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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
Sounds Jewish takes a deep dive into the Jewish music of 1947.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Mar 08, 2024
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
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
Will Rogers thought about peace often, but didn't always trust it
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: :59
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
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
Will Rogers once performed for a sitting US President. Find out how it went.
- Added: Oct 05, 2020
- Length: :59
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
What do fathers really want to celebrate their day? Will gives his thoughts.
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
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
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
Will jokes about labor and Labor Day
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Sep 15, 2020
- Length: 01:01
- Purchases: 1
A look at why Rogers was so influential in his time and still talked about today
- Added: Mar 05, 2020
- Length: 01:01
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
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
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
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
BackStory producer Emily Gadek has the story of a satirical arms race during the election of 1884 that changed the face of political cartooning.
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Bought by WETS, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 07:52
- Purchases: 3
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
FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks cultural anthropology, local angles, and topless darts.
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 20:28
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
- Added: Jun 10, 2014
- Length: 03:24
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
- Added: Nov 24, 2006
- Length: 03:34
Even after 40 years in the business, Mark Shields still believes there is good to be found in politics.
- Added: Jun 12, 2006
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 3