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The scientific name for our gopher snake (or gophersnake. I’ve seen it written both ways) is Pituophis catenifer. The genus looks like a combinatio...
- Added: Aug 20, 2019
- Length: 05:31
- Added: Mar 18, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
For those of a certain age, the start of summer isn't about going to the beach because a life's worth of hamburgers means never again wearing a bat...
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 28:15
The 2016 US election isn't going away anytime soon, so let's seek refuge in etymology. Consider the linguistically appropriate age of a senator, an...
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 36:05
Are you ever concerned that your pajamas are not seasonally appropriate? Fret no more. Ellery Stritzinger speaks to a professional about staying cu...
- Added: Jun 06, 2015
- Length: 01:21
Using creative adaptation to overcome the bugs in our systems
- Added: Sep 03, 2014
- Length: 24:35
Our writers this week all experience the unexpected, with mixed results. Stories by Allie Sumner, Donna Dillahunty, and Jeff Lewellen. True stories...
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Steve Downing shares the story of his unique placement of his Christmas tree and the added benefits it provides his home. Downing also dives into s...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 04:38
Tin Roof Project #14, featuring crossword constructor Vic Fleming telling his tale about being lost in Moscow in the mid 1980's.
- Added: Jan 28, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Youth producer Livia Perry presents a slice of daily life with her hearing-impaired mother.
- Added: Sep 26, 2011
- Length: 02:03
This fully-produced 2:40 personal essay wonders if a woman's place really IS in the kitchen. If not, what then? It might be sub-titled, "How to lea...
- Added: Jan 06, 2011
- Length: 02:41
Ayana Contreras explores the motivation behind "playing the numbers", or the lottery.
- Added: Mar 10, 2010
- Length: 09:46
A (very) short story of love and anxiety. A child grows to age 13 in three minutes while a father muses on parental fears.
Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more
- Added: Feb 08, 2009
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 16
Mainstream media movie critics are being laid off. Consequences?
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 02:01
