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The Sparks Brothers
From: Joyride Media
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Russell and Ron Mael are Sparks. The two brothers have spent over 5 decades ahead of the pop music curve, influencing a lot of bands you know.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KOSU, KPSQ-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Daniel Johnston-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Yip Jump! Music, Credit: Daniel Johnston
Celebrating the great outside artist, songwriter and performer with his music and exclusive interviews.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 32:35
142: I'm No Princess
From: The Mortified Podcast
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The pitfalls of teenagers and tiaras.  This week, Mortified explores the obsession kids have with becoming a princess. The Mortified Podcast is a p...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2018
  • Length: 27:45
Boston’s Skippy White – A Vinyl Life
From: Brian Coleman
Caption: Skippy White and Marc Siegel
Physical record stores have made a comeback in recent years, but there's one in Boston that never went away. At Skippy White's CDs & Records, owner...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2018
  • Length: 21:17
The Comedy of Ryan Khal and Earl Elliot
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, we visit with Ryan Khal and Earl Elliot, two comedians from the Twin Cities. They share with us how they create a...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
Hypnotic Induction
From: The Organist
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“If you’re listening to this while driving a car, obviously, leave your eyes open.” In this special appendix to our recent episode on psychoacousti...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 08:35
The Working Tapes: Press Agent
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Working Tapes
Caption: Eddie Jaffee, Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 3
Jose Serebrier
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Jose Serebrier and John Clare, Credit: Casey Houtz
Jose Serebrier is an internationally respected conductor and composer. We'll speak to him about his artistry and some new recordings.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Splatter Platters Make Things Matter. Episode #528
From: Teosson Wells
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Rediscover splatter platters and how radio takes us on a ride!

  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 11:50
The Speed of Sound: Matthew Logan Vasquez (of Delta Spirit)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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After fronting Delta Spirit for the last decade, Matthew Logan Vasquez decided it was finally time to try out his solo side. Not that he has any p...

Bought by KUCB, KRCB 104.9, and KSUT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Bike on Bike. Body on Body. Mallet on Mallet.
From: Sergio Anthony Gonzalez
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Two wheels, a ski pole with attached pipe and six steely grins. 3-2-1 Polo! Once in a lifetime happens three nights a week at the University of Mon...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:20
Hunting for EVPs, and Turning Up Some Good Times.
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
For the Love of the (Video) Game
From: Jack D'Isidoro
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An underground--literally--DIY video game tournament in New York City's Chinatown.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Small town movie theaters surviving in the digital age
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The downtown movie theater has long been a fixture of small town Minnesota. But with advent of multiplexes, DVDs and on-demand viewing, small town ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
The PDX Carpet Love Story
From: Rendered
Series: Rendered
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Roswell the painting horse
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Foundation may have one of the most unique benefactors around. KFAI producer Susan Budig introduces us to Roswel...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Independent Quarry Cinema in Cold Spring Defies Corporate Censorship and Fears, Becomes One of a Handful of Minnesota Theaters to Screen Sony's The Interview
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Recently, Sony was hacked, and because of this hack and the ensuing threats that followed, the company decided not to widely release their film “Th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 1
The Return of Doctor Thunder
From: Kellie Hamilton
Caption: Which cat is this?, Credit: Kellie Hamilton
How a cat travels from Texas to North Carolina to the Great Beyond. And then maybe back to North Carolina.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2014
  • Length: 13:06
Off-Ramp Presents: Jim Tully, father of hardboiled fiction, the "most hated man in Hollywood"
From: john rabe
Caption: Jim Tully at an MGM soundstage, Credit: MGM
Off-Ramp's Chris Greenspon tells the fabulous and tragic story of Jim Tully, famous in the Thirties, forgotten in the Forties.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 14:18
Space, Stars and Satellites (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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Songs related to Space, Stars and Satellites

  • Added: Oct 23, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
The Icy Winds of Lovecraft (Promo)
From: Iain Wilson
Caption: Antarctic explorers discover a creature in a cavern, Credit: Astounding Tales, February 1936
On the 35th Anniversary of Alien, "The Icy Winds of Lovecraft" looks at how Alien and John Carpenter's The Thing were both influenced by the strang...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: :58
Fireworks (Version One) EXPANDED EDITION
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte (EXPANDED EDITION)
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This is the LONG version of the 10 Min Sound Byte - Songs about Fireworks

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 25:22
Songs Used In Commercials (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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This episode discusses songs that have been used in ad campaigns (i.e. Commercials)

  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Lumberjill 101
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Shara Morris went to the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival in Rumford, Maine to see if she could cut it…or maybe saw it as a lumberjill.

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
The History of Wonder Woman
From: Bitch Media
Series: Popaganda
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Wonder Woman first hit the comic book page over 70 years ago. We look at how she's changed at what she means today.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 39:32
  • Purchases: 1