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One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: :59
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: :58
Hunter S. Thompson had his first run-in with federal agents as a young boy during the Louisville summer of 1946
- Added: Feb 03, 2016
- Length: 01:00
Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry gets in and out of big trouble in Wyoming, and welcomes Louisiana native, Jeffery Broussard creates incredible ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 4
This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 02:58
Tune in tonight as Tent Show host and author Michael Perry welcomes our very own Blue Canvas Orchestra in the first set followed by bluegrass outfi...
- Added: Jan 23, 2016
- Length: 59:19
- Purchases: 12
Tonight's show begins with the familiar sounds of Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra along with special musical guests Corey Carls...
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 59:31
- Purchases: 11
- Added: Dec 22, 2015
- Length: 15:26
- Purchases: 1
Arlo returns to Big Top to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the event that inspired his seminal song, ‘Alice’s Restaurant Massacree’. We’re pleas...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, KMXT, WPCA-LP, KALH, KPIP-LP and more
- Added: Dec 22, 2015
- Length: 59:20
- Purchases: 12
Kahulanui (The Big Dance) is an inspiration passed down three generations from Grandfather Robert Kahulanui Naipo, to Dad Rodgers L.L. Naipo Sr., t...
- Added: Dec 18, 2015
- Length: 59:19
- Purchases: 10
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.
- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 06:00
An audio essay that combines science, personal moments, and the wit and wisdom of four 100-year-old (and up) women.
- Added: Nov 13, 2015
- Length: 10:26
La la la, dum di di dum, a wop bop a loo bop a wop bom bom - what are all those non-words doing masquerading as words in songs? Hrishikesh Hirway f...
- Added: Oct 24, 2015
- Length: 13:44
Why do we all sound like idiots when we talk to babies?
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 08, 2015
- Length: 11:37
- Purchases: 2
Some calls in to the police in central Vermont this summer. There were odors. A machete was seen.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 2
The messiness of English is the price of its success. It is the most widely spoken language in the world, geographically, being an official languag...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 28:03
- Purchases: 1
Jan sees every film that comes to Columbia, MO's arthouse cinema. Sometimes she'll see a film five or even ten times. Andrew Leland investigates wh...
Bought by HowSound
- Added: Aug 27, 2015
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
“I crawled through the underbrush, then I popped out into a beautiful, green clearing in the middle of the city. And in the center of it, about 20 ...
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 12:00
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
It’s not a kitten video or an on-air blooper or a wardrobe malfunction. Who would have thought a 15 minute debating society speech could go viral? ...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Jul 28, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
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
A girl who is really, really proud to be from Montana.
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 13:52
The full first episode of the new podcast Last Best Stories. It's Montana-made radio that's not technically on the radio.
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 16:48
Big Top's closing night featuring Michael Perry, Blue Canvas Orchestra and special musical guests.
- Added: Jun 17, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 11
