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OHR076: OHR Presents: Christmas!, 12/18/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Joni Bishop
Christmas songs both traditional & rare, performed by an interesting array of folk musicians, recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Moun...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
OHR182: OHR Presents: Cow Pokes!, 12/11/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Patsy Montana
A collection of consummate cow poke crooners recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, commentary from these...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
OHR191: OHR Presents: Railyard Live - Chucky Waggs & The Company of Raggs, 12/4/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Chucky Waggs
A special road trip episode. OHR visits Rogers, Arkansas’ Railyard Live Concert Series featuring Ozark original true folk troubadours Chucky Waggs...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Highway Robbery (#1626)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Secret signals on the job: Waitresses at some 19th-century restaurants ensured speedy drink service by communicating with a non-verbal code. One se...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KTXK and more


  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Spill the Tea (#1521)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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If someone urges you to spill the tea, they probably don't want you tipping over a hot beverage. Originally, the tea here was the letter T, as in t...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WPCA-LP, KTXK, Raven Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
The Atomic Hour Episode 94- Jaywalkin'
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Atomic Hour
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Featuring- Mister 1960's Record Review, Let's Hear It For The Girls, Fundamentally Instrumental, and More!

  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
OHR181: OHR Presents: Stringband!, 11/27/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: The Steel Wheels
A collection of stringbands and stringband music both traditional and modern recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkans...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
OHR190: OHR Presents: Railyard Live - Arkansauce, 11/20/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Arkansauce
A special road trip episode. OHR visits Rogers, Arkansas’ Railyard Live Concert Series featuring post-folk newgrass phenomenon Arkansauce, recorde...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Episode 3: Isolated
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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In our third episode, we turn our attention to the fear of isolation — both physical and emotional —and how it’s connected to portrayals of grief i...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 35:35
Episode 2: Killbillies
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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Join us for a closer look at a set of iconic movies that made a horror trope out of an over-the-top stereotype, introducing us to an infamous class...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 37:16
Episode 1: Urbanoia
From: Center for Rural Strategies
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We look at urban fears about the country, and rural fears about the city. Which is scarier, and should we take more issue with the tropes, or the i...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2023
  • Length: 36:38
Dirty Laundry (#1520)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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When you had sleepovers as a child, what did you call the makeshift beds you made on the floor? In some places, you call those bedclothes and blank...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WNIN, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Musician NIcknames
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Can you give yourself a nickname? Michael Jackson wrote a letter to Mtv this week in 1991 that asked them to call him The King of Pop. Some did m...

Bought by KSRQ, KHNS, The Bear 91.3, KUCA-FM, KWIT, KECG and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Is Wokeness Killing Comedy?
From: Open to Debate
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What jokes would George Carlin have deemed offensive today? What makes us laugh has come under scrutiny. Old jokes or skits are deemed offensive in...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUNM, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
OHR169: OHR Presents: Dulcimer Jamboree 2022, 11/13/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Blackberry Summer
It’s Dulcimer Jamboree 2022! Each year, dulcimer players from all over come to the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas for a w...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Strong Coffee (#1625)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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During the late 19th and early 20th century, thousands of volunteers helped crowdsource the Oxford English Dictionary. This venerable reference wor...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KTSW 89.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Ratatouille Too
From: Gregg LeFevre
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"Ratatouille Too" takes us to hilarious loft dinner party in New York City. After days of preparation, Gregg and his girlfriend are ready to ente...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 11:06
The Atomic Hour Episode 93- Wendy Peffercorn
From: KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio
Series: The Atomic Hour
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Featuring: The Cozy Covers Comparison Corner, Fundamentally Instrumental, The British Are Here, Brand New Oldies and More!

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
OHR189: OHR Presents: Railyard Live - Eureka Strings, 11/6/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Eureka Strings
A special road trip episode. OHR visits Rogers, Arkansas’ Railyard Live Concert Series featuring Eureka Springs folk orchestra, Eureka Strings, re...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Keep Your Powder Dry (#1519)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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Jacuzzi and silhouette are eponyms – that is, they derive from the names of people. An Italian immigrant to California invented the bubbly hot tub ...

Bought by Raven Radio, KTSW 89.9, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RADIOLEX, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 19
Folk Salad airing 10-22-23
From: SCOTT Aycock
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Featuring an in-studio performance by Tulsa-based bluegrass band "Grasscrack".

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 56:18
2023-10-27 Laughing Our Way Through Climate Disaster
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Laughter can be good medicine, but when is it okay to laugh at something as deadly serious as the climate crisis? Jokes help us remember informatio...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
231027: 2023-10-27 Laughing Our Way Through Climate Disaster, 10/27/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Laughter can be good medicine, but when is it okay to laugh at something as deadly serious as the climate crisis? Jokes help us remember informatio...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
OHR178: OHR Presents: Banjo Billy Mathews, 10/30/2023
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Banjo Billy Mathews
Ozark original old-time fiddler, banjo maker and legendary fiddle tune collector Banjo Billy Mathews recorded live at Ozark Folk Center State Park ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
One-Armed Paper Hanger (#1518)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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The emotional appeal of handwriting and the emotional reveal of animal phrases. Should children be taught cursive writing in school, or is their ti...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WYAP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, WNIN and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16

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