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2024-01-28 20th Anniversary Quiz Night
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Celebrate two decades of questioning everything (except your intelligence) by taking our philosophical pub quiz.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
June Again
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Insightful and whimsical poetry about summer vacations .

  • Added: Jun 11, 2023
  • Length: 59:21
01-16: We're All Chimps: Or Are Animals People Too?, 3/1/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Deborah and Roger Fouts
In Western civilization, human beings are considered the exceptional species and uniquely intelligent. Yet science is consistently revealing our in...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Novelist and Essayist Russell Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: (Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0)
The late novelist, retired Princeton professor, and mountain climber, Russell Banks is the author of the 2021 novel, FOREGONE. In this classic 201...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Apple Seed - The Bakery Imps
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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On the next episode of the show, a conversation with our friend, Rod Gustafson, about how the film Shadowlands, the movie about C.S. Lewis, helped ...

Bought by WVPE, KKRN, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, KTXK, and KSJE


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 54:48
  • Purchases: 5
Time After Time
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Songs about the passage of time.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:01:33
Bang the Drum Slowly
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A classic baseball story starring Ed Begley Jr., Harry Shearer and David Schwimmer.

Bought by KUNM, KKRN, KCHW, KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 12
Love, Humor, and Coping With Grief in Steven Rowley's The Guncle
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Caption: Author Steven Rowley, Credit: Byron Lane
Steven Rowley is the author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor. His new novel is a a warm and deeply funny story about a once-famous gay sitcom...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
210507: Climate Stories We Tell Ourselves, 5/7/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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How do our identities and values shape the way we listen to others’ climate experience? Author Nathaniel Rich and journalist Meera Subramanian cove...

  • Added: May 06, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
Paul Kelly: Please Leave Your Light On
From: Joyride Media
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Australia's beloved singer and songwriter talks about his life and music.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, Harford Community Radio, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Talk Berkeley to me
From: Berkeleyside Podcast
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"Outta pocket." "Bootsy." "On mamas." The East Bay has always been a laboratory for creative slang. Berkeley High School in particular is known for...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 19:51
Love, I'm Done With You
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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An alternative take on Valentine's Day.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2019
  • Length: 54:03
Jazzical
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Jazz standards adapted from classical music.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:01
Poet and Guggenheim Fellow Charles Harper Webb
From: New Letters on the Air
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Guggenheim Fellow Charles Harper Webb reads from his collection of essays, A MILLION MFAS ARE NOT ENOUGH and shares poetry from his earlier books, ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
THE OATH -- Ike Barinholtz Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ike Barinholtz, San Francisco, CA 9/27/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ike Barinholtz talks savagery, gestalt therapy, and art in difficult times.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 11:58
See Pop Wagner Twice Saturday October 20
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Jazz 88 logo, Credit: Tim Nyberg (Octane Creative)
Pop Wagner’s been a folk music entertainer in the Twin Cities for at least a generation. On Sat Oct 20, he’ll take his general program to the Inver...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
Philosophy of Retirement
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is retirement just an evil scheme invented by capitalists to get rid of higher-paid workers?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
James Alan McPherson: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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Black History Month concludes with the Past American Voice of essayist and fiction writer James Alan McPherson (1943-2016). In this archive recordi...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
More with Award Winning Poet Al Young
From: New Letters on the Air
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In the second half of our conversation with former California Poet Laureate Al Young, he shares more from his book SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES: AN UN...

Bought by WRKF, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight Archive Promo - Colin Hay 2010
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Though known worldwide as the lead singer for the multi-platinum selling pop-rock band Men At Work, Colin Hay has been performing for now almost tw...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Musician's Spotlight Archive - Colin Hay 2010 101
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight Archives
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Though known worldwide as the lead singer for the multi-platinum selling pop-rock band Men At Work, Colin Hay has been performing for now almost tw...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Musician's Spotlight Promo - Altan- 644
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight MTPR Promos
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Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh, singer, fiddle player and founding member of the legendary Irish group Altan visits with host John Floridis and reviews the g...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: :45
A Newspaperman Remembers: Jon Carroll on Cats, Kids, Columns and Mondegreens
From: Gordon Whiting
Series: In Deep with Angie Coiro: Live at Kepler's
Caption: Angie Coiro talks with Jon Carroll, Credit: Carolee Hazard
n 1983, Jon Carroll stepped into the shoes of legendary columnist Charles McCabe at the San Francisco Chronicle. He stepped down in 2015. In those ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:01
THE FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL -- Nick Prueher Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL co-founder Nick Prueher talks cultural anthropology, local angles, and topless darts.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 20:28
ROSEWATER -- Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Maziar Bahari and Jon Stewart, San Francisco, CA 10/22/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jon Stewart and Maziar Bahari talk moral standing, Dr. Strangelove, and the extended meaning of the word Aryan.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 12:46