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Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Jun 06, 2022
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
Seldom written about, female gladiators fought for glory and Rome from around 509 BCE to 200 AD. What little information we have about them was in ...
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- Added: May 31, 2022
- Length: 05:08
- Purchases: 1
Will Rogers thought about peace often, but didn't always trust it
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: :59
Some of Will's greatest jokes about Congress
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: :59
The President is an obvious subject for Will's humor. He spoke about the office, and the men in that position, often.
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: :59
Will Rogers was a cowboy until the day he died. He visited ranches around the world to see that the cowboy way of life was still alive.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00
Will Rogers proposed we could look at political change like we look at Groundhog Day.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:17
Even though he wasn't a great student, Will Rogers knew the value of a good education.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00
For as much as he poked fun at those who ran the nation, it was clear that Will loved America.
- Added: Jan 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00
Col. William H Jackson had a favorite tree. So, somewhere around 1832, Colonel Jackson gave the white oak tree to itself (and the city of Athens, G...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jan 07, 2021
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 1
Will owed much of his success to the fact that he stayed a country boy, even after becoming famous.
- Added: Jan 07, 2021
- Length: 01:01
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
- Added: Dec 08, 2020
- Length: :59
- Purchases: 1
Will had a radical idea on how we could reduce the amount of time off work due to holidays
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Nov 24, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Will Rogers shares his humor about Presidents and the elections that get to that position.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Nov 03, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
Will Rogers once performed for a sitting US President. Find out how it went.
- Added: Oct 05, 2020
- Length: :59
Will's was born on Election Day, which set the perfect tone for his political humor and commentary
- Added: Sep 22, 2020
- Length: 01:01
What do fathers really want to celebrate their day? Will gives his thoughts.
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
Will Rogers not only promoted the cowboy lifestyle, he lived it
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: :59
Will believed that doing something your own way, even if it doesn't work, is better than doing the same thing as everyone else
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: :59
While Rogers was known for his love of baseball, he had some great things to say about football, as well
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: :59
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
