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Regretsy describes itself as ""where DIY meets WTF." The silliest, grossest and most overpriced items listed on the online store Etsy are featured ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
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The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know! Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Musician Frankie Hernandez.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: Meredith Axelrod
Singer and early vocal recordings champion Meredith Axelrod chats about the vocalists who pioneered recorded sound technologies in the early twenti...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
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Diane... is an audio documentary that explores the world of Twin Peaks-fandom.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at breakfast and its importance in our culture.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
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John Curtis talks to his son John Wikiera, who he adopted as a baby from Vietnam.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP's Dave Seaton chatted recently with the delightful Mary Roach, author of quirky science books like "Stiff," "Bonk," and "Packing for Mars." H...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 30, 2013
  • Length: 22:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Mitch Skinner explores the world of Lego and some of its intricate designs.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:45
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Norwegian filmmakers Kristian Balsrod & Anton Ligaarden stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse Feb. 1 to update hosts Ann Possis & Buck Benson on their lo...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 11, 2013
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The 'Shimmer Wall'
Drums, Wind Chimes and Meteorites are all forms of percussion in the Rhythm Discovery Center in Indianapolis.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 12:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ken Malucelli and Tim Lewis, Credit: Chloe Veltman
Ken Malucelli, a carol composer and the director of The Merrie Olde Christmas Carolers, a nationally-franchised caroling group, and jazz musician /...

Bought by KRPS, KRPS, and KISU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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A profile on Ryan Bowers, a winner of Yale University's Last Comic Standing, and an opener for John Mulaney at the Yale Fall Show.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2012
  • Length: 04:20
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Rock'n'Roll Hairdresser discusses his career and gives us a run through of his craft.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:12
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Explore the role of sound in art with Jesse Seay and her "Mechanical Tide."

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 12:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Craig and George introduce the show and discuss sounds relating to their lives.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
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Otters are painting at the Great Lakes Aquarium! WTIP's Bob Carter chatted recently with Tara Lieberg, otter keeper at the aquarium in Duluth, abou...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 15:38
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Freddie Wood and his wife Wilma Sue talk about the Wood and Swink General Store and Post Office, which has been in Freddie's family for more than a...

Bought by WEZU and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Leah Thomas with the Splinters
June is National Accordion Awareness Month...who knew? Grand Marais accordionist and singer Leah Thomas stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse June 22 to ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2012
  • Length: 18:55
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You may know him as the guy who takes surreal pictures of his Weimaraners; but that's just one strand of William Wegman's long and varied career. [...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
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It's happened again. Your favorite TV show is beginning to lose its appeal. Now the shark has been jumped, and there's no going back. Now what?

Bought by XRAY.fm and KUT


  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
  • Purchases: 2
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When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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92-year-old Martin Levin tells his granddaughters Jennifer Goebel and Zoe Crowe about a college classmate he didn't like.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio, WVBI-LP, WEZU, WEZU, Blue Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit:  (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3