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For today’s dumb idea, meet Barry Marshall. An Australian medical student, in 1982 he claimed that bacteria cause gastritis… then peptic ulcers, th...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 02:30
Wonder drugs have snuffed out some terrifying diseases. But first they must be approved by the U.S. government’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 02:30
We don’t hear the word “anarchy” much today, but a century ago it was a worldwide social movement. In 1894 Charles Rodolf wrote: “The true anarchis...
- Added: May 20, 2024
- Length: 02:30
Apologies--we had sound quality issues. We did not record from the bottom of a metal trash can while hiding from mystery blobs falling from the sky...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 04:53
- Purchases: 1
This week on On Story we’ll hear from award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer and director, Kemp Powers who wrote the critically acclaimed...
- Added: Aug 11, 2021
- Length: 54:00
When it’s Snakesgiving Time in the Mojave, everybody’s just a little more careful. Goes well with these weird new times, being careful. So please m...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jun 03, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:19
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
It's FM91's 40th birthday! WGTE FM in Toledo began broadcasting May 2, 1976 and for four decades has continued to deliver the highest quality arts,...
- Added: May 02, 2016
- Length: 06:20
Stuck with a hermit at Yuletide
Bought by WXXI Rochester, KWMR, KEOS, KSRQ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more
- Added: Dec 15, 2015
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 15
The St. Paul Winter Carnival has been a tradition in the Twin Cities for over 100 years! Today we learn from the carnivals cast of characters just ...
- Added: Oct 09, 2015
- Length: 32:54
Come with us on a visit to the home of the prime meridian for a conversation with the curator of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich about the race to...
Bought by WQCS, KMUD, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KFCF FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more
- Added: Jul 28, 2015
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 6
All you need to know about the legendary music venue in New Orleans. From The Doors to The Who, The Warehouse was The place to play in the Crescen...
- Added: Dec 18, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Do you know who wrote "That '70s Show" theme song, "In the Street"? Cheap Trick, maybe? Wrong: Big Star. Today's episode of Rock School will discus...
- Added: May 27, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Everything you always wanted to know about Todd Rundgren... and some things you didn't want to know. This episode tracks the history, showcases th...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Shannon Selberg was the downright frightening frontman, vocalist, and part-time bugle player for eleven years for the legendary Minneapolis punk/n...
- Added: Mar 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
For the second week of March (3/13): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the very first Czech musicians to perform i...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
