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Like a Hurricane
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Night has fallen on the desert, and if you’re in the Western Mojave around Joshua Tree National Park and all the way out to Kelso and Las Vegas and...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Down in the Flood
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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An interesting thing about a raging flash flood is how quiet it is, for the most part. Sometimes you’ll hear a pinyon log sort of bonk against a bo...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
225: Bees vs Mirrors
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Fresh off the research presses in early 2022, a new study on how honey bees navigate the world while they fly. Turns out still water and mirrors ar...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
223: Turnspit Dogs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1576 and you don't have a young boy to spare to turn your meat while it cooks. So what could you use? A turnspit dog.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
It Is Definitely Summer
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune into the next “Sounds Jewish” for summer songs and shtick from around the Jewish world.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
219: Wife Selling
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In the 16 and 1700s, wife selling was a type of marital separation that people did when they couldn't afford divorce. It was shaming, mysoginistic,...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
That's Entertainment!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the significant seven weeks between the Passover and Shavuos festivals with music, comedy, and spoken word fro...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and WLPR


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
215: James Madison & the 4 Letters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1789 and the beginning of bureaucracy in the United States. James Madison is writing letters to smooth the path of George Washington's disorga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
214: Sky Puppies
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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While baby Egyptian fruit bats start life getting carried around, once they get too heavy, their mothers leave them in a cave while they forage. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Alien Satire
From: Spud Davenport
Series: Satire Rock City Radio Show
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Satire Rock City Radio Show #111

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:51
The Number of Squirrels in NYC Parks in a Nutshell
From: Rebekah Robinson
Caption: Curious squirrel, Central Park, New York, Credit: basair is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0
How many squirrels are there in Central Park? It’s not just a trivia question for a dinner party. The answer tells us a lot about the urban environ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:44
Airplane Safety
From: Shelly Williams
Series: Cheney Cutler pieces
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Welcome aboard the economy flight of your choice! Sit back and enjoy. The following was recorded in transit, up in the air, and on solid ground s...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 03:06
I Am Perplexed
From: KICI Iowa City
Series: Iowa City Police Log
Caption: Wants to know if you can drive through a yellow light
Iowa City Police Log entries from confused people in perplexing situations.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:03
Troubles at Home
From: KICI Iowa City
Series: Iowa City Police Log
Caption: Finger Stuck in Baby Wipe Container
Iowa City Police Log entries related to domestic chaos.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 02:23
208: Thunderclappers
From: Trace Kerr
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It wasn't just fame and glory that inspired Lewis and Clark's expedition across this great land. It took a "medication" so powerful that people wou...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 04:58
207: Cockroach Personalities
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Anything that scatters when you turn on the light...does it have a personality? Is the cockroach urge to run an indicator of a bold or timid world ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
206 part one: Goldfish FOV
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You've heard of an ROV, a remotely operated vehicle. But did you ever think you'd see an FOV, a fish operated vehicle? Israeli scientists have atte...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
190: Beard Power
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Those of you with a thick beard, that hair does more than make you look suave or rugged. Turns out, a beard might be protecting your face. There's ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
David Sedaris
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the writer made famous on public radio with the airing of his “Santaland Diaries.” In this 1997 intervie...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Mixtape Episode 89 - Guest Host Jared Hofstad - Humorous songs
From: Patrick Brickson
Series: The Mixtape with Pat Brickson
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Guest Jared Hoftstad's favorite funny songs

  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 56:55
Episode 2 (of 2)
From: Steve Boyle
Series: Webb Wilder, Last of the Full Grown Men "Mole Men"
Caption: WWLOTFGM "Mole Men" Episode 2, Credit: graphic art by Elvis Wilson
Staring: Webb Wilder, George Lindsey ("Goober" The Andy Griffith Show), Felix Cavaliere (60s Rock group The Rascals & RnR Hall of Famer), Jonell Mo...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1 (of 2)
From: Steve Boyle
Series: Webb Wilder, Last of the Full Grown Men "Mole Men"
Caption: WWLOTFGM "Mole Men" Episode 1, Credit: graphic art by Elvis Wilson
Staring: Webb Wilder, George Lindsey ("Goober" The Andy Griffith Show), Kathy Mattea (Country multi Grammy winner), James Griffin (70s Pop group Br...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 1
186: Sudden Genius
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine waking up from a nap to discover that you have the ability to compose music in your head. What a shock that would be! There are people who ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 2
Twentynine Palms, Twelve Dollars & Change
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Tonight we come to you from Theatre29 in sweltering Twentynine Palms, California. Flash floods, heat domes, weird animals, RedBlueBlackSilver, what...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Songs Based on the News
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Earlier this year, we did a shows on the topics of folk songs and while researching that show, we found a lot of songs outside the folk genre that ...

Bought by WYAP, KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6

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