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The Weekly Dose
by The Daily Dose
A bitesized podcast for your short attention span hosted by Jason Galbraith
Episodes
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Wasps Destroy Fruit Flies, Polar Bears Do Laundry & Smokers Get An Entire Month Off
STRANGE NEW WASP SPECIES THAT WOULD MAKE THE ALIEN PROUD _ A horrifying new wasp species has been discovered in the US. The insect inserts its eggs into living flies, with the larvae later bursting out of the host’s abdomen. The life cycle of the species — Syntretus perlmani — involves the female...
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Joaquin Phoenix, Post Malone & Barney
➠ A study found that just over 65% of adults drink alcohol to relax. ➠ A study has found that when you cry, it actually does make you feel better Researchers say they can predict a relationship’s success based on a couple’s speaking style. [If a couple speaks softly to one another, things are...
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Screen Addictions
It is Tuesday July 14th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1881: The outlaw known as Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. • 1913: Gerald R. Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. in Omaha,...
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Darting Iguana
It is Monday July 13th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1923: The Hollywood sign was dedicated. • 1985: Live Aid, an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, Australia, was held to raise money for Africa’s starving people. • 1994: Tonya Harding’s...
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Don't worry
It is Thursday July 9th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1892: The first concrete road in America was completed in Bellefontaine, Ohio. The first asphalt road was laid down in July 1870 in Newark, New Jersey. • 1910: The first airplane to fly a mile in the air did so this day with…
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Locked in the Bedroom
It is Wednesday July 8th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1680: The first confirmed tornado in America killed one person in Cambridge, Massachusetts. • 1776: The Declaration of Independence was read aloud in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. • 1831: John Stith Pemberton was born in...
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Waiting Out The Market
It is Tuesday July 7th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1863: The United States began its first military draft; exemptions cost $100. • 1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln were hanged. • 1928: Sliced bread was sold for the first time by the...
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Bullet in the Brain
It is Monday July 6th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1785: The dollar was unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States. • 1933: Baseball’s first All-Star game was held at Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The American League beat the National League 4-2. • 1955: America’s...
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Singing Bridge
It is Friday July 3rd. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1819: The first savings bank in the United States (The Bank of Savings in New York City) opened. • 1852: Congress established the United States’ second mint, in San Francisco, California. • 1884: Dow Jones published its first…
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Aggressive Kissing Style
It is Thursday June 25th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1947: The Diary of Anne Frank was published. • 1951: The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities. • 1991: Francis Johnson’s world record 8.7-ton ball…
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Single & Ready To Mingle
It is Wednesday June 24th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1497: The first recorded sighting of North America by a European took place when explorer John Cabot, on a voyage for England, spotted land, probably in present-day Canada. He claimed the piece of land for England, which is…
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She Settled For Me
It is Tuesday 23rd. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1868: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the “Type-Writer”. • 1888: Frederick Douglass becomes the first African-American nominated for US president. • 1993: Lorena Bobbitt of Prince William…
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Mute Button & A Mountain Lion
It is Monday June 22nd. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1882: The Air-Conditioned Rocking Chair was patented. It had a propeller fan mounted overhead that was turned by the chair’s motion. The faster you rocked, the faster the fan turned. • 1847: The doughnut was invented. • 1970:...
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A Million Dollars
It is Friday June 19th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1846: The first baseball game under recognizable modern rules was played in Hoboken, New Jersey. • 1910: The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington. • 1941: General Mills in Minneapolis created a new dry...
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Better Brand of Beer
It is Thursday June 18th. Let’s start the podcast! T HAPPENED TODAY • 1873: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election. • 1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean. She was a passenger; Wilmer...
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Bitten in the Face
It is Wednesday June 17th. Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1870: George Cormack was born in Scotland. In 1924, working in the U.S., he invented Wheaties. • 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. • 1976: What remained of the American Basketball Association, the Nets,...
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Exploding Whale
It is Tuesday June 16th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1891: The George A. Hormel & Company was founded in Austin, Minnesota. In 1937 it introduced Spam, now the world’s biggest selling canned meat product. • 1903: A U.S. patent was issued for a soft drink formula called…
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A Giant Sausage
It is Monday June 15th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1884: The world’s first roller coaster opened at Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. It was called the Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway. The cars traveled at 6 miles per hour. • 1920: The United States Postal Service ruled that...
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Blowing Bubbles
IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1952: A 17-year-old Bonham, Texas, housecat named Dusty set a Guinness record by giving birth to her 420th kitten. • 1965: Queen Elizabeth honored the Beatles by making them members of the Order of the British Empire. Several British Army officers were so outraged, they…
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30 Calls a Day
It is Thursday June 11th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1962: Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin became the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. • 1982: Director Steven Spielberg introduced his classic science-fiction film, E.T., The...
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Snackers and Bolt Cutters
It is Wednesday June 10th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1682: The first tornado recorded by settlers in North America was sighted near New Haven, Connecticut. • 1793: Philadelphia ceased to be the capital of the United States when all federal government offices moved to Washington...
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Fashion on the Brain
IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1909: Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles...
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Head and Shoulders
It is Monday June 8th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1953: The Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks. • 1968: James Earl Ray was arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. • 1969: The New York Yankees retired Mickey...
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Mustard Man
It is Friday June 5th, Let’s start the podcast! This day in history • 1783: The first public demonstration of a hot-air balloon flight took place at Annonay, France, where brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier succeeded in launching their 33-foot-diameter balloon. The unmanned balloon rose an...
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Peppermint Road Rage
It is Thursday June 4th, Let’s start the podcast! This Day in History • 1937: Grocery chain owner Sylvan Goldman introduced the shopping cart at his Humpty Dumpty store in Oklahoma City. Goldman’s first cart was wheels and a basket on a folding chair. • 1973: The patent for the ATM was granted. •...
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Toppled Over The Edge
It is Wednesday June 3rd, Let’s start the podcast! This Day in History • 1888: The poem Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner. • 1964: The Rolling Stones debuted on U.S. television on Hollywood Palace. Dean Martin hosted the show. • 1980: The NBA...
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Bad With Names
It is Tuesday June 2nd, Let’s start the podcast! This Day in History • 1835: P.T. Barnum and his circus began their first tour of the United States. • 1886: Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion. • 1896: Guglielmo...
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I'm Bringing Samples Back, Yeah!
It is Monday June 1st, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1925: Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig’s streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games began when he pinch hit for shortstop Pee Wee Wanniger. • 1926: Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles. • 1944:...
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Learn About Composting
It is Friday MAY 29th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1856: During a speech in Bloomington, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” • 1886…
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Post Office Protest
It is Thursday MAY 28th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1896: The first recorded automobile accident involving two vehicles occurred on this date in New York City. Henry Wells of Springfield, Massachusetts was driving a new Duryea Motor Wagon, the first automobile model to be made…
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There's Gristle Left On That
It is Wednesday MAY 27th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1647: Alse Young became the first person executed as a witch in America when she was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut. • 1930: The 1,046 feet tall Chrysler Building in New York — the tallest man-made structure at the time —...
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Don't Touch The Thermostat
It is Tuesday MAY 26th, Let’s start the podcast! • 1896: The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 11 initial stocks was 40.94 • 1969: Apollo 10 returned to Earth after a mission that served as a dress rehearsal for the first moon landing. • 1977: George H....
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Two Push-Ups
It is Thursday MAY 21th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1819: The first bicycles, imported from England, appeared on the streets of New York City. Within a month, the city banned the new-fangled machines as being hazardous to public safety. • 1881: The American Red Cross was...
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A Bull Named Ron
It is Wednesday MAY 20th IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1845: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with 134 men under John Franklin, sailed from the River Thames in England, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the Northwest Passage. All perished. • 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent for blue...
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Trapped Under Rubble
It is Tuesday MAY 19th, Let’s start the podcast! IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1310: Shoes were designed specifically for the right and left foot for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. • 1962: A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place at Madison Square Garden, New York....
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Fatally Flawed
It is Monday MAY 18th, Let’s start the podcast! Let’s start your day with - IT HAPPENED TODAY • 1876: Wyatt Earp started work in Dodge City, Kansas under Marshal Larry Deger. • 1897: Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, was published. • 1910: The Earth passed through the tail of Comet...
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Not Another Gnome
It is Saturday May 15th: Let’s start your weekend! - As the coronavirus death toll ticks up and some states ease their restrictions, a new study suggests that men might be more likely to leave their face coverings at home. Men in the US report less intention than women to wear face coverings,...
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No More Gift Baskets
- A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has discovered a black hole lying just 1,000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye. They say this...
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Gym Socks Soaked in Dog Vomit
On This Weeks Show: - The maker of Durex condoms has said sales have fallen as the coronavirus lockdown is “having a toll on the number of intimate occasions” across the world. And once the lockdowns are east, there are concerns of a global condom shortage because strict lockdown rules in…
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Plate Destroying Riot
On This Weeks Show: A New Report Says Gum And Mint Sales Are Down Around 40 Percent Since The Start Of The Pandemic. - The Post-It Note Is Marking Its 35Th Anniversary This Month. - More Than 50 Percent Of People In A Survey Have Said They Prefer A Kiss And Cuddle To Sex In A Relationship. -...
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The Unnamed Man
TWD - The Unnamed Man ON THIS WEEKS SHOW: - A study finds most people lie on first dates.. - Just 25 minutes of vigorous daily exercise can do wonders for you, and could help beat depression. - Women were asked, “What’s the worst question any can ask you?” - A study has found that men with beards...
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The New Normal
ON THIS WEEKS SHOW: - Police in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, rescued of a family of ducklings that fell down a drain. The babies were reunited with their mother and escorted by the officers to a nearby pond. - A quirky new piece of research has listed the top baby names for the future…
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Physical Distancing
On the weeks show: we are being tracked during this pandemic, Miller Lite is donating $1 million to bartenders, social distancing sends the wrong message, Airbnb is giving back to healthcare workers, Target is no longer accept returns on high-demand items, a fifth of spouses admit checking their...
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Sleepuation
On the weeks show: when is the coronavirus most contagious, COVID-19 can remain in the air for up to three hours, Starbucks isn’t closing yet, your sleeputation could get you dumped, your brain gets bigger the more you use it, office pools improve morale, email attachments are 28 years old, a…
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I Need a Pee
On the weeks show: technology and money may make humans infinite, the reason women live longer then men, third hand smoke, the best way for a man to get lucky, the beer diet, the largest speeding ticket fine ever, youth hockey pot prize, a pecan kills a woodpecker, a joyride and a thing in a Jeep...
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The Weekly Dose
On the weeks show: Medicare for All could save money, seniors are smoking marijuana, snack foods are crispy, being too clean could cause allergies, the Zamboni guy plays goalie, Kirk Douglas gives to charity, worst Best Picture Oscar movies ranked, Helen Keller finds a teacher and In London, in…
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I'm God
On todays show: two time testers driver better, having a boy is not in the jeans, Staples’ has podcast booths, the great lean back debate, a waste of time license plate, a planking older gentleman, Ryan Newman walks and These beasts can have as many as 3,000 teeth at one time. What are they?...
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We're Breaking Up
On todays show: breaking up is harder now, your dog may help snag a date and so will a good job if you are shorter, don’t respond to texts from your bank, a man hides a package and another one has a package explode, Taylor Swift’s dad gets robbed and In the year 2000, 49% of consumers were...
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Do Gooder
On todays show: the dog cussing collar, grandparents make for fat kids, the same house code, an abandoned ghost ship, and another abandoned soon-to-be-ghost ship, Adela the wedding singer, Pluto is discovered and 50% of U.S. pizzas are sold with what on them? What is it? Lowtree Studios...
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Be Yourself
On todays show: earthquake detection app, guys poop naked, a 98 year old girls scout, a spatula-like surgical instrument in a ladies abdomen,Jim Carey tells a dirty joke, Survivor snubs Hatch and Each year in the U.S. 4,500 people are injured by this? What is it? Lowtree Studios lowtreestudios.com
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