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New York City's love coach
From: Yzeppa Macias
Caption: Amy and her tiny sidekick in Brooklyn New York , Credit: Yzeppa Macias
In a city of 8 million people, you’d think finding someone to date would be easy. There are dating apps, dating events, you can even hire a profess...

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 05:13
2213: Refeed: To All the Boys I've Loved Before & Workin' Moms, 3/31/2022
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 playwright and screenwriter Sofia Alvarez discuss the difference between writing for the stage and screen and the ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
White Elephants, Cuss Boxes and Cheating Jerry Lewis
From: Jan McInnis
Series: Comedian Stories: Tales From the Road in Under 5 Minutes
Caption: comedian Jan Talks backyard carnivals
Summer carnivals were all the rage in the 1960s and us kids loved to put them on. Do you remember those? Did you run one?

  • Added: Sep 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:06
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
Hannah by the Way
From: Chris Attaway
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The stages of grief in the context of house hunting

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 10:56
The Junot Files:Amy Bruni
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Amy Bruni, star of "Kindred Spirits" and author of "Life with the Afterlife: 13 Truths I Learned about Ghosts"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 23:56
The Junot Files: Suzi Quatro
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Suzi Quatro

  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 20:45
Wrestlers Body Slam Domestic Violence
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Midwest All-Star Wrestling League recently invited wrestlers from across the country to compete in Minnesota. Behind all the trash-talking and ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WDSE


  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Redacted (by the Aliens)
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Anna Merlan, author of Republic of Lies, joins us for a weird ride down the Conspiracy Highway, which is our main road out here in the desert.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Non-RomCom
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Molly Bernard
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
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
Comedian Maggie Ferris
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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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
Nerdette's Summer Homework Special
From: WBEZ
Series: Nerdette
Caption: Actor Tom Hanks on Nerdette
Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. ...

Bought by KUNM, KZYX, WCNY, KOSU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 30
Listening to Ladies: Whitney George
From: Elisabeth Blair
Series: Listening to Ladies
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New York City-based composer and conductor Whitney George talks about rebellion in the bathtub, the relative loudnesses of sexism, and the beauty i...

  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 24:19
Nerdette S02-E04 (06/30/14): Mad houses, Mississippi Goddam and Modernist art
From: WBEZ
Caption: Nellie Bly
Hosts Tricia and Greta bring you the stories of muckraker Nellie Bly, painter Georgia O'Keeffe and jazz singer Nina Simone. We talk to authors, une...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Jul 14, 2014
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sarah Vowell Riffs On Satcho, The Incredibles, And Andrew Jackson
From: WWNO
Caption: Sarah Vowell signing books after a lecture at Lamar Univ. in Beaumont, Texas
Sarah Vowell talks to reporter Brian Friedman about Louis Armstrong, voiceover work, Andrew Jackson, and other musings.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:27
Cafe Buzz-Having My Baby
From: Gail Isaacson
Series: "Cafe Buzz" Absurd Radio Plays
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After not seeing each other for a long time, Paul and Susan happen to meet at the local coffee shop where Paul brings up some intimate possibilities.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 08:27
31: Not in the Kitchen Anymore
From: Everything Sounds
Series: Everything Sounds
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When does trash talk in online gaming cross a line?

  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 18:31
Culture Queue 4-28-13: "Bring it Back"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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Retro seems to be all the rage these days. From fashion to food to music, everything is coming back around again. So this week we are looking into ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Culture Queue 3-31-13: "It's Ladies Night"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week we pay tribute to the women of the world with a show themed in their honor. We start out with Managing Editor Noel Clark, who takes a loo...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 31:38
  • Purchases: 1
Ingredients Episode 1: The Arabesque Winds
From: Don Maue
Series: Ingredients
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An interview with the Arabesque Wind Quintet about their history and the sessions for their upcoming CD

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 13:24
Jazz-O-Rama #7: "The Hutton Sisters"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev presents 78 RPM Jazz with a Sense of Humor: "The Hutton Sisters, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of 78 RPM records of Marion & Betty Hutton.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WNMU-FM, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 10, 2013
  • Length: 55:54
  • Purchases: 4
Culture Queue 1-20-13: "Vicinity of Obscenity"
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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This week on Culture Queue, we dive into the world of the obscene. First Producer Marcheta Fornoff learns about a little “dirty dancing” for the sa...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:06
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: "Mayor of the Universe" - Author Lorna Landvik talks with Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Mayor of the Universe" by Lorna Landvik
Lorna Landvik is the author of eight previous novels including the best selling "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, "Oh My Stars," and "The View Fro...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 20:20
  • Purchases: 2
Roller Derby
From: Maeve Conran
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A profile of Boulder County's first roller derby league.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1