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Summer Dream, Crooked Rain
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
Caption: DESERT ORACLE RADIO
Heat domes and sultry Palm Springs mornings, weird ravens and odd dreams of wildlife appearances. The brain boils in the desert summer. It boils ou...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
78rpm Party with Chef Mark/Doug the Jitterbug 6/15/21
From: Doug Hillyard
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Radio show on KZCT 89.5 FM Vallejo, CA (Ozcatradio.com) "On The Side" with Chef Mark, featuring guest Doug the Jitterbug. Chef Mark gets the turnta...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 02:55:03
176: Math Pain
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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If you're like Trace, the thought of math makes you want to run and hide; that anxiety, that tightness in your chest, the weird shooting pains (wai...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Heat Monster
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Well it finally happened, just like every year. All the sudden, it’s hot again. A week ago, it was pleasant out. Now, we cry in the frying pan. Or ...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
Sasparella Trauffea is Dancing: An Original Radio Theater Production
From: KVSC
Series: Granite City Radio Theater
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For the fourth year in a row, KVSC Radio in partnership with GREAT Theatre is proud to present...Sasparella Trauffea is Dancing!, an original radio...

  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:16
162: penguin Guano & Giggle Gas
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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There's a strange connection between King penguins, one of their favorite islands, and Nitrous Oxide gas.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
161: Wild Hamsters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Our best topics come from late night dinner table conversations with our kids. Amy attempts to answer the question: Are there herds of hamsters roa...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
160: Fab Female Frog Lungs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Imagine if you could block out loud noises at a party by taking a really deep breath. That's how the female American Green Tree Frog manages to fil...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
It's Not For Everyone
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Some people like it, some people don't. We are talking about the desert. And this week—challenged by a listener to stop romanticizing the desert so...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
150: The Amazing Shrew
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Who knew a tiny animal could contain such a multitude of cool facts? For our 150th episode we dive into the life of the shrew. It's a phenomenal cr...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
137: Fred vs The Mississippi
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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On July 6th, 1930 Fred Newton dipped a toe into the Mississippi river and explained to reporters that he planned to swim from Minneapolis to New Or...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Junot Files: Peter David
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
135: Moon Junk
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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A word on sound quality: We're still recording remotely. Just pretend Amy is on the moon, reporting from her own personal spaceship. Besides the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
134: Glowing Squirrels
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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An accidental discovery by scientist Jonathan G. Martin lead to a surprise at his bird feeder. Turns out Flying Squirrels in the United States have...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Election 2020 Democracy or Disaster
From: Doug Hillyard
Series: Doug the Jitterbug's Audio Collage
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Aircheck from 10/22/20 radio show on KZCT 89.5 FM Vallejo,CA (Ozcatradio.com). As we approach election, I am not going to be wimpy and not take sid...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 03:00:35
126: Marital Duels
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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During the 13th century, in the part of the world that would become Germany, husbands and wives could settle marital disagreements with an elaborat...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
King of Klutter
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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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
120: Play Doh
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1930, the Kutol company came up with a putty to clean coal dust off of walls. Impending bankruptcy forced them to shift gears to find new ways o...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 81: The Ghost Of Africa
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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South Africans Chris Diedericks and Anna Calitz wanted to go on a romantic getaway, but their adventure broke down before it even began.

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 21:41
  • Purchases: 3
Doctor Cerberus
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Coming of age in the comforting glow of late-night TV.

Bought by KKRN, KWMR, KCRW, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 32
Re:sound - The Chicago Show
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast
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This hour, a love letter to city of broad shoulders: Chicago.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Spokane Public Radio, 'The Sea', Troy Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
YBYG181: You Bet Your Garden # 81 The Saviors of Springtime, 4/16/2020
From: You Bet Your Garden
Series: You Bet Your Garden
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On this episode of YBYG Mike McGrath digs into Spring Saviors like Forsythia & Spring Bulbs! And of course your fabulous phone calls!

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
103: Mysterious Duck Feet
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's freezing but that flock of ducks is standing barefoot on an icy pond. Why don't they have frostbite? Turns out, ducks (any many other birds) h...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 04:37
101: Jimmy Legs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The term Jimmy Legs describes both a syndrome and the restless leg bumping up and down that some of us do when nervous or full of energy. Let's fin...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2020
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1

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