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My Classical Music Appreciation Teachers
From: Fred Flaxman
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a musically illustrated piece on learning to love classical music from old-time radio drama programs

Bought by WEKU and Vermont Public


  • Added: Dec 12, 2005
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 2
In Vino Veritas (The fine Art of Winespeak)
From: Mark McDevitt
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Humorous short piece about selling wine for a living

  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 04:54
Saturday Night
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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An unbelievable story of a 21st birthday.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet:A Naked Thanksgiving by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Talking turkey about the birds and the bees.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KRZA, Delta College Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 20
Leave Daffy alone!
From: Merle Kessler
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Warner Brothers messes with the classics. Stop them.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Innovations unrequested, undesired
From: Merle Kessler
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New gadgets observed with horror.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
Googling Google
From: Merle Kessler
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What happens when you google Google. Don't do it!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Miracle of Flight
From: Merle Kessler
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The forces of capitalism battle the inconvenience of modern travel.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
Burn Baby Burn
From: Merle Kessler
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How "Burn Baby Burn" went from war cry to hot sauce.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 01:39
Hypnosis
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Comedy hypnotists at county fairs have come to fill the space once occupied by the freak-show tent.

Bought by KTNA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
All in the Family
From: Scott Gurian
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A family reunion turns out to be not so bad after all

Bought by KUOW, KBBI Alaska, Public Interactive, KUER, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Friday Sans Fairview
From: Eric Mack
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Nightlife in an eccentric Alaskan village continues despite the closing of a historic venue

  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:34
Home Planet: "Hot or Not?" by Cheryl-Anne Millsap
From: Spokane Public Radio
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"Hot or Not?" essay by Cheryl-Anne Millsap

Bought by Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2005
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Media Savvy Pope? Erg
From: Merle Kessler
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Can a Pope be Media Savvy? Discuss.

  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:22
Surprise! Uh oh.
From: Merle Kessler
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What I always thought: surprise parties could kill you.

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:33
Natural History of Everything
From: Merle Kessler
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A look at a trend

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:48
Over-Identified
From: Merle Kessler
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Identity theft: how can they steal us when we don't know who we are?

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
Misplaced Product Placement
From: Merle Kessler
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Man talks to dead people through his stereo. Sony opts in!

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:41
Farewell to Paris
From: Merle Kessler
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NY Post Gossip Columns Pledges to Ignore Paris Hilton. Consequences?

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Shock Jocks Mocked
From: Merle Kessler
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Shock Jock Antics Deplored, Kind Of

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:31
The Magic of Falling Teeth
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Sharon Bar-David, guided by her seven-year-old daughter Leore, takes you into a magical world filled with wiggly teeth and tooth fairies.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 4
Jan On Jack
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Jan Kerouac delivering her own poem to Jack over his own poem 30 years previously.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 3
Speaking the Truth of the Moment
From: Marian van der Zon
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A look at honesty in relationships. Is the truth of the moment sufficient?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 13:35
  • Purchases: 2
Little Gray Book Lecture: How to Communicate Without the Use of Wires
From: The Little Gray Book Lectures
Series: The Little Gray Book Lectures
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Lectures by Paul Tough and Starlee Kine, walkie-talkie banter and a song about NY ME host Soterios Johnson

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WVPE, WBEZ, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 21, 2005
  • Length: 57:27
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Ode to Josephine - Memories of a Parallel Mother
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A personal odyssey into the producer’s childhood in Bombay India, where she remembers her ayah (nanny) Josephine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1