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The Author's Corner on Public Radio: from "Now I See You"
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JULY 2014
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Author Nicole C. Kear reads from her memoir of learning of a life-changing disease as a teen. Amusing, touching, and part of our daily readings -- ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
February
From: Tully McLoughlin
Series: The Smörgåsbord
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In which the theme of "February" is explored and heightened.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 17:50
Barking Up The Wrong Tree
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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On this week's episode, stories about looking for answers in the wrong places, mercury in the water, and...bigfoot.

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 2
Top 100 Americans?
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
Clean your clock
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:26
Celine & Me
From: Nick Jaworski
Series: Music and The Moment
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In this humorous piece, Nick, a music teacher, tells the story of two Celine Dion songs and how they have helped him understand the value of music ...

  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:38
Peter Cherches reads from Lift Your Right Arm (5/2)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, part of our weekday readings for MAY.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
BREAKING RECORDS: More Songs Than Legally Advisable!
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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This week I'm attempting to do something I've never done before on Turntable For One. Entertain? I heard that. Play nice! No, this week I'm going t...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:54
A Message From the NRA (National Rock Association)
From: Stephen Provizer
Series: Cultural Curmudgeon
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Is there really controversy over our wanting to introduce youth to the joys of rock-throwing?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
TSR14-12 Live from Reedsburg
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio live in concert from the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Featuring Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchest...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, WDSE, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 2: Appointments
From: Ethan Woods
Series: Pings From The Abyss
Caption: Mouth Of The Abyss, Credit: Lauren Gurney
An episode about appointments featuring Randall Jarrell, Tina the Tyrant, and Pillowman. Music by The Suitcase, Film Society for Nomads, Tumblewee...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 51:07
TSR14-10 Corey Carlson
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry talks about outhouses and welcomes singer songwriter Corey Carlson.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KSRQ, WRNC-LP, WDSE, Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 6
WAKE-UP CALLS
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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You're getting drowsy...your eyes are getting heavy...you long for "sleep that knits up the raveled sleave of care." Hypnotism? Apnea? Narcolepsy? ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
Things Are Better Then We Think
From: Jimmy Tingle
Series: Jimmy Tingle: Bits from Making Comic Sense
Caption: Jimmy Tingle in action, Credit: Ellen Low, Photographer
Comedy bits from Making Comic Sense by Jimmy Tingle. Track 16 of 16.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:04
  • Purchases: 1
Mandela
From: Jimmy Tingle
Series: Jimmy Tingle: Bits from Making Comic Sense
Caption: Jimmy Tingle in action, Credit: Ellen Low, Photographer
Comedy bits from Making Comic Sense by Jimmy Tingle. Track 15 of 16.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
Baseball & Politics
From: Jimmy Tingle
Series: Jimmy Tingle: Bits from Making Comic Sense
Caption: Jimmy Tingle in action, Credit: Ellen Low, Photographer
Comedy bits from Making Comic Sense by Jimmy Tingle. Track 14 of 16.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
Guns
From: Jimmy Tingle
Series: Jimmy Tingle: Bits from Making Comic Sense
Caption: Jimmy Tingle in action, Credit: Ellen Low, Photographer
Comedy bits from Making Comic Sense by Jimmy Tingle. Track 13 of 16.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Marathon Bombing
From: Jimmy Tingle
Series: Jimmy Tingle: Bits from Making Comic Sense
Caption: Jimmy Tingle in action, Credit: Ellen Low, Photographer
Comedy bits from Making Comic Sense by Jimmy Tingle. Track 12 of 16.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:13
Deborah Sharp's Florida Mysteries on Thirty Four 50
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: Thirty-Four50 - Joseph Dobzynski - Florida Series
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Deborah Sharp was a reporter for USA Today for nearly two decades. Given all the stories she wrote about killer sharks, rampaging alligators, and h...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:10
God Outside The Grocery
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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"What is your conception of God?" Everybody seems to have a unique answer to this question, as folk journalist Hank Rosenfeld found outside a groc...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Lake Superior State's 39th Annual List of Words to be Banished...#canyousayannoying?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Every year WTIP's The Roadhouse talks with the word-watchers over at Lake Superior State University in Marquette, Mich., about their words to be 'b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
Wiarton Willie, Canadian Groundhog
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
Tell Us Why You Want To Work Here?
From: Bryan Ward
Caption: Catherine Breese, Credit: Bryan Ward
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Richest You've Ever Been?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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With the gap between Haves and the Have-nots widening in the U.S., Hank Rosenfeld asks folks about a time when they felt they had their plenty-est.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 3
Capitol Steps: Politics Takes a Holiday New Year's Edition 2013
From: Capitol Steps
Caption: Capitol Steps, Credit: Capitol Steps
Help roast 2013 to a crisp with the Capitol Steps and their annual year-in-review awards ceremony!

Bought by KUOW, WHRV, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3

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