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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:34
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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Hal and Marc help you to navigate the world as a single over 50.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 51:15
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Calise Hawkins (right)
Bobby podcasts with stand-up comedian Calise Hawkins from a stoop just down the block from West 4th Street in Greenwich Villages. Recently featured...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 41:28
Caption: A carriage passes by the front of the Austrian Parliament traveling along the Ringstrasse., Credit: Photo by: Wendy Hendrickson
Politics doesn't run smoothly when the language to be used is left as an option.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:25
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Money, money, money, money! The best way for artists to bring in the dough today is to take the show on the road. This week we follow our Highest...

Bought by WMTNradio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Host Brian Balough chats with Law professor Chris Sprigman about the intellectual property debates surrounding standup comedy – no joke!

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, WEZU, Radio Newark, KHNS and more


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 6
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Chords, chords, and more chords. That's what makes Rock music so flippin' awesome to listen to. We'll be taking a look at famous chords used on var...

Bought by WMTNradio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Western swing, cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, songs of inspiration, and western history.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Pee Wee Russell
Although he hailed from St. Louis, Charles Ellsworth “Pee Wee” Russell took his clarinet cues from New Orleans. Only now is he beginning to be reco...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown pontificates about a list of The Most, and Least Stressful Jobs recently published by a major news organization. Aaron J. Brown is an a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bobby's Cover-Up
Bobby speaks with Jeremy Swan, an amazing and talented tattooer, and curator of Broken Art Tattoo in Los Angeles. This episode of the podcast was c...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 58:03
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The shocking truth about the patron saint of romantic love, marriage ... and bee keeping.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Nick Allen of TheScorecardReview.com joins host Matt Fagerholm to explore the directorial efforts of Mark and Jay Duplass.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 27:09
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Once upon a time, Clint Eastwood did have political smarts.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:07
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A man with a microphone meets a small town neighbor on a mission.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode of Wordy Birds we interview David Rees, author of How to Sharpen Pencils, on his bizarre craft and the importance of correctly shar...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
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Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland: with music from: Throwed Together, Rodney Cordner/Jean-Pierre Rudolph, Quagmyre, Sharon...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
Caption: Ted Lewis & his ubiquitous silk hat
He has one foot in vaudeville and one foot in jazz, and he was a show unto himself. Ted Lewis was the only popular bandleader who could show up wit...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Edythe Turnham & her Band
The early history of  jazz often leaves out some very talented musicians simply because they didn’t move to Chicago or New York.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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“And then we used to play hockey in the street, roller skate hockey. So while I was up there playing roller skate hockey I was moving my feet aroun...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 13:21
  • Purchases: 3
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This tour of a Texas wastewater treatment plant will inspire you to “Do what you love; Love what you doo”

  • Added: Aug 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:59
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The use of pet hotels is on the rise. Listen in to find out what makes these pet hotels different and why people opt to put their pets up in hotel...

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack sits down with SCSU Theater and Film Studies Department Chair Jeffrey Bleam to...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 21:14
Caption: Humorist David Rakoff, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author, Commentator, Humorist David Rakoff, Author Jonathan Lethem plus musical guest 21 year old sensation Sara Jackson-Holman

  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:55