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On this episode of Audacious, meet protestors who've thrown soup at a Van Gogh, worn all white with a splotch on the crotch to protest circumcision...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Rogers loved to poke fun at Congress. Now he keep an eternal eye on them.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this piece, Connor discusses the history of the infamous Cabaret Law, a dancing ban that was law in New York City for over 90 years.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2018
  • Length: 05:30
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After a year-and-a-half of heated primary battles, fierce debates and explosive rhetoric, the historic presidential election of 2016 is finally com...

Bought by KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, KSUT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Big screen, little truck..., Credit: Susan Cook
In today's Department of Poetic Justice, we offer a musical tribute to a fictional radio host, Rushton Limbo, who poetically longs for the respite ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
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'Obligations of a freeman', a serious sermon by a humorous and anti-religious Mark Twain...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:35:32
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Veteran journalist Reese Erlich takes us to Iran, where young people, who make up over 40% of the country’s population, are looking toward the futu...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Satirical commentary from comedian and commentator JIMMY TINGLE

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:57
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
From the Department of Poetic Justice, here at The River Is Wide , we offer an original composition, titled 'LIMBO'. There is such confusion and f...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:25
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Episode 130: Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 15:02
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got some bad news last week when two of his former aides were indicted on charges they deliberately blocked traf...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Potential Democratic candidate Lincoln Chafee, the former governor of Rhode Island, announced a presidential exploratory committee over the past we...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Robin comments on a high point in the human spirit—and on startling discoveries about how we process information. Guests: Karen Naimer of PHRC; Nel...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 54:52
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Robin takes on "I'm no racist" racists. Guests: Singer-songwriter Janita discusses her new, breakthrough album—with a WMCLive world premiere of her...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 55:16
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Robin on Hillary's email, and on young women joining ISIL. Guests: GA State Sen. Nan Orrock on politics at the state level; Charon Asetoyer exposes...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 56:08
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Robin sees through the Walmart raise. Guests: Carol McCabe Booker on black press pioneer Alice Dunnigan, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday o...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 55:10
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The President has, as expected, vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already scheduled a vote on a veto...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Robin on Strauss-Kahn's pimping trial in France—and U.S. weather. Guests: Nigerian-American novelist Bridgett Davis; Millennials critique voluntour...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 56:11
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Robin on #BlackGirlsMatter, Vatican “women’s week,” and Obama’s religion flap. New study connecting domestic violence and mass shootings. Guests: c...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 56:11
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Guests: Lael Echo-Hawk on reforming Native tribal councils; NY City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito on being a “first”; Jessica Neuwirth’s ne...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 55:55
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Guests: Eva Longoria talks about her Latina political activism; Ellen Bravo’s workplace update on the progress of paid leave legislation; Dana Cowi...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 54:41
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Guests: Lily Tomlin on the Kennedy Honors; Katrina vanden Heuvel on Molly Ivins, and UN Women director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on changing the world...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 56:03
Caption: ...including the mouse., Credit: Susan Cook
Sometimes, there is an ineffable quality to the offensiveness of negative campaign ads. We turn here to the sonnet to express deep concern about n...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1