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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
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Winter holidays in the High Desert, and problems with the 29 Palms Christmas Pageant. Guest: Brendan Maze.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 25, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
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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
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and GraceRadio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 2
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: a band called death
Recently at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, Ayana Contreras caught a documentary about Death, a 1970s all-black proto-punk band out of Detroit. The do...

Bought by WFHB and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 2
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2014
  • Length: 01:46
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Tent Show Radio live in concert from the CAL Center in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Featuring Tent Show Radio host Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchest...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, WDSE, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:20
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Photo of Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) reading as Hugh Brannum (Mr. Green Jeans) comes with a surprise cake to announce the fifth anniversary of the television program Captain Kangaroo., Credit: CBS Television
A box of sound effects from the Captain Kangaroo show opens the door to a bygone era of live television production. Interviews with key players on ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:50
  • Purchases: 1
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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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Lots of people talk about how addicted we are to our screens. We spend our days staring at smartphones, tablets, and computers. But the first digit...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:21
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When Noelle was a kid, she was scared of facial hair. She’s never been able to figure out why or how she outgrew it, but it’s been a family joke si...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 15:09
  • Purchases: 1
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The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.

Bought by KBRP Community Radio and KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jack Benny, Flamingo, 1958, Credit: Dan Perry
Great names and great memories—Thanksgiving with Stan Freberg, Jack Benny, and Eve Arden.

Bought by KMXT, KRCB 104.9, KMXT, and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 45:13
  • Purchases: 4
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The author considers a childhood toy.

Bought by KMXT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 2
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In case you've ever wondered where you need to stand at a concert.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 08:09
Caption: Flickr Creative Commons, Credit: Alaskan Dude
As most of you know, a band of pirates has been occupying Unit 8T sicne last December, although the exact nature of their tenancy remains unclear.

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 06:15
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We learned from the Velveteen Rabbit how toys become real. But all things become real and emerge daily from the secret source at the back of my clo...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
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The discovery of art in the New York subway system

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 35:12
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The Turner Broadcasting System has shamelessly abandoned the millions of baseball fans nationwide who for 30 years had watched TBS' almost daily br...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:52
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Dogs and Mutts

  • Added: Oct 13, 2007
  • Length: 02:07
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A commentary noting that two National Football League coaches have made a small but possibly significant move that could undermine human billboardi...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
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It's time we halted the home run bashing that's seriously corrupting our grand old game of baseball.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:09