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‘The Seven Wonders of the World’ *sounds* impressive, but could they do with an update? That was the mission of the mysterious Swiss-based ‘New 7 W...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 09:15
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Who invented the hamburger? It’s almost impossible to know, given that mincemeat has been consumed all around the world, and for centuries – but Os...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:26
  • Purchases: 2
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What happens when your ideas about what makes a successful person are tied up in your ideas about your sister, who as you describe, is blonde, beau...

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


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
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One of the greatest joys in this life is the joy of our relationships. In today’s stories, you'll hear a Japanese story from Donald Davis about a m...

Bought by KTXK, WVPE, KSJE, and KKRN


  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 4
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Who's the Slavic folk character who lives in a house on top of giant chicken legs? Well, it's Baba Yaga. This story is told by the great storytelle...

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


  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 54:35
  • Purchases: 5
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A special storytelling Halloween episode with the Apple Seed! Spooky and silly stories about Halloween.

Bought by KTXK, KTSW 89.9, KTXK, KKRN, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 27, 2021
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Maybe you've heard the fairytale "Snow White and Rose Red", well on this episode of The Apple Seed, just for fun we'll bring you a fractured fairyt...

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


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 5
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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
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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
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On this episode of the Apple Seed, we share a hilarious story about the biggest mystery in the world: What might be behind the door of the teacher'...

Bought by KKRN and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Join us on today's episode with Bill Harley's telling of Mrs. Ammons and the Boys' Room. It's a story that will take you right back to elementary s...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, and WVPE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 3
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One man's Grandma becomes a social media icon for humerous advice.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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If your client calls a centimeter a "sontimeter," I'll assume they're medical and you've got a leader. This is Episode 82 of Engineering Word Of T...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:10
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A group of tough men sung my father Happy Birthday well before dawn at the Bradford Store at the crossroads of Dickenson, Alabama.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:40

  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
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SWE wants to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders," among other goals.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
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...for not having produced this scene. Author Eloisa James reads from her new novel, My American Duchess, who here is the picture of... a pineapple...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
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So, remember to observe carefully when in greenhouses.... Author Sarah MacLean reads from her Victorian novel, The Rogue Not Taken. Here, Sophie ca...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
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New summer, fresh start! This is is our first podcast to let people get to know the 2015 RadioActive summer workshops participants. We interviewed ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 07:23
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Does life seem too oh-so-serious? Then let's dive into the semi-ridiculous, often-caustic universe of celeb Chelsea Handler as she reads here from ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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So the other day I'm having a conversation with Siri, you know, my iPhone. So I'm asking her questions and I repeat it over and over and over again...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:01
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Frank Cioffi reads from his new book, One Day In The Life of The English Language. So, may you end sentences with a preposition?

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
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A master of fiction, Neil Gaiman reads from his latest book with the curious, clever title, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances. Per t...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Marti MacGibbon is a standup comedian and author. Through her stage act and book, she tells her story of recovery.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00