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The Big Pond #18: German-Texan Heritage Societies
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Between 1820 and World War I, nearly six million Germans immigrated to the US – in 2017, only about 5,000 made the trip. If Germans aren’t coming t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 06, 2019
  • Length: 19:17
  • Purchases: 1
GN_4.47_SwingBomb
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A renegade California group creates pop-up swings throughout the city.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
I Love You / I Love You Not
From: Andy Sewell
Caption: Some of Doris Kelly's handmade cards.
In the early 1930s, a boy played a prank on a girl. The girl, Doris Kelly Hall, swore revenge. What followed was over 70 years of harassing limeric...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2018
  • Length: 21:29
Adelaide Bullen - Susan J. Mannino
From: Kara Morgan
Series: Voices of Spanish Point
Caption: Adelaide Bullen
Archeologist Adelaide Bullen written and presented by Susan J. Mannino

  • Added: Apr 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:53
Mortified's Totally Juvenile Election Special
From: The Mortified Podcast
Caption: Mortified logo, Credit: Jered Bogli
Need relief from all the juvenile antics of campaign season? From PRX's Radiotopia, "MORTIFIED'S TOTALLY JUVENILE ELECTION SPECIAL" is your antidot...

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUTC, KJZZ, Troy Public Radio, KALW and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 26
Over The Back Fence: The Big Top
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November, with a different theme ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:30:57
Over The Back Fence: Traditions
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November, with a different theme ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:31:39
Over The Back Fence: The Cowboy Show
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November, with a different theme ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:24:57
Over The Back Fence: The 9 to 5
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November. The entertainment takes...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:23:41
Over The Back Fence Presents "The 1940's"
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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Over the Back Fence is a community variety show that takes place the 2nd Friday of every month from March through November. The entertainment takes...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:19:16
"Finders Keepers" & "Wendell and the Lemon"
From: Sara Wagner
Series: Sundance Wrap
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Sundance 2015 feature on two films today, a crude sundance documentary called "Finders Keepers" as well as the slamdance submission, "Wendell and t...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Episode 1: Odd Jobs
From: Sam Harnett
Series: Driving With Strangers
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Summer jobs, part-time employment, freelance work, gigs. There are all kinds of odd jobs out there, and these passengers have had odder ones than m...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
Knoxville's Miss Biscuit
From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South
Caption: Liz Barr, reigning Miss Biscuit, Credit: Tanner Latham
One of the highlights of Knoxville’s International Biscuit Festival is the Mr. & Miss Biscuit Pageant. This piece profiles Liz Barr, the reigning M...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 4
The Mikie Show #65, Paul
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s the sixty-fifth time we’ve gotten together for a half-hour of top-notch entertainment! Need we say more? Okay, if you insist. This episode we ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
This American Life Parody: Hey, It's Our Thing
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Brooklyn hipsters explore modern commerce through social networking, urban tribalism, and suspicious fires.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
The Mikie Show #44, Gordon
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundred...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #39, Whit
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-nine! Just had to say it, hope you don’t mind. We speak with Whit Patten, a man who grew up on a farm in the country (he had to boar...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #37, Abe
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with fabulous violinist Abe Appleman. Besides a love of chamber music, his main gig is playing with the first fiddles in the Or...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #35, Ned
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with newsman/publisher Ned Creighton. He drinks a lot but that’s okay, he’s in the news business. Nah, I’m kidding. He is a gre...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #33, Martin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with independent filmmaker Martin Holt. Over forty-six years of collecting life's experience on film, he has filmed ceramic art...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Best Craigslist Ad Ever?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by WABE and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
The Mikie Show #24, Patty
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We speak with Patty Katchur, owner of Yikes Toys in Tucson, Arizona. It's the most fun toy store I’ve ever been to. Seems she was looking for chang...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #22, Kenny
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Hooray episode twenty-two has arrived at your computation machine’s receiving area! I think it’s a good show, I hope you like it. We speak with stu...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show # 21, Bob
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a discussion of a stage actor’s life with Bob Bowles. He started in the early days of TV but couldn’t shake his (or his wife’s) love of...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #17, June
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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I like craft. Artisans. People who actually make things with their hands. If you do, too, then this show is for you. We speak with June Rettig, mas...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1