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Two episodes that might challenge your perspective on what it means to be a cowboy.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Philip Armand misses an opportunity to share cake with Sir Terence Conran because he has his head up his A@%.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Make Your Own Severed Finger
Gore has become a big part of the Halloween experience. And that's why student producer Son Vo of Columbia College Chicago felt compelled to attend...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
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Jan sees every film that comes to Columbia, MO's arthouse cinema. Sometimes she'll see a film five or even ten times. Andrew Leland investigates wh...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Our Duluth, MN episode featuring two outstanding acts ~ singer songwriter Teague Alexy and foot stompin' Tin Can Gin.

Bought by KALH, KPIP-LP, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 8
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This week on State of the Human, stories of people whose vision changed, first throwing them in the dark, then revealing something new.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and WKCC


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:59:24
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Jenny Bovey at her store in Chatham, MA, Credit: Kara Janeczko
Jenny Bovey's fish don't stink. She's one of the few full time practitioners of a 2,000-year-old Japanese art form called "Gyotaku." She and her h...

Bought by WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
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In this humorous piece, Nick, a music teacher, tells the story of two Celine Dion songs and how they have helped him understand the value of music ...

  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:38
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It's Crunch Time this week; sharing stories of the times you were late or just barely made it as we get through the Crunch Time of our summer fundr...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:20
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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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Michael asks, "Are we, ourselves, not bowls? Empty vessels always being filled and refilled..."

  • Added: Apr 12, 2010
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: There's too many books!, Credit: Flickr Creative Commons, chrisrobinsonphotography
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?

  • Added: Jan 18, 2010
  • Length: 06:30
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Never Judge A Show by it's Pilot: The Big Bang Theory.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:42
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Never Judge A Show by it's Pilot: Chuck.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:57
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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