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Cyclists share their outrage, amusement, and curiosity about the litter that ends up in their bicycle baskets.
- Added: May 14, 2013
- Length: 03:53
Jack Sim is better known as “Mr. Toilet.” He has spent the past twelve years getting people to talk about sanitation.
Sim has learned a lot about ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 03:01
What separates a collector from a hoarder? What do our rooms, be they messy or neat, say about us and our experiences?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:20
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bev and Lorie Kellogg.
Great for Wallace Shawn's birthday, the anniversary of "My Dinner with Andre", ...
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 09:31
Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 02:36
Have you ever wondered where the phrase "to be on the wagon" comes from or even what it means to "get off on the wrong foot"? This series of one-mi...
- Added: Feb 21, 2013
- Length: 01:31:03
True (and humorous) story about Mark and Eric who find a stack of brand-new copies of Fifty Shades of Grey, just sitting on the sidewalk.
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 06:48
We wanted to hear about Christmas from the under 5 demographic and this is what we got!
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 04:35
A dead squid in your mouth. Slugs. A mollusk. We're talking about your first kiss.
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 03:16
The smell of a book can like that of a lover - musky and old with experience, brand new, immature and innocent. Or, knowledgeable and hard-covered....
Bought by Moab Public Radio
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 06:31
- Purchases: 1
How do we know that there was voter fraud in ancient Athens? Pottery shards tell the tale.
- Added: Nov 01, 2012
- Length: 04:03
The Pony Express was a back breaking mail route that got messages across the country in record breaking times around 1861. What important messages...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In 1848, gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. Pretty exciting right? Find out in this episode of Did This Happen?
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:00
On this episode of Did This Happen?, we are there as the golden spike connecting the transcontinental railroads is driven into the ground!
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:02
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
The Wright Brothers were adults when their careers started to soar, but what were they like as kids? That’s what we take a look at in this episode ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:02
There’s some debate as to whether or not Benjamin Franklin actually conducted his famous kite/electricity experiment. We explore one possibility of...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:02
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
