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Episode 130: Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 15:02
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Recreational pot has earned the state of Colorado $53 million dollars in tax revenue. All on a drug that, according to federal law is still illegal...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 23:27
  • Purchases: 1
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When you lose your seat in Congress, what do you do? An audio postcard about former Maryland Representative Wayne Gilchrest who now runs a nature c...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: Another Day of Living , Credit: graphics by Scott Spitz
Join our conversation with Elizabeth Moreland and she explains the Trager Approach and how massage can be enhanced by energy work.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
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Republicans now control both houses for the first time since 2006. Paul Kane of the Washington Post joins us to talk about the attempted rebellion...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, KUER, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
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In Episode 19 of Behind The Thread, we go inside the 7-year energy crisis that has beleaguered Pakistan's vital textile industry and see what is be...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 46:30
Caption: Off-leash dogs and dog walkers at Muir Beach., Credit: Tiffany Camhi
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, a few miles from Muir Woods, lies Muir Beach. The beautiful and peaceful waterfront is a favorite...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries and Dr. Glenn Lightsey discuss future missions at the Texas Spacecraft Lab, Credit: Audrey Quinn
It currently costs $10,000 a pound to transport material from Earth into space. If humans want to live in space someday, those transport costs alon...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Bappi Lahiri at an election rally , Credit: Sandip Roy
The Times of India newspaper called this Indian election a "Dance of Democracy." But for Sandip Roy it's more of a 'Disco' Dance of Democracy.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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John Fanta recaps Seton Hall Women's Basketball WNIT game with Rutgers.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:13
Caption: Syracuse University Design Professor Zeke Leonard demonstrates his intonarumori noise-making instruments., Credit: A. Randall Wenner
Is it possible to make “music” from “noise”? Is it possible to enjoy it? Randy Wenner reports on an experimental music genre making a comeback of s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
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Join us in this episode with our guest Julia, Blake, and Jake

  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:45
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Another vote -- this time on raising the debt ceiling -- and other fissure exposed inside the GOP. Carl Hulse of the New York Times talks to Polit...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and WRKF


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
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On the streets and freeways of New York City, you might run into a car street race.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:02
Caption: And Your Answer..., Credit: david gold
Join Contestants: Kim, George, and Anthony for another game of That! Medical Quiz Show.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Some questions Lisa doesnt even want to hear!, Credit: david gold
Join Contestants: Mike, Alexis, and Maria for That! Medical Quiz Show The Quiz Show That Test Your Medical Knowledge; In this episode contestants a...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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Weird News Perry is a weekly segment about weird news

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: :16
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This is short, weekly humorous commentary on recent events in the news.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 10:53
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Residents of a quiet Santa Monica apartment building remember their neighbor, Charlie -- also known as notorious Boston crime boss James "Whitey" B...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 3
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In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, gentrification advances with a cautionary yellow light as a local property manger paints the town his own special hue.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Hamburg, Iowa residents dancing at the "flash mob".
While much of Iowa is now dealing with drought, last summer Hamburg, IA residents held up to 17 feet of floodwater at bay. Eight feet of dirt was ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:54
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Not only does today’s episode contain the very first official review of “The Dark Knight Rises” to be posted on the Internet (NB: little to no rese...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 40:05
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A look at how "going to extremes" is replacing "all things in moderation" as the national motto in politics and more...told thru narration, music ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2012
  • Length: 57:39
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Artsy Fartsy Show's annual Spring light show – finding humor in the bizarre and scary, stand-up comedy and much more with guests: Harrison Greenbau...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2012
  • Length: 54:30