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The Man who Named 'Earth Day'
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Julian Koenig, who coined 'Earth Day'., Credit: Photo Courtesy of Sarah Koenig
Who came up with the name 'Earth Day'? It turns out, a legendary Madison Avenue ad man named Julian Koenig. He was responsible for some of the most...

Bought by KMXT, WSLR, KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
"The stuff dreams are made of" - the search for the Maltese Falcon
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Litography Project
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The mystery over what the falcon really is, whether it even existed, and why it has any value has remained so compelling, in fact, that over the ye...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
One Last Word: Signs
From: Mark Blackmon
Series: One Last Word
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Signs. They’re everywhere, but do we ever stop to examine them? Probably not, unless there’s something about them that one finds funny. Or weird. O...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:56
Buster Keaton rides into Carrboro, NC
From: nic beery
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Carrboro, NC celebrates the 80th birthday of Buster Keaton's classic "The General".

  • Added: Sep 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
Dragon Man's Machine Gun Shoot
From: KRCC-FM
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Remembering 9/11 by shooting stuff and blowing it up

  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Length: 08:55