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What was Sameul F.B. Morse like as a teenager? Find out in today’s episode of Did This Happen?!
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
General George Armstrong Custer made his last stand at Little Big Horn. I this episode of Did This Happen? we hear the moments leading up to that f...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave his, now famous, Gettysburg Address. We take you to the moments before the president took the ...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
Everyone’s heard Neil Armstrong’s famous words as he set foot on the moon, but what happened in the moments after that? Find out in this episode of...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
Hannibal is credited as being one of the most talented military commanders of all time. Listen in as he ‘thinks outside the box’ while planning his...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
Micahelangelo spent 4 years painting the incredible Sistine Chapel. Hear the moments immediately following the completion of the painting in this e...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
In this episode of Did This Happen?, we take you to the workshop of Alexander Graham Bell moments after the very first telephone call!
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
The Titanic was built to be unsinkable. But it sunk. Researchers may never fully know all the events surrounding the big ship’s demise. We take a l...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
George Washington Carver was an inventor whose list of inventions is astounding. Did This Happen takes you to Dr. Carver’s lab as he’s about to deb...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
Genghis Kahn was the mighty emperor of the Mongol Empire. He was feared far and wide.Did This Happen? takes you to the moments before Kahn and his ...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
Joan of Arc is a national heorine in France who led the French armies during the Hundred Years War. Did This Happen? takes you to the final moments...
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
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
On July 4, 1776, the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. Did This Happen takes you to Philadelphia for this historic moment. ...
Bought by KVLU
- Added: Oct 04, 2010
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
A short, lighthearted look at the significance of service played out with the "Retroactive Radio Ensemble" Series. In this piece, we feature orally...
- Added: Jan 24, 2009
- Length: 04:38
- Added: Apr 18, 2007
- Length: 31:42
My contributution to the third coast project Dollar Storeys
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 02:30
Episode 2 features former poet laureates from the 1990s: Joseph Brodsky, Mona Van Duyn and Robert Pinsky. They read some of their most famous poe...
Bought by WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KRUA and more
- Added: Mar 09, 2006
- Length: 01:04:01
- Purchases: 10
Transformational journeys through time, space and memory
- Added: Dec 07, 2003
- Length: 57:07
One hundred years of Brighton Beach memoirs.
Bought by KUER, KFCF FM, Radio Catskill, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KVSC and more
- Added: Nov 24, 2003
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 12
