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Howard complains about receiving "Your item has shipped" emails when it hasn't

  • Added: Jun 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:26
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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Get a humorous account of the holiday season with Kansas blogger Jen Mann's book SPENDING THE HOLIDAYS WITH PEOPLE I WANT TO PUNCH IN THE THROAT. S...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In honor of Halloween, mortifying tales about the kind of fears kids actually have.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2016
  • Length: 26:34
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Breaking up is hard to do, and it's hard to put into appropriate words. Comedian Rosie Wilby seeks a better term for 'ex', and family law barrister...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:28
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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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Keeping Me Humble is a podcast about the tough things in life...the stuff that keeps us humble. Today...stories of disappointment. Violinist Andrew...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 16:19
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Tales of failed love and rejection with comic Ivan Decker and life coach Edel Walsh. Host Steven Chua asks an old flame to critique his romancing s...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:20
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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
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This week, we take a deep look at how and why we learn to lie, and what lying does to you

Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Regularly published in NEW LETTERS magazine, as well as in other journals and newspapers nationwide, Robert Day discusses his two most recent works...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In celebrating Hanukkah Jews tell the story of sanctified oil that miraculously burned for eight days. In this humorous piece I retell the story of...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
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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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This collection of short stories captures the beauty, triumph and challenge of making the leap of moving from the city to a small town on the North...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
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new New Yorkers learn housing ropes

  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 09:56
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Exclusive Interview with Feline Leader, Miss Suti

  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:20
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You're locked in your bathroom. Who will save you?

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUT, KUOW, and WILL


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 5
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A profile of the man who raises students' political awareness and runs a mock presidential election every 4 years.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Nov 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
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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