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Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Is the classic rhyme MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB based on actual events? We explore this possibility in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Every year a large ball drops in Times Square to usher in the New Year. We take a look at the beginings of that tradition in today’s episode of Did...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Did Clement Clarke Moore get his inspiration from real life stories? We explore that on today’s episode of Did This Happen?!

  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley came up with the very first Christmas cards. But exactly why did they do so? Find out on today’s episode o...

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A collaborative “Short List” which sheds light on the fears of eight and nine-year-olds – some obvious, some less so. Can you figure out what torna...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Oct 09, 2011
  • Length: :42
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maine Coast Humor, Credit: Len Scheinhoft
It is easier to retrieve the snowmobiles

  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: :28
Caption: Did This Happen?, Credit: Mike Hollingsworth
On December 14, 1911, an expedition team led by Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. Listen in on this historic moment in today...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
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
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What's Donald Duck got to do with a Swedish Christmas?

Bought by KMXT, KRZA, KUER, KCMJ Community Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 14
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A look at a broken dryer knob from the opposite perspective of the Sexes

  • Added: Nov 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:39

  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 02:36
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What if he lived and headed to Oklahoma City to start a restaurant

  • Added: Mar 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:07

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 02:11
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Comic piece about interconnectivity of Things

  • Added: Mar 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:36
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Piece created for Oregon Public Broadcasting regarding why the president of the Fiona Richie fan club might give to public radio.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2007
  • Length: 02:54
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Neckties, big bras, cigarettes: wouldn't it be nice if adult life was the way you imagined it when you were six?

Bought by WFUV and KOOP


  • Added: Apr 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 2