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216: Parachuting Beavers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
205: Vatican Women's Rifle Team
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Amy pulled out all the stops for this shenanigan filled episode. Don't be an April's Fool like Trace.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 28: The Clearwater Monster
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something stra...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:23
Turn of Phrase
From: Rosa Olson McKenzie
Series: Google It, Bitch
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We explore the origins of your favorite cliches.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 39:15
Secession's the answer
From: Sally Helm
Caption: John Alley stands in his office with his “Free Martha’s Vineyard” poster. October 2015. West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard., Credit: Sally Helm
In 1977, Martha's Vineyard was set to be lumped into a larger Cape Cod legislative district. Selectmen proposed a radical solution.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), New Hampshire Public Radio, HowSound, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 4
No. 26 Elcar and Pratt Automobiles
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2007 [2000]
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 25 German Aircraft Industry and Production
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: orig. Airlife Publishing, Ltd., then The Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1998
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 24 The Lexington Automobile
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Publishers 2007
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 23 Sound Barrier
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2006
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 22 Engine Revolutions
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1991
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 21 Manhattan Railway
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2011
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 20 Parking Cars in America
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 19 Bravo, Stanley!
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Stanley Museum (2006)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 18 Rolls-Royce Catalogue 1910/11
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Bonanza Books/Crown Publishers, Inc.
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 17 Race Car Vehicle Dynamics
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: SAE International
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 15 Flying Wings of Jack Northrop
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (1994)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 14 Haynes-Apperson and America's First Practical Automobile, A History
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2003
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 13 Vikings At Waterloo
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 12 The Marmon Heritage
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Doyle Hyk Publishing Company, 1985
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 11 Some Unusual Engines
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited (1975)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 10 Flying Fox
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (2012)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 9 The Jordan Automobile
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2005
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 8 Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2011
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 7 Eagle. Henry Royce's First Aero Engine
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
No. 6 The Stanley Steamer
From: William Ingalls
Series: Wild Willy's Five-Minute Book Review
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: The Stanley Museum (2004)
All about cars, planes, boats and trains.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 05:00