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In this episode we talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre depicts the darker side of the holidays.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 37:12
Caption: Baby, it's cool on this side!
Dear Santa, I am so cool. This year I need the hippest music on the planet. Here's hoping the mainstream doesn't flow all the way to the North Po...

Bought by KDUR, KRCB 104.9, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KDUR and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
"Sounds Jewish" parties like it's 360 BCE with a global Jewish playlist celebrating the approaching Purim holiday.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s a reason it’s illegal to be drunk and in charge of a cow in Scotland, and the Season 10 (!!!) premier of the Granite City Radio Theater cle...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:03:07
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Kindness, Credit: Julia Meek
Be kind, rewind. And then be sure to join us for the Folktale of Kindness.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
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Not the big yawn that you'd think. These 100,000 or so codes are used to determine your bill. Some of those codes are hilarious. Bit by cow and str...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
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Hi, I’m Scooby. I am a Yorkshire based Vinyl DJ & Radio Show host. My radio show is up for syndication – for free. So, if you want to put my radio ...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack revisits St. Cloud State University’s University Pro...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:06
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Similar to a theatrical musical where the story is interrupted with a song, a radio musical has the songs interrupted by a story. Tonight's radi...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 40:31
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The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of one Rob Roy MacGregor...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 02:29:26
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Segment 1: Jason Padgett/Struck By Genius Segment 2: Steven Rosenbush/hidden income in your home Segment 3: Jamie Merida/decorator Segment 4: David...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 13, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Angus Bossenberry's Song Story takes us on a colorful and funny road trip as he hitchhikes up the Pacific Coast Highway in California.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
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This week we explore several of the routines and ceremonies that our favorite artists obsessively perform before taking the stage.

Bought by KSKQ, KMUD, KSKQ, WOUB, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
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By musicians you've never heard of..." Collectors music without the burdens of the music's provenance. Good music just works.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 02:54:16
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Travel Lodging, Credit: Julia Meek
Where to lay one's weary head while 'on the road' is something to think about, and we're adding it to this Folktale's musical itinerary! Make your ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 6
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I was the guy who screamed at the horror picture, "The murder is in there. Don't go into the basement ..." Same thing happens when I hear a girl...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 02:52:50
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WWOZ - an outlet for JazzFest music heads to hear the golden era of New Orleans music (the 1950s to 1970s). Tonight, "New Orleans music you've nev...

  • Added: May 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:55:07
Caption: From a record trading shop - the dreck that can't even be given away., Credit: WFMU at WFMU.org home of my favorite radio show - Seven Second Delay
Collectors music from the era just before rock and roll established a formulaic sound. "Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard o...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:55:15
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More music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. Tonight, sets of music about bubble gum (very different from bubble gum music) a...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:53:56
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More music you've wished you had heard by musicians deprived of radio exposure. Music that reached across the separation line of a segregated US i...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:47:26
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Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of... collector's music without the pedantics of the music's provenance. After I retriev...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:46:09
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Dozens of musicians took part in the $100 Guitar Project, which sent an inexpensive, unbranded guitar on a journey around the U.S. and Europe.

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 18:01
Caption: That's me, compliments of Andy Kerr
"Music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of." From the golden era of Americana, 1950s to 1970s before R&B, R&R, Blues and Rockabi...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:51:26
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ and WTIP


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2