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Deceptive fontina, ironic American cheese, hooded cloaks, and H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine."

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:59

  • Added: Dec 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
An observation on marital bliss

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: :37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
We always put our teeth in before using the phone

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2010
  • Length: :43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you ever returned a product that malfunctioned?

  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: :45
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Ask yourself where your pet has been putting his nose

  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:22
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What did Brubeck and Mort Sahl do when they visited Portland?

  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:08
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Custer's last flag sold at auction for 2.2 million

  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Nostalgic Christmas Story About Your Neighborhood

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2010
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
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The author considers a childhood toy.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
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An angry man expresses his feelings concerning unwanted ad circulars left in his driveway.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Typical cuddle party
Psychologists have studied how touch provides comfort to humans for a long time. It turns out we need physical contact to survive. But our culture ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a satire on the scandals of a few years ago when there was a lot of fiction on the books of corporations. It is based on Jack And The Beans...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
The precocious ghosts of the Hotel Alto Nido play a trick on the hotel doctor.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
Billie Holiday, Warren Zevon, Igor Stravinsky and others make an astonishing visit to the Royal Palm Court Lounge.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Katie Rich, Credit: Brian McConkey
Second City and iO comedienne Katie Rich stopped by The Paper Machete (as South Side resident Patti Benassi) to weigh in on the dip in attendance a...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:41
Caption: Sarah Haskins at The Paper Machete, Ricochet's Tavern, Chicago, 8/14/2010, Credit: Kurt Heintz
Sarah Haskins (comedienne, Infomania's "Target Women" series) discusses how pregnancy has inspired her to prepare for the end of the world. Recorde...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
Witch doctors and doctors today have more in common than first meets the eye, ear, nose and throat.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
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Can sampling be considered a fine art? Hell... Emphatically... YES.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
Why going to the dentist is the opposite of going to a psychiatrist.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2010
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
We all recognize the symptoms. Commentator Fred Flaxman comes up with a practical suggestion for what can be done about it!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
Some listeners take out appeals for support quite literally!

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A humorous commentary about the function of gyms and our resolve.

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1