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Here's a little song in honor of the Springtime planting season ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: Rosie Perez
Rosie Perez, John Leguizamo, and Bobby Cannavale star in Crazy Eights, a short play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Two recovering drug addicts (Perez, Le...

Bought by KZYX and KZYX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 32:14
  • Purchases: 2
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Well, I'll say one thing about the Gumption Track: it's well-marked. The roadies did not skimp on signage, even though it seems like they never a...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 10:17
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Here's another little song for the kids: when you think about it, bees are just Nature's miniature flying alarum clocks ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:53
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There were two new faces down at Elmer's Cafe the other day. I walked in the door, saw this young couple sitting on the six and seven stools, talk...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 08:13
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Theophilus Papadopoulos had to write an essay for school. It was supposed to be about a famous philosopher, and it couldn't be about anybody he kn...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 05:19
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
Caption: Jeanne Abel and Alan Abel in their home in Southbury, Conn., Credit: Alletta Cooper
In 1964, Yetta Bronstein, a woman who never existed, ran for President of the United States. Her creators tell the story behind the fake candidate.

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and Blue Mountain Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Well, the rain never let up, from dawn till dusk ... although, in all fairness, I don't know if you could even call it a dawn, seeing as how nobody...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
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Here's a little song about a snowman who rolled into town at the tail end of Winter ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:54
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My friend Miles Walker and I were hiking down the Yonder Track on our way to Glory not too long ago. You know Glory – the legendary city where all...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 05:53
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Sue Spender was on her way to school one morning when she found a penny lying heads-down on the sidewalk. She wondered how it got there. Could it...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:32
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As far as I'm concerned, Gumption is the kind of place where the only reason to go there is to say you've been there ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:22
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Young Brian was always asking questions. He wanted to know how the world worked. He wanted to know why it worked. He wanted to know when it work...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:52
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I caught up with my friend Stretch the other day. He was headed north out of town, along the Coastal Road. I said "hey, Stretch. Where are you g...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 08:55
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Another song for the kids: Imagine if you could see yourself in a snowflake! ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 01:22
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My friend Vern Acular is a self-taught illuminato of the natural world. He rarely comes into town anymore. Instead, he's always out roaming the W...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 05:00
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Jessica worried that someday, somebody might catch her using magic. That would be disastrous! They wouldn't understand that she only used her pow...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:42
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I found my friend Vern Acular standing at the top of Down Hill with a very long stick in his hands. He looked like he was about to play piñata wit...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 04:47
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Something's in the 'fridgerator, rotten eggs! ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:12
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My friend Bugsy Diptera and I were tramping around out near Wunsa Pond the other day ...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:42
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Doug is sitting in a massage chair in the studio. This chair has been named "the Cruel Chair".

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
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My friend Miles Walker and I were hiking through the Great Empty Desert when we stomped unexpectedly on a sidewalk ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 05:34
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I didn't really expect a farewell party when I walked into Elmer's Cafe ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:55
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Several short, unrelated poems are (loosely) tied together by a short song ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 01:32