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Some personal history in poem and song. The photos are mine…well, I dug them out of the archives. That’s the very beginning of the Dusty Chaps in 1...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:17
Howard complains about receiving "Your item has shipped" emails when it hasn't
- Added: Jun 21, 2021
- Length: 03:26
At my age I should probably being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I tell our daughters that some day they can hav...
- Added: Aug 26, 2020
- Length: 05:17
When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 04:40
The no-clapping-between-movements rule in a classical concert was created for a bad reason. So we’re gonna kill it -- you and me and Emanuel Ax.
- Added: May 13, 2020
- Length: 23:26
Too many people don't "get" Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is a big deal. It's also frivolous. And that's the best way to understand it.
- Added: Feb 21, 2020
- Length: 03:29
Who's replaced him? The Gen X Female. She's the boss. The's pulling the strings.
- Added: Jan 26, 2020
- Length: 03:42
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
Sometimes I see people and know I'm better them.
- Added: Nov 15, 2019
- Length: 03:30
After over three million airline travel miles I have thoughts on readying yourself for holiday travel.
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 03:33
I was asked to screen candidates for early admission to my alma mater. What they did, and didn't do, taught me a lot.
- Added: Sep 26, 2019
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 2
The topic of the differences in men and women has been discussed for ages. This explanation, though, solves everything.
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 2
I asked this simple question at dinner with a group of strangers. Things went downhill from there.
- Added: Sep 20, 2019
- Length: 03:28
- Purchases: 2
Fred Smith is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, he shares his perspectives through Wildersmith on the Gunflint
- Added: Jun 13, 2018
- Length: 06:42
It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Sep 22, 2017
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 1
Tim and I talk about the mysteries of the deep blue.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 31:15
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Forever Panting by Peter De Vries
- Added: Jan 15, 2017
- Length: 02:04
Presented by Northern Community Radio and Aaron Brown, The Great Northern Radio Show blends the classic model of a radio variety show with some mod...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 28, 2016
- Length: 02:01:18
- Purchases: 1
This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 02:58
A customer throws a tantrum at a tollbooth and the cashier responds.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 14, 2015
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 1
Its roots are natural, sure. But isn't spring a bit...overpromise-y? Sharon Glassman makes the case for a name change. Or maybe just a change of he...
Bought by Delta College Public Radio
- Added: Mar 30, 2015
- Length: 02:48
- Purchases: 1
Off-Ramp contributor Collin Friesen takes a humorour look at the differences between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving.
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 04:38
XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.
- Added: Sep 14, 2014
- Length: 01:43
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!!!
Featuring Actor Lt. Ricky Ryba, the HEAR Now Festival, and Robert Heinlein’s crowning achi...
- Added: Jun 19, 2014
- Length: 57:01