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841: Building Twisted Worlds / 842: Rituals Of Fear, 10/28/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Building Twisted Worlds" - What’s scary today isn’t haunted mansions but haunted… tape decks? Cassette recorders? HR manuals? We'll intr...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:58
Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver | Episode 23-23
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
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First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and enter...

Bought by WXPR, KMSU, WDSE, WRFA-LP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Constant Wonder - Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: This movie star knew what depravation felt like; Topic 2: How Jimmy Stewart stole our hearts

Bought by WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 52:47
  • Purchases: 4
733: The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace / 734: Guilt Tripping, 10/15/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
Constant Wonder - Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: This movie star knew what depravation felt like; Topic 2: How Jimmy Stewart stole our hearts

  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 52:47
Wooden Heart
From: Black Mountain Radio
Series: Black Mountain Radio
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Elena Passarello discusses her relationship to Elvis and his tribute artists during the Coronavirus pandemic.

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 17:36
When Doomsday Came Calling by Mistake
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: Fehler (Mistakes)
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Our producer Flawn Williams once got caught up in a sticky situation that triggered fears of a nuclear attack while working at a Chicago TV station...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Junot Files: Bill Levy
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Bill Levy, author of "Lawman"

  • Added: Jul 19, 2020
  • Length: 24:38
The Lime Stone Cube
From: Rick Brewer
Caption: Herman B Wells Library, Credit: Indiana University Archives
An audio story about working in the Herman B Wells Library.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Winona Municiple Band: Concert Six of the 2017 Season
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
Caption: Winona Municipal Band
Welcome to our coverage of the 2017 season of the Winona Municipal Band, Directed by Levi Lundak. The band has been entertaining locals for 102 yea...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 55:22
The Addiction to Celebrity Culture. The Middle Edges #107
From: Teosson Wells
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The more individually … and selfishly … motivated our public figures become, the less good they will do for the public at large and the more good t...

Bought by KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 23:08
  • Purchases: 1
THE WITNESS -- James Solomon Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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James Solomon talks fundamental questions, personal narratives, and the importance of listening.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 19:07
Coming Home to Big Stone Gap (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Best-selling author Adriana Trigiani talks about life growing up in the small Appalachian town of Big Stone Gap. And: looking to the past by colle...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KKRN, and WXDU


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 9: Three Degrees of Lorne Greene
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you three stories from three current or former Colorado springs residents, completely unknown to one...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 39:29
Listener Supported: A BackStory Fundraising Special
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: A family listening to the radio in Royal Oak, Michigan, 1939. Photo by Arthur S. Siegel., Credit: Library of Congress.
Pledge drive hour for stations carrying BackStory with the American History Guys. Includes special content on the history of pledge drives and fund...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Tri States Public Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 38:20
  • Purchases: 11
Small town movie theaters surviving in the digital age
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The downtown movie theater has long been a fixture of small town Minnesota. But with advent of multiplexes, DVDs and on-demand viewing, small town ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Architect Jack Liebenberg's theatrical legacy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Many of the historic Art Deco movie theaters you see throughout Minnesota can be attributed to one man, Jack Liebenberg. KFAI's Ryan Dawes speaks w...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:33
Radio Retrospective: George Burns Loves Gracie Allen
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: George Burns and Gracie Allen
The famous duo of radio, television and film – George Burns and Gracie Allen – were married for 38 years. We look back at how their relationship a...

Bought by WMMT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 11:51
  • Purchases: 3
Radio Retrospective: Radio at War
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Frank Sinatra being interview during World War II, Credit: Wikipedia
Radio reached its height of popularity during World War II. But the war also ushered in its greatest competitor - television.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMMT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 3
Radio Retrospective: Rod Serling
From: Katy Sewall
Series: Radio Retrospective
Caption: Rod Serling, Credit: Wikipedia
Rod Serling is know for his television series "The Twilight Zone," but he got his start writing radio dramas at WNYC in the summer of 1946. Listen ...

Bought by WMMT, KSUT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:53
  • Purchases: 5
Nitty gritty
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Designing a Crime-Free World
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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Solitary confinement used to be a good thing, and other revelations.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 11:31
Razzle dazzle
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Sep 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Rediscover Inconspicuous Consumption: Simple Rediscovery #511
From: Teosson Wells
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While waiting for the sunlight of a bright new, less-needful day to wake all of us from our collective buying frenzy, there are a few steps we can ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
Quiet In The House! Rediscover Silent Movies: Simple Rediscovery #514
From: Teosson Wells
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It’s generally agreed that the silent film era lasted from 1894 to 1929; however, the history of projected images is much longer. Beginning in the ...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:02