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In this short taken from our longer episode, "Babies. Why?" we talk to Dr. Christopher Ryan about the actual origins of "Baby Fever."
- Added: Oct 30, 2014
- Length: 08:59
Something unusual happens about a half mile under the sea. Ocean physics create a special zone where sound travels for hundreds, even thousands of ...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, American Voices, Hark!, KFAI Minneapolis and more
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 11:11
- Purchases: 11
Boontling is a dialect spoken in the tiny town of Boonville, Calif. While every word of the homegrown language tells a story, how and why it emerge...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 26, 2013
- Length: 12:50
- Purchases: 1
For nearly a hundred years, Morse Code was the official language of international communication for ships in distress. Then, at the end of the twen...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 1
A Curious Citizen had a hunch there might be tunnels lurking beneath Chicago’s downtown. She had no idea how right she was.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 09:32
- Purchases: 1
Um, No. But did the Manhattan Project’s Enrico Fermi consider the risk to Chicago?
Bought by XRAY.fm, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 3
Get set for the twisted tale of Anna Marie Jarvis, the mother of Mother's Day. I'll warn you, it's not all hearts and flowers. While many of us kno...
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 06:34
Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...
Bought by KUER
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 05:36
- Purchases: 1
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!
Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Author Sergio Magana.
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 01:00:01
Mitch Skinner looks at a new food-art exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and finds out about banqueting in Shakespeare's day.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 1
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. A...
- Added: Sep 15, 2012
- Length: 27:16
For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an often-overlooked musician who helped lay the founda...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of May (5/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the unlikely origins of one of the states best known...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of August (8/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a historic recording session that helped set the s...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of January (1/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at an artist who performed in one of the first Africa...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of February (2/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a home recording studio that helped produce som...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the first week of July (7/4): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the pioneers of Chicano soul
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of July (7/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a city ordinance that banned freak dancing.
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the fourth week of December (12/25): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a multi instrumentalist who combined gospel an...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of September (9/12): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of country music’s most famous singers, wh...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of August (8/19): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who conquered Nashville on her own terms.
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of August (8/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a pioneer of soul music who also enjoyed singing c...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the second week of August (8/7): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a singer who found a silver lining behind the rain...
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of July (7/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a baseball player who turned out to be a real gentleman.
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the third week of July (7/20): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the states most successful female songwriter
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 01:40
