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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
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One man's Grandma becomes a social media icon for humerous advice.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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NEA Jazz Master and owner of the NEW Keystone Korner in Baltimore, Todd Barkan talks about starting Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at JALC, his latin jazz ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Storefront of Sangar General Store, Credit: http://musingsinmass.blogspot.com
Sangar General Store, in Windsor, MA, is owned by Prem Sangar. Prem wasn't born in Windsor and doesn't quite fit the mold of the town, but the comm...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest!!! Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million l...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest - Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million li...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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I was incorrect about the species of Acalypha in this show. The correct name is A. phleoides (the former A. lindheimeri), not neomexicana as I stat...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 05:16
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I'm eighteen and for some reason I can't be on time.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:22
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Segment 1: Dr. Joe Coughlin/AgeLab Segment 2: Edward Chamberlin/Islands Segment 3: Erin Murphy/Tabatha Segment 4: Dr. Osama Hamdy/diabetes Segme...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
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Children today have a completely different experience on playgrounds than their parents did -- that's because they've changed as the result of new ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 09:24
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The story of William Cimillo, a New York City bus driver who snapped one day in 1947, left his regular route in the Bronx, and drove his municipal ...

Bought by American Voices, KPIK-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 17:37
  • Purchases: 4
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Artist Madi Diaz talks about the first time she got on stage.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
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
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Bobby Pickles (left); Peter Hochstein (right)
Bobby speaks with Peter Hochstein, a self-described “jack-of-all-trades writer. The two discuss Hochstein’s new book, "HEIRESS STRANGLED IN MOLTEN ...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 01:25:22
Caption: Jon Hassler, Credit: Greg Becker
The late Jon Hassler was an author, an educator, a playwrite, and an artist. Hassler didn't begin writing until age 37. Nevertheless he published f...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
  • Purchases: 2
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I recently won an award for the "Most Licensed Debut Producer" from the folks here at PRX. They asked me to record an acceptance speech. I did. But...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:41
Caption: A. Benjamin Coletti
Bobby speaks, on location, with Ben Coletti, Director of Operations at The Thunderbird Beach Resort. They discuss growing up on the redneck beaches...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:30:52
Caption: Angel Quinonez
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 3
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn about M...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: "Yorkville Twins" by Joseph and John Gindele
Joseph and John Gindele are twin brothers that grew up on the unforgiving streets of Yorkville on Manhattan’s ethnic Upper East Side over 60 years ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Katie Hae Leo is an actor, and a widely published and award winning poet living in Rochester, Minnesota. Here Katie Hae Leo recites her poem titled...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
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“Their music affects your consciousness, it changes your DNA if you really, really let it settle into your soul; Odetta’s voice, Miriam’s energy an...

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


  • Added: Mar 23, 2012
  • Length: 12:33
  • Purchases: 3
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After more than 30 years together, my beloved British sports car and I have parted. We've become too old to continue our exciting adventures together.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 05:47
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“You always have to have boundaries. If you don’t have boundaries, you don’t have art. There has to be controls and boundaries. Otherwise when does...

Bought by Delmarva Public Media, KREV-LP, and WNCU


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 12:15
  • Purchases: 3