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Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
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One month after the Mayan apocalypse of 2012, the Generation Anthropocene team of Leslie Chang, Mike Osborne, and Miles Traer chat about the relati...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
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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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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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One year ago, Ben and I wrote a song about Vladimir Guerrero, trumpeting what I viewed to be his inevitable destiny as Savior of the Baltimore Orio...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:01
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Where Bad Ideas Go to Die

  • Added: Feb 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:05
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Brooklyn rockers The Bottom Dollars visit Hootenanny Studios and grace us with their jams, as well as the ragtag circumstances that brought them to...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 45:24
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A Guide for Those of Little Brain

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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In which the author contemplates the many things about the classic Charlie Daniel's song that make no sense whatsoever.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
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A grumpy & annoyed person person speaks into a microphone for one minute and fifty seconds.

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 2
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The road to writing a best seller has to start somewhere.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Celtic Roots Radio - logo, Credit: Raymond McCullough
Hosted by Raymond McCullough, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Celtic 'n' roots music 'n' craic from Northern Ireland, with music from: Tinsmith, (M...

Bought by KAAD-LP, KVSC, KMXT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 5
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 04:44
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A series of 5 very short stories from the POV of soda, water, corn chips, cigarettes, and a can of potted meat

  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Length: 09:18
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Some interesting insights on product devlopment from an unusual source

  • Added: Jun 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:32
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Tune Up Cafe, Jinja, sore throats, gardening, recipe, cookbook

  • Added: May 03, 2008
  • Length: 28:25
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Tribes, Peking duck, yogurt, biscotti, Artfeast, chocolate fantasy

  • Added: Feb 18, 2008
  • Length: 30:01
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Tourism in Scotland leads Ian to ponder the value of slogans anywhere.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
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Bamboo Restaurant, Potato Flan, Kyoto, "Love and Knishes"

  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 29:15
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The cat that predicts death kind of creeps Ian out.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
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A young actor discusses, humorously, why he does his craft.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
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A college student shows us how hard it is to not be taken seriously by her landlord.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
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The Finer Points of Being Gay

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Personal essay by Courtenay Hameister, host of Live Wire Radio, featuring lots 'o' humiliating moments.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WNIN, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 4