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Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 26
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about new beginnings.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 06, 2023
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Ponder #15: Record Booth
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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By the 1920s, people had begun using coin-operated record booths to create audio souvenirs — immortalizing their thoughts and feelings on a disc. C...

Bought by HowSound and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 2
EP149 Frank Goldwasser
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Paris Slim and his Blues

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Slovenian Immigration Exhibit and Celebration at the Stearns History Museum Draws a Festive Crowd and the Consul General of Slovenia
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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This particular Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is the first in a series of three concerning the Untold Story of Immigration in our area. As ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:35
Allusionist 28: WLTM part I
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Your online dating profile is the latest spin on a 300-year-old tradition of advertising yourself in order to find a spouse, a sexual partner, or s...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 41:08
The Ghosts of Hester Park Tell Their Stories of Murder, Tornadoes, and Immigration
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Have you ever wondered how Lake George got its name? Or who predicted the tornado of April 1886? Or even why this area hosts so many German Catholi...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 30:47
A Brief History of Women in Comics
From: Bitch Media
Series: Popaganda
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Women have been making comics since the beginning. This engaging history tracks the gender dynamics of the comics industry for 120 years, highlight...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 21:39
  • Purchases: 2
Allusionist 10: Election Lexicon
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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On the eve of the 2015 General Election in the UK, take a jaunt through the etymology of election-related words.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 7: Mountweazel
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 15:26
  • Purchases: 1
The Rise of the Roller Coaster
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Roller coasters are the workhorse of the modern theme park, but their rise to popularity has been long and strange.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 01:43
  • Purchases: 1
Dance Until the World Ends
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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A look at the odd trend of "doomsday" music that took over the pop charts leading up to the Mayan end date.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:19
  • Purchases: 1
Life on the Party Line
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Today's privacy concerns with cell phones seem trivial when we look back at the world of open telephone wires.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
  • Purchases: 1
Ballroom Redux
From: Jenna Hammerich
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Social partner dancing is in for the first time since the '50s. A look at why more and more of us are trading in our weekends for ballroom, and a g...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 19, 2008
  • Length: 21:27
  • Purchases: 1