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"Anyone that dares begrudge what i have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it" - Liberace in 1968, as told to Jay Kent Ha...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Credit: Duncan Wright
Some early sailors, visiting remote Pacific islands, surely feared that the ungodly wailing on shore meant they had been tricked to the gates of He...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WETD, and WKCC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Songs about Eskimos, lists of bars, synthetic Chinese music (why do I love these songs so much?), songs that can be played back to back and over an...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:47:31
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With new music from Hullabaloo, In the Nick of Time, and more -- plus Willie Nelson, Frumious Snacktime (covering Jonathan Richman!), Husker Du, Ji...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2014
  • Length: 55:51
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This is the LONG version of the 10 Min Sound Byte - Songs about Fireworks

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 25:22
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Bang On a Can pianist Vicky Chow talks about her new releases; Composer-singer Danielle Eva Schwob and harpist Ashley Jackson discuss the upcoming ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 01:21:31
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Collectors music from the golden era of Americana music. That music just before the first rock and roll record. Tonight's show features the auth...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:56:39
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the time just before rock and roll became a commercial commodity. A time when m...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:47:03
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because it is the music just before the first rock and roll record that is the unvarnis...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2014
  • Length: 02:48:24
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New music this week from Steve Weeks, Papa Crow, Rolie Polie Guacamole, and the Hipwaders -- plus Ella Jenkins, Brian Eno, De La Soul, Frank Turner...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2014
  • Length: 53:32
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This episode is about bands with WEEERRD spellings (no vowels and all that)

  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
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With official niece of Spare the Rock Hope, plus new music from the Whirlygigs, Kristin Kellner, Sara Hickman, The Pop Ups, The Good Ms. Padgett, a...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 51:34
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ScribbleJim & ScribbleElaina bring the rock as guest hosts!

  • Added: Jul 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:26
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Music from the 1950s to 1970s but with a twist - only the non-hit and only the songs before the rock and roll became a boring formula for making mo...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:54:18
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Guest hosted by the Belmonte Family from affiliate station 93.9 The River!

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 55:24
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

  • Added: Jul 10, 2014
  • Length: 49:48
Caption: The Mullet River Boys, Credit: David Zhang
A group with an interesting blend of stylistic ingredients comes to downtown Chaska on July 18.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
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With exclusive in-studio performances from Dan Zanes, Erin Ivey, and Jad Fair, and new music from Charlie Hope, Alina Celeste, Mister G, The Not-It...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 54:20
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With brand-new music from the Whizpops, The Pop Ups, and Jazzy Ash, plus James Brown, Big Star, and, for the 4th of July, Sharon Jones & the Dap Ki...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 29, 2014
  • Length: 55:25
  • Purchases: 1
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With Sara Hickman stopping by to introduce the world premieres of two songs from her new record, plus brand new music from The Not-Its!, Mister G, ...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:19
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With an in-studio from Charlie Hope, plus new music from Karen K & Mista Cookie Jar and The Not-Its! Plus so much more.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 55:28
  • Purchases: 1
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With a guest DJ set from Walter Martin (The Walkmen), plus new music from Bari Koral Family Rock Band, The Not-Its!, and much more. Plus, we're co...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 52:43
  • Purchases: 1