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Gotta Save That River
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Caption: The photo is mine and that’s Ms. Mesquitey along the San Pedro River. The bird song along that riparian corridor is unbelievable and we spent some time trying to identify certain calls and songs.
I guess I don’t have a whole lot more to add about this show. Well, I have been known to sing a little better than this.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:37
Mock Mock Orange
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
Caption: The photo is mine of a white flower atop a branch of Fendlera. Around you and me in the borderlands, you find this tall stemmed woody shrub from 4,000’ to 7,000’ on rocky slopes. It usually done blooming come June, so there is still time to catch it in bl
I sure talk about a lot different flora and fauna. From three species of quail, to canyon wrens, to Yarrows spiny lizards, to bristlehead (Carphoch...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:30
Rick's Show
From: WICR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Listener and friend of the show, Rick, programs, and co-hosts this edition of #abftp!

  • Added: May 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:43
58: Cuteness Aggression
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Why do we want to crush-hug cute things like babies and young animals? It may have something to do with adorableness overload and how our brains co...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:50
Todd's Show
From: WICR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Listener and friend of the show, Todd, programs, and co-hosts this edition of #abftp!

  • Added: May 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:00:25
The Year: 1989
From: WICR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Year: 1989

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:53:12
The Year: 1990
From: WICR
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Songs in and around 1990

  • Added: Apr 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:01
Busoni
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Busoni's Piano Concerto with Kirill Gerstein, Credit: Myrios Classics
Rare Piano Concerti by Busoni

Bought by KMUN, KWAX, WETS, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 6
PE 1916
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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A littla dis, a littla dat

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, KWMR, KEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 14
54: Exploding Ants
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Meet C. explodens; worker ants who rupture their own abdomens--filled with toxic goo--to protect the colony from predators.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
52: Long Lives of Lobsters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The internet claims lobsters are immortal. Amy pulls a Dana Scully and debunks the heck out of that idea.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
51: Backpack vs Parachute
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Jumping out of an airplane without a parachute?! We explore a study that explains how sometimes, if you look at the data in just the right way, bac...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 02:40
47: Chlorine Trifluoride
From: Trace Kerr
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This chemical is no joke. Amy talks about how 1930's scientists discovered the explosive and insanely dangerous compound while trying to find a mor...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 04:25
45: Sneeze Voting
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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African Wild Dogs appear to vote on pack activities by sneezing.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
Threes
From: Wind & Rhythm
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We're not sure if it’s a magic number, but there are an awful lot of compositions out there with three movements. This week on Wind & Rhythm, we li...

Bought by KTXK, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMFA, and WUAL


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 4
34: Wombat Poop
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's there and it's square. And now we know why.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2019
  • Length: 02:47
35: Dr. Robert Liston
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Amy Barton has an eye for dangerous and innovative doctors and Dr. Robert Liston is no exception. FYI This episode has some up-close discussions of...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 03:09
36: Cougar Screams
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Cougars are beautiful and stealthy solitary hunters. Until they want to mate. Then they sound like a person being run through a garbage compactor. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 2
39: Sick Ants
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Where we talk about Dr. Nathalie Stroeymeyt and her foraging, black garden ants. Infected ants seem to stay away from other ants. Find out why.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 02:49
Circling Pianos
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Circles by Simone Dinnerstein & A Far Cry, Credit: simonedinnerstein.com/music
Simone Dinnerstein's Circles plus more!

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, WETS, KMUN, KWAX and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Literary Ringtails
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Well, I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more to this true story, but here are a few ringtail facts that are fun. Okay, fun for nature geeks like y...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:10
Salvia lemmonii
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Hmm, I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with botanical names. Either that or I’m making them up as I go. The current and correct name for ...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:13
PE 1804
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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The Disreputable Few and many more.

Bought by Bandon Community Radio, KHNS, KCMJ Community Radio, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 17
Simmondsia Chinensis
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more about jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) other than what you hear in this show, except that it is now in its own ...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:20
Logan Lucky
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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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