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Four Symphonic Secrets Revealed
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning delves into urban legends surrounding three of the greatest classical composers as well as the renowned Stradivarius violin.

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Whit Stillman, Episode 3: Cynicism in the Optimism
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Entertainment
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This episode focuses on the making of Whit Stillman's third film, The Last Days of Disco, the conclusion in what is often referred to as his Doomed...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Whit Stillman, Episode 2: Like Oil and Water
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Entertainment
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In this second episode of our series on the career, legacy, aspirations and regrets of Whit Stillman, we hear from the filmmaker — as well as actor...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 52:44
Miles Davis: That's What Happened
From: Joyride Media
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Miles Davis returns from a 5 year break with a burst of creativity.

Bought by WDCB, WBGO, and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jenner By The Sea & Beyond
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
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WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR is a series of free public programs featuring stories about the people, places and history of our lower Russian River communi...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 36: The Magpie of Heart Mountain
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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When Shigeru Yabu was a little boy he made a new friend in an unexpected place. “That bird walked up my arm all the way to my shoulder, and we look...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 34:47
Episode 26: The Kinseys
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Bernard Kinsey met Shirley Pooler in 1963, when they were both students at Florida A&M University, after a protest to integrate the movie theaters ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 31:58
Episode 144: Looking Out
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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People incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison aren’t allowed to have pets — but some people, like Ronell Draper, have found ways to ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 31:49
Duncans Mills and Cazadero
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
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1894 Cazadero train wreck, Gaye Lebaron on Black Bart, the restoration of Duncans Mills, the History of Pole Mountain Lookout, and more!

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 57:30
Wizards & Critters
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please m...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rio Nido
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
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Gaye LeBaron, historian & newspaper columnist; Slavyanka Russian Chorus; Clare Harris: A Rio Nido Life

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
Forestville
From: KRCB 104.9
Series: WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR
Caption: Our delightful emcee, Paul DuBray
This hour begins with a short history of the area, the “Return of the River Ranger,” a former local radio personality; children reading aloud to do...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 57:30
The Big Pond #21: What’s a Sister City Really?
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the historic city of Magdeburg, Germany, there is a Johnny Cash themed country music festival called Nashville Days – complete with corndogs and...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Cover Me Softly
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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A history and philosophy of the cover song in the rock music tradition, and how it contrasts with the classical music tradition.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 47:28
Birding
From: Matthew Simonson
Caption: bird on the cape, Credit: Matthew Simonson
In a busy world, everyone's looking for a place for peace. Ask Skyler Kardell and he'll show you somewhere right in front of your nose. All you n...

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
The Cops of Pop
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Two records from 1983 achieved minor novelty fame, and then faded away, only to emerge 20 years later as the originators of a curious genre of pop ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 44:02
Fooled Ya
From: Trace Elements
Series: Trace Elements
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Marco Tempest is not your average magician. He uses robots to do magic tricks on stage -- but the real trick is in how easily he can get an audienc...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 16:56
Hank Williams: I Saw The Light
From: Joyride Media
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Tom Hiddleston takes on the role of the enigmatic country legend.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, KHNS, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 36: Perfect Specimen
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The 500-year-old Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas was once called “the most perfect specimen of a North American tree.” But in 1989, Austin’s city fores...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 22:17
  • Purchases: 1
Elton John: Wonderful Crazy Night
From: Joyride Media
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Sir Elton is back with his core band for an album of happy rock and roll songs.

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Ep 01: Giving up Sitting
From: The Station Wagon Podcast
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In this episode, we have given up sitting for two weeks. You know, that practice of putting one’s butt in a chair? Yup. We kissed that goodbye and ...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2016
  • Length: 33:50
A Red State Gun Owner Who's Not so Red
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Matt Knox, Credit: Amy MArtin
We go to Montana, where Making Contact Producer Amy Martin spent some time with a guy that you might think of as the stereotypical American gun own...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
  • Purchases: 3
When a Teacher Helps Decide Your Future
From: Tally Abecassis
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What if an influential teacher set you on your life's path? What would that teacher say if she met you today?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 19:07
A Canadian Vacation
From: Justin Bull
Caption: Graeme S. Mount, retired professor of history at Sudbury's Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada, at his home in Sudbury, May 2015., Credit: Justin Bull
If the United States were embroiled in a third world war and the American public learned that Barack Obama were taking eight days off in the middle...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 3