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April Fools Day -- Who Takes the Grand Prize?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Okaay, April Fools Day is upon us, so let's have a little fun and nominate some of your national leaders for the biggest fool prize, and of course...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 02:59
Return of the Confusables
From: KMUW
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We get back to one of our favorite topics: words that sound a lot like other words but that mean totally different things.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
New Year for Trees!?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish celebrates the coming holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees, with Jewish tunes about inspired by the holiday and tree...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Unusual Jewish Tunes
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Jewish music has developed new melodies, harmonies and styles over many centuries. Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for some of the most creativel...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 05, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jeopardy Flute Rock
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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At the end of 2022, Jeopardy had a category titled Classic Flute Rock. The problem is that the category did not include the one band viewers felt ...

Bought by WMTNradio, WYAP, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Christmas Movies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Here is our first of two Christmas shows this year. Songs from Christmas movies. It's all opinion so please offer yours. Here are a few we like....

Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, KTRL and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Space Oddities: Episode 3-The First Moon Flights Club
From: Joe Cuhaj
Series: Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space
Caption: A sample of the Pan Am First Moon Flights Club membership card., Credit: Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Long before Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson began sending civilians into space, in the 1960s there was an American airline that had the same dream. ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
482: When’s the beer break, 9/30/2022
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SUDS Episode – A brewery takeover with Stone Brewing Company. A full lineup of mostly IPA beers. We revisit some of the “reformulated” beers. Now ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:54
481: 50% chance this is the best ever, 9/23/2022
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SIPS – On this episode we discuss Vermouth. We decided to look at how Vermouth is featured in 5 different cocktails. We cover some general backgrou...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:54
ZPOYH: Spinach & Chicken Tortilla Casserole, 9/8/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Zorba Paster on Your Health
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RECIPE: Spinach & Chicken Tortilla Casserole THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL TOPICS: * (Segment 1) Dish Sponge Germs * (Segment 3) Dementia Prevention Study

  • Added: Aug 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
2229: A Conversation with Michael Schur + IT with Chase Palmer, 7/21/2022
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’re joined by screenwriter Michael Schur who had a hand in some of the biggest comedy shows of the last decade including Th...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
212: Peanut Butter Diamonds
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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With enough pressure and heat, just about anything with enough carbon in it could become a diamond. And thankfully for us, when a scientist was ask...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
209: Detachable Tails
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
208: Thunderclappers
From: Trace Kerr
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It wasn't just fame and glory that inspired Lewis and Clark's expedition across this great land. It took a "medication" so powerful that people wou...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 04:58
207: Cockroach Personalities
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Anything that scatters when you turn on the light...does it have a personality? Is the cockroach urge to run an indicator of a bold or timid world ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
204: Baker Miller Pink
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1978, Dr. Alexander Schauss and a research assistant mixed 1 gallon of white latex paint with a pint of shiny red and created P-618 aka Baker Mi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
438: Guess my Age, 11/26/2021
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SIPS Episode – Mike has brought the evil on our SIPS crew this episode to tackle the topic of whiskey and age. 3 American whiskies and 3 Scotch wh...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:51
"I’m Taking the Stage!”
From: Jed Alexander
Caption: Comedian Erin Mohr, Credit: Photo provided by Erin Mohr
With the recent controversy surrounding Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, and his jokes about trans women and their genitalia, freelance...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:59
436: Fall Ya'll Again, 11/12/2021
From: One Tan Hand Productions
Series: Sips, Suds, & Smokes
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SIPS Episode – We ran out of synonyms for saying amazing. Much like the whiskey, this is one of most popular episodes each season. We cover the B...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:51
187: Animal Buddy Cops
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In an unexpected turn of events, two predators with very different hunting styles work cooperatively. During the summer months, badgers and coyotes...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
186: Sudden Genius
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine waking up from a nap to discover that you have the ability to compose music in your head. What a shock that would be! There are people who ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 2
185: Crash at Crush
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
2140: City Slickers + What Dreams May Come, 10/7/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’re taking a trip out west with Babaloo Mandel and Lowel Ganz, the screenwriting duo behind the classic American Western co...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
2138: Refeed: On Writing VEEP & Beverly Hills Cop, 9/23/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll bring you conversations with two comedy titans. VEEP showrunner and Seinfeld writer David Mandel will discuss the widel...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
177: Knocker Uppers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Stop laughing Americans, it's not what you think. Starting with the industrial revolution in the UK, people were employed as human alarm clocks, wa...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2