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Delaware State of the Arts - The Yuletide Singers
From: Andrew Truscott
Series: Delaware State of the Arts Podcast
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Andy Truscott speaks with Deb DeHart (Wilmington, DE), the founder of The Yuletide Singers. The Yuletide Singers are an ensemble of highly experie...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 20:16
The Sleigh - A 'Clausable' Prequel
From: Brian Schwartz
Caption: The Sleigh, Credit: Daniel Logan
Told through the eyes of his twelve-year-old brother, the older boy makes a discovery that allows him to become a beloved symbol of giving througho...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 04:02
Ode To A Pencil
From: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
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This is an update of a piece originally posted in 2011.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:54
Sonoran Desert Millipede
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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This is the time of year when you see desert millipedes out and about on muggy overcast days. Sometimes even crossing the two lane blacktop roads n...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 04:03
Building Community and Halting the Gas Export Boom on the Gulf Coast - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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The Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas face a petrochemical and fracked gas export boom. Super-heat-charged hurricanes strike almost every year. As ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
MN Reads: "The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever" by Beatrice Ojakangas
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Beatrice Ojakangas talks about her new cookbook

  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 13:42
220716 Songs Using Stringed Instruments From 230 to 1 Strings and Songs With Car Names
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Frogmen
A piano uses 230 strings while a diddley bow uses one string and between there's all different string counts. Tonight, we start with musicians pl...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KFCF FM, KPRG, Prairie Public, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Comic Relief with Sarah Aswell
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week’s guest is Sarah Aswell. Sarah is a writer of many stripes and a stand up comedian. She is a Senior Editor at Scary Mommy and has publish...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 2
Bill Harley
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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This week on The Children's Hour, we re-visit a show we recorded in April 2020 with one of the funniest storytellers of our time, Grammy winning si...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WUTC, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Ethnobotany, Cultural Fire, and Indigenous Stewardship with Payoomkawish Elder Richard Bugbee - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Host Carry Kim will be interviewing Payoomkawish Elder Richard Bugbee, Instructor of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology at Cuyamaca College through Kumey...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Brittany Haas and Joe K. Walsh interview on Scenic Route
From: WTIP
Series: The Scenic Route
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Brittany Haas is a master fiddler known for her work with Crooked Still, Hawktail and other bands, while Joe K. Walsh is a mandolin expert who’s pl...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 15:50
20220704: Bill Harley, 7/4/2022
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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This week on The Children's Hour, we re-visit a show we recorded in April 2020 with one of the funniest storytellers of our time, Grammy winning si...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
The Dentist’s Tooth Concerto
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Tooth be told, it’s the symphony you don’t want to hear. Ever. All too often, we take our modern lives for granted. Is the air conditioning broken...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 07:38
220522 The Southern Chauvinism of Col. Parker Marketing Elvis As the First Rock and Roll Musician
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Eddie Seacrest and the Rollin Rockets
Thoughts on "group harmony" as a category of music (including "doo wop" and the wide range of group vocals with instrumentation). This music was e...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and WQCS


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 04:04:55
  • Purchases: 5
Pennsylvania musician writes song about Grand Marais
From: WTIP
Series: The Scenic Route
Caption: Eric Athey, Credit: Ted Adams
Eric Athey hails from Lancaster, PA, and has been producing music since the early 2000s. He says he comes out with a record "about once every 5 yea...

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 13:27
Binaural Beats
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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There has much interest in the use of frequencies for health, healing and general feeling better. The most famous are the Solfeggio Frequencies. ...

Bought by KTRL, WYAP, KHNS, KSRQ, KNCT FM and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
StoryCorps Griot: Monica Jordan and LaTonya Walker
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Monica Jordan and LaTonya Walker at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta, Georgia on May 30th, 2021 for StoryCorps.
Cousins Monica Jordan and LaTonya Walker reflect on their strict upbringing and remember one afternoon when they decided to break the rules.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
220326 Answer Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Where we search for the first rock and roll song, is where autocracies die and "hits" are a distraction. All the music you've never heard by music...

Bought by Prairie Public, KFCF FM, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, and WQCS


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:07
  • Purchases: 5
Feeling a Little Better
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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We are living in stressful times and getting out of the house, if only to your back yard, is always a good idea. Native flora and fauna can cure th...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
220320 The Dating Game for Dogs and Oil Songs
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Azzurri the Bachelorette
Hi, I'm Jim Lange and this is the Dating Game for dogs. In the post-WWII world, this music that was later called "Rock and Roll" was simply popula...

Bought by WQCS, Prairie Public, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KPRG, KFCF FM and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 02:56:45
  • Purchases: 6
Rainbows and Potatoes
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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One of the most magical moments of my childhood was when I first dug up potatoes in a garden and we later had some for dinner. I was awe struck! Th...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
Tiktok Trends: Dream, Delusion or Dangerous?
From: Alyssa Tompkins
Series: Dream or Delusion
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In our very first episode, join co-hosts Alyssa Tompkins and Bryson Zauner as we discuss some of the craziest recent trends on Tiktok!

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 32:12
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
201: Rabbit War
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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What happens when you are the Emperor of France and your hunting party plans go completely wrong? You get attacked by rabbits. This isn't a Monty P...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
Durry: Loser's Club
From: KQAL
Series: The Sound
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Tonight on The Sound we follow some rising stars through their explosive musical journey over the past year. During the quarantine times of the COV...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:32

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