All Pieces for Nate DiMeo
in which we hear the fascinating (and sad) story of the first elephant brought to America. And the man who loved her.
Bought by KUT, KXOT Public Radio, and REMIX
- Added: Jul 06, 2010
- Length: 00:06:54
- Licenses: 3
in which people party like it's 1999 back in 1910. A postcard from the roof of the Waldorf-Astoria 90 years ago. The place to be as Halley's Comet...
- Added: Jun 17, 2010
- Length: 00:04:29
- Licenses: 2
in which we hear about a great American imposter: the serial pretender, Stanley Clifford Weyman. An average guy from Brooklyn determined to live a...
- Added: May 12, 2010
- Length: 00:08:48
- Licenses: 4
in which we hear the story of Don Hornig. A 25 year old scientist asked to babysit the A-Bomb during the night before the Trinity test changed eve...
- Added: Apr 02, 2010
- Length: 00:04:53
- Licenses: 4
in which we hear the story of the Fox sisters: two American kids growing up in the heartland (or upstate New York) who, at the ripe old ages of 11 ...
Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound, KUT, REMIX, and KUOW
- Added: Mar 16, 2010
- Length: 00:09:41
- Licenses: 4
in which we here the outrageous story of the third olympic marathon--the first event of the 1904 St. Louis Olympics.
- Added: Feb 25, 2010
- Length: 00:06:56
- Licenses: 4
In which we hear the story of Revolutionary War hero, John Paul Jones, and the Civil War hero who found his coffin, 100 years after it had been los...
- Added: Feb 01, 2010
- Length: 00:07:05
- Licenses: 5
in which we hear the outrageous story Dr. John R. Brinkley, perhaps the greatest and, simultaneously, worst radio pitch man of all time. Made mill...
- Added: Jan 28, 2010
- Length: 00:05:25
- Licenses: 2
in which we learn of a series of articles that appeared in the New York Sun in 1835 that purported to tell a true account of recent discoveries of ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2010
- Length: 00:05:23
- Licenses: 3
in which we hear the incredible (and incredibly sad) tale of Minik Wallace, an inuit boy who, at the age of seven, was taken to Manhattan to be stu...
- Added: Dec 11, 2009
- Length: 00:05:53
- Licenses: 5
in which we hear about the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. In the 1940's, someone--or something--was prowling around Mattoon, Illinois spraying knock out g...
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: 00:05:45
- Licenses: 3
in which we hear about a beautiful and sort of ridiculous monument at the Hoover Dam that goes to astronomical lengths to commemorate the makers of...
- Added: Sep 30, 2009
- Length: 00:03:42
- Licenses: 3
in which we hear the tale of an incredible escape by German P.O.W.'s from a camp in Arizona at the height of WWII. They had it all planned out: di...
- Added: Aug 28, 2009
- Length: 00:05:01
- Licenses: 3
in which we hear the story of Sam Patch who went from working in the mills of early 19th century Rhode Island and New Jersey to become America's fi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2009
- Length: 00:05:02
- Licenses: 6
The incredible story of an actual U.S. military project that could have served as an alternative to dropping the atomic bombs to end WWII. Amazing...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jul 30, 2009
- Length: 00:02:52
- Licenses: 1
in which the CIA enlists a kitty cat as a listening device in its fight against the Soviets. The plan fails. It really, really fails.
- Added: Jul 28, 2009
- Length: 00:03:43
- Licenses: 4
in which we hear the story of William Walker a man who went from graduating college at 14 years old in Nashville to the Presidency of Nicaragua. A...
- Added: Jul 19, 2009
- Length: 00:05:39
- Licenses: 3
in which we hear the incredible tale of Ellen and William Craft's escape from slavery in 1848. This one's got it all: cross-dressing, high-drama, ...
Bought by REMIX, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound, KUT, and KUOW
- Added: Jun 30, 2009
- Length: 00:05:59
- Licenses: 4
in which we hear the tale of the first Ferris Wheel and how it went from a thrill-ride and marvel that out shone the Eiffel Tower to the humble Fe...
- Added: Jun 16, 2009
- Length: 00:04:25
- Licenses: 5
in which we hear the tale of Franklin Pierce. One of our worst Presidents, but, hands down, the saddest guy to ever hold the office.
- Added: Jun 11, 2009
- Length: 00:03:21
- Licenses: 3
