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Live From Earth
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Tonight’s episode comes to you live from Los Angeles, where Desert Oracle Radio opened the show for “Seattle’s Slowest,” the legendary group EARTH ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fire and Ice
From: Israel Story
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On the afternoon of August 15, 2021, the hills of Jerusalem were covered in smoke. It was, it would turn out after the fire was quelled five days l...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 12:05
The Big Ponder #38: Cartoons
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Have you ever heard of the cartoonist Oliver Harrington? Probably not, but the artist played an instrumental role in German-American history. From ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Real-Estate Scoundrels & Flying Black Triangles
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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We are back with a new episode, all about the wonders of the High Desert, and the various aerial portents we call Wonders in the Sky. PLUS: If you'...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
Alien Corpses of the Great Basin
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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You ever drive the "Loneliest Road In America"? That's what they call U.S. 50, across the Great Basin Desert through the middle of Nevada. Not many...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Re:sound - The Whatever Suits You Show
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2020 Re:sound Specials from Third Coast
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This hour, the suits we wear and the impressions we make.

Bought by KUHF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Prairie Public, KCPW Salt Lake City, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Episode 66: The Secret Of The Adirondack Lean-tos
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Jeff Osgood and his friend Anthony just wanted to go on a winter hiking trip in the Adirondack Wilderness in upstate New York. But after a series o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 09, 2019
  • Length: 21:20
  • Purchases: 1
Nobody Swung Harder: The Jazz Violin of Stuff Smith
From: David Schulman
Caption: Stuff Smith and friends, Credit: family photo
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon “Stuff” Smith was the most important American jazz violinist of the 20th Century. He recorded with Ella Fitzgerald. Oscar Pet...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 59: Vicious And Viral
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Travis Kauffman went for a trail run near his home in Colorado. But an unexpected run-in almost turned him into trail mix. Then the internet got in...

Bought by KRZA and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 16:55
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 51: The Water At The Roof Of The World
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Wang Ping wanted to go to Tibet to bless the world. But to do that, she had to risk her own safety.

Bought by KWMR and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:04
  • Purchases: 2
Over My Dead Body!
From: Israel Story
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Shlomo Avni devoted the last few years of his life to a fight to be buried the way he wanted. Although, buried isn't quite the word - he wanted his...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 22:00
  • Purchases: 1
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 19
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Trash Bandits And Border Collies" and "The Ents Of Melbourne" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: Maggie had it all: a fine house,...

Bought by KSTK and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
HumaNature: 30 Minute Special 12
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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"Running For Your Life" and "Hurricane Of The Heart" A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: After breaking his back, doctors told Gary...

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
NOLA vs Nature: The Other Biggest Flood In New Orleans History
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: The Crevasse, viewed from the levee., Credit: The Historic New Orleans Collection
For the next few episodes TriPod dives into the city’s messy relationship with water through a new series called NOLA vs. Nature. First up: a look ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 11:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry:In the First Place, Why Would A Corporation Let a Veteran Legislator/Franchiser have Huge Debt?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: I'll Scratch Your Back Later..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about right and wrong in sixty seconds about pressing matters of the day. Because the Maine legislatu...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:15
RDD: The Lake and the Doctor (part 2)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:06
HumaNature: One Hour Special #4
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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A special edition of HumaNature formatted for air: stories of animal encounters. A scientist risks his reputation to pursue Bigfoot; pigeons save t...

Bought by Raven Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Twisted Sister - Episode 12 - Season One
From: Clive Desmond
Series: Pod Planet
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College girl goes wild and learns important lesson along the way.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 11:16
Tarantula
From: Philip Armand
Caption: Banana Tarantula, Credit: Cynthia Bogart
Philip Armand gets repeatedly bitten by a spider and a famous artist dangles the carrot of fame.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:22
Mike Scholtz on "Lost Conquest: The Motion Picture Event of 1000 A.D."
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we learn about the journey in creating, Lost Conquest. Lost Conquest examines the authenticity of the Kensington Runes...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 23:52
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 6: In The Beginning, God Created The Heavens And The Earth And The Allosaurus
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Erin Jones thought the answers were written in stone. But a summer internship at a remote dinosaur quarry eroded her certainty.

Bought by KUER, KSFR, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 6: Anchor Dreams - The Passion of Scoop Nemeth
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
Caption: Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, Credit: Noel Black
In this episode of Wish We Were here, we tell the story of Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, a man with high-functioning autism whose singular goal in life is ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:05
Episode 30: The Agreement
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2005, Danny Egipciaco had the opportunity to participate in a robbery of a drug supplier’s stash house. He was told he’d take home between $100K...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2015
  • Length: 19:35