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In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Sarah Jones, Tony Award-winning performer and comedian, is making a different kind of documentary. She calls it an ‘unorthodoc’ about sex, power, r...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Myq Kaplan
Ok, Comedians, make America laugh with surprising, original jokes that offend absolutely no one and work equally well in our very blue, very red an...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 21:43
  • Purchases: 1
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The plastics we rely so heavily on today weren’t a single discovery. In fact, they weren’t even all discovered on purpose! Tune in to find out more.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 16:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Source: LA Times
CATALINA ISLAND, CA—Meet the Meals on Wheels Volunteer who makes sure people in need get fed all over the small island of the coast of Long Beach, ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Problem with a bear in your neighborhood? This is the guy who gets the call.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
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We spend the day in a police car in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 30:50
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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
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A story about doing things a little differently.

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
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​There are things that hold history for each of us – a stitch, a book, a hat – things that we carry around for our whole lives. In this episode, we...

Bought by KSFR and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 12, 2018
  • Length: 10:43
  • Purchases: 2
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Folklore, myths, and magic -- what can we learn from alternative truths? The professionals weight in.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 10:10
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Uncovering hidden diversities in a small community. This episode of 12 Knots explores three stories that look at hidden diversities in our small i...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 42:04
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Election Day eve, 2016...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:40:48
Caption: The medical podcast for your cortex and your funny bone, Credit: Foolyboo Inc
Smoking has been around since at least 5000BC. This episode we discuss the myriad problems with smoking. Specifically we discuss the effects of Cig...

Bought by WART FM


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 24:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Producer Dred-Scott Keyes interviews film maker Dagmar Schultz about her film "Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992"

  • Added: Mar 27, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:01
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you the story of Ron Stallworth. In the 1970s, he became the first black detective ever to serve in ...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 45:08
  • Purchases: 1
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With a national debate raging about the 2nd Amendment, we went to meet a man who epitomizes the right to bear arms: Dragonman. Born Mel Bernstein i...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 58:13
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Hosted by Al Letson, this is a special hour from Life of the Law. We look back over some of our favorite stories from the year: the ones that left...

Bought by KOSU and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Garth Mullins & Lisa Hale, Credit: Don Sawatzky
From the 19th century freak show to the East African black market in body parts to the modern cinema, the image of the albino has seized the popula...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: FoodShare Toronto's Mobile Good Food Market, Credit: foodshare.net
Using the buzzwords "food desert" and "food insecure" might have positive and negative impacts on the places and people they describe.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 09:14
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In 2009, the Portland Police Department faced down a daunting task: writing poetry.

Bought by KUER, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 3
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Imagine paying almost nothing in taxes.. Sounds great doesn’t it? Some of America’s biggest companies are doing just that and making millions...or...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: setup for TV crews onsite at Union Station
New to California, the narrator experiences his first earthquake drill: online, and at LA's Union Station

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Sheila Murphy
Woody Allen made hypochondria famous as a source of self-deprecating humor, but this clinical condition can be seriously debilitating for individua...

Bought by PRX Remix and Jazz 91.9 WCLK


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
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State Representative Larry Haws from St. Cloud has worked in public service for over 40 years. His list of accomplishments and awards include an A...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:58