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- Added: Mar 08, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
From paintings to prints, from wood work to writing, there is no limit to what you can find at the Winona Art Walk. Hosted across the city of Winon...
- Added: Oct 20, 2023
- Length: 24:50
Amy pulled out all the stops for this shenanigan filled episode. Don't be an April's Fool like Trace.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Feb 17, 2022
- Length: 05:33
- Purchases: 1
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
It's fall now, but we recorded this episode during the dog days of August. The sky wore a blanket of wildfire smoke and daytime lows were in the mi...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 04:20
- Purchases: 1
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
Radio show on KZCT 89.5 FM Vallejo, CA (Ozcatradio.com) "On The Side" with Chef Mark, featuring guest Doug the Jitterbug. Chef Mark gets the turnta...
- Added: Jun 18, 2021
- Length: 02:55:03
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
Originating in India, the western version of the red bandana began in 1800s England with the use of snuff. Over the years the pattern has changed s...
- Added: Feb 21, 2021
- Length: 04:55
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
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
Will Rogers was a proud member of the Cherokee Nation
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
Will Rogers loved to travel, but he also loved to poke fun at his fellow tourists
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
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
In this time of COVID19 and staying at home (if you happen to be at home with more than just yourself) you might be finding family harmony is getti...
- Added: Aug 05, 2020
- Length: 04:49
Trace follows a trail from shoving boulders downhill to the 18th century sport of hoop rolling.
P.S. Trace mentions in the beginning of the episode...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jul 23, 2020
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
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
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
In the late 19th century, London had the beginnings of homeless shelters. They weren't always comfortable (try sleeping in a four-penny coffin), bu...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2019
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
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
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
Humorist and author Roy Blount Jr. talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.
Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio
- Added: Oct 30, 2019
- Length: 54:29
- Purchases: 2
Guiding thoughts to live by. All sorts of music and one spoken word (Martin Luther King Jr).
- Added: Nov 10, 2017
- Length: 02:58:46
A funny look at the things French People Find Strange About The U.S.
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 01:00:00
