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Spark Bird: John Kessler and the Music of Birds
From: BirdNote
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John Kessler served as BirdNote’s senior producer for over 18 years. But before BirdNote existed, he was recording the sounds of Seattle for public...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Burrowing Belted Kingfisher
From: BirdNote
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The Belted Kingfisher dashes through the air, warning intruders with its rapid-fire, rattling call. In spring, the best places to see Belted Kingfi...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Aviary: Bird Echolocation to the Rescue
From: BirdNote
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In this episode featuring Aviary — the shapeshifting bird superhero — the surprising abilities of birds come in handy when a student gets lost expl...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Birds Dress for Spring
From: BirdNote
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It's spring! And for many birds, a time to look their best to attract a new mate. This American Goldfinch has recently molted. Its old, worn-down f...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Lyrebirds Shift the Earth
From: BirdNote
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Beavers are well known as ecosystem engineers in North America. In Australia, lyrebirds play a big role in shaping their environment when they use ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
House Wren - Little Brown Dynamo
From: BirdNote
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House Wrens dart from perch to perch and sing almost nonstop. They’re one of the most thoroughly studied songbird species. House Wrens nest in cavi...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Mockingbirds Mimic Frogs
From: BirdNote
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The avian world is full of mimicry artists, but Northern Mockingbirds take it to a new level. Not only can they imitate other birds, they can mimic...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
High Island, Texas
From: BirdNote
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Each spring, millions of songbirds migrate north from the tropics to nest in North America. It takes 15 hours on average to cross the roughly 500 m...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Gilded Age (#1633)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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In her sumptuous new memoir, Jamaican writer Safiya Sinclair describes her escape from a difficult childhood ruled by her tyrannical father. For Si...

Bought by KTXK, WPCA-LP, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 17
Poetry Month: Susan Nguyen
From: BirdNote
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For National Poetry Month, we’re sharing contemporary writers’ work about birds. Poet Susan Nguyen got a hummingbird feeder from her neighbor in 20...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
A Hawk That Hunts in Packs
From: BirdNote
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Most raptors are solitary birds, but Harris’s Hawks of the southwestern U.S. live and hunt in groups of two to six. After spotting a prey animal, t...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Two Wings and a Tail
From: BirdNote
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The Wilson's Snipe lives in marshes and muddy areas, where it probes for worms and other squirmy delights. But when spring comes, it takes to the a...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
An April Fool’s Birdsong Quiz
From: BirdNote
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In this April Fool’s Day quiz from BirdNote, we play the sounds of three birds — only one of which is real. See if you can tell which one, and let ...

Bought by Prairie Public and WFHB


  • Added: Mar 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 2
Chris Ruggiero - Film Composer - Tribal Justice, Minding The Gap, One Child Nation, Resynator
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Resynator - CR1 - 1
Chris Ruggiero - Film Composer - Tribal Justice, Minding The Gap, One Child Nation, Resynator

Bought by KUT, CHSR-FM 97.9, and Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Forgiveness: How we define it and how it defines us
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, we rebroadcast an episode featuring conversations about forgiveness. Hear reflections from Chion two years since its ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Wax Museum 3/16/24 Show #203 Neil Finn/Crowded House/Split Enz
From: Chris Palladino
Series: The Wax Museum
Caption: The Wax Museum, Credit: Tyler Palladino
A deep dive into the music of Neil Finn, Crowded House and Split Enz. Deep Undercover sets examine the entire body of work of the artists. From rec...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 02:00:01
Served in the Military
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week back in 1958 Elvis went to the Memphis Draft Board and signs up for the Army turning down the chance to work for Special Services. From ...

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


  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
806: Jamie Oliver Is a Decent Bloke! Getting to Know the Real Jamie Oliver, 3/14/2024
From: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
Series: Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Radio
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Jamie Oliver has been on your TV for over 20 years, but how well do you really know him? This week, we get up close and personal with the real Jami...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
This Week In Rock and Roll History week of April 28th
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 12, 2024
  • Length: 56:02
  • Purchases: 2
Cool Song Of The Week 4/28 John Kongos
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.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 05:38
Loaded for Bear (#1531)
From: A Way with Words
Series: A Way with Words
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One way to make your new business look trendy is to use two nouns separated by an ampersand, like Peach & Creature . . . or Rainstorm & Egg. A tong...

Bought by KTXK, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WPCA-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
AI Lawsuits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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As AI progresses there have been calls for protections largely unheeded. So now come the lawsuits. There is a long list and some seem to have teeth.

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


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
FP2426: Footlight Parade: Television Musicals, Part 2, 6/24/2024
From: Footlight Parade
Series: Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical (Subscribable Series)
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Footlight Parade: Television Musicals, Part 2

  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 56:51
FP2425: Footlight Parade: Television Musicals, Part 1, 6/17/2024
From: Footlight Parade
Series: Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical (Subscribable Series)
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Footlight Parade: Television Musicals, Part 1

  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 56:51
FP2424: Footlight Parade: 2003 on Stage and Screen, 6/10/2024
From: Footlight Parade
Series: Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical (Subscribable Series)
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Footlight Parade: 2003 on Stage and Screen

  • Added: Mar 09, 2024
  • Length: 56:52

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