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Full Moon Hacksaw #1707 (Hour 1 & 2) - 10-17-2019
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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West coast jazz vinyl surfaces a few times this episode, first with Bob Cooper playing oboe. Then it’s the MJQ with impressive big band backing, sa...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KJZX-Austin, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
Verbena neomexicana
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I’m telling you, late summer and fall are great times to get out into the hills, especially if you want to find interesting plants. While you’re ou...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:02
Purshia Mexicana
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Cliffrose is the star of this show. It also goes by the common name quinine bush or the scientific name of Purshia mexicana. If you look at a map o...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 10:12
76: Weird World of Pets
From: Trace Kerr
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A half-marathon running dog, Japan's pet cafes, cats might be able to recognizing their names, but we're not completely sure (because cats am I rig...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 16:00
  • Purchases: 1
75: Worm Charming
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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This episode will have you outside with a sharpened stake, a hammer, a slab of metal and an empty coffee can. That's right, we're going to be talki...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 05:58
Quercus Quest
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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It’s always fun to have a quest when headed into the hills. It’s okay if the search doesn’t work out. It’s like the great old line, “getting ther...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 05:32
68: Seasonal Depression
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Sending a little love to our listeners in the Southern Hemisphere. It might be summer here, but it's the middle of winter down south. Turn on some ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Chicken In Your Backyard
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I revealed most of my personal chicken history in this show. It is an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control of my crazy love for chickens....

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #30: Milwaukee’s German Heritage
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Milwaukee has been called the most German city in America – already in the 1840s, large numbers of Germans who were fleeing wars in Europe began se...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2019
  • Length: 17:28
  • Purchases: 2
Quercus, Tree of Life
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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There are 13 species of oaks found in Arizona and they range from 3,000 to 8,000 feet in elevation across the state. The only one I haven’t seen i...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:07
47: Chlorine Trifluoride
From: Trace Kerr
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This chemical is no joke. Amy talks about how 1930's scientists discovered the explosive and insanely dangerous compound while trying to find a mor...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 04:25
29: Social Conventions
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why do we do the things we do while in public? Simple actions like using the restroom or riding the bus get a lot more complicated when thinking ab...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2019
  • Length: 20:19
42: International Ice Patrol
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Learn a bit about the women and men of the IIP who monitor icebergs in the northern reaches of our Atlantic ocean.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
Sharon Mansur: ...in the space between
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we sit down with Sharon Mansur to discuss her new site specific dance film, "...in the space between". Featuring Mansur...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 12:33
Full Moon Hacksaw #1652 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/27/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Two of the very top names are topics this episode, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, together and apart. From the spiritual to the mellow comes Rob...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:56
  • Purchases: 8
Full Moon Hacksaw #1642 (Hour 1 & 2) - 07/19/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Unintentional was to neglect real vocalists on the program this time, however making up for lost time are big bands like Bob Florence, Jay McShann ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WVBI-LP, WJSU and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 8
What Does "Affordable Housing" Really Mean?
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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It’s no secret that rent around Salt Lake City is really high. And if you drive around downtown, you’ll see tons of new apartment complexes under c...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 17:26
  • Purchases: 1
Marah Gilensis
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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A morning or two after I recorded this show I heard a scaled quail calling, so now I have both species calling starting at dawn and then off and on...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:20
This Week in Blues History #36 - December 2-8
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: This Week in Blues History
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This time we profile street musician Bongo Joe, who recorded a cult favorite for Arhoolie Records, in 1968.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
Distillery along Great Lakes turns booze into food – fish food
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: New York distillery and fish farm turns waste into supper, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Two companies in the Great Lakes region are teaming up for an unusual experiment in sustainability. They’re starting an aquaculture business. And a...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WBFO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 8
WYSIWYG
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Why Would Somebody Insist We Yank Goats? That's not what WYSIWYG stands for. This is Episode 53 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
Passion Fulfilled
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Velvet mesquite is the predominate native mesquite of southern Arizona. If you go west toward California, you will start running into western honey...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 05:18
Water For The Birds
From: KXCI
Series: Southwestern Trails
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During our drought many animals are in need of reliable water supply. Attract birds to you with a simple water feature.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
A Mesquitey Christmas Tradition
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I don’t think there is anything more heartbreaking than seeing a road killed pet. Well, honestly, I have a hard enough time with road killed wildli...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 05:28
White Nosed Coati
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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We have had 4-wheel drive vehicles for many years and we’ve always found it to be a great tool that can take the worry out of some roads. I just ha...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 05:16

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