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Caption: Andy Schneider hosted a lecture and book signing of "The Chicken Whisperer's Guide to Keeping Chickens" on Sunday at Tractor Supply Co. Schneider is the host of an internet radio show called "Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer" and the editor-in-, Credit: Katie Bell, the Missourian
Andy Schneider IS the Chicken Whisperer. He doesn't profess to talk to chickens, but he does know everything you need to raise backyard poultry AND...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 09:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Studs Terkel
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country interviewing people about their jobs. Studs recorded more th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 10
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Everyone's familiar with local laws that don't seem to make sense. In Tennessee, it’s illegal for grocery stores to sell wine, but legal to ride in...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
  • Purchases: 1
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MESSENGER is the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging mission that has been orbiting the innermost planet for more than thr...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Composer and founder of Avant Media Randy Gibson discusses the current season of the Avant Music Festival.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 38:16
Caption: Researchers have theorized that up to half of Earth's water is older than the sun. It likely formed in the cold molecular cloud that spawned our solar system., Credit: Bill Saxton, NSF/AUI/NRAO
Ilse Cleeves is lead author of a paper that concludes up to half of our solar system’s water is older than the solar system itself. The implication...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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FILMS AROUND THE WORLD deals with film an an international commodity. In terms of commercial entertainment at home, on the big screen in theaters e...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:10
Caption: Trish Witkowski, Chief Folding Officer, Credit: Louisa Jonas
Every single Thursday for the last five years Trish Witkowski has uploaded a video just meant for the few thousand people in the world that design ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:59
Caption: "We See Thee Rise" University of Toronto Convocation Hall, October 1, 2014, Credit: The Planetary Society
We welcomed 1,600 Canadian space enthusiasts to the University of Toronto for our October 1st celebration of Canada in space! Join Mat Kaplan and ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Ray has been an activist most of his life. He organized lunch counter sit-ins and participated in the March on Washington. When he was drafted to f...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 23:59
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Frank Wheeler, Jr. is a novelist living in Wisconsin.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 13:47
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The recycling economy of southern Maine

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:07
Caption:  Earth-like planet  In this artist's conception, the atmosphere of an Earth-like planet displays a brownish haze - the result of widespread pollution. New research shows that the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope potentially could detect certain polluta, Credit: Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Harvard’s Henry Lin led work that determined the soon-to-be-launched James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect an alien civilization by anal...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Alan DeValerio was a White House butler for Presidents Carter and Reagan., Credit: Alan DeValerio
"The Butler" didn't do it - or so says real-life White House butler Alan DeValerio.

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Internet search engines have no way of taking context into consideration. The closest Google has come is to hone the search by user’s zip code, wh...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:37
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Would you do anything to have a baby?

Bought by WJCT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 14:36
  • Purchases: 2
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What would it cost to book your favorite band? From a case of beer to a million dollars, every band has its price.

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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It's a countdown from 100 to 51 of the best guitar solos in rock this week. Amazingly, they're not all from Van Halen! Stops on the journey inclu...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KSKQ, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Wine expert Narsi David, Credit: Reese Erlich 2014 (c)
Reese Erlich unravels a family tale and explores old wine making as he opens a mysterious magnum of Sebastiani Barbera.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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The "Blues Rib Shack" is a Blues music show lasting one hour with three segments. This show is part of a limited series of shows that your listen...

  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 55:13
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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...

Bought by KSKQ, KFOK-LPFM, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Tent Show Radio
A selection of songs performed by some of our favorite artists up at the tent including Brandi Carlile, The Pines, Punch Brothers, Cloud Cult, Taj ...

Bought by KSRQ, Wisconsin Public Radio, WNMU-FM, WRNC-LP, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Robert Zink's new book, "The Three-Minute Outdoorsman," distills the latest news from the world of science & nature into three-minute tidbits of in...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 16:35
  • Purchases: 1
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There's a man in Brooklyn who owns a song by Sufjan Stevens... but he doesn't release it as some normally would. He does something much more special.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:30