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A Latin Jazz Christmas Experience
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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"Ho ho ho," A mixture of Mambo, Rhumba, Latin Jazz and fun in this blend of "Christmas Season" arrangements all in this musical presentation.

Bought by KSFR, KPSQ-LP, WNMU-FM, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WCVE and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 17
Why Do Taxonomists Write the Meanest Obituaries?
From: Bishop Sand
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Taxonomists are scientists (usually in museums) who classify life. They're field has open boundaries which creates tension for the Taxonomists and ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2018
  • Length: 01:08:52
Episode #1: "Who the F is that?"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Anita Acosta & daughter Stephanie at home in Northern California., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Host Marcos Nájera introduces us to the Zeta podcast series. Who is Oscar Zeta Acosta? If you know, you are way ahead of Nájera who admits the US p...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 13:29
Hackademics 1
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 42:40
Motor Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 15:54
Sport Fandom: Why we care about sports
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sport
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As sport fans, we subject ourselves to anxiety and depression nearly every week. Why do we do it? This episode explores the reasons why we care so ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
Great Expectations part one
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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When Miss Havisham, a strange but wealthy old woman asks for Pip to come play, he has no choice but to go. What he experiences changes his life and...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
Why We Pay Attention
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Hear neuroscientist, Jacqueline Gottlieb, discuss some of the cutting-edge questions in neuroscience: What is attention on a neuronal level? How do...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Neuron Channel Makes You Dumb
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
How We Hurt Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Summer Soul, Summer Funk! (with a dash of Jazz)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
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Its "Hot Fun In The Summetime" when you air this show. During this summer break, It summer madness with Sly Stone, Kool & the Gang, James Brown, WA...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
SHAZAM!
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Avery Wang helped found the app, Shazam. This app is now part of our cultural consciousness as a flagship app for all smartphones because it is so ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Musical Brain Tease
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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Don Hodges studies music psychology. Here, he discusses one of his latests studies that gives us some insight into what our favorite song (and musi...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:25
  • Purchases: 1
Searching Space
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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Listen to peoples' first reaction to Saturn alongside astrophysicists who gaze up at the universe for a living. Learn the new techniques scientists...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 17:47
  • Purchases: 2
Define Life
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sift
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What is life? In the first installment of our "origin of life" topic, hear various attempts to define life and ponder the life of the internet.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Clyde Beatty Show - "Perils of the Tiger Barn"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Clyde Beatty show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A brand new radio theater featuring characters from the classic radio show, The Clyde Betty Show!

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 21:53
Tom Mix - "Tom Mix And The Mystery Of The Bodiless Horseman"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN! THE NEW STORIES OF OLD-TIME RADIO
Caption: The first NEW Tom Mix show since the 1950s!, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
A brand new radio theater featuring characters from the classic radio show, Tom Mix and His Ralston Straight-Shooters

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 25:35
Stranger in Paradise
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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The strange life and haunting work of outside artist Achilles Rizzoli.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 1