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The Comedy-O-Rama New Year Special
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: Judy Tenuta, Stuart Pankin, and Bob Camp Ring in the New Year, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Bob Camp, Stuart Pankin and Judy Tenuta help The Comedy-O-Rama Hour ring in the New Year, presenting some of the funniest moments from the improvis...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:57
The Church of Pancakes
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Notes From the Huntley Project
Caption: The Church of Pancakes fireworks stand, Credit: and original painting by Tom Zavitz
Emotion battles ethics in this action-packed caper. Nine-year-old Jaybird and his partner in crime, Kenny, love the Fourth of July — the sound of a...

Bought by WVTF, WYPL, KICI Iowa City, KUPR low power FM, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 12
"The Joe Bev Valentine Treat" (One Hour Special)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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A charming hour of stories about love, hosted by Joe Bevilacqua

  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 59:31
Crime novelist Sophie Hannah and "Kind of Cruel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A crime novelist and poet talks about where in England her books are set, why she chose a hypnotherapist as a character in this novel, "Kind of Cru...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Cafe Buzz-Jazz
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: "Cafe Buzz" Absurd Radio Plays
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Paul tries to pick up Susan again, this time using Jazz as the medium.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 11:08
Tell us a Tale Episode 19
From: WTJU
Series: Tell Us A Tale
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"Bearhead" and "Ants and the Grasshopper"

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:04
Tell Us a Tale Episode 4
From: WTJU
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"Rumpelstiltskin" and "Oniroku"

  • Added: Jul 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
Marjorie Smith, author of Making Up Amelia
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marjorie Smith talks about and reads from her novel, Making Up Amelia, which is set in Guam, Saipan, and San Francisco

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
"Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Comedy-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev's "Deconstructing Laurel & Hardy", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Give your listeners a break from the news with this one-hour special that mixes new radio theater and classic soundtracks, deconstructed by veteran...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:38
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown - Cooking With Wolfgang Buck
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
"A Most Ambitious Experiment"
From: WHJE
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Radio Drama Adaptation of "A Most Ambitious Experiment" by Mike Krath

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:44
IBRT Season 2, Episode 4; 'On the Road Again...'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:01
Peter Pan (aka Peter and Wendy) by James M. Barrie
From: Roy Trumbull
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This is the Peter Pan novel that was published seven years after the play and fleshed out all the characters.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry at the Homesick Restaurant: the Literary Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
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Anne Tyler has a new book out! "The Beginner's Goodbye." Here Julia Child presents passages from an earlier Anne Tyler favorite, "Dinner at the Hom...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:58
"Abbott & Costello in the Catskills"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Comedy-O-Rama Hour
Caption: "Abbott & Costello" (Joe Bevilacqua & Bob Greenberg)
An authentic recreation of a 1930s Borscht Belt variety show, recorded before a live audience in the Catskills, produced by veteran award-winning r...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
IBRT Season 1, Episode 3; 'The Ambition Club' & 'The Cabin Next Door'
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: The Icebox Radio Theater
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The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laug...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pedro's Christmas Fables
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Christmas Programming
Caption: Charming New Christmas Modules Your Listeners Will Love!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg, Joe Bevilacqua
A new collection of twelve 2 to 7 minute charming holiday modules by noted Spanish author Pedro Pablo Sacristan, produced by Joe Bevilcqua. Great...

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Terravoice Show 1 Fall 2011
From: Maria Cassidy
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Silly MIT nerds that love talking about and music of anything relating to the environment!

  • Added: Nov 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:16
Daws Butler's Halloween Happening
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Caption: Daws Butler's Halloween Happening, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A new production of the classic radio play by the voice of Yogi Bear, Daws Butler!

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 45:24
Food for Thought
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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A radio drama/semi-romance built on sound gathered during a field trip to southwestern India. Two American travelers, brought by chance to a tiny I...

  • Added: May 13, 2011
  • Length: 22:19
Restful, Shady Places
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2008 Third Coast ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera
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The authors of "Trailer Ahoy!" and "Trees as Good Citizens" enjoy a written correspondence relating to their books' proximity in the library.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Isn't That Kind of Impersonal?
From: WHJE
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A tale of a boy and gift purchasing problems

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 11:07
  • Purchases: 1
CHICKEN A LA STEINBECK
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: John Steinbeck, Credit: FANPIX.net
A gift from the Julia Child Foundation. In "Cannery Row" the hobos poach a chicken over a campfire, in a 5-gallon coffee can. What they don't know,...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, and KUT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 26:55
  • Purchases: 5
Craig Johnson: Junkyard Dogs
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Craig Johnson talks about JUNKYARD DOGS, the sixth book in his Walt Longmire mystery series. He also reads a few pages and tel...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Cartoon Carnival #11
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Cartoon Carnival with Joe Bev.
Caption: Jay Ward's "Peabody and Sherman" are featured on the 11th "Cartoon Carnival" with Joe Bev.
An hour of rare and classic cartoon audio, and documentary with June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, rare Huckleberry Hound.

  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 52:33