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Folktale of Lunar Fancy
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Lunar Fancy, Credit: Julia Meek
All eyes and ears are pointed to that heavenly nightsky, this edition of Folktales, so grab a moonbeam, and join us on this musical flight of Lunar...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 3
Episode #119
From: Sigil Of Brass
Series: DJ Scooby's Sound Of Wonder
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World music radio show presented by DJ Scooby - an Englishman with a Yorkshire accent. Throat-Singing. Eclectic and fun.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Author of the Declaration of Independence
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States as portrayed by Chautauqua scholar Clay Jenkinson.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
This is Love
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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From the makers of the award-winning podcast Criminal, an investigation into life’s most persistent mystery: love.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 05:35
Folktale of Varmints
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Varmints, Credit: Julia Meek
"Snakes hide in grass, people behind their lies." We don't know who said it, but find out why this week on the Folktale of Varmints.

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WFIU, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Cello Quartet with the Widest Repertoire in the World
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Delphia Quartet, Credit: Kate WIlson
Most music listeners are unaware of cello quartets such as the Delphia Cello Quartet. But to a cellist, its’ the most normal thing in the world. Th...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Clematis Drummundii in a Wintery Landscape
From: KXCI
Series: Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey
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Canyon hackberry must be an old common name, because all the new literature calls it western hackberry. Western, I suppose, as opposed to the south...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
Crossing The Line, Episode 101
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
Caption: Meet Keron McHugh
Every story has to start at the beginning. Travel with us to North Carolina and meet our Hustler, Keron McHugh, his past is NOT for the faint of he...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 25:02
Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Rape of Eve: Newly Discovered Texts of Resistance (Celene Lillie) ENCORE
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: The Rape of Eve by Celene Lillie
All the origin myths of Rome are rape narratives. Dr. Celene Lillie has found resistance to Rome's culture of rape and domination in Gnostic texts ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WETS, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 3
170914 The New Orleans to Los Angeles Music Connections of 1950s and 60s
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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After Fats Domino and Little Richard records completely changed the recording industry. New Orleans music was "gold" and the equivalent of the Cal...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:36:13
  • Purchases: 1
"Shorty" The Musical
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: From the Theater District (of Your Mind)
In a theatrical musical, songs break out during the story line. In a radio musical, a story line breaks out during a set of music. In the radio...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:38
Painting gender pioneers
From: Anne Hoffman
Caption: Artist Virginia Wagner and her portraits., Credit: Anne Hoffman
Virginia Wagner paints people whose gender isn't a matter of male or female. She sees them as the pioneers of a new kind of beauty and self-accepta...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:22
Meet Fredrik, Founder of ShowerBeer!
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Meet the Founder of Shower Beer, Beer Specifically Created for the Shower.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
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
Week in review for January 8, 2017
From: Jonah Meadows
Series: Snow Crash Radio
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A look back at the week's developments in technology and power. Featuring a discussion of Julian Assange's appearance on Hannity, Senate Armed Serv...

Bought by WYAP and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 09, 2017
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2
James the Sixth Becomes James the First
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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How did the sixth James get first in line? It happened when his job description changed from Scottish king to monarch of all Britain...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:25:25
Folktale of Stormy Weather
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folkale of Stormy Weather, Credit: Julia Meek
It's clouding up this week on Folktales, and the silver lining we're seeking is a world of good music devoted to Stormy Weather!

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), 'The Sea', GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 8
Attila the Hun
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Attila and the Huns clash with the gallic forces of Flavius Aetius, the last effective general of the Roman Empire...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:34:52
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1530 (Hour 1 & 2) - 05/26/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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With an appropriate mix of Appalachian Africana, Gypsy Roots, Ethno-Blues, and Folkloric Jazz, we're off to a good start with Tribecastan thru Bay ...

Bought by WMOT, WYAP, WVBI-LP, WOUB, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 7
Fairy Food: The Little People's Potato
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: neighborhood-harvested "fairy" potatoes, Credit: Carla Seidl
A fairy potato treasure hunt incorporating elements of Cherokee, Celtic, and Chinese folklore and a bit o' magic.

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Dark Side of Personal Finance/ Twist to the Lindbergh Murder Case/ When to (not) Trust Your Gut/ Literally Becoming the Big Cheese
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Helaine Olen/finance Segment 2&3: Robert Zorn/lindbergh baby Segment 4: Mary Ellen O'Toole/FBI Profiler Segment 5: Tom Flournoy/cheesema...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 28, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Justice Scalia vacates the Court
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:22:45
#226 FULL SHOW "Is the market rout over"
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
#226 Is the Market rout over February 4 2016 Marc details recent market activity and give his impression about what happened and what to possibly...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 13, 2016
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
#2: Rana, Too East for the West
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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In the second episode of the new series, Palestinians Podcast, we hear from Rana Akleh, a doctoral student at Boston College. Rana artistically des...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:15

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