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Some personal history in poem and song. The photos are mine…well, I dug them out of the archives. That’s the very beginning of the Dusty Chaps in 1...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 04:17
Caption: Chill Beefs
Howard complains about receiving "Your item has shipped" emails when it hasn't

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:26
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At my age I should probably being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I tell our daughters that some day they can hav...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:17
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When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
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The no-clapping-between-movements rule in a classical concert was created for a bad reason. So we’re gonna kill it -- you and me and Emanuel Ax.

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 23:26
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Too many people don't "get" Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is a big deal. It's also frivolous. And that's the best way to understand it.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 03:29
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Who's replaced him? The Gen X Female. She's the boss. The's pulling the strings.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:42
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A group of tough men sung my father Happy Birthday well before dawn at the Bradford Store at the crossroads of Dickenson, Alabama.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:40

  • Added: Nov 15, 2019
  • Length: 03:30
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After over three million airline travel miles I have thoughts on readying yourself for holiday travel.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2019
  • Length: 03:33
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I was asked to screen candidates for early admission to my alma mater. What they did, and didn't do, taught me a lot.

Bought by KXCR and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
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The topic of the differences in men and women has been discussed for ages. This explanation, though, solves everything.

Bought by KXCR and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 2
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I asked this simple question at dinner with a group of strangers. Things went downhill from there.

Bought by KXCR and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Fred Smith
Fred Smith is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, he shares his perspectives through Wildersmith on the Gunflint

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 06:42
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It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Tim and I talk about the mysteries of the deep blue.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 31:15
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Forever Panting by Peter De Vries

  • Added: Jan 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:04
Caption: Myrna Peterson, Credit: Grant Frashier
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 02:01:18
  • Purchases: 1
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This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 02:58
Caption: Take a Ticket, Credit: Donald Whalen
A customer throws a tantrum at a tollbooth and the cashier responds.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Writer/performer Sharon Glassman, Credit: Katie Weisberger
Its roots are natural, sure. But isn't spring a bit...overpromise-y? Sharon Glassman makes the case for a name change. Or maybe just a change of he...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Off-Ramp contributor Collin Friesen takes a humorour look at the differences between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:38
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!! Featuring Actor Lt. Ricky Ryba, the HEAR Now Festival, and Robert Heinlein’s crowning achi...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 57:01