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Chanel No. 5 Perfume
From: Walker Raigh
Series: Scratch & Sniff
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- Scent number 20: Chanel No. 5 Perfume - Walker brings us back to her startup days when the coveted perfume Chanel No. 5 helped her close many bu...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:54
Bliss
From: Philip Armand
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Philip Armand accidentally falls into a vortex of Bliss, then the bliss hangs up.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:43
Grad School -- Go or No?
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: AUGUST 2014
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Amy O'Leary, a former producer for This American Life, is our reader here, contributing author of the book, Should I Go To Grad School: 41 Answers ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Shuffle, a meditation on life, weather and work ... or the lack of it.
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
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Here's an excerpt from an essay by Springfield, Oregon writer Lawrence Elliott. Out of work and afoot in the scruffy neighborhood he calls home, fo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
Outsource Our Prisons
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Let's Share The Wealth

  • Added: Dec 12, 2010
  • Length: 01:15
Why Santa Claus Is Richer Than Daddy Warbucks
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Their employees have different retirement programs

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
The Danger In An Education
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can learn things that will make you uncomfortable

  • Added: Nov 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
You Can Live On Less
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can live on less. Others can't.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Keep Your Friends Close
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Chinese philosophy passed on to you by a Swede

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 1
Change The Color of Your Skin
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
We are told that there is status in skin color

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:14
The Chicanery of Selling Carbon Credits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Tale of Two Cities

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
Selling Carbon Credits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't pollute, you can sell your clean-air credit to those who do.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:08
A Commentary on Your Computer
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What do you do when your computer quits?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Self Esteem
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most men who work hard are very insecure.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:39
A Bona Fide Representative of God
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Will Beg You To Send Money

  • Added: Jun 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
The Case For Universal Health Care
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When he felt the heart attack coming on he shot out the windows of the house next door.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:35
Isn't That Something?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some say the war in Afghanistan accomplished nothing.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: :40
Why We Can't Legalize Pot
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Corporate America can make more money when pot is illegal

  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
What's The Matter With Kansas?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Why do poor people vote for the party of billionaires?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
The Cost of Living Adjustment
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The cost of living goes up every year

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:22
Snake Oil
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Snake oil is now euphemistically called herbal supplements.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:07
Coal Mine Puts Safety Ahead of Profits
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Your chuckle for the day.

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: :27
Let's Blame Congress For The Oil Spill
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
It's complicated.

  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 02:37
The US Has a Service Economy
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A prison that is not full is penalizing its stockholders.

  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: :39
Jay Gould - The Skunk of Wall Street
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Jay Gould was an American pioneer

  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 01:35