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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
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
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Kendra Carr of Interlochen Public Radio talks with science writer Mary Roach.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 3
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Will Rogers thought about peace often, but didn't always trust it

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: :59
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Will liked to joke about the election results, no matter which party came out on top

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Rogers shares his humor about Presidents and the elections that get to that position.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Rogers once performed for a sitting US President. Find out how it went.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: :59
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Will's was born on Election Day, which set the perfect tone for his political humor and commentary

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
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What do fathers really want to celebrate their day? Will gives his thoughts.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
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Will believed that doing something your own way, even if it doesn't work, is better than doing the same thing as everyone else

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
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While Rogers was known for his love of baseball, he had some great things to say about football, as well

  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: :59
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Will jokes about labor and Labor Day

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at why Rogers was so influential in his time and still talked about today

  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
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Join Tom Cairns for one hour of good old Country Blues from the 1920's to the current day.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
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Unhappy with contemporary America, Avery Thompson travels to Plymouth, Massachusetts to consult the man responsible for bringing his family to thes...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 15, 2018
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 1
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This week Colloquial explores Harley Warrick's Mail Pouch Tobacco, The Night Sky this Week, This Week's History Lesson and a reading from John Bur...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 11:14
Caption: New York Mayor Seth Low shown taming the Tammany Tiger on the cover of Puck Magazine, Credit: Library of Congress
Horrified by accounts of lynchings in his home state of Missouri, Mark Twain penned a dark, satirical essay on the subject — but then, he chose not...

Bought by WETS, KREV-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: New York Mayor Seth Low shown taming the Tammany Tiger on the cover of Puck Magazine, Credit: Library of Congress
BackStory producer Emily Gadek has the story of a satirical arms race during the election of 1884 that changed the face of political cartooning. ...

Bought by WETS, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 3
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The Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona has the largest collection of petrified wood in the world. The beautiful wood is more than 200 millio...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 20:17
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FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks cultural anthropology, local angles, and topless darts.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 20:28
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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
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
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The story behind the word "metal"

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
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Even after 40 years in the business, Mark Shields still believes there is good to be found in politics.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3