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EPS.#32 Christmas in the Keweenaw
From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show
Caption: Jennifer Barnett, Credit: Second Sandbar Productions
The cast of the Red Jacket Jamboree and guests invite you to spend, "Christmas in the Keweenaw"! This episode features jazz vocalist Jennifer Barn...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, Southern Branch Bluegrass, and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Big Ponder #10: The Diner
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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What happens when you uproot an American institution like the diner and place it somewhere entirely new — like Germany? Florenz Gilly and Leon Ginz...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 30:32
  • Purchases: 1
Halloween Episode: Scary Sam
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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A special Halloween episode begins as if it’s going to be an hour of terror, until –PSYCH! It becomes, instead, an hour of exciting and funny stories.

Bought by KVCR, KSJE, and WVPE


  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 3
Over The Back Fence October 2018
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed, KQAL and Winona State University are proud to present, Over the Back Fence, a community variety show from the St....

  • Added: Oct 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:16
180825 Worthless Super Powers
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:32:49
Chicharonis
From: T. G. LaFredo
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a satirical commercial for Chicharonis, a type of junk food we hope never exists.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Episode 17: Stephin Merritt
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Stephin Merritt, Credit: Marcelo Krasilcic
The Naked American Songbook went LIVE with singer-songwriter-producer-genius Stephin Merritt, the force behind at least one indie-cult classic grou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
#774- One hell of a newscast- Money Matters- Humor piece
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Preview- not money news, off the topic, just a fun newspiece about news reporters by Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti. Funny piece but preview fir...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:18
161210 Mexican Rocanarol And A Radio Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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Tonight's show, Mexican rocanrol from the 1950s and 60s plus a radio musical. You know, in a theatrical musical, a song springs up interrupting ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 02:52:43
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 13: Neil Degrasse Tyson
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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Join Neil deGrasse Tyson as he goes where no scientist has boldly gone before - on an intergalactic exploration of the Great American Songbook!

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:29
  • Purchases: 3
Sweeney Todd
From: WQXR
Series: For the Record
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In this episode For the Record Tom and Julian go behind the scenes of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:00
Bring on The Bling
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Sondra talking to photog, Credit: Sondra Celli
Gypsy bling, James Bond, Google Trends and brilliant business owners turn passion and personality into profit.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
Sarah Vowell Riffs On Satcho, The Incredibles, And Andrew Jackson
From: WWNO
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Christmas songs written and performed by Jews.
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Jewish songwriters like Irving Berlin and Mel Torme have penned some of the classic Christmas songs. And well-known Jewish singers like Barbra Stre...

Bought by Prairie Public and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Interview with Marc Imboden
From: MEEP! (the band)
Series: The MEEP! Show
Caption: Singer / songwriter, Marc Imboden
Singer / songwriter Marc Imboden stops by the MEEP! Show!

  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:35
"Godot (Not Home) Revisited"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev & Lorie Kellogg Read "Godot (Not Home) Revisited", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Daws Butler, read by Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg. Great for Samuel Beckett's birthday, the anniversary of "Waiting for Go...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 09:34
Jazz-O-Rama #7: "The Hutton Sisters"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Hutton Sisters, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Marion & Betty Hutton.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 4
Obscurity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: 1920s dancers
Remember Dick Powell the actor? How about Dick Powell the jazz banjo player? He’s just one of many obscure early jazz performers heard in this pro...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
Episode 1: Inter-Dimensional Dreaming
From: Astoria Sojourner
Series: Handmade Radio
Caption: Sedona, AZ, Credit: http://thepuffingtonhost.com/arizona-to-issue-licenses-for-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/gorgeous-sedona-arizona-sunset/
This is the premiere episode of Virtually Everything is Handmade Radio. Stori Sojourner shares the inner workings of her being: From SF to Small To...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 1
When Santa's Elves Attack!
From: Jason Sear
Series: Christmas as a Career: Being Santa
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Sometimes Santa needs a little help from the elves.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Weird Sisturs
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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The sisters from MacBeth are alive in the 21st Century and working freelance.

Bought by KUT and KUMM Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 2
Offramp - Not Bad for a Fiasco
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - Broadcast Episodes
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Inventive improvisations – absurdist and thoughtful humor and music. Pleasantly surreal.

Bought by KWMR and The Prairie Star


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 51:21
  • Purchases: 2
Offramp - Banana Pants
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - Broadcast Episodes
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Inventive improvisations – absurdist and thoughtful humor and music. Pleasantly surreal.

Bought by KWMR and The Prairie Star


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 26:04
  • Purchases: 2
Offramp - Alimentary Watson
From: Sheila Cowley
Series: Offramp - Broadcast Episodes
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Inventive improvisations – absurdist and thoughtful humor and music. Pleasantly surreal.

Bought by KMXT, KWMR, and The Prairie Star


  • Added: Feb 11, 2007
  • Length: 27:34
  • Purchases: 3
Turkey Hunting Tips
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
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Hunter Barry Forbes uses turkey psychology to lure in the toms. And some great gobbling...

Bought by 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, Prairie Public, and WNKU


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3