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Caption: Chill Beefs
Kate complains about her sister and other people who are not prepared to do the one thing they have to do when they get to the head of a line.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:29
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It’s the way that folks at the Bisbee farmers Market say, “Oh, you grow the bellota.” that makes me think of that common name as an honorific name ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:02
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A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Marc Estrin
Writer Marc Estrin shares his pearls of wisdom from school. There were only three.

  • Added: May 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:22
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This episode speaks to those of you who are just starting your journey of months, if not years, of practice and frustration in achieving the painfu...

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:17
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 17:46
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of properly administrating and participating in a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 28, 2015
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: 12:16
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette of attending and appreciating a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part II) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Mar 07, 2015
  • Length: 09:05
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode (part I) is all about the etiquette when soloing during a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2015
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode is all about the etiquette in dressing for a jazz gig.

Bought by WMOT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 1
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A short story about kids and piano practice and parental rage.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
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They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."

  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:53
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I don't suppose it would surprise anyone to find out the Cultural Curmudgeon is an insomniac. When a person takes on the troubles of the world, the...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
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Twitter is hemorrhaging self-aggrandizement and hucksterism.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
Caption: Fiberglass Wiarton Willie, Credit: Bryan Ward
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:05
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Since their rise with the release of the 1978 game Space Invaders, video arcades have evolved alongside home gaming systems.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 3
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The military has reached PR honor overload. Simply put, they’re receiving too many slices of the honor pie and in the process the public is gettin...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:50
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A Guide for Those of Little Brain

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Paul Revere by Copley
On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 2
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Garbage is not generally the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about fuel sources. However, commentator Mark Blackmon says that where he...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
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School is like what the postal worker Newman from 'Seinfeld' said, "the mail just keeps coming."

  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
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News. Where do you get your news? More importantly, who do you trust to deliver that news? Commentator Mark Blackmon says he's given up newspapers ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:12