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Caption: Malort and me. , Credit: Robin Amer
You might say that Malort is Chicago's signature drink. Which would be fine, if it weren't so disgusting. For the uninitiated, here is the story of...

Bought by KUT and WILL


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Flickr Creative Commons, Credit: Alaskan Dude
As most of you know, a band of pirates has been occupying Unit 8T sicne last December, although the exact nature of their tenancy remains unclear.

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: 420 Event
Three days late and a dollar short isn’t that unusual for the stoner lifestyle. Vying for a legalized status in the all American tradition of a sit...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 02:00

  • Added: Mar 22, 2010
  • Length: 11:05
  • Purchases: 5
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The tale of a Dunkin Donuts, an armed robbery, and a high school girl I wanted to throw sugar packets at. The author almost loses his jelly.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, KUT, PRX Remix, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 4
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I am offended by the foul odor which emanates from this stinking sweat-factory!

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
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A recollection of a temp job at a nuclear submarine base, in which the author stacks boxes, doesn’t go anywhere near a submarine, and mispronounces...

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
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This week the Global Guru travels to Holland to learn how to insult someone... in Dutch. A surprising look at a secular society.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 2
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Who says 13 is unlucky? We’ve made it this far and are so thankful to have done so! For thirteen, we travel to just north of Tucson, AZ to intervie...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
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A native of North Texas, Deborah Crombie is busy writing her fourteenth Kincaid/James novel.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:50
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Lou Berney is an accomplished writer, teacher, and liar. He has written feature screenplays and created TV pilots for, among others, Warner Brother...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2010
  • Length: 26:33
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We speak with writer and filmmaker Royal Miller about writing for daytime soaps—Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children to name a few—an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Keyboard Cat, Credit: Via YouTube.com
Exploring internet memes with Jamie Wilkinson from Know Your Meme — what are they? how do they develop?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Disappointing Coupons

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:11
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Famous Men in Russian History

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:18
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Dioramas Kept in Storage at the American Museum of Natural History

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:34
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Methods of Culinary Relaxation

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:36
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A comedic, solo rant about identity in relation to hair.

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, KFOK-LPFM, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 47:20
  • Purchases: 4
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Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (Reno 911) get serious with America to present the real truth about "Weird Al" Yankovic that the mainstream med...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WNIN, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Author Marilyn Johnson hs written the obituaries for Katharine Hepburn, Princess Diana, Jackie Onassis, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Marlon Brando fo...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:52
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Often called a cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter Thompson, Texas-born James Crumley is the author of twelve novels. He died in 2008.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 31:29
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Michael Ledwidge is the author of "The Narrowback" and "Bad Connection." He has also written five novels in collaboration with James Patterson.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:41
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Bob Truluck is a building contractor and novelist living in Florida.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:17
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J Milligan is the author of "The Wisdom of Big Bird" and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:04
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Sean Doolitte is the author of "Dirt" and is busy on his next novel.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 31:43