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Banning a song is often done for a strong reason. Then there is the show today. Here is a list of songs that were banned for silly or dumb reason...
Bought by WKPW, KWIT, KSRQ, KTRL, Harford Community Radio and more
- Added: Sep 05, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Author Marc Hartzman’s new book celebrates the wonder of the Red Planet and how it entered popular culture.
Bought by WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, KWMR and more
- Added: Feb 10, 2021
- Length: 28:50
- Purchases: 9
The electrifying Ramayana Monkey Chant, performed for thousands of visitors to Bali each year, was created by a guy named...Walter?
- Added: Aug 21, 2020
- Length: 17:05
In this time of COVID19 and staying at home (if you happen to be at home with more than just yourself) you might be finding family harmony is getti...
- Added: Aug 05, 2020
- Length: 04:49
What happens when an internationally renowned artist stands in front of their inspiring muse? In 1957, Leonard Bernstein travelled to Israel to see...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
- Length: 11:03
Journalist Randall Sullivan and Marty Lagina talk with Patrick Livingston about "The Curse of Oak Island."
Bought by WKAR
- Added: Oct 29, 2019
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 1
Novelist Karl Marlantes, whose latest book is "Deep River," talks with Benjamin Busch.
Bought by WKAR
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 54:29
- Purchases: 1
Internationally renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusty cohort in crime-solving, Dr. Watson, discover that sometimes murder can be downrig...
- Added: Jun 18, 2018
- Length: 22:00
- Purchases: 2
Internationally renowned sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, and his trusty cohort in crime-solving, Dr. Watson, discover that sometimes murder can be downrig...
- Added: Jun 14, 2018
- Length: 27:40
- Purchases: 2
David Phillips of the Bellingham Herald gets a story of a lifetime. Western student Juniper Harper is thrust into the middle of a sinister conspira...
Bought by WCNY
- Added: Feb 24, 2017
- Length: 26:13
- Purchases: 1
In this instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes another trip into the depths ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 29:02
The St. Paul Winter Carnival has been a tradition in the Twin Cities for over 100 years! Today we learn from the carnivals cast of characters just ...
- Added: Oct 09, 2015
- Length: 32:54
In 1987, russians and americans rafted together in siberia as teammates for the first time.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 1
There are many synonyms for 'underwear'. There are many synonyms for the body parts you keep in your underwear. But there's only one word for 'bra'...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 13:31
Poet Paul Legault shares how he challenged the norms of translation in his interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 14:00
A hilarious look at the man who invented live alligator wrestling as a Florida tourist attraction, and his inventive wife who raised a family outsi...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 29:09
In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Grac...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 10
On The evening of June 9th, the Winona community gathered at the Historic Huff Lamberton House for one of the most anticipated events of the summer...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 21, 2012
- Length: 35:48
- Purchases: 1
It's all about Jump Suits...
- Added: Jun 02, 2010
- Length: 03:47
Science writer Bill Broad examines the Oracle of Delphi?one of the great seers of the ancient Greek world. Then, writer Marilyn Johnson explains wh...
- Added: Apr 11, 2006
- Length: 01:00:10
Why basic black remains basic in fashion despite yearly marketing assaults.
- Added: Aug 31, 2004
- Length: 06:19
