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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time, Forces Of Nature with Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Led Zeppelin and The D...

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Grunge, a genre so very much loved by 80's kids, hated by 80's parents, boring to today's kids, loved by today's parent's. It's music that hallmark...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Weekly 4 minute excursion thru pop music history featuring rarities, oddities and classics. This time we take a peek at Hats, with Carmen Miranda, ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This is short, weekly humorous commentary on recent events in the news.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 10:53
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Weekly 4 minute excursion through musical oddities, rarities and classics. This time we celebrate 50 years of Bond tunes with Shirley Bassey, Paul ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Corin Tucker of Corin Tucker Band, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Acclaimed author ROB REID. Author CHELSEA CAIN. Musical guest JOE PUG. Sleater-Kinney alum's solo project CORIN TUCKER BAND.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 55:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Corin Tucker of Corin Tucker Band, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Acclaimed author ROB REID. Author CHELSEA CAIN. Musical guest JOE PUG. Sleater-Kinney alum's solo project, CORIN TUCKER BAND.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, 90.5 WESA, and WCPN


  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
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Weekly 4 minute jaunt through musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time a look at pop music and politics with Rage Against The Machine, Ni...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Sep 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Weekly 4 minute jaunt through musical oddities, rarities and classics. This time we head out to the countryside with John Denver, Roy Rogers, Louis...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:55
Caption: Fruit Bats, Eric D. Johnson, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author BRIAN DOYLE. Storyteller AMBER JO. Musical Guests FRUIT BATS.

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Weekly 4 minute jaunt through musical rarities, oddities and classics, this time a taste of honey in pop music with Mary Poppins, Burl Ives, and Sp...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Sep 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hey Marseilles Indie Folk Band, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
ELIZABETH WEIL - Author of "No Cheating, No Dying: I had a Good Marriage and I Tried to Make it Better." IAN KARMEL - Stand-up comic, winner of t...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Weekly 4-minute thrill-ride through music history, featuring oddities, rarities and classics. This time, Work Songs with Harry Belafonte, Dolly Par...

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time, we buy into brand names in song with NIrvana, Paul Simon, Marilyn Monr...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 18, 2012
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: New York Times Best-selling author of Wild, Cheryl Strayed, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
CHERYL STRAYED - Best-selling Author LAUREN WEEDMAN - Actress, Writer, Humorist LAURA GIBSON- Singer/Songwriter

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
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Weekly 4 minute dash through musical oddities, rarities and classics. This time we take a poke at the 1%, with Zero Mostel, The Beatles, Ethel Merm...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Indie Pop band Lost Lander, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
AJ JACOBS - New York Times bestselling author. DAVID WOLMAN - Author and Journalist. LOST LANDER - Portland indie pop band.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Weekly 4 minute excursion through musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we go Hawaiian with Elvis Presley, Don Ho, Ethel Merman and Th...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:58
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Sam outlines the dangers of being friends with Jason Bateman, unearths rare audio from a Phantom City television broadcast, and gives away one bill...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 13:32
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Weekly 4 minute dash through musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we pick up the phone with Glenn Miller, Wilson Pickett, Astrud Gilb...

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Weekly 4 minute excursion through musical oddities, rarities and classics, this time bragadoccio is on display with Muddy Waters, Peggy Lee the Pre...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Not only does today’s episode contain the very first official review of “The Dark Knight Rises” to be posted on the Internet (NB: little to no rese...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 40:05
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Weekly 4 minute thrill ride through musical oddities, rarities and classics. This time "Monkey Business", with The Beatles, Nervous Norvous, Annett...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:47
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This week we go on an epic bicycle race with Queen, Yves Montand, Dinah Shore and...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
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Weekly 4 minute binge of musical rarities, oddities and classics. This time we find chemical elements are the building blocks of many a pop tune. W...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1