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Caption: D'Arcy Drollinger's character Diana Midnight in his play "Bitch Slap" has just been slapped by another character., Credit: Gooch
We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Featuring former cast members of the legendary Capitol Steps and a show written by the former co-writer of the Steps, the Capitol Fools hold up a m...

Bought by KANW and KGOU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 2
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What happens when a car racing fan and the host of Possibly try to find an event that appeals to both of them? Enter Formula E.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The First Family, Credit: Courtesy Cadence Records
A 60th Anniversary review of the funniest album of the Kennedy era. The Grammy Award winning Album of the Year that was ultimately withdrawn from c...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
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Sammy Marques tells stories, one-man-shows that last an hour and more. The stories within the bigger stories are chapters of his life. Because they...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 25:28
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Sammy Marques, descended from Portuguese seamen, was expatriated from his native America by his missionary father. When he returned stateside he ma...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 27:56
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Sammy Marques is a raconteur. He frequently draws on personal experience to flesh out stories that seem always to embrace some humorous element. Th...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
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For three generations, Sammy Marques’ family was stuck in a sort of revolving door of emigration from Europe to the United States and back again. I...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 28:24
Caption: Sammy Marques
Sammy Marques has been a lot of things over the years. He was never a butcher, but he was certainly a baker. Twice. And armed with a wood lathe he ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 26:21
Caption: Fauxnique portrays Wonder Woman, one of many characters in her show "The F Word" at Oasis cabaret, San Francisco, 2016., Credit: Gareth Gooch
Monique Jenkinson, a.k.a. Fauxnique, was the first cisgender woman to win the title "Miss Trannyshack" in 2003, raising many glittered eyebrows in ...

Bought by WORT and WORT


  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 27:53
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson ten years ago this month, and the Richmond music scene will never be quite the same. Page was a player and host of the most popular “re...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2021
  • Length: 25:55
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An interview with John Barbour, former host of "Real People" and author of "Your Mother's Not a Virgin!: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian D...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 35:47
Caption: Combat Fishing by Terry Hodges
Award-winning author Terry Hodges, inducted into the California Outdoor Hall of Fame, was a game warden for over 30 years. Combat Fishing is a true...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 18:34
Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass, Credit: Steve Martin
Stephen Mougin is an award winning musician ,producer in Nashville.

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Comedian Jan McInnis
Comedian Jan McInnis shares clean comedy from her comedy show. She is currently touring theatres in the Baby Boomer Comedy Show. www.TheWorkLady.com

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: :30
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
A little levity from talented and inventive musicians can go a long way to putting some pep in your step. Fats Waller could hardly keep from adding...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ted Lewis
You might say he didn’t take his music seriously. On the other hand, bandleader and clarinetist Ted Lewis is one of the best known performers of th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joel Shaw & his Orchestra
In 1925, pianist Joel Shaw became vast friends with bandleader Gene Kardos. They clicked. Their style had elements of jazz, society dance band and ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A small town boy becomes consumed with The Guiding Light. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen to all eps at getm...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 23:33
Caption: Jonathon Austin, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Jonathan Austin is a North Side Richmonder who began juggling when he was just 12-years old. Two years later he performed his first professional gi...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 23:44
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A menacing force is ravaging middle school and… You. Are. Next. Celebrate Halloween with terrifying tales of puberty and how it transforms innocent...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2018
  • Length: 27:26
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This episode we spin loads of amazing music (all on vinyl of course) and we have a great couple chats with Larry Jaffee who is a writer, music revi...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 01:57:15
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The pitfalls of teenagers and tiaras.  This week, Mortified explores the obsession kids have with becoming a princess. The Mortified Podcast is a p...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2018
  • Length: 27:45
Caption: Susie Essman of "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Jim Dale and Susie Essman star in HOLY MOLY, two short comedies by Alan Zweibel and David Ives. In PLAYING GOD, a divine comedy from SNL's Alan Zw...

Bought by KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Connecticut Public (WNPR), Prairie Public, and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5