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Sliced bread had never been automated before Otto Rohwedder unveiled his “power-driven, multi-bladed bread slicer” at Chillicothe Baking Company on...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:34
Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries – but Os...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 10:26
- Purchases: 2
Swimwear never made more of a splash than when designer Louis Réard unveiled his daring new two-piece at the Piscine Molitor in Paris on July 5th, ...
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 09:47
In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 25:48
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Aug 10, 2020
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 11, 2018
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
With a national debate raging about the 2nd Amendment, we went to meet a man who epitomizes the right to bear arms: Dragonman. Born Mel Bernstein i...
- Added: Jan 18, 2016
- Length: 58:13
Why do we all sound like idiots when we talk to babies?
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 08, 2015
- Length: 11:37
- Purchases: 2
They had me at homemade shiv wall. “Shiv” is a slang term for an improvised weapon. I heard the San Quentin Museum has enough shivs to make an enti...
- Added: Sep 15, 2015
- Length: 07:27
The stories behind popular Easter traditions like the Easter Bunny and decorating eggs.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, 'The Sea', WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WYAP and more
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 02:40
- Purchases: 7
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 10:21
- Purchases: 1
Cobblestones: Jim Henson from A to Zoe is a sound rich special that includes original interviews, clips, music, and new skits with many of the orig...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 55:05
- Purchases: 1
This week, Ayana Contreras brings us vintage music from women whose careers were overshadowed by their associations with megastars. From the ex-wif...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 13:30
- Purchases: 1
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 2
That's a real job? Yup. A forensic architect finds out what's wrong with old buildings by understanding their history...and using a garden hose.
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 05:00
