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209: Detachable Tails
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In cases of emergency, lizards pop off their tails to get away. Evolution made it possible for that tail to stay on when tugged but not twisted. It...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bottoms Up
From: Spud Davenport
Series: Satire Rock City Radio Show
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Satire Rock City Radio Show #108

  • Added: Mar 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:51
Satire By The Numbers, Vol II
From: Spud Davenport
Series: Satire Rock City Radio Show
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Satire Rock City Radio Show #98

  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:52
201: Rabbit War
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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What happens when you are the Emperor of France and your hunting party plans go completely wrong? You get attacked by rabbits. This isn't a Monty P...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
Children's Authors Lemony Snicket & Kate DiCamillo
From: New Letters on the Air
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Both Lemony Snicket (the pen name of Daniel Handler) and Kate DiCamillo are authors of children's literature whose work has multigenerational appea...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Episode 2
From: Greg Dorchak
Series: GOLD DUST
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Life in a small Texas town in the 1880 takes a little getting used to for Sam and Horace.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 26:19
Episode 1
From: Greg Dorchak
Series: GOLD DUST
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Two hapless Con Men - Sam Donovan and Horace Fletcher - bounce around rural Texas towns in the 1940's.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:12
Episode 4
From: Greg Dorchak
Series: GOLD DUST
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In the conclusion of our story, Sam and Horace help Minerva and Dusty hide their treasure.

  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 23:56
187: Animal Buddy Cops
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In an unexpected turn of events, two predators with very different hunting styles work cooperatively. During the summer months, badgers and coyotes...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Megan Miranda and Emily Henry
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Three
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Discussions with authors Megan Miranda ("Such a Quiet Place") and Emily Henry ("People We Meet on Vacation").

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Apple Seed - Labor Day 2021 Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed we explore tales of different types of labor.

Bought by WVPE, RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, Morehead State Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 8
Ep. 35: The Toonsmith: Dave Mruz, Minnesota’s Cartooning Historian
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: FUN collage, Credit: Dave Mruz
When Dave Mruz was three, his parents bought him a subscription to Donald Duck comics. Years later, he learned those same comics had been created b...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 18:58
Unprepared people in line — Kate
From: Andy Raskin
Series: Chill Beefs
Caption: Chill Beefs
Kate complains about her sister and other people who are not prepared to do the one thing they have to do when they get to the head of a line.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:29
Mum's Addicted to Tetris!
From: Chris Attaway
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Seventy five yar old Lynn tells the story of her Game Boy addiction

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
2121: On Creating "Barry" & "The Outpost", 5/27/2021
From: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
Series: Austin Film Festival's On Story®
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from Bill Hader and Alec Berg, the creators of HBO’s hit crime show, Barry. And later we’ll hear from the filmmake...

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
172: Dancing Plague
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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During the 1300-1500s there were several accounts of people being afflicted with spontaneous dancing. One group of 400 people were struck with the ...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
165: Silently Screaming Tomato
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In a pitched battle against voracious tomato fruit worms, (aka. corn earworms or cotton bollworm) tomato plants have one sneaky defense...a wasp. I...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 2
Parody Bands
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week was inspired by the Spinal Tap debut back in 1984. Once I started doing the research, there was simply a large group of bands that are b...

Bought by KSRQ, KWIT, Harford Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
It Came from R&D!
From: San Francisco Mime Troupe
Series: Tales of the Resistance
Caption: Cover art, Credit: Lawton Lovely
Greg seemed to everyone like a mild mannered software developer. No one could predict that his invention could either save democracy, or lock the c...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
Smoke Rings: A Smoking Memoir
From: Russell Johnson
Series: Gone Astray - Russell Johnson
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An essay about the culture of smoking that touches on smokey places such as Madrid, cigar bars, newsrooms, and Raleigh coupons.

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:01
Episode 76: Close Encounters Of The Wild Kind II
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It's springtime and Earth Day! Animals are on the move, and sometimes their paths cross with people. Here are five stories to help you get outside ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Park Your Car in Harvard Yard
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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An acting tour de force from Jason Robards and Judith Ivey.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, KUOW and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 18
sontimeter / centimeter
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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If your client calls a centimeter a "sontimeter," I'll assume they're medical and you've got a leader. This is Episode 82 of Engineering Word Of T...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:10
Nostalgia Night
From: H. William Stine
Series: TURNTABLE FOR ONE
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I thought about the good old days this week, when I was smart and my phone was dumb, when a blue state was me having a bad day, and when Harvey was...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1

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