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The sounds of childhood: jokes and playground songs.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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Devil's Advocate for Civil Debate

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Caption: Nick Frost, San Francisco, CA 3/28/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Nick Frost talks sequins, alcohol, and why not every romantic comedy should end in a kiss.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 09:13
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Join: Olivia, Alyse Eady @alyseeady , and Craig for a Challenge of medical proportions on That! Medical Quiz Show. Listen on Content Depot, Soundcl...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 30:02
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Science Frog explains an important phenomenon.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:08
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“If Jeff Klinkenberg isn’t careful, he might give journalism a good name,’’ says the author Carl Hiaasen. “He has a rare eye for marvelous detail, ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 06, 2014
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
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Everyone has a birthday, but the day's meaning changes over time. In this episode, we look at life from 21st and 94th birthdays.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 10:53
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New York City Firefighters Sophy Medina and Thomas Olsen remember their first Valentine's Day together.

Bought by WEZU and WITF


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ben Coletti (left); Colonel Nipples (right), Credit: Bobby Pickles
Bobby, Wacky and Coletti podcast from “Tesla’s Revenge” (which is the name of Coletti’s boat) docked in Treasure Island, Florida, with Tiffany, a f...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:34:52
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Poet Walter Bargen, the author of over a dozen books, served as Missouri's first Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. In this interview, he talks about...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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Episode 12 - Andy interviews Manny Roth, who ran the famous Cafe Wha? in New York City, presenting up-and-coming entertainers like Bob Dylan, Bill ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 51:58
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Clayton Sherrod looks back to 1964, when at 19 years old he became executive chef at an all--white country club in Birmingham, Alabama.

Bought by WDBM, WMUU-LP, WEZU, and KMUD


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 4
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Deborah Sharp was a reporter for USA Today for nearly two decades. Given all the stories she wrote about killer sharks, rampaging alligators, and h...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:10
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"What is your conception of God?" Everybody seems to have a unique answer to this question, as folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld found outside a groc...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Every year WTIP's The Roadhouse talks with the word-watchers over at Lake Superior State University in Marquette, Mich., about their words to be 'b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
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John Sebastian talks with Jake Feinberg about his mentors and teachers like Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin' Hopkins.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
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Interview with rhythm guitar player from the Grateful Dead. Ranges from stories about The Reverend Gary Davis to Garcia's addictions.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:49
Caption: Go Go Gadget, Credit: Mike Dennis
By day, Alberto Denis is a quiet, unassuming man who dances professionally and works with computers. By night, he transforms into his alter-ego, Go...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:28
Caption: Owner of the Comedy Cellar in NYC, Noam Dworman
Noam Dworman, owner of popular club The Comedy Cellar, chats about booking comics, dealing with hecklers, managing pop-ins by renowned comedians, a...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:11:24
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Carla Anderson (right), Credit: Adrien de Martini
Bobby podcasts from Balance Hair Salon in downtown Jersey City, while lounging in one of the shop’s large, adjustable chairs, with Carla Anderson, ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:12:57
Caption: Tom Lehrer
A rare recent interview with legendary musical satirist Tom Lehrer, who reveals how he came to write comedy classics such as The Vatican Rag, Poiso...

Bought by KUER and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 2
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Follow Rachel as she progressively interviews kids ages 5-18 and asks them a simple, yet thought-provoking question. This is the first of four epis...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:16
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Marc Abrahams of Improbable Research, which publishes a magazine and awards the IgNobel Prizes for researc...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:50
  • Purchases: 1