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Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass, Credit: Steve Martin
Derek Smalls formerly of the band formerly known as Spinal Tap discusses new CD Smalls Change (meditations on ageing) Lukewarm Water tour in 2019 o...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 32:26
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Medical science on the fly. Turns out you only need to pull a few G's to loosen that stubborn kidney stone.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1804 Dr. Troxler discovered he could make pastel dots on paper disappear if he stared at them for long enough. Blink, and they would reappear. T...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:24
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Need to string some wire through your house or clean a particle accelerator? You might need a science ferret.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
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NON-ROMCOM features two short plays by young female playwrights. Both Patricia Cotter's RULES OF COMEDY and Chiara Atik's 52ND TO BOWERY TO COBBLE ...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Amy and Trace went on an epic field trip around our home town of Spokane and found all sorts of canned gems, like a whole chicken, silkworms and ch...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 07:53
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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
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Super powers that cause others to shrug and think, "who cares." The super power to move clouds with your eyes, to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:32:49
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Folklore, myths, and magic -- what can we learn from alternative truths? The professionals weight in.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 10:10
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David Koechner of Anchorman fame emphasizes the importance of accruing wisdom for the sake of your family and breaks down his one year stint on Sat...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Garage rocker King Khan talks about mirth, mayhem, magma, and meditation. You'll also hear a live set from The King Khan and BBQ Show recorded at K...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Comedian and director Bobcat Goldthwait assures us that he is indeed alive — and he's making indie movies. Pocket square aficionado Jon Wurster ta...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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You'll hear a live set from Oklahoma indie rockers Broncho, as well as a conversation with frontman Ryan Lindsey about planning, performing, and me...

Bought by KWIT, KRSC, KWIT, KRSC, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Firehose, Dos, and the Stooges, talks about how one formative friendship and a tragic death defined his entire career. ...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode of Culture Clique we meet Tom Schneider of Winona. At a quiet intersection in Winona, MN, sits a small unassuming brown building. O...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 06:44
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Jim James reveals how the shadiest motel in Louisville gave birth to My Morning Jacket and discusses embracing uncertainty in songwriting. Sadie Du...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra talks about the band's new record, becoming a music industry veteran, and how it feels when you grow up in church...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, WLPR , and KRSC


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Martha Kelly discusses addiction, her role on the FX show "Baskets," and her unironic love of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Jason Isbell performs an int...

Bought by KWIT, KOSU, KRSC, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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On this episode of The Live Feed we talk with Minnesota based comedian Maggie Ferris. She tells us what its like to be a female comedian, a dog wal...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 40:20
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Other than marinating in water, there's not much similarity between Louisiana Swamp Pop music and California Surf music. Oh yeah, both were featur...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 02:49:42
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We find out about how Elliott Smith was responsible for the birth of Death Cab for Cutie and how Elliott Smith himself was born — sort of.

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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We revisit our podcast miniseries about the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith, as we hear stories about how influential Elliott's music was and ...

Bought by KBBI Alaska, KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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You're not alone. Even the music identifying application, Shazam, gets stumped on this show. Songs including knock offs of, "The Battle of New ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:06:27
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It's an episode full of brotherly love. Joe and Dave Henry talk discuss the circuitous route they took to author the Richard Pryor biography "Furio...

Bought by KWIT, KWIT, and WLPR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3