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On this episode, we talked about the book "Subcontinental Synthesis," a collection of essays that document a brief period where a Moog Synthesizer ...

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
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This episode focuses on the making of Whit Stillman's third film, The Last Days of Disco, the conclusion in what is often referred to as his Doomed...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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You never know what you've got until it's gone.

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
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From defunct recording technology to vinyl’s comeback, we've been through a lot of media changes over the last 125 years. And we're still changing!...

Bought by KVNF, KGNU Community Radio, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 3
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Imam Ahmad Deeb has been serving communities from a very young age. Although he grew up in Orlando, FL he now happily serves as the Imam and Religi...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Burnout from work is something a lot of us are thinking about right now. It's been on the minds of librarians, too. We talk to a group of library w...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Still from the video "RiRi" by Diljit Dosanjh, Credit: Sandip Roy
More and more celebrities are tweeting about the farmer protest in India, and while this is about the backbone of India but it’s not the farmers wh...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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If you’ve ever tried to work creatively, this one is for you – in this episode of the FEHLER podcast, our producer Bilal Qureshi sits down with fou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 25:09
  • Purchases: 1
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The Wizard of Oz started as a perfect partnership between L. Frank Baum and W.W. Denslow -- until they became bitter rivals, with each owning half ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:22
  • Purchases: 3
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Sometimes I come across a real treasure by sheer chance. Recently, when the movie I’d gone to see was sold out, I went to another one in the same t...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:47
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It may take a while to process your feelings once you’ve seen Hereditary, the scary debut feature from writer-director Ari Aster. A lot of horror m...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
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A man of faith is tested to the limit in Paul Schrader’s latest film, First Reformed. Ethan Hawke plays Reverend Stoller, the minister of a Dutch R...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:35
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Argentine filmmaker Lucrecia Martel has become my favorite living director. That might sound extravagant to say about someone who has only made fou...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 08:38
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Egypt has the largest film industry in the Arab world. There have been movies produced in Egypt, mostly in Cairo, since the early silent era.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:21
Caption: Alex Kime
Sam Bailey is a writer, actor and filmmaker. Her credits include the Tribeca Film Festival recognized and Gotham Award. Produced by Alex Kime.

  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 18:50
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Call Me by Your Name is a gay love story without the angst, struggle, campiness, social comment, or outright tragedy that we have come to expect fr...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
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This last year saw the release of Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner. It’s rather unusual for a sequel to...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
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This week we talk about ad hominem, Soviet propaganda, and red herrings. We also discuss Pravda, logical fallacies, and hypocrisy.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 27:25
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This week we talk about chemical weapons, North Korea, and misspeaking on camera. We also discuss Yugoslavia, the MOAB, and Aleppo.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 48:15
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On this week’s episode we talk about chatbots, social media cheats, and robot lawyers. We also discuss logic trees, digital familiars, and the Mat...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 45:45
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On this week’s episode we talk about fossil fuels, the EPA, and the yoga industry. We also discuss the Carboniferous period, clean coal, and corpo...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 41:13
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This week we talk about terrorism, acronyms, and Doge. We also discuss memetics, mass surveillance, and the Irish Republican Army.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 42:21
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This week we talk about authenticity, Rookie magazine, and PRIZM. We also discuss product placement, Jersey Shore, and the two-step flow of commun...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 41:43
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This week we talk about blackballing, #DeleteUber, and the spirit of the law. We also touch on taxes, Freemasons, and ride-share unions.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 41:52
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This week we talk about chronological snobbery, signaling theory, and the Chicken Connoisseur. We also discuss social cognition, Discover Weekly, ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 44:37