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Black Love
From: The Stoop
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From our words, to dance, to the everyday sounds that surround us, we explore the special ways we express and feel the love..

Bought by KALW, WFSU, KVCR, WGBH Radio Boston, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:10
  • Purchases: 12
Einstein's Sonnet: Love Is Relativity
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Breathing:American Sonnets on Bookshop.org + at Gulf Maine Books, Credit: Susan Cook
On September 28, 1905 Einstein's paper on the special theory of relativity was published in Annalen der Physik. A Poetic version, "Einstein's So...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 1
Ghostly Encounters of a Third Kind
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Artwork, Credit: by Doug Dobey
Just in time for Halloween. Two women share their stories of ghostly encounter. Some of them will tingle your spine.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 27:26
Friendly and Not So Friendly Ghosts
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: The Houlihans, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
This week we encounter the supernatural with Beth and Chris Houlihan.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 26:58
Episode 5
From: Don Hill
Series: Haunted House, Haunted Mind
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Not your usual ghost story. Journalist & broadcaster Don Hill investigates a haunted house—his own.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 13:45
Episode 4
From: Don Hill
Series: Haunted House, Haunted Mind
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Not your usual ghost story. Journalist & broadcaster Don Hill investigates a haunted house—his own.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 19:34
Episode 3
From: Don Hill
Series: Haunted House, Haunted Mind
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Not your usual ghost story. Journalist & broadcaster Don Hill investigates a haunted house—his own.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 19:14
Episode 2
From: Don Hill
Series: Haunted House, Haunted Mind
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Not your usual ghost story. Journalist & broadcaster Don Hill investigates a haunted house—his own.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2022
  • Length: 32:31
Episode 1
From: Don Hill
Series: Haunted House, Haunted Mind
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Not your usual ghost story. Journalist & broadcaster Don Hill investigates a haunted house—his own.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2022
  • Length: 20:50
Heroine and Great-Grandmother
From: Israel Story
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Mishy Harman meets up with Councilwoman Fleur Hassan-Nahoum on the corner of Ruth Street in Jerusalem, to discuss the importance of historical memo...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:07
Podcast Playlist Presents: Celebrate Pride Month with These Podcasts
From: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio
Series: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio Specials
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June is Pride Month! Today we have stories to celebrate the history, courage, and diversity of the LGBT community.

Bought by WPSU, RadioStPete Florida, New Hampshire Public Radio, KRVS, KUHF and more


  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Big Ponder #26: Krampus
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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In the U.S., Santa keeps tabs on who’s been naughty or nice, but there isn’t much follow through on the naughty list. In much of Europe, however, S...

Bought by WBEZ and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 27:27
  • Purchases: 2
Podcast Playlist Presents: Cozy Stories for the Holidays
From: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio
Series: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio Specials
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From the origin of the most popular Christmas song to why men are so hard to shop for. Get comfy, because we're sharing comforting stories for the ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Podcast Playlist Halloween Spooktacular!
From: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio
Series: Podcast Playlist from CBC Radio Specials
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Spooky podcasts to get you into the Halloween spirit.

Bought by WVTF, KTSW 89.9, Troy Public Radio, KECG, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
RDD: Those Who Once Lived
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today's Rough Draft Diaries celebrates Veterans Day, a holiday honoring military veterans while marking the anniversary of the end of World War I. ...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 06:12
Christmas Stories Part 3 An Incident on Grace Street
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: C.F. Sauer sign,
A modern-day nativity story that takes place in a garage on Suitcase Alley in Richmond, Virginia's Fan District.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 24:24
Christmas Stories Part 2 A Christmas Carol on Wheels
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Mark Lerman
A hundred years before Frank Kapra ever dreamed up a wonderful life, Charles Dickens had already penned the seminal Christmas classic. For the past...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 27:05
Christmas Stories Part 1 No Room at the Inn
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Nativities at Church of the Redeemer., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Every year, at the Church of the Redeemer in Mechanicsville, Virginia, people exhibit exhibit hundred of Nativities from all over the world. And ea...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 27:00
RDD: Can You Hug a Ghost?
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's our Halloween Special! Join us as we encounter the spookier side of Fort Meigs with the Garrison Ghost Walk. It's a night-time stroll through ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2019
  • Length: 06:17
Funky Presidents Day
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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Have your listening audience enjoy Presidents Day with a fun musicial experience.

Bought by KMXT, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:01:02
  • Purchases: 3
"Marginal!!" In the Department of Poetic Justice (and reckoning)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Santa Claus pays it forward..., Credit: Susan Cook
Musical tribute with Santa Claus paying attention to who's marginal and who's not!

  • Added: Jan 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:10
"All Happy Families are Like One Another; Each Unhappy Family is Unhappy in Its Own Way" : The Holidays and Divorce
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "May all beings be well and happy, May all beings be harmonious and peaceful, May all have the light, The way out of suffering, The way home..., Credit: Bodhisaatva Vow
Some holiday recommendations for divorced parents, the American Bar Association and all who re-cast the spell of Santa Claus every year.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2018
  • Length: 08:12
The Holiday Season: Spreading Joy or Spreading Stress
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: A Christmas display, the one referred to in the audio piece, in a grocery store on October 27th. , Credit: Emma Henzes
It seems that the holiday season comes earlier and earlier every year. Some people love it, but many people find it stressful. Customers, small and...

Bought by KSFR and KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Minding the Gap - The 100th Episode
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This is the 100th episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! We'll celebrate this moment with a few different people. You may have heard documentary filma...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Nature Is A Haunted House
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Friday the Thirteenth, Blair Witch. It seems the woods make a great backdrop for scary stories, but why?...

Bought by 'The Sea' and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 21:48
  • Purchases: 2