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Episode 8: Row Row Row Your Boat. Or Not.
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It was supposed to be a leisurely float down the Snake River. But when they lost their guide, a group of tourists got more than they bargained for.

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 16:22
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 35: Pen & Paper
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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As a young woman in the 60s, Andy Austin talked her way into a job as a courtroom sketch artist in Chicago. She spent 43 years sketching everyone f...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2016
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 1
#3 Keeping Me Humble podcast -- A premier violinist loses his tune but finds his peace.
From: Steven Chua
Series: Keeping Me Humble
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Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble. Today...stories of disappointment. Violinist Andrew...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 16:19
#2 Keeping Me Humble podcast -- What to do when your love rejects you
From: Steven Chua
Series: Keeping Me Humble
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Tales of failed love and rejection with comic Ivan Decker and life coach Edel Walsh. Host Steven Chua asks an old flame to critique his romancing s...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:20
For Valentine's Day: Love on the New York Subway
From: Asa Merritt
Caption: It all went down in the 6th Ave tunnel.
A couple who fell in love during Hurricane Sandy shares how their romance blossomed on the platforms of New York City's subway.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
The Mikie Show #65, Paul
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s the sixty-fifth time we’ve gotten together for a half-hour of top-notch entertainment! Need we say more? Okay, if you insist. This episode we ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
The Mikie Show #44, Gordon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundred...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #39, Whit
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-nine! Just had to say it, hope you don’t mind. We speak with Whit Patten, a man who grew up on a farm in the country (he had to boar...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #37, Abe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with fabulous violinist Abe Appleman. Besides a love of chamber music, his main gig is playing with the first fiddles in the Or...

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  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #35, Ned
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with newsman/publisher Ned Creighton. He drinks a lot but that’s okay, he’s in the news business. Nah, I’m kidding. He is a gre...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #33, Martin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with independent filmmaker Martin Holt. Over forty-six years of collecting life's experience on film, he has filmed ceramic art...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #24, Patty
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We speak with Patty Katchur, owner of Yikes Toys in Tucson, Arizona. It's the most fun toy store I’ve ever been to. Seems she was looking for chang...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #22, Kenny
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Hooray episode twenty-two has arrived at your computation machine’s receiving area! I think it’s a good show, I hope you like it. We speak with stu...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 21, Bob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a discussion of a stage actor’s life with Bob Bowles. He started in the early days of TV but couldn’t shake his (or his wife’s) love of...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #17, June
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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I like craft. Artisans. People who actually make things with their hands. If you do, too, then this show is for you. We speak with June Rettig, mas...

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  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #14, Stephanie
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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And so we begin our second season with episode fourteen. We take a trip to The Golden Goose Thrift Shop. Trust me, you’ve never been in a thrift st...

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #13, Sharon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Who says 13 is unlucky? We’ve made it this far and are so thankful to have done so! For thirteen, we travel to just north of Tucson, AZ to intervie...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 12, John Brady
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Show twelve features an interview with commercial airline pilot (now retired) John Brady. He started his career in an open cockpit biplane and reti...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #10, Scott
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
Caption: Scott Litt at The Power Station in New York, 1980's
Yippee, our tenth anniversary! Well, really just our tenth show, but still, nice to be here. We interview Alternative Rock producer Scott Litt. One...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #9 Joseph
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We interview Joseph Benevidez. He does something I’ve always dreamed about doing but you’ll have to listen to find out, it’s better that way. Plus,...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #2 Bunny and Boe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Holy cow they ordered another show. Our first adventure: let's learn about gardening in the desert! Very different. Our friends Meanie the Clown an...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Help Wanted
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Does a magical place exist where you can get paid to climb?

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 25:00
1000 words
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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Photographer Corey Rich tells us his favorite stories behind his photographs

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 25:42
Chicken John, The Other White Mayor
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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Chicken John is running for second place for San Francisco Mayor. He's been laughed at on Fox News, and called a dwarf by The San Francisco Chronic...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:46
San Francisco Columbarium: Ashes to Ampitheater
From: Eric Zassenhaus
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San Francisco's last remaining cemetery is a columbarium, containing the ashes of thousands of San Francisco luminaries. Jennifer Blowdryer, ex-fro...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:22