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Shutdowns & Date Shakes
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Welcome to the Shutdown. Chaos in the national parks. No toilets in Joshua Tree. Trouble abounds. Guest: Food writer/editor Katherine Spiers of Sma...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Borderlands
From: The Organist
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This episode, two stories from the U.S. borders. The first, from Javier Zamora, who crossed into the U.S. without his parents when he was nine year...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 36:40
Mrs. Johnson and The Thunder Bomb Dogs
From: Megan Sukys
Series: Drunken Telegraph
Caption: Tom Llewellyn and the wrapper for his Thunder Bombs, Credit: David Matsui
As a kid, Tom Llewellyn fought gentrification with his beloved Thunder Bombs.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:52
The Unknowable Selfie
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Looking at the Tech Mirror

  • Added: Aug 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:25
31. Support Public Radio
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
Some listeners take our pleas for support quite literally!

  • Added: May 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
Nuclear Plume Paranoia
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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AMA Approved Radiation

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:08
Smoke Free, At Last
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Second-Hand Modern Living with Carcinogens

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
Long Distance Love in Los Angeles
From: Karen Fritsche
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
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