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The Write Question - Aaron Parrett - 327
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Aaron Parrett discusses his collection of stories, Maple & Lead. He also reads a short selection and remarks on his letterpress business and collab...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 24
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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“Bearded Ladies” A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Paleobotanist Ellen Currano noticed a lack of other women in her field. So she...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
gigawatt
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
quaternion
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions? This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1623 (Hour 1 & 2) 03/08/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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We pull the more obscure records & CDs off our shelves for a couple hours of pianists, brass & wind players, singers and guitarists. We start in th...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
Canada's Music Scene
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Local Music & Local Politics: A Series by Connor
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In this piece, Connor interviews Doug about his experience in Canadian music and radio, and the ways in which it differs from his experience in Ame...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 12:24
Avner Dorman
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Avner Dorman, Credit: avnerdormanmusic.com
We’ll hear music and new releases from composer Avner Dorman on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, WETS, WGTE Public Media, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KHSU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 5
poll
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Let's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means? This is Episode 56 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
GNU
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Have you heard our GNU software engineering word of the day? This is Episode 55 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fasci...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 1
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1615 (Hour 1 & 2) 01/11/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Fortunately the efforts of a metaphysical figure from decades ago stay pertinent and top-of-mind. Take Rahsaan Roland Kirk and his ‘60s flute groov...

Bought by WMOT, WEJP-LP 107.1, WJSU, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WVBI-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2018
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 8
170108 Swamp Pop and Surf Music
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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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
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1614 (Hour 1 & 2) 01/04/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Cleared for takeoff in a new broadcast year is Charles McPherson on sax with the first flight out, the descent tracked by pianist Russell Schmidt. ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMOT, Troon Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:58
  • Purchases: 8
Earl Javorsky discusses "Down to No Good"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Daniel Earl Javorsky was born in Berlin and immigrated to the US. He has been, among other things, a delivery boy, musician, product rep in the che...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:24
duty cycle
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not a doodie cycle, but a duty cycle. Episode 48 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny words and phra...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Andy Tarlow, Restauranteur
From: Alex Kime
Series: Alex Kime - Chicago
Caption: Alexander Kime
We invited Brooklyn-based restaurateur Andrew Tarlow in to chat with Chicago-based entrepreneur Ed Marszewski. Alex Kime edited this piece.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 17:31
Mugshots of Menthols
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Trash doesn’t always end up in a can. It's often on the sidewalks and lawns. KFAI’s Ryan Dawes met an a Minneapolis artist who takes photos of dis...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:28
  • Purchases: 1
Folktale of Fire & Brimstone
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Fire & Brimstone, Credit: Julia Meek
Marlowe's Dr. Faust noticed "Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell," and that's the direction our Folktale of Fire & Brimstone is taking.

Bought by WFIU, WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WFIU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1600 (Hour 1 & 2) - 09/28/2017
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Stimulating polytonal energy with Roy Hargrove counts off our downbeat, my kind of jazz in the NOW. Respect to tradition, but no napping here, Lizz...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WJSU, WMOT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:59:57
  • Purchases: 6
azeotrope
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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And a heliotrope used to describe a flower that turns toward the sun.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
isomer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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How are isomers like ice cream?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 1
circumscribe
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Trying not to talk in circles here.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
blue sky
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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It's customer-centered design versus blue sky design. Who will win?

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
ephemerides
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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When astronomical data becomes hard to pronounce.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
viscoelasticity
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Sia's new music video for "Viscoelastic Heart" is pretty weird.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
inclinometer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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A tool for pirates navigating the oceans, and more, yarrr...

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1

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