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Caption: Host Martha Burk
Sports on TV has long been guy heavy. But a new kind of sports bra for both genders may just be the uplift the fans need.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Presidential history was made when President Biden gracefully ended his candidacy for a second term. He put country over self and very possibly sa...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:01
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Can we ever really know anything?

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:16
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A search for candidates who can add a little levity to the current campaign.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:49
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Should I get married? Should I be good?

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:55
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The older I get, the weirder birthday ettiquette becomes.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:25
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Why is it that I cannot get an Earned Income Credit for my cat?

Bought by KUER, Troy Public Radio, KUT, Real Estate Today, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 5
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Why is "Freebird" STILL on the radio?"

  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:51
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In this episode, Brian Dunning gives the skeptical treatment to a bevy of student questions with topics ranging from nuclear waste to fad diets to ...

Bought by KECG


  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Wake up and view the solar eclipse, last one 'til 2044. If you think really has no significance except crazy superstition, think again. Ancient voi...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Okaay, April Fools Day is upon us, so let's have a little fun and nominate some of your national leaders for the biggest fool prize, and of course...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The old saying "necessity is the mother of invention" may be true, but it leaves out an important component -- the real "mothers" and "aunts" and "...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Written by Savannah Spatafora Produced by Emma Lehman

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 03:03
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Christmas traditions around the world have different origins and different meanings -- not all Santa and elves, sometimes funny, many surprising.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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We talk about some iconic movies from the 1970s, and their infamous villains–the killer hillbilly and his degenerate rural family.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 37:16
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In this episode we talk about who the instigators of terror are in horror movies, and why it matters whether they are from urban or rural areas

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 36:38
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Thanksgiving is coming up – and once again turkey will be the star of the show. But there’s always an issue with side dishes. No worries, a busines...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Congress is wrangling over the Farm Bill, which includes over $3 billion for giant agriculture corporations and multimillionaire "farmers" who don'...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Host Martha Burk
August is the month when we mark Women's Equality Day, when the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote passed in 1920. But we're still behi...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: The Joy of 18, Credit: Resonace
Recollections of what brought people joy when they were 18. Composed in an Exquisite Corpse style. Produced in celebration of the 18th birthday of ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 08:14
Caption: Host Martha Burk
I said I wasn’t gonna do it, but in the end I gave in. Went to see the Barbie movie. She’s still tall, thin, white, sporting signature long blond h...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:00

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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This is a 2-way interview with Sophia A. McClennen, a scholar of satire and politics and author of Trump Was a Joke, How Satire Made Sense of a Pr...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 20:53
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on D-day in 1941, and the only woman who made the landing at Normandy.

Bought by KVNF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 8