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Living Planet 09/10/22
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on Living Planet, we explore a topic that's perfectly natural and something we do every day. Whether you use a squat toilet, a pit latrin...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
223: Turnspit Dogs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1576 and you don't have a young boy to spare to turn your meat while it cooks. So what could you use? A turnspit dog.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
221: Harriet the Tortoise
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
216: Parachuting Beavers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
215: James Madison & the 4 Letters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1789 and the beginning of bureaucracy in the United States. James Madison is writing letters to smooth the path of George Washington's disorga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
183: Telling the Bees
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The last episode of 4 with wonky sound. We got all the bugs out. (get it...bugs- cause its an episode about bees. *nudges in dad joke* Many cultur...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
146: Snail Knights
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There are over 70 examples of knights fighting snails in illuminated manuscripts from the 1300s. But why? First meme? A silly inside joke? A weird ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:47
144: The Tree that Owned Itself
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Col. William H Jackson had a favorite tree. So, somewhere around 1832, Colonel Jackson gave the white oak tree to itself (and the city of Athens, G...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
WRM38 - Will the Human
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will owed much of his success to the fact that he stayed a country boy, even after becoming famous.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 01:01
141 Box Beds
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Tired of cold feet and longs nights huddled under not quite warm enough blankets? Maybe you need a box bed. Originating in medieval times, making a...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:45
139: Mummy Passport
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Ramesses II (Also known as Ramses or Rameses) became Pharaoh at the age of 14, had more children than any other Egyptian ruler, and reigned during ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
136: Sneaky Potato
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1532 the Spanish found out what everyone in South America already knew--potatoes are amazing. But when they brought them back to Europe the rece...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
120: Play Doh
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1930, the Kutol company came up with a putty to clean coal dust off of walls. Impending bankruptcy forced them to shift gears to find new ways o...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
WRM16 - Will's Thoughts on Credit
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Accumulating credit and debt became more common in Will's life, so naturally he had a few things to say about the practice.

Bought by WYAP and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
Will Loved Animals
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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This episode discusses Will's relationship with animals, particularly horses and dogs

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
WRM13 Will's Balance in Life
From: KRSC
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Will Rogers knew how to balance work and life, something many people need more of today

  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
Will and Lawyers
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will's jokes extended outside of politics to discuss other topics, like lawyers

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
106: Civil War Candy
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Necco Wafers and Jelly Beans were candies citizens were urged to "send to the troops" during the Civil War. Easy to transport and not likely to mel...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
105: Prohibition Cow Shoes and Hollow Canes
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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From 1920 to 1933, the United States had a ban against the sale and import of alcohol. Almost immediately the whole nation began to find innovative...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
98: Tenterhooks
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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If you're thinking, wait, I thought it was tenderhooks, you're not alone. Amy explains this early 18th century idiom that describes having a sense ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
81: Victorian Pineapple Rental
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Would you pay eight-thousand dollars to impress your friends with a pineapple? No? Well, the Victorians did.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2019
  • Length: 08:19
79: Pt. Roberts
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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When the US and Canadian governments decided the border between our two countries, a few places got left on the "wrong" side of the line. Those pla...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2019
  • Length: 08:03
31: Badass Women
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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We fell down a Pinterest hole and found a whole bunch of women who we'd NEVER heard about in history classes. Ching Shih, an infamous Chinese pirat...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:09
Tou Gher Xiong: Teaching Culture Through Laughter
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we catch up with Hmong activist and educator Tou Gher Xiong. Tou teaches cultural awareness through a routine of...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 19:45
Tom Steman of the University Archives Talks about WPA Biographies, Bugs Bunny, and KVSC Trivia
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes another trip into the depths ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:02