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In 1971, Hunter S. Thompson chronicled his drug-fueled haze during an off-road-desert race, the Mint 400, in his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Veg...
- Added: May 18, 2021
- Length: 11:17
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
Even starting a piece that's 639 years long is an act of incredible optimism.
- Added: Aug 04, 2020
- Length: 07:54
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
Tribute to my grandmother: No matter what life hands them, great dames keep on singing.
Bought by WHQR and Public Radio East
- Added: May 03, 2017
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 2
Bertha Palmer as written and presented by Kathryn Chesney
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 07:04
Archeologist Adelaide Bullen written and presented by Susan J. Mannino
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 06:53
Eliza Webb as written and performed by Lilian B. Moore
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 06:39
Emily Graves Webb as written and performed by Laurie Akin.
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 11:40
John Webb as written and presented by Richard Caldwell
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 08:30
Mabel Webb Johnson Sims as written and presented by Kim Crow
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 06:14
Archeologist Adelaide Bullen written and presented by Anita Palladino.
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 06:01
Lizzie Webb Guptill as written and presented by Linda Pupke
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 05:39
Will Webb as written and performed by William V. Specht
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 06:15
Lizzie Webb Guptill as written and performed by Amber Lyon
- Added: Apr 10, 2017
- Length: 05:49
This Veterans Day, Americans will be marking one hundred years since the end of World War One, but there will be no veterans of that war present to...
Bought by Prairie Public, KENW, RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Prairie Public
- Added: Nov 03, 2016
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 5
Bill Frisell was heavily influenced by surf rock and space travel. Hear him in his own words tell you his origin story. Lots of great music in this...
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 12:15
Paul Rucker's art education came from working as a janitor at the Seattle Art Museum. Now a gifted cellist, visual artist, and video producer, Paul...
Bought by WCPN and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 06:44
- Purchases: 2
A story of three friends, a disease, and the opera.
- Added: Mar 25, 2016
- Length: 20:25
It’s June; the President of the USA has officially designated it LGBT Pride Month, and there’ll be Pride events around the world. But how did the w...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZMU Moab Community Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 14:08
- Purchases: 3
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
Berkeley-based Wilderness Torah is one group that’s trying to bring new meaning to the old tradition. Intrigued, I tagged along this past spring fo...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 11:58
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Oct 05, 2014
- Length: 01:47
“Passages: Treasures of the Bible,” currently is in Springfield, Mo, the fifth stop on a national tour. Learn more about the traveling exhibit here...
- Added: Sep 30, 2014
- Length: 08:16
Joshua Sirotiak seeks out the history of Second Line Jazz culture in New Orleans. Along the way, he finds a few answers to questions about his own ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 10:04
- Purchases: 2