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“Wow. What a beautiful shirt.“ - Greg Barris
- Added: Mar 16, 2023
- Length: 05:52
Heat domes and sultry Palm Springs mornings, weird ravens and odd dreams of wildlife appearances. The brain boils in the desert summer. It boils ou...
- Added: Jul 04, 2021
- Length: 28:00
At my age I should probably being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I tell our daughters that some day they can hav...
- Added: Aug 26, 2020
- Length: 05:17
There are 13 species of oaks found in Arizona and they range from 3,000 to 8,000 feet in elevation across the state. The only one I haven’t seen i...
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 05:07
It’s true that life in southeastern Arizona is full of “behold!” moments. It is so exciting to live in such a diverse land, both in plants and anim...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
Hmm, I sure talk about a lot of things in this show, but fall does this to me and it is the season of seasons that it has just begun. So the monsoo...
- Added: Sep 20, 2017
- Length: 04:55
A friendly prank puts Kathryn in a "complicated" Facebook relationship with a sloth, but maybe that's just what her love life needs right now.
- Added: Jan 20, 2017
- Length: 04:45
In which the theme of "February" is explored and heightened.
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 17:50
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
As a kid, Tom Llewellyn fought gentrification with his beloved Thunder Bombs.
- Added: Sep 24, 2013
- Length: 14:52
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 05:02
Some listeners take our pleas for support quite literally!
- Added: May 11, 2013
- Length: 02:23
Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...
- Added: Mar 01, 2013
- Length: 15:41
- Added: Dec 28, 2012
- Length: 06:05
- Purchases: 1
Reporter and producer Christopher Johnson describes his frustrating year-and-a-half-long struggle to diagnose his chronic and sometimes painful diz...
Bought by XRAY.fm, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 07:34
Black Paint, Cool Cars and Root Canals
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 06:31
A true story told live in London. As a child, David visits the home of British millionaire Richard Branson. Which happens to be on an island. Despi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 10:39
Report Drunk Drivers, On Sale Now
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 05:50
Sexy Kittens, Sexy Nurses, Sexy versions of normal looking things and people are generally what goes for Halloween Costumes for women. Becky tells...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 08:11
- Purchases: 1
A charity basketball game pitting a team of little people against a team of law enforcement officers goes very wrong.
Bought by WCNY and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 15:24
- Purchases: 2
Have you noticed? No matter what else is going on in the world...the cable news channels and the network evening news broadcasts always have time f...
- Added: Mar 10, 2012
- Length: 56:05
The alternate title for this was going to be the Isaac Hayes-esque "Girl, I Wanna Get You Into My Belly Button T-Shirt Hole" but the mp3 title fiel...
- Added: Oct 03, 2011
- Length: 04:38
