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Pretending to be Proper
From: KMUW
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We look at some "rules" of the language that were mostly just made up so people could feel like they were speaking proper English.

Bought by KECG and KRPS


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
New Year for Trees!?
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish logo with star of David
Sounds Jewish celebrates the coming holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees, with Jewish tunes about inspired by the holiday and tree...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constant Wonder - Storyteller Kevin Kling, A Life of Humor and Humility
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Disability is something Kevin Kling faces not only determination and courage, but with a highly developed sense of humor. Kevin Kling, a beloved st...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
An Hour of Storytelling - Don't Kill Santa! - Holiday Stories by Donald Davis and Andy Offutt Irwin
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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Stories by Donald Davis and Andy Offutt Irwin

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WVPE, Angelica Community Radio, and KSJE


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 4
The Fun Part of Summer
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” welcomes summer with seasonal songs and shtick from around the Jewish world.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
7/5: Jeff Bezos and the Infinite Bookstore
From: Matt Hill
Series: Today In History - with The Retrospectors
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Amazon, created in the Seattle garage of Jeff Bezos, was incorporated on 5th July, 1994. In this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why Was...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 10:19
The Forks!
From: Nicole Franklin
Caption: The Forks! Poster
Andrei and Kathryn expect to have a wonderful anniversary in magical Sedona. But the company at their table have different plans....

  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 32:18
Navigating the Sex Industry and Challenging Stigmas: A Conversation with Sarah Jones
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, we explore the unorthodox documentary Sell By Date, created by Tony Award-winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. We discuss t...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Her Turn
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
“Sounds Jewish” celebrates International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with inspiring, empowering, and historically important music perform...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alt 50's Christmas
From: Mike Flanagan
Series: Professor Mikey's Old School
Caption: ALT 50S CHRISTMAS: Satire, Rarities, Oddities, the music of the Cold War Christmas
Sure, Christmas in the 1950s was the stomping ground for Rudolph and Frosty. But underneath the marshmallow world of perfect conformity was anothe...

Bought by KDUR, WDCB, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, KUCB and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 27
Chavez Ravine
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Baseball and eminent domain collide in LA

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KMUN, KWMR, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 19
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
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
4. Bug
From: Maria-Cristina Marras
Series: Micro
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True story, it happened to me in Goa, while living in a fisher's hut in Calangute. A micro narration in a minute or so.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2022
  • Length: 01:00
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
THUMP THUMP THUMP
From: Chris Attaway
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A woman moves into her new student digs and hears something coming from the basement...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 10:36
Fiction Writer and Essayist Charles Baxter
From: New Letters on the Air
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Fiction writer Charles Baxter reveals some of his motivations for writing short stories and novels. In this interview in front of an audience at th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
194: Iris Sphincters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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You might think you're special because you can flex your nostrils or flap your ears--but it turns out that there's a person out there who can volun...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 11:34
  • Purchases: 1
Ari Gold: Sex Is a Good Thing
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Ari Gold, Credit: Shefik
Sex - Ari Gold regularly addressed being both Jewish and gay. He landed his first job as a professional singer by performing the lead role on the C...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 01:58
Ari Gold: Have Sex Responsibly With No Shame
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Ari Gold, Credit: Shefik
Sex - Ari Gold regularly addressed being both Jewish and gay. He landed his first job as a professional singer by performing the lead role on the C...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:51
185: Crash at Crush
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Apple Seed - Onions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On this episode of the Apple Seed you're going to hear a story called "Onions" from Cindy Rivka Marshall. It's a Jewish folktale about a young girl...

Bought by KTXK, KSJE, KKRN, KTXK, and WVPE


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 5
Hannah by the Way
From: Chris Attaway
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The stages of grief in the context of house hunting

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 10:56
Firehouse Follies Podcast Ep. 1
From: Rich Spagnola
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Today we are talking to Tom and Joe, two retired firemen with the FDNY who will share some unusual encounters and a practical- jokes that

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 25:26

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