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After years of languishing at the far end of the soda aisle, TaB has at last fallen victim to a decision by its parent company, Coca-Cola, to end p...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 13, 2022
- Length: 11:50
- Purchases: 1
There are 2 species of walnuts here in the borderlands of southern Arizona; the Arizona walnut (Juglans major) that I talked about and a species ca...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:34
Well here we are, still alive, July in the American Desert. Good enough, we guess. When the Mojave is cooking that's when we start figuring out a w...
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- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
The holiday so nice we celebrate it twice: once when the snakes come out, and once when the snakes go back in the ground for their long winter's nap.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: May 26, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Happy New Year! Ring in '18 with tales of teenagers who make a resolution to lose their virginity. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radio...
- Added: Dec 31, 2017
- Length: 18:40
I’m not sure I can add a whole lot more about jojoba (Simmondsia chinesis) other than what you hear in this show, except that it is now in its own ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:20
Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days.
- Added: Aug 03, 2017
- Length: 04:56
The 2016 US election isn't going away anytime soon, so let's seek refuge in etymology. Consider the linguistically appropriate age of a senator, an...
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 36:05
This piece is about the absurdity that gay marriage will hurt a heterosexual marriage.
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 02:58
Sandip Roy gets virtually stranded in Bangladesh at the Dhaka Lit. Fest.
- Added: Nov 23, 2015
- Length: 06:00
- Added: Jun 11, 2015
- Length: 07:24
- Purchases: 1
Becca doesn't have very good luck with hiking. This is the story of her two near-death experiences with hiking, set ten years apart.
- Added: Apr 26, 2015
- Length: 04:16
This is an essay about cooking and all the shame and rage and frustration that can accompany this art. Writer Sarah Miller describes her desire to ...
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- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 10:13
- Purchases: 1
Pickers and neighbors from the South, Minnesota that is, Pert Near Sandstone.
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 10:03
- Purchases: 1
Hate Valentine's Day? Cupid, that flawed character from Roman Mythology, offers alternative reasons to love Feb. 14th.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 12, 2015
- Length: 03:08
- Purchases: 1
Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 09:59
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
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
Alta Blue Skies contributor Catherine Breese offers a brief look at Canada's version of Punxsutawney Phil and the town that created him, Wiarton, O...
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 04:05
Writer Catherine Breese shares her experience with a virtual online job interview for a job she frankly does not want. She describes the painful in...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 05, 2014
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
A quirky story about kid's observations of a Sunday Catholic Mass while being bored and starving for pancakes...set in the 1960s.
- Added: Dec 08, 2013
- Length: 05:40
Most of us don't spend a lot of time thinking about garbage, but author, teacher and altablueskies.com contributor Catherine Breese does. In this e...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 10:08
- Purchases: 1
Actor Ned Averill-Snell reflects on sweaty teenage rehearsals for musical theatre, and forbidden glimpses of a more glamorous world.
- Added: Aug 07, 2013
- Length: 02:39
Some listeners take our pleas for support quite literally!
- Added: May 11, 2013
- Length: 02:23
