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Lively and fun, the bouncing of Barney Kessell’s guitar resounds among our reception areas, with Jimmy Witherspoon the only next logical bearer of ...

Bought by KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WMOT, WOUB and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next "Sounds Jewish" for Jewish music in praise of the late civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Bought by KFCF FM and WLPR


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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"Zombies of the Stratosphere" radio show—your mix tape of retro sci-fi, guitar gods, fusion jazz, surf, and prog rock.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Episode 4 features intense instrumental music plus audio clips from "Monstrosity" aka "The Atomic Brain."

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:32
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Join Montana Public Radio's Tom Berich for an hour of fun and uplifting music from around the world.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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
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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
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It’s Basie with electric bass, an arrangement unlike his sound, African rhythms, and an obscure label. How’d you do that, man? Saxophonists Pete Ch...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:00:02
  • Purchases: 9

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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“If you love what you encounter, you will protect it.” The brilliance of pianist Oscar Peterson is cheered on by fellow accompanying pianist Count ...

Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KRZA, KHNS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Elvis. Michael Jackson. Tupac. Many believe these people are still alive but faked their death. What is better is that of all the musicians we ...

Bought by WNYO, KSRQ, KWIT, WOUB, KTRL and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
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HOUR ONE: 'Traveling By Book' - From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren’t just books. They’re passports...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
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You have heard of the KISS Army, right? That what KISS fans call themselves. But did you know that other bands and musicians also have nicknames ...

Bought by WYAP, KSRQ, WNYO, KWIT, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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The Kids Crew gets puzzled with the world's most syndicated puzzle maker, David L. Hoyt, author of the Jumble puzzle found in more than 600 newspap...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: The Gay 90's in downtown Minneapolis. , Credit: Minnesota Historical Society
In downtown Minneapolis, there's a gay bar with several dance floors conveniently named the Gay 90's. The Gay 90’s hasn’t always been gay. The bar...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:06
Caption: Tommy & Niamh, Credit: Chris Attaway
A very short, very silly, very cute weather report

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chris & Beth
Life can be bleak. Here are some jokes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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The stages of grief in the context of house hunting

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 10:56
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When out on a walk, Tiffanie Fisher spotted a giant ring of worms and snapped a picture. She posted the photo in the hopes that someone could expla...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on On Story we’ll hear from Seinfeld writer David Mandel. And later will hear from screenwriting duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewsk...

  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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Dr. Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez discuss the importance and the origin of Pi: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 12:11
From: KSLU
Series: STEM Science Radio
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Rhett Allain and Adam Cortez converse on the topic of Mars and the factors that are unique to the planet.

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 12:38