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Touretteshero Does Beckett
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, Laura interviews British comedian and activist Jess Thom, TourettesHero, about her performance of Samuel Beckett’s play “Not I”. T...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Chicharonis
From: T. G. LaFredo
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This is a satirical commercial for Chicharonis, a type of junk food we hope never exists.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 01:00
Over The Back Fence March 2018
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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This episode of The Live Feed features this months presentation of Over The Back Fence. With host Damon Prestemon and a cast full of local talent f...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 59:43
Episode 16: Sheldon Harnick
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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Julian asks "How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?" As usual, the solution here is music.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 11: Alan Cumming
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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Julian Fleisher explores The Great American Songbook with one of its proudest immigrants.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
160402 Steve Gardner Bill Steber Libby Rae Watson Wes Lee Live
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Steve, Libby Rae, Bill and Wes
The Jericho Road Show stops into Peggy Lou''s Show for a live broadcast of Americana as deep and as long as the Mississippi River. Featuring: htt...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:50:48
  • Purchases: 1
Out to Eat with Steve Scher and Katy Sewall featuring The Chef in the Hat (Thierry Rautureau)
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Out to Eat with Steve Scher and Katy Sewall
Caption: The Chef in the Hat (left), host Katy Sewall, host Steve Scher, Credit: personal photo
Thierry Rautureau, aka The Chef in the Hat, is a James Beard award-winning celebrity chef in Seattle. He talks about life as a professional chef an...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:51
Over The Back Fence Presents "The 1940's"
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November. The entertainment takes...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:19:16
Episode #7: The Sound of The Mixing Board
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: The Seattle hip hop group Brothers From Another, Credit: Beno Picciano
A Weekday High jam session kicks off this musical podcast. Beno Picciano and Michelle Dutro interview people on University Way about being judged f...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 08:53
Yes Memory
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
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I get to interview Progressive Rock guitar god Steve Howe, which musically transports me back to the 1970s when I first heard his band YES as a tee...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:53
The Apocalypse (or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the Anthropocene)
From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene
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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
"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
Hip Hanukkah Songs!
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
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Enjoy this episode of Hanukkah songs you might not have heard that are definitely worth a listen!

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WKSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KRPS, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Mikie Show #1 Rob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Our inauspicious beginning. We introduce Señor Glow and The Hi There’s. A guest interview with dance music artist and dj Rob Rives. We discuss the ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 11, 2009
  • Length: 28:02
  • 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
In from the Cold
From: Icebox Radio Theater
Series: Icebox Radio Theater: Short Subjects
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Two ice fishermen come 'In from the Cold' on Valentine's Day to a surprise.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2008
  • Length: 10:02
IPR : Irrational Public Radio - full 44:00 version "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
From: Irrational Public Radio
Series: IPR : Irrational Public Radio - our premiere LP "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
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a public radio parody program. The full 44:00 version of our premiere LP, "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."

  • Added: Jan 20, 2008
  • Length: 43:59
IPR : Irrational Public Radio - 26:05 version "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
From: Irrational Public Radio
Series: IPR : Irrational Public Radio - our premiere LP "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."
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a public radio parody program. A 26:05 version of our premiere LP, "Good Morning. You Smell Nice."

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 26:06
  • Purchases: 1
Ringo Starr "Liverpool 8" One-Hour Radio Special
From: Nicole Haldeman
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This radio special celebrates the release of Ringo Starr's new studio album "Liverpool 8" as Ringo shares his thoughts on the album, plays songs fr...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2008
  • Length: 55:10
Kasper Hauser: Slide Show
From: Jesse Thorn
Series: Comedy From Kasper Hauser
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Sex-ed meets shop class.

Bought by KZYX, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUSP


  • Added: Feb 24, 2007
  • Length: 03:10
  • Purchases: 3
Offramp - Deplorable Manners
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: 25:42
  • 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