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OLD SCHOOL: Mistletoe Jam

From: Mike Flanagan

Professor Mikey's Old School Christmas special presents a detention hall you may not remember but you will never forget!

Bought by KDUR and WHCP-LP Cambridge

The Canon

From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds

Caption: Worf visits Rabbi Ben Newman's synagogue (not in canon), Credit: Eric Molinsky

Every sci-fi fantasy world comes with a canon of back stories and rules, which may have a lot in common with the original canon -- The Torah.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix

Soli Deo Gloria

From: Kate O'Connell

Caption: The organ loft at St. Anne's Church Fall River, Massachusetts

An empty church, an orphaned organ, a solo organist. Scott Lariviere is 26 years old and volunteers to try to keep a magnificent 4,500 pipe Casavan...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

The One Who Came Back

From: Matt Frassica
Series: The Briny

Caption: Howard Blackburn, Credit: Cape Ann Museum

Howard Blackburn should have been a statistic. Instead, he became a hero.

Bought by WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix

Civil defense sirens activated for severe weather

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...

50 Year Ago, D.C. Introduced The Beatles On Stage and On Air

From: Rebecca Sheir

Not only was Washington, D.C., the site of The Beatles' first full North American concert in 1964... It was also the first North American city to a...

Library Of Congress Preserves A Treasure Trove... Underground (short version)

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: The Packard Campus is roughly 500,000 square feet, built into the side of a mountain in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains., Credit: Library of Congress/Matt Raymond

What do you get when you take a former Cold War bunker and fill it with the world’s largest collection of films, TV shows, radio broadcasts and sou...

From Scott Joplin to Super Mario Bros.: Making Old-Time Piano New Again

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: At age 29, Martin Spitznagel is the World Champion of Old-Time Piano Playing., Credit: Martin Spitznagel

A 20-something pianist is making old-time piano new again... with a little help from Darth Vader and Super Mario Bros.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Injera Bread & Shark Meat: Tasting Ethiopia & Jamaica

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: Soundbites: A Series On Food

Caption: At RAS, you can order Caribbean food (like the Bake and Shark, left) or Ethiopian cuisine (like the vegetarian platter, right)., Credit: Rebecca Sheir

What happens when Africa and the Caribbean culinarily collide in the U.S. capital? Dig in and find out!

Digging up the West Coast's first fraternity

From: Becky Palmstrom

Caption: Photograph of the first fraternity on the West Coast.

It turns out fraternities are not just popular in pop culture, but are as old as America itself. Dr Laurie Wilkie and Dr Grahaeme Hesp offer a hist...

Bought by PRX Remix

England: What do bell ringers and astronauts have in common?

From: Rachel Louise Snyder
Series: Global Guru Radio

This week, the Global Guru ventures waaaaaayyyy up into the bell towers of an English church to learn just how mathematical -- and dangerous -- bel...

Bought by WABE, HCC Radio The Dragon, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WTIP

Lincoln, Memorialized: The Myths & Legends Of A D.C. Icon

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Secret signs... hidden profiles... underground stalactites... This is not your 8th-grade tour of D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial.

Bought by PRX Remix

The Myths And Mysteries Of Curious George(town)

From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington

Georgetown is one of Washington, D.C.'s most storied neighborhoods - but not all of those stories are true...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Virginia Indians: The Nonexistant

From: Charles McGuigan

In Virginia, there are eight Indian tribes, some several thousand people in all. Yet the United States doesn’t believe they exist. The seeds of thi...