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Near Death Experiences
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Rock stars who saw the light, turned around and came back to make it big. This week we explore the music that wouldn't have been had musicians' ne...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Two Guys on Your Head: Personality Tests
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
Missouri's First Poet Laureate Walter Bargen
From: New Letters on the Air
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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
Things to Come: Previewing 2014 Solar System Exploration With Emily Lakdawalla
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla
24 spacecraft are either busy exploring the solar system or speeding toward an exciting destination. The Planetary Society's Senior Editor takes u...

Bought by WMNF, KSKQ, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WESM 91.3 FM, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 6
Celebrating Bruce Murray, The "Admiral of the Solar System"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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The life of explorer and teacher Dr. Bruce Murray was celebrated last November 10th at Caltech. This week we present a few excerpts from the tribu...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 232
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Cartoonist Peter Bagge, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Cartoonist PETER BAGGE, author KAREN KARBO, and music from OLD LIGHT.

Bought by WCPN, KSRQ, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 232 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Cartoonist Peter Bagge, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Cartoonist PETER BAGGE, author KAREN KARBO, and music from OLD LIGHT.

Bought by KUT, WRIR, KCPW Salt Lake City, KUOW, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 231 Newshole version
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis, Credit: Duane Bolland for Live Wire! Radio
Comic book writer BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, Toro Bravo chef and cookbook author JOHN GORHAM, comedian BRANDIE POSEY, and music from 1939 ENSEMBLE.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 231
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis, Credit: Duane Bolland for Live Wire! Radio
Comic book writer BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, Toro Bravo chef and cookbook author JOHN GORHAM, comedian BRANDIE POSEY, and music from 1939 ENSEMBLE.

Bought by WCPN, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 226 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comedian Todd Barry, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Comedian TODD BARRY, Congressman EARL BLUMENAUER, music guest RAMONA FALLS.

Bought by KSRQ, KUT, KUOW, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 226
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comedian Todd Barry, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Comedian TODD BARRY, Congressman EARL BLUMENAUER, music guest RAMONA FALLS.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, 90.5 WESA, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7
Honey I burned the deck again
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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A discussion on The Pimm's Cup and the Electric Brewing System.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2013
  • Length: 38:15
Episode 26: Tobia Spinelli, Part 1 - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Tobia Spinelli (upper left); Bobby Pickles (upper right); Tobia, Coletti & Bobby (bottom left); Ben Coletti (bottom right)
Bobby speaks, from a boat, off the coast of Shell Island, located in the city of St. Petersburg, Florida, with Tobia Spinelli, Ben Coletti and a co...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:19:14
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 203 - NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Sexologist Cheryle Cohen Greene, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHERYL COHEN GREENE - Sexologist & Author MATTHEW DICKMAN - Poet CHRISTINE MCKINLEY - Writer, Musician, Mechanical Engineer PURE BATHING CULTURE...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 101: Great Expectations
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Summer Season
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On this week's show, our writers all grapple with expectations of others or themselves. Stories by Martin Ferguson, Anne Owings Wilson, and Richard...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 086: 6th Annual Fathers' Show
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
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Our 6th Annual Fathers' Show, celebrating the many different facets of fatherhood. Stories by James Seawel, Sandra Spotts Hamilton, and Phillip Tay...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 084: Tin Roof Project with Chef Miles James
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South 2012 Spring Season
Caption: Chef Miles James
Chef Miles James is featured on our Tin Roof Project #20, a monthly special series where well-known Southerners bring their own true stories to lif...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 179
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Best-Selling Author Susan Orlean, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
SUSAN ORLEAN - Best-selling Author of "The Orchid Thief" and "Rin Tin Tin." JOHN RODERICK - Talented American musician and writer. PORTLAND CELLO...

Bought by WNJR and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio Episode 169
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Indie Rock Band Viva Voce, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHRIS GILLEBEAU -World traveler & author of The Art of Non-Comformity. ROLLIN SOLES - Award-winning chief winemaker for Argyle Wines. VIVA VOCE ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WNJR, Rhythm & News Service, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Tai Shan discusses Mark Twain
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Tai Shan, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Tai Shan discusses her song inspired by Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:00
A Conversation with Anna Deveare Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Playwright, actor, and activist Anna Deveare Smith talks about her extraordinary career and her current one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy.

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 31:01
  • Purchases: 1
Wonderous Universe -- Groks Science Show 2011-07-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Brian Cox discussed the wonders of the universe.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 27:48
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Poet Kay Ryan
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In 2008, Kay Ryan was appointed the 16th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. And today, you'll hear why.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2011
  • Length: 21:52
Tales from the South 007
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Fall 2010 Season
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Helen Austin watches the law of the jungle in her own backyard, Paul Guerin creates his own name twice, Melanie Baden travels to Gulf Shores, and J...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00