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Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 33:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Cloaked in mythology by the age of 40, this original hero of the Wild West embodied the term "living legend." So why have we forgotten him?

  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 17:16
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For those of a certain age, the start of summer isn't about going to the beach because a life's worth of hamburgers means never again wearing a bat...

  • Added: May 30, 2017
  • Length: 20:24
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Host of Criminal, Phoebe Judge takes us on a tour of kids who break rules -- including tales of her own childhood offenses. The Mortified Podcast i...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 24:23
Caption: BLAME IT ON HOBOKEN CD Art, Credit: Photo: Katie Weisberger
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Just in time for Halloween, we look at gender issues in horror films. This essay takes a feminist angle on underrated horror heroines, from Candyma...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 21:26
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A grouchy look at life.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
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My life as a purveyor of “Business Theatre” for big corporations in Chicago.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 09:32
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The tale of disgusting littering run amuck when I lived in the Old Irving Park area of Chicago.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 07:37
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Mitch Skinner examines the career of rapper extraordinaire Lil B.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:13
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A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 03:54
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Stormy weather brings out our animal instincts.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
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This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus David Garshelis talks about oil spills and the late Gil Quaal comments on wild ...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 57:44
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Why did we ever reserve a drawer for the probably-useless, but not quite discarded?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
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As things accumulate, they must be sorted. Some things, because of shape, status or size, defy such organization...so a place must be created..

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:36
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Dogs often enjoy many of the same benefits as children...Aaron's Grandpa event pulled the camper out west so the dogs had a place to sleep...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
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Aaron has a very special bowl in his life - it's both glass, and invincible...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:13
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A personal essay examining music, race, and identity

Bought by PRX Remix and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 2
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Celebrities - Then & Now

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 01:45
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Paradise with a toddler is no paradise at all

  • Added: Sep 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
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A rhythmic essay describing the producer's first job cleaning up a drive-in theater.

Bought by WDBM, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 3
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The late, great monologist in retro-talkfest about his art, life, laughs, and hopes for the future.

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 50:05
  • Purchases: 1
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One way to get your small company paid

  • Added: Apr 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:19
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
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Can you help me? Because my beau may be "you know," politically.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2004
  • Length: 03:48