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Up Close And Acoustic with Paul Roland
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Paul Roland, Credit: Paul Roland Facebook
Paul Roland has been writing and assembling some of the coolest, off-beat, and weird music going since his debut album 'Werewolf of London' in 1980...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KTNA


  • Added: Jul 22, 2023
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 2
Tails From The Trail
From: Russell Johnson
Series: Gone Astray - Russell Johnson
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A humorous essay: Interviews with the dogs I meet on my morning walk, most, I'm sure, with better stories than those of their owners. Some really t...

  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
World Pieces: Mackinac Island (MI) 2018 Stone-Skipping Tournament
From: Jason Kladiva
Series: World Pieces
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Mackinac Island has hosted the world championships of stone-skipping for the past 50 years. The 2018 contest was one of excitement and laughter.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jul 06, 2018
  • Length: 09:03
  • Purchases: 1
THE MEDDLER -- Lorene Scafaria and Susan Sarandon Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Lorene Scafaria & Susan Sarandon, San Francisco, CA 4/11/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Susan Sarandon and Lorene Scafaria talk giving, taking, and scoring good eggs.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 16:25
The Speed of Sound: Langhorne Slim
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Kyle Meredith celebrates Langhorne Slim's 35th birthday with a discussion about age, sobriety, and the complexity of influences on his new album "T...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 3
American laughs in Bangladesh
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Naveed Mahbub
What do immigrants carry with them to America? The obvious reminders of home -- Spices. Pressure cookers. Pickles. What’s far more unpredictable i...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
Can you educate with comedy? Jokes from The Comedians With Disabilities Act
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Nina G at SOMArts, Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
It’s Thursday night and Nina G is about to get on stage for a comedy set. “I'm a little too overwhelmed to be anxious,” she tells me before taking...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
$5,400 for a piece of cardboard? The allure of 'Magic: The Gathering'
From: KALW
Caption: Our heroes prepare their decks for battle. Michelle Roberson, Mike Conn and Matt Wilcox., Credit: Jeremy Dalmas
Suddenly the peace is broken. A mountain shoots out of the Earth and Planeswalker Mike Escalante begins amassing his army. A pack of goblins surf ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
The history behind White Castle building #8
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Jess Mador goes behind the scenes of a familiar fast food landmark: White Castle building #8.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:05
An ax to grind
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:42
  • Purchases: 1
Call Your Mother!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
Bring on the Bling! - A reality TV series and the business that's booming because of it.
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Sondra Celli discusses a dress design with Carol, Credit: Sondra Celli
Turn on the television at any hour, and you're bound to find a reality television show on. Many of these shows feature businesses - there are shows...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 07:39
Tony Was just looking for a Job where he could Shine.
From: D. 'Fitz' Allgood
Series: The Allgood News
Caption: Tony & the Crew of Acme Silver Plating.
Tony was young, living in the small Western Colorado Town of Montrose...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
All Mirth and No Matter
From: Richard Paul
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Caption: The Reduced Shakespeare Company
The things in Shakespeare the make us laugh, and the things that don't anymore -- and why.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 27:40
To Eat a Pig, Pt. 1
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Journalist Sean Kelley, Credit: Tanner Latham
Sean Kelley is a journalist, and in this show, he begins telling us about raising a couple of pigs so that he could slaughter them and eat them and...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Length: 13:29
  • Purchases: 2
Bring the Noise!!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: trafic jan in Kolkata
This is no hip-hop slogan. This is real noise!

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hitchhiking a Tech Shuttle
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: On board the Facebook bus, Credit: Kristina Loring
Real talk: I’m not the biggest fan of San Francisco public transportation. So when I first heard of the alternative transportation network of priva...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:59
Making Monsters: Inside Distortions Unlimited
From: Grace Hood
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If you’ve already visited a haunted house or plan to do so on Halloween, chances are you’ll see something designed to scare you that’s been created...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:53
This Week in Texas Music History: DJ Screw
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the third week of July (7/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a musician who died young but still helped revolutio...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
In Beekeeping, Honey's Worth A Few Stings
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Caption: Andrew Coté holds up a panel of bees., Credit: Chion Wolf
An intrepid producer braves several stings to tell a story about beekeeping and a beekeeper who has traveled the world to teach his craft.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFIU, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 5
Ghostwriters
From: Eric Molinsky
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Have you ever wondered how that busy politician or celebrity found the time to write a book? They didn't. Ghostwriting an big part of the publishin...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 6
The Forensic Architect
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Caption: Chris Carley, Forensic Architect
That's a real job? Yup. A forensic architect finds out what's wrong with old buildings by understanding their history...and using a garden hose.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
The Mikie Show #28, Manu
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with Manu Mallikarjun. A former derivatives trader who changed course and is making a documentary I hope we all get to enjoy. ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
21. France Was Years Ahead
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
The Arugula Wars: Food as partisan politics
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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(Note: This story has a Thanksgiving hook.) A humorous look at the partisan fight over food.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2009
  • Length: 05:54