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807: The Unsinkable José Andrés Feeds The World, 3/28/2024
From: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
Series: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
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José Andrés returns to tell us how he feeds millions with World Central Kitchen. Plus, he reveals his secret ingredient for chicken stock and his s...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Cool Song Of The Week 5/12 Norman Greenbaum
From: Chris Palladino
Caption: The Cool Song Of The Week, Credit: Mike Bock
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era. Closet Classics and more, rock and roll records from the 1950's to present day.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 04:20
Off the Turnip Truck (#1532)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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It's hard to imagine now, but there was a time when people disagreed over the best word to use when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell sugg...

Bought by Raven Radio, WPCA-LP, RadioStPete Florida, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), KTXK and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Wax Museum 3/23/24 Show #204 Badfinger Day After Day
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
A Wax Museum feature presentation of "Badfinger Day After Day," documenting the band's musical history.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:22
Two Albums at Once
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week back in 1992 Bruce Springsteen released two albums on the same day, March 31. Has this happened before or since? We have a list for you.

Bought by KTRL, KHNS, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KECG, KWIT and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
614: The Automat: The Amazing Story of America's 5-Cent Cafeteria, 3/21/2024
From: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
Series: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
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Before McDonald’s or KFC, there was the Horn and Hardart Automat—a cafeteria-style restaurant where you could buy everything from creamed spinach t...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
This Week In Rock and Roll History week of May 5th
From: Chris Palladino
Series: This Week In Rock and Roll History
Caption: This Week In Rock and Roll History, Credit: Tyler Palladino
This Week In Rock and Roll History is a weekly one hour look back at the songs, the artists, and the stories behind the music of the rock and roll ...

Bought by KIYU-FM and KSLU


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Cool Song Of The Week 5/5 The Pretty Things
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Cool Song of The Week
Caption: The Cool Song Of The Week, Credit: Mike Bock
Cool songs from the Rock and Roll Era. Closet Classics and more, rock and roll records from the 1950's to present day.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
BirdNoir: The Wild Tom Turkey
From: BirdNote
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In this episode of BirdNoir, the private eye gets a call from H. Jon Benjamin about unusual Wild Turkey behavior. A male turkey (known as a “tom”) ...

Bought by Prairie Public, WFHB, and KBIA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Birding 101: Finding Birds Any Time of Day
From: BirdNote
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Morning is a great time for birding – that’s the peak of singing and foraging activity for many species. But it’s not the only time to experience b...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Beak Meets Seed
From: BirdNote
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Birds like finches, chickadees and this Northern Cardinal love sunflower seeds, but each species uses a different strategy to extract the meat. Whe...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Unlikely Places to Go Birding
From: BirdNote
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Birding is often best in the least likely places. At sewage treatment plants, watch for ducks and gulls - and raptors keeping watch over them all. ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Claire Wahmanholm: You Can Always Hear the Highway
From: BirdNote
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Poet Claire Wahmanholm's work focuses on nature and the environment. As she was walking around a nature preserve north of Chicago, Claire was liste...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Cactus Wren Nest Orientation
From: BirdNote
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Cactus Wrens, which may nest several times between March and September, carefully orient their nests in tune with the season. These bulky twig stru...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Great Tinamou, Eerie Voice in the Jungle
From: BirdNote
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The eerie sound of the Great Tinamou can be heard in the lowland jungle throughout much of Central and South America. Secretive — and almost imposs...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Hawai‘i as a Model for Conservation
From: BirdNote
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With invasive species and climate change, Hawai‘i has experienced so much loss and extinction since Western colonists arrived. But Sam ‘Ohu Gon, th...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Cliff Swallows Build a Nest
From: BirdNote
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When Cliff Swallows arrive on the breeding grounds in North America, the dirty work begins. The swallows scoop up mud in their beaks and carefully ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Creating Bird Habitat at Home
From: BirdNote
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One of the biggest threats to birds is the decline in biodiversity due to habitat loss — and the traditional, manicured lawn isn’t helping. Growing...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Secret to Singing Like a Cardinal
From: BirdNote
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Northern Cardinals have vocal abilities that surpass even the most accomplished human singers. When cardinals sing, they sweep their voices from th...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Recognizing a Stranded Loon
From: BirdNote
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Loons are built for life in the water – so much so that their legs don’t work well on land. During migration, loons sometimes mistake wet pavement ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Aplomado Falcon - Species Recovery in the Works
From: BirdNote
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Aplomado Falcons were once widespread residents of the American Southwest, but by the 1950s, they'd disappeared entirely from the region. Loss of h...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Lee Ann Roripaugh: String of Beads
From: BirdNote
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When writer Lee Ann Roripaugh visited the annual staging grounds of Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska, she was in awe of the birds. During their spring m...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Why a Gorget Glitters
From: BirdNote
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Why a Gorget Glitters A hummingbird's brilliant throat feathers are called a "gorget," a term applied in past centuries to the metallic swatch prot...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
How Birds Survived the Asteroid
From: BirdNote
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The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago wreaked worldwide ecological damage, spelling the end for most dinosaurs and destroying t...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
White-tailed Hawks on the Texas Coastal Plain
From: BirdNote
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The White-tailed Hawk thrives in the grassy plains of the Texas Coastal Plain, where many tropical species reach the northern limit of their ranges...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1

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