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WONDERLAND RADIO HOUR is a series of free public programs featuring stories about the people, places and history of our lower Russian River communi...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Today’s episode begins with rock & roll and ends with royalty. When bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were becoming popular, they weren...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 49:00
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In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York. It didn’t go as planned. The house became the center of a case th...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 30:05
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1894 Cazadero train wreck, Gaye Lebaron on Black Bart, the restoration of Duncans Mills, the History of Pole Mountain Lookout, and more!

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 57:30
Caption: Rohulamin Quander at his home in Washington D.C. in 2016 and Alicia Argrett in Madison, Mississippi in 2010., Credit: Rohulamin Quander and Alicia Argrett.
An African American family that traces its roots back to Nancy Carter Quander, a woman who was enslaved by George and Martha Washington, talks abou...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2020
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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In April 1948, a few weeks before the establishment of the State of Israel, Ezra and Saida Chakak, a Jewish couple from Baghdad, gave birth to iden...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 10:22
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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Unhappy with contemporary America, Avery Thompson travels to Plymouth, Massachusetts to consult the man responsible for bringing his family to thes...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: "In the Company of Wolves" - Wolves are among the most controversial animals on the planet. We'll track Yellowstone's wolves with the peo...

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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This week's broadcast includes New Years folklore, this week's history lesson, celestial viewing, and a short story titled "Winter's Dreary Fog." ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 09:13
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Life in the 1970's with Tricky Dick...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2017
  • Length: 02:37:32
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Stories change. People change. Communities change. The first episode of 12 Knots, The Drift, features three stories from the small island communit...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 43:06
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Life’s precarious journey—lessons today’s parents often avoid. Rediscover the frightening tales from our collective past.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 11:46
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Dollar General is coming to Georgetown...

  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 02:53:07
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Since 1965, there’s been an unsolved murder in Houston, Texas. The main suspect managed to disappear and police were never able to find him. The ca...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 23:29
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Groundhog Day fully explored...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:27:06
  • Purchases: 1
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This alternate theme to "The Time Tunnel" has been used on a couple of THE TIME TRAVELER Mondays Late Night Radio Shows, as its end title.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:00
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You might not expect this to result from the best laid plans, nonetheless... (Rob plays with F/X and the opening theme to "The Time Tunnel")

  • Added: Sep 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
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The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has the largest collection of petrified wood in the world. The beautiful wood is more than 200 millio...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 20:17
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Producer Michael May discovers prototype designs for washing machines from the 1800s, which not only scrubbed clothes, but churned butter and made ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
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A family living in Idaho during the early 20th Century test the limits of the Postal Service, when they send a very special parcel through the Post.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Two stories about people looking for love using modern day strategies.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, KOSU, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
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