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Courting the Librarian
From: Barrett Wolf
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Love poem for the literal and the literary

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: :26
  • Purchases: 1
Bruce Springsteen: The Story of Born to Run
From: Joyride Media
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This one hour radio documentary tells the inside story of Bruce Springsteen's classic album, Born To Run on it's 30th anniversary.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 36
Why Ahmad Never Got to Celebrate Halloween
From: KCUR
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Commentary by Afghani college student about how his parents would not allow him to participate in Halloween.

Bought by WDBM, YouthCast, WXLV-FM, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 4
"The Woodpecker"
From: KCUR
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Muskogee Creek Indian story called "The Woodpecker."

Bought by PRX Remix, KZYX, and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 3
Musicians on the Record: Buddy Guy
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Blues man Buddy Guy reflects on his favorite album, B.B King's "Live at the Regal".

Bought by Musicians' Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDLG, Prairie Public, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 5
Musicians on the Record: Matisyahu
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Matisyahu performs reggae and hip-hop. He's also a Hasidic Jew. As a teenager, Matis found spiritual sustenance in an album by the jam band Phish.

Bought by KWCW and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Liz Phair
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Rocker Liz Phair praises the Stevie Wonder classic "Songs in the Key of Life"

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and Prairie Public


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Steven Page of Bare Naked Ladies
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Bare Naked Ladies Steven Page discovered "Nilsson SingsNewman" during the group's first big tour. Playing big concerts every night made Page crave...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Musicians on the Record: Steve Forbert
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Folk singer Steve Forbert muses about his favorite album, "Paris 1919". He says this John Cale record is very good for the subconscious.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KUT


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Ted Leo
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Punk Rocker Ted Leo reflects on the personal value of the Curtis Mayfield album, "Curtis"

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KWCW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 2
Musicians on the Record: Alison Brown
From: WXPN
Series: Musicians on the Record
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Banjo Player Alison Brown reflects on Flatt & Scruggs "Foggy Mountain Banjo", a work that launched her love affair with the banjo

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 1
Aspiring Teen Musicians
From: Youth Ideas Radio Project
Series: Youth Ideas Radio Project 2005
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Teen musicians hoping to become successful artists, from the perspective of an aspiring singer.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Leave Daffy alone!
From: Merle Kessler
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Warner Brothers messes with the classics. Stop them.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:10
My Trip to the Dentist
From: Merle Kessler
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Burning Man, tooth extraction, and Ellen DeGeneres - that's life.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
RN Documentary: A Boat-trip through Borneo
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An on-location report about Orang Utans and the various threats to the peat bog forests of Kalimantan in Borneo.

Bought by KUER and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Sep 13, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Starbucks Bob
From: Merle Kessler
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Bob Dylan and Starbucks and the rest of us.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 01:35
  • Purchases: 1
It's All in the Game
From: Merle Kessler
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Is the virtual world running out of steam?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 01:44
DVDs for a Dollar
From: Merle Kessler
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Cheap bad movies for everyone!

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 01:32
Movie Madness
From: Merle Kessler
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Terrorism and the Movies: Connection?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
Music Sparks Memories
From: KUOW
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Musical memories of World War II.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 01, 2005
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 1
Hypnosis
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Comedy hypnotists at county fairs have come to fill the space once occupied by the freak-show tent.

Bought by KTNA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 2
All in the Family
From: Scott Gurian
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A family reunion turns out to be not so bad after all

Bought by KUOW, KBBI Alaska, Public Interactive, KUER, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 5
Friday Sans Fairview
From: Eric Mack
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Nightlife in an eccentric Alaskan village continues despite the closing of a historic venue

  • Added: Jul 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:34
To Comfort Or Provoke: The Necessary And Complex Role Of Theatre In Our Chaotic World.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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jackie maxwell feels that theatre is alive,well and important.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
Misplaced Product Placement
From: Merle Kessler
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Man talks to dead people through his stereo. Sony opts in!

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 01:41