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People of the Costume
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Halloween technically is not part of the Jewish calendar. But many People of the Book become People of the Costume on Oct. 31st. Plus -- Jewish fol...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sorry, Wrong Number!
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Who hasn’t inadvertently pocket dialed someone? Smartphones are ubiquitous, and so are the phone foibles of the digital age. Jocelyn Robinson tells...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 1
It Came from R&D!
From: San Francisco Mime Troupe
Series: Tales of the Resistance
Caption: Cover art, Credit: Lawton Lovely
Greg seemed to everyone like a mild mannered software developer. No one could predict that his invention could either save democracy, or lock the c...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
Terry Jones & The Royal Family
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Jones Lewis Wedding
A tribute to one of the founders of Monty Python, Terry Jones and a Royal Scram from Prince Harry

  • Added: Jan 22, 2020
  • Length: 57:18
How to Read This Essay
From: Kathryn Petruccelli
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Winner of San Francisco's 2015 LitQuake essay contest. Published in Word Riot (with audio) December 2015.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2018
  • Length: 03:18
"Deborah"
From: Alexander Charles Adams
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A euology for the great St. Ann pothole, Deborah. [A Satire Piece on the State of Roads in New Orleans, LA]

  • Added: Sep 10, 2018
  • Length: 05:06
KICK OUT THE JAMS episode two with Tiffany WD
From: Bridget Hodder
Series: KOTJ podcast
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In this episode I talk to Tiff who started Fanny Adams Vintage as well as Project Awesome, a project bent on advertising local artists & creating a...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 35:59
171202 Music You've Never Heard by Musicians You've Never Heard of
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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You're not alone. Even the music identifying application, Shazam, gets stumped on this show. Songs including knock offs of, "The Battle of New ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:06:27
Life in the 70's with Richard Nixon
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Life in the 1970's with Tricky Dick...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:37:32
161210 The Only Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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In a theatrical musical, a song springs up interrupting the narrative. In a radio musical, a narrative springs up interrupting the music. Okay, s...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 43:56
  • Purchases: 1
F. Murray Abraham - Phobias
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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F. Murray Abraham, reading a list of Phobias

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 4
Garrison Keillor - Menu of a Homecoming Feast, from Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Garrison Keillor, reading an excerpt from Mark Twain’s A Tramp Abroad

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WEZU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
Dick Cavett - Strange Medical Syndromes
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Dick Cavett, reading a list of Strange Medical Syndromes

Bought by KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 3
John Lithgow - Royal Epithets
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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John Lithgow, reading a list of Royal Epithets

Bought by WUFT and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 2
F. Murray Abraham - Collective Nouns from the Animal Kingdom
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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F. Murray Abraham, reading a list of Collective Nouns from the Animal Kingdom

Bought by KUER, WUFT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 6
John Lithgow - Shakespearean Insults
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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John Lithgow, reading a list of Shakespearean Insults

Bought by WUFT, PRX Remix, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 3
Garrison Keillor - Biblical Begats from the Testament of Matthew, King James edition
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Garrison Keillor, reading a list of Biblical Begats from the Testament of Matthew, King James edition

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 1
F. Murray Abraham - Manhattan White Pages
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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F. Murray Abraham, with a dramatic reading of the Manhattan White Pages.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Renée Fleming - Characters from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Renée Fleming, reading a list of characters from Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Alec Baldwin - The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930, the “Hays Code”
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Alec Baldwin, reading from the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930, the “Hays Code”

Bought by KUER, WUFT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 4
Garrison Keillor - List of Sections in a Bookstore, from Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Garrison Keillor, reading an excerpt from Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
John Lithgow - Royal Etiquette, or How to Behave When Presented to the Queen
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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John Lithgow, reading Royal Etiquette, or How to Behave When Presented to the Queen

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 3
Alec Baldwin - Irish Heroes & Heroines, from James Joyce's Ulysses
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Alec Baldwin, reading a list of Irish Heroes and Heroines, from James Joyce’s Ulysses

Bought by KUER, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 3
Barbara Rosenblat - Roman Catholic Patron Saints
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Barbara Rosenblat, reading a list of Roman Catholic patron saints

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 5
Dick Cavett - Newspaper Corrections
From: RadioArt(r)
Series: The Phone Book
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Dick Cavett, reading a list of newspaper corrections

Bought by KUER, WUFT, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WYAP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 5