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Talking Turkey
From: Liner Notes
Series: LINER NOTES
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Explores how and where people celebrate Thanksgiving, what they cook, with whom they dine, how the literature they love captures the essence of foo...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WKSU, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
The Horror of it All
From: With Good Reason
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Why do we get so much pleasure from movies that frighten us out of their wits?

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WXXI Rochester, KXOT Public Radio, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 29:44
  • Purchases: 5
FRANKENSTEIN - Modern Prometheus
From: Craig Wichman
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If you've only seen the movies, you do NOT know this tale of love, death, and obsession...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUNM, KFAI Minneapolis, WRGY, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 55:32
  • Purchases: 10
KERA Commentary: The Hope of Christmas Light
From: KERA
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Thoughtful commentary about the symbolic role of lights at Christmas

  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
The Christmas Skater
From: Sean Hurley
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Like "An Affair to Remember" but with a Christmas theme.

Bought by WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (A Ghost Story for Christmas)
From: Craig Wichman
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By mining the dark veins of this classic, its timeless heart is reclaimed.

Bought by KREV-LP, WUTC, KTXK, KVSC, KGOU and more


  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 55:19
  • Purchases: 61
Women Who Can Fly: Trina Robbins and Superheroines
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Profile of Trina Robbins, who literally wrote the book on women in comics.

Bought by WJAB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 4
Merry Christmas Mush
From: Chris Goldstein
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Reading of Merry Christmas Mush by Dr. Suess

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KRUA, and KQAT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2005
  • Length: :17
  • Purchases: 3
How Mulien Saves His Mother from Hades
From: KCUR
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Taiwanese story that is the basis for Ghost Month in Buddhist Culture.

Bought by KZYX and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
La Llorona
From: KCUR
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The Story of La Llarona

Bought by KZYX, KDNK, WXLV-FM, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 4
The Changing (and Ghoulish) Faces of Halloween
From: Jackson Braider
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How Halloween has -- and hasn't -- changed over the years.

Bought by WTJU, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2004
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 9