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PE 2415
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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Gimme That Ol' Time...Radio?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Royalton Community Radio, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 20
Voice of the Desert
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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The storms continue, the wildflowers begin to appear, and Chantel (our mysterious PCT through-hiker) probably made it to the Canadian border withou...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Year was 1947
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the Jewish music of 1947.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dowsing Rod
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Ever seen a water witch at work? It’s a beautiful thing to behold. We have ancient reserves of great power within us.

Bought by KFCF FM and KSJE


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Persistence of Tulare Lake
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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During these many months of heavy rain & thick snowdrifts, we look around the southwest and notice all those playas, those alkaline dry lakes, bles...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living Planet 09/10/22
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on Living Planet, we explore a topic that's perfectly natural and something we do every day. Whether you use a squat toilet, a pit latrin...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Sep 09, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Down in the Flood
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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An interesting thing about a raging flash flood is how quiet it is, for the most part. Sometimes you’ll hear a pinyon log sort of bonk against a bo...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
In The Name of Love
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Series: Sounds Jewish
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Tune in to the next Sounds Jewish for a global playlist of love songs plus topical comedy.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
DC 2230
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Rockin' in the Days of Confusion
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Spending time in 1972

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, Royalton Community Radio, KDUR, KRSC and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
223: Turnspit Dogs
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1576 and you don't have a young boy to spare to turn your meat while it cooks. So what could you use? A turnspit dog.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Owl-Eye's View
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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What has horns and flies overhead at night? The Great Horned Owl, that's who. Although they're horn shapes and not actual horn material. As far as ...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP203 Saffire The Uppity Blues Women
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Saffire The Uppity Blues Women- A look back at a very unique act consisting of three amazing musicians

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 1
221: Harriet the Tortoise
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Harriet lived from around 1835 to 2006! She is believed to be one of the Earth's longest lived creatures ever recorded.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
219: Wife Selling
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In the 16 and 1700s, wife selling was a type of marital separation that people did when they couldn't afford divorce. It was shaming, mysoginistic,...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
216: Parachuting Beavers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In 1948, Idaho Fish and Game got the bright idea to transport beavers into the back country with PARACHUTES. It was a wild and wacky compromise to ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
215: James Madison & the 4 Letters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1789 and the beginning of bureaucracy in the United States. James Madison is writing letters to smooth the path of George Washington's disorga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
208: Thunderclappers
From: Trace Kerr
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It wasn't just fame and glory that inspired Lewis and Clark's expedition across this great land. It took a "medication" so powerful that people wou...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 04:58
205: Vatican Women's Rifle Team
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Amy pulled out all the stops for this shenanigan filled episode. Don't be an April's Fool like Trace.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
201: Rabbit War
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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What happens when you are the Emperor of France and your hunting party plans go completely wrong? You get attacked by rabbits. This isn't a Monty P...

Bought by WRFA-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2
185: Crash at Crush
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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In September of 1896, the town of Crush was created for the sole purpose of crashing two steam trains together. Things did not go according to plan.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
184: Dog Days of Summer
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's fall now, but we recorded this episode during the dog days of August. The sky wore a blanket of wildfire smoke and daytime lows were in the mi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Time of Mourning
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Rain on the ground, a chill in the air, ghosts on the prowl. We're back from the Midwest with strange tales from the desert to the cornfields. Host...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
183: Telling the Bees
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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The last episode of 4 with wonky sound. We got all the bugs out. (get it...bugs- cause its an episode about bees. *nudges in dad joke* Many cultur...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
177: Knocker Uppers
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Stop laughing Americans, it's not what you think. Starting with the industrial revolution in the UK, people were employed as human alarm clocks, wa...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
175: Angels' Glow
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's the Civil War and you're in the medical tent. It's dark and the man next to you has wounds glowing an eerie blue. Turns out, the men who had t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2