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Student Questions: Drinking Urine, Nuclear Waste, and Tachyons
From: Skeptoid
Series: Skeptoid Radio Hour
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Brian Dunning takes on a bevy of student questions with topics ranging from nuclear waste to fad diets to drinking one's own urine.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
April Fools Day -- Who Takes the Grand Prize?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Okaay, April Fools Day is upon us, so let's have a little fun and nominate some of your national leaders for the biggest fool prize, and of course...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 02:59
A New Twist on Thanksgiving Could be Deadly
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Thanksgiving is coming up – and once again turkey will be the star of the show. But there’s always an issue with side dishes. No worries, a busines...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
Big Ag, Hungry People, Meanies in Congress and $6.41
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Congress is wrangling over the Farm Bill, which includes over $3 billion for giant agriculture corporations and multimillionaire "farmers" who don'...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
Is Barbie REALLY a New Woman? Don't Count on It!
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
I said I wasn’t gonna do it, but in the end I gave in. Went to see the Barbie movie. She’s still tall, thin, white, sporting signature long blond h...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Keep It 1 Million (11-11-21)
From: KRDP
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We talk big moves in the NFL as Cam Newton signs back with the Panthers and OBJ signs with the Rams. We also give an update on the Robert Sarver ha...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:57
The Local Angle
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Might be a nutty new year on the national news, but here in the desert we are just trying to get along and not got crushed. With guest Brendan Maze...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie Evergreen 10-09-20
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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Carol Anderson, a professor at Emory University, discusses her book, “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.” John...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:58
Political Junkie 2018 Midterm Election Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin and an all-star lineup of political reporters, commentators and special guests for a full hour of analysis of the 2...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WJSU, Spokane Public Radio, KVNF, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Bring It On! - June 05, 2017
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Tonight’s guest, David Neville, tells us about his successful participation on the reality TV show “American Grit.” While we peek inside the TV sh...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 56:18
Bring It On! - May 08, 2017
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Robert Scherrell, the nation’s first college graduate awarded a degree in Stand Up Comedy is guest and teacher for aspiring comedy hosts Clarence B...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:21
The Lesser of Two Evils
From: Alex Schuman
Series: How to Fix U.S.
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How to Fix U.S. explores the two-party system and a simple change that's gaining traction to end Republican and Democratic dominance.

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:29
#249 MONEY MATTERS- FULL SHOW "April fools or geniuses"
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
#249 April fools or geniuses April 2017 Marc covers the markets of the day. Then chit chats about school discipline and various off the cuff subjec...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 48:00
Political Junkie Minisode 12-15-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Donald Trump has finally decided on a nominee for secretary of state, but it turns out that this may be the most controversial Cabinet appointee of...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KCCU Radio, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 12-08-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Jeff Tiberii, a political reporter North Carolina public radio station WUNC, talks about the belated concession this week of Republican Governor Pa...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 12-01-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Even though it was Donald Trump who said he might not accept the results of the presidential election, it turns out that Jill Stein -- the Green Pa...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KSFR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 11-23-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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John Dickerson, the host of "Face the Nation," has a new book that is filled with his favorite political moments in history. He brings many of the...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie Minisode 11-17-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Ray Suarez, formerly of the PBS NewsHour, remembers his friend and colleague Gwen Ifill, who passed away this week after battling cancer. She was...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 2016 Post-Election Show
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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The election is over and, in case you missed it, Donald Trump won. Lisa Desjardins of the PBS NewsHour and Greg Giroux of Bloomberg explain what ha...

Bought by KSFR, WRFA-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, XRAY.fm, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 11-10-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The election is over and, in case you missed it, Donald Trump won. Lisa Desjardins of the PBS Newshour and Greg Giroux of Bloomberg explain what h...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 11-03-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The polls have tightened and both camps are pulling out all the stops. NPR political correspondent Mara Liasson and Aaron Blake, a political report...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 10-27-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In the aftermath of the anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic convention, several protesters were arrested and tried for conspiracy. We revisit ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie Minisode 10-20-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Former congressman Russ Carnahan reflects on the unimaginable tragedy that claimed the lives of his father, then Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, an...

Bought by KCCU Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 20, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie Minisode 10-13-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The most surreal and vicious presidential debate is now in the history books, and it came in the wake of some lewd comments Donald Trump made in 20...

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


  • Added: Oct 12, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 10-06-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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NPR's Ron Elving makes a special visit to the Political Junkie to assess the presidential campaign, the media coverage and how much he misses worki...

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5