The Weekly Dose

Sep 17 2024 78 ep. 14 mins 1.2k
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A bitesized podcast for your short attention span hosted by Jason Galbraith

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Wasps Destroy Fruit Flies, Polar Bears Do Laundry & Smokers Get An Entire Month Off

Sep 17 2024 7 mins  
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 wasp depositing her eggs inside a fruit fly using a hypodermic-like ov

Joaquin Phoenix, Post Malone & Barney

Sep 09 2024 5 mins  
➠ 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 betterResearchers 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 probably good — if a couple prefers to communicate via thrown shoes, there may be

Screen Addictions

Jul 14 2020 11 mins  
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, Nebraska. His mother’s second husband later adopted and renamed him.• 1969: The Unit

Darting Iguana

Jul 13 2020 11 mins  
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 ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, was sentenced in Portland, Oregon, to two years in prison

Don't worry

Jul 09 2020 9 mins  
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 W.R. Brookins of Atlantic City, New Jersey, at the controls.• 1985: Football great

Locked in the Bedroom

Jul 08 2020 11 mins  
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 Knoxville, Georgia. Pemberton was a pharmacist addicted to morphine after using it to tr

Waiting Out The Market

Jul 07 2020 11 mins  
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 Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It was described as “the greate

Bullet in the Brain

Jul 06 2020 11 mins  
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 first seat belt law was signed, in Illinois.• 1957: Teenagers John Lennon

Singing Bridge

Jul 03 2020 13 mins  
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 stock average.• 1922: Fruit Garden and Home magazine published its first issue.

Aggressive Kissing Style

Jun 25 2020 12 mins  
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 of twine, which he had been building since 1950, was moved to a prominent place