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Boilermaker Classics
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Purdue Boilermakers, Credit: Purdue
We’ll hear music about trains, and learn some little known facts and myths about Purdue on today’s What’s New.

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Day the Earth Stood Still
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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The entire 1951 movie is narrated -- and commented on -- in this sound-rich radio show...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 02:36:58
The Ghosts of Hester Park Tell Their Stories of Murder, Tornadoes, and Immigration
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Have you ever wondered how Lake George got its name? Or who predicted the tornado of April 1886? Or even why this area hosts so many German Catholi...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:47
Hunting for EVPs, and Turning Up Some Good Times.
From: Carolina Wheat
Caption: Paper Plate Moon (Tunnel) , Credit: Liz Nielsen
A want-to-be ghost hunting narrator thinks she finds Electronic Voice Phenomenon when she playfully searches hard enough for it.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 12:53
Sir Isaac Newton
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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He developed a prevailing theory of gravity and labored over calculations concerning the end of the world, but had no use for women! Sir Isaac Newton

  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 02:52:14
Fireworks (Version One)
From: Shawn McCullough
Series: 10 Min Sound Byte
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In this episode, we explore songs about fireworks.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2014
  • Length: 09:58
The Berlin Airlift and Candy Bombers
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: The American pilot Gail Halvorsen
Berlin the capital of Germany, was in a difficult situation after world war 2: The city was split into sectors by the allied forces. Military jets ...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Aug 22, 2010
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2008
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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A hour-long retrospective of the past year, including the historic election of Barack Obama* mixed with the sounds, music and major events of 2008.

Bought by KUT-HD, Marfa Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWIT, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2009
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 10
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
A Shortcut Through 2007
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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An hour-long retrospective of the year 2007

Bought by Remix Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Radio Catskill, Marfa Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Dec 29, 2007
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 11
A Shortcut Through 2003
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Fight Them!
A look back at the year--2003

  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 59:44
A Shortcut Through 2006
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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An hour-long retrospective of the year 2006

Bought by KGLT, KUT, KVMR, North Country Public Radio, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Dec 22, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
Comfort Food
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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In this amusing piece Adrian Boyés plunges into the mysteries surrounding comfort food.

Bought by WXLV-FM, PRX, KUCB, WNKU, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 6
City X
From: Jonathan Mitchell
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A history of the mall, as told by an anonymous city

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix, KUOW, PRX to iTunes, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 16