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 2
When Dave Mruz was three, his parents bought him a subscription to Donald Duck comics. Years later, he learned those same comics had been created b...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 18:58
This week on On Story we’ll hear from Bill Hader and Alec Berg, the creators of HBO’s hit crime show, Barry. And later we’ll hear from the filmmake...
- Added: May 25, 2021
- Length: 54:00
During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the ...
Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: May 24, 2021
- Length: 04:44
- Purchases: 2
Minnesota Old Time quartet “The Roe Family Singers” perform live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with...
- Added: Apr 27, 2021
- Length: 58:59
Some of Will's greatest jokes about Congress
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: :59
The President is an obvious subject for Will's humor. He spoke about the office, and the men in that position, often.
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: :59
Help us lean into the New Year with the many Scottish traditions surrounding Hogmanay! There are wee drams of whiskey and balls of fire and cleanin...
Bought by WTIP
- Added: Dec 23, 2020
- Length: 04:53
- Purchases: 1
On July 6th, 1930 Fred Newton dipped a toe into the Mississippi river and explained to reporters that he planned to swim from Minneapolis to New Or...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Dec 23, 2020
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 29:29
Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in Florida. When he told an insurance investigator he wa...
- Added: Dec 16, 2020
- Length: 41:57
Radio and television star, and Country Music Hall of Fame member Grandpa Jones performs live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arka...
- Added: Nov 12, 2020
- Length: 58:59
How did we go from no green spaces in city neighborhoods to the perfectly manicured lawn that defines American suburbia? It all comes down to Frede...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Sep 16, 2020
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 29, 2020
- Length: 01:02
- Purchases: 1
Tonight we bring you strange & terrible tales from Wonder Valley, California: the very edge of Southern California civilization, last outpost of hu...
- Added: Apr 17, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
