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I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:42
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Engineers who study this know how to rub you the right way. This is Episode 60 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascin...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:18
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Radio show done on Ozcatradio.com (KZCT-FM Vallejo, CA) on 3/22/18. Theme is "Electricity" with sets on phones, radio, television and other assorte...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:58:57
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Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
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Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions? This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
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Let's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means? This is Episode 56 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
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Have you heard our GNU software engineering word of the day? This is Episode 55 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
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In honor of Flyway Festival coming up in Vallejo, CA on Feb 9-11, this show is on "Birds". To my chagrin, half the birds flew away while I did sho...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 01:45:27
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We run out of time, but get more in a few days. How lucky. Lots of audio pieces on time to chose from....this is a mix of old and new. Lots of blue...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:58:48
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I blew 46 years of dust off a record I had (Shhh yes..."underground") of all the Christmas messages the Beatles recorded for their fan club from 19...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:59:03
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Soderbergh, one of our best and most versatile directors, announced about four years ago that he was retiring from making movies and was going to f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:24
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Halloween theme show broadcast on Ozcatradio.com (KZCT-FM, Vallejo, CA). It was Electronics Holliday day and I didn't know it. My Ipad decided it w...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2017
  • Length: 02:57:23
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And a heliotrope used to describe a flower that turns toward the sun.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
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One who hugs apples? Or average planar linear heat generation rate?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
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It's customer-centered design versus blue sky design. Who will win?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
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When astronomical data becomes hard to pronounce.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Sia's new music video for "Viscoelastic Heart" is pretty weird.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Describing revolute joints.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
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The green dodo (Dodoneaea viscosa var. angustifolia) was a very common landscape plant around Tucson back when I first started working in a wholesa...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:18
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The story of Moon Taxi is one of perseverance and belief that what they were doing would no doubt find its way into the collective consciousness of...

Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jessica Lanyadoo is known for her laid back fortune teller vibes
Chances are that at some point in your life you’ve been asked, “What’s your sign?” That phrase is both a terrible pickup line and proof that astro...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2015
  • Length: 07:29
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Elmer's Cafe was buzzing from the minute I got there this morning ...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 02:48
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Come usher in Part VII of Sometimes a Saint & Sometimes A Sinner. We’ll tread between the two worlds with a rich collection of old spirituals, murd...

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:56:18
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A Locomotive Enthusiast, a Train Spotter and a Rail Modeller discuss their hobby.

  • Added: May 05, 2014
  • Length: 32:09
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Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00