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Harvest of Souls
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We're back from the road with a new episode to celebrate the most glorious time of year: October, Autumn, Harvest, Fall, whatever you all it. With ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Straight To Hell
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Night has fallen on the desert, the desert at its most brutal. The punishing desert, the earthly purgatory, the sun-blasted wilderness so many hero...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Armada of the Dragoons
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Get in the truck, we're taking a night drive to the Dragoon Mountains in Cochise County, Arizona. Get ready for the weird times. New soundscapes b...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Secrets of the Superspectrum
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Burrowed down through another Extreme Heat Event, we send this radio dispatch to you. The world has gone mad, why not join the fun? Join the revolu...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Awkwardness of Youth
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On today’s episode of The Apple Seed we' re bringing you stories featuring young people who would gladly trade places with an adult, if only to esc...

Bought by KSJE and WVPE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 2
Embracing Mortality, With Erik Davis
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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An appropriate new hourlong episode for these interesting times we are cursed to live in. With guest Erik Davis, bestselling author of High Weirdne...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:00
Slatkin Shuffle: Of Rage & Remembrance
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
Caption: Leonard Slatkin, Credit: RCA
Leonard Slatkin on Corigliano Symphony #1

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 1
Slatkin Shuffle: Origins
From: Classic107.3
Series: Slatkin Shuffle
Caption: Leonard Slatkin, Credit: Nico Rodamel
Leonard talks about origins

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 02:52
The Contest between Wisdom and Luck
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A collection of stories that explore wisdom and luck.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 1
Action Figureland
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: A sculptor at NECA works on a Heath Ledger/Joker action figure., Credit: Eric Molinsky
Action figure collectables for adults is booming, even when kids are loosing interest in little plastic guys.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 18:11
  • Purchases: 3
Wildflowers!
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The superbloom is upon us, as is the superbloom mob. St. Minerva help us all!

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culmination of the Pleiades
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Many wonders over the desert skies—both known and unknown—give reason to be out on cool autumn nights, celebrating rituals.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ginger Commodore, Jazz Vocalist Who Does it All
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Ginger Commodore, Credit: Tom Wallace
Ginger Commodore, a member of the famed jazz vocal group Moore By Four and experienced band leader, talks to interviewer Phil Nusbaum about the joy...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 08:25
A Tale of Two Cities
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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For Sandip Roy, after growing up in India America was a culture shock. After 20 years in America living in India was its own culture shock. Everyth...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Remembering the Notorius Debika Ghosh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Debika and Ronu
The end of year issues all over magazine stands in India all carry photo spreads of the icons we lost. Famous people from the world of politics and...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Fallen Heroes of 2014
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Yuri Kochiyama, Credit: Bob Hsiang
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irrep...

Bought by WNJR and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode # 38 - Castaway: Barney Martin
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On December 24th BARNEY MARTIN became our 38th island castaway. Barney is someone who leads a life in duality with one foot in the white collar wor...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:26:23
Transforming the Trauma: Soldiers Stories
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
January's End
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Harrods' at Night
The end of January in London sees the Harrods' sale end, the world news and a new Taxi Driver on the road

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
A Letter, Returning
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Curley Dog Cafe, Credit: Walter Murch
There is always looking when returning to a place that is loved for memories sake as well as what it means to us today

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1