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There has much interest in the use of frequencies for health, healing and general feeling better. The most famous are the Solfeggio Frequencies. ...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KSRQ, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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In 1978, Dr. Alexander Schauss and a research assistant mixed 1 gallon of white latex paint with a pint of shiny red and created P-618 aka Baker Mi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Phoebe Bridgers smashed her guitar on Saturday Night Live back in February. It was a stunt for sure but then it sold for over $100,000 at a GLAAD ...

Bought by WYAP, WNYO, KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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One of the concerns about being a big rock star is that crazy fan. The stories of musicians having to take out a restraining order goes on forever...

Bought by WOUB, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
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I hate high fives and have only tried to high five one person as an adult. It was Denzel Washington. He wasn't really into it.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
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Rock School this week talks about the popular shows of the 1970's and how certain actors got record deals because of there part on the show. Dr. B...

Bought by WOUB, KSKQ, KSRQ, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Grant Baciocco
The Pony Express was a back breaking mail route that got messages across the country in record breaking times around 1861. What important messages...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Kevin MacLeod
In 1848, gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Pretty exciting right? Find out in this episode of Did This Happen?

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On this episode of Did This Happen?, we are there as the golden spike connecting the transcontinental railroads is driven into the ground!

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
We take a peek back in on the Founding Fathers and see if they’ve gotten any further in their signing of the Declaration of Independence. This is t...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
There’s some debate as to whether or not Benjamin Franklin actually conducted his famous kite/electricity experiment. We explore one possibility of...

Bought by Enchantment Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Hyman Lipman registered the first patent for a pencil with an attached eraser. Well, he did as soon as he found something to write with as we see i...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
There are several theories as to what happened to the people of The Roanoke Colony. We explore one theory in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Legend has it that during the Napoleonic Wars, the residents of Hartlepool in England once put what they thought was a French spy on trial. We take...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:02
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Legend has it that the sandwich is named after John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich. We see exactly how far ahead of his time John Montagu was in...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Fourteen year old, Philo T. Farnsworth, continues his work on the electric television. Apparently there was some trouble with some of the early mod...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
We’re very lucky that Philo T. Farnsworth, as a teenager, didn’t have any distractions like television to keep him from inventing…well…television. ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Signed in 1215 in England, The Magna Carta is said to have inspired many constitutional documents including the United States Constitution. Journey...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
In 1803, Lewis & Clark set out to trek across the Pacific Northwest to find passage to the Pacific Ocean. We are there moments after they started t...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Georges Claude is responsible for bringing the first ever neon signs to America when he sold two of them to a Packard Dealership in Los Angeles. We...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen? Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
One of Nikola Tesla’s greatest inventions was The Tesla Coil. However, even from the start, people were confused about what it did and what it was ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen Logo, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Abraham Lincoln has the idea for The Secret Service and he calls William P. Wood to The White House to talk about it in this week’s episode of Did ...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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Douglas MacArthur was famous for saying, “I shall return!” Did he mean it? Find out all about it in this episode of Did This Happen?!

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:02