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The One Where All The Guests Are Named Pat Smith
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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Today on Audacious, all four guests are named Pat Smith! What else do they have in common? And what's so different about them?

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
Science unscritped 11/01/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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Science unscripted: For you, from Europe. The science stories that will actually change your day — and maybe make you laugh. Science unscripted is ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
The Big Ponder #42: Beer
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Long ago, German immigrants brought their brewing traditions to the United States. More recently, brewers from the U.S. have begun bringing America...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #41: Traffic
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Most city dwellers view traffic as an unavoidable downside of urban life. But according to Susanne Papawassiliu, freeway standstills have their ben...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #29: Humor
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Despite the cliché of the unfunny German, there is a rich tradition of comedy in German culture. Soraya Nelson visits comedy clubs in Berlin and in...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 27:41
  • Purchases: 1
IE: Inside Europe, 12/31/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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Today’s programme is a New Year’s special in which we’ll be showcasing the best of European traditions and culture, including: The scents of Europe...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
The Apple Seed - The Grey Goose
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of The Apple Seed you'll hear a story called "The Grey Goose" from The Storycrafters, the iconic storytelling team who tell traditi...

Bought by KSJE, KTXK, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - Black Mamba
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed we'll hear a story by the great storyteller Charlotte Blake-Alston, about a village who's survival depends someho...

Bought by KSJE, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, WVPE, and KTXK


  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - Reaching for the Moon
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode, we hear a story from Australian storyteller Jenni Cargill Strong, about a king who orders the royal carpenters to build him a towe...

Bought by KSJE, KKRN, KTXK, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and WVPE


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - Look it Up
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed, the great North Carolina storyteller Donald Davis talks about a time when he was a little kid and they decided t...

Bought by KKRN, WVPE, and KTXK


  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Apple Seed - Onions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed you're going to hear a story called "Onions" from Cindy Rivka Marshall. It's a Jewish folktale about a young girl...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KKRN, KTXK, and WVPE


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Ponder #15: Record Booth
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...

Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Apple Seed - Suki
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed you'll hear a story from Len Kebrall, about two pals, a buddy story! Thing is, these buddies are frogs. The adven...

Bought by KSJE and KTXK


  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
GN_4.10_Bouncing Wilson
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Running 55 miles is hard enough, but have you ever done it while continuously bouncing a tennis ball and raising money for children in need? Myles ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
The Big Ponder #10: The Diner
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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What happens when you uproot an American institution like the diner and place it somewhere entirely new — like Germany? Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginz...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:32
  • Purchases: 1
GN_6.40_ Tea Party Disco
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A London based brother and sister decided to start putting on parties for seniors. What started out as a tea party for their eighty-year-old mother...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:18
Bad Mistakes Make Good Stories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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In this episode of the FEHLER podcast, Sylvia Cunningham, deputy editor at our partner radio station KCRW Berlin, compiles five stories that show j...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 50:35
Folktale of Complaint
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Complaint, Credit: Julia Meek
Whatever has you riled up, stop the moaning and groaning, and take a listen to this week's edition of Folktales.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), KLCC, 'The Sea', WFIU and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Big Pond #06: Suds and Stories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Germany’s beer influence has spread around the world, and one of the epicenters of this trend is New York City. There are now more than two dozen b...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2018
  • Length: 18:35
The TIFF
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The RDD meets the the TIFF (that's the Toledo International Film Festival) on this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries. The Tiff is an annua...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2018
  • Length: 06:08
Folktale of Good Eats
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Good Eats, Credit: Julia Meek
We're cooking up a world of audio edible delights this week on Folktales, and no reservations are required.

Bought by WFIU and WFIU


  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
60 Watts Interviews Billy Mason Wood of Blacklisters
From: Brian Babinec
Series: 60 Watts
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(For release week of 21 May 2018) 60 Watts is joined on the phone by Billy Mason Wood of the UK noise rock band Blacklisters, to discuss humor in n...

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 14:03
TICKLING GIANTS -- Dr. Bassem Youssef & Sara Taksler Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sara Weksler & Dr. Bassem Youssef, San Francisco, CA 10/13/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dr. Bassem Yousseff and Sara Taksler talk shooting from a moving car, the power of satire, and being airport certified.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 25:03
Folktale of Fire & Brimstone
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fire & Brimstone, Credit: Julia Meek
Marlowe's Dr. Faust noticed "Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell," and that's the direction our Folktale of Fire & Brimstone is taking.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
Folktale of Time
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Time, Credit: Julia Meek
Tennessee Williams said “Time is the longest distance between two places.” Take an hour to close that gap this week with the Folktale of Time.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8