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Just in time for Halloween, we look at gender issues in horror films. This essay takes a feminist angle on underrated horror heroines, from Candyma...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 21:26
Caption: Craig Johnson, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, San Francisco, CA 5/1/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Craig Johnson talk the ironies of writing contests, humor as a defense mechanism, and embracing cheesiness.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 16:32
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We're clearing the deck to listen to wisdom of the physicists: where did we come from, what are we made of, what happens next, and why? And what do...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
Caption: Thomas Fox Averill
Thomas Fox Averill's novel RODE was named the 2012 Outstanding Western Novel by the National Cowboy Museum, Based on the American song "Tennessee ...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jake Able & Max Irons, San Francisco, CA 3/13/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jake Abel and Max Irons talk the difference between a romance and a love story, the many meanings of the word “occupy,“ and Stephenie Meyer’s shock...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 16:47
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John Irving reads from and talks about his novel "In One Person," and sits down with Virginia Prescott about writing, sex, and why he'd never becom...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
Caption: Richard Wong, San Francisco, CA 3/10/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Richard Wong talks Hollywood vanilla, the aesthetics of falling wine, and the first time he saw Asian people on the big screen.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 16:49
Caption: Marlon Wayans, San Francisco, CA  12/3/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Marlon Wayans talks Hollywood, going off-script, and the serious business of comedy.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2013
  • Length: 12:32
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May 4 and 5 are this year's dates for the running of the Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky Derby, respectively. So this week, we celebrate "the Sport ...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
Caption: Drew Goddard & Amy Acker, San Francisco, CA 4/4/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Director/co-writer Drew Goddard and co-star Amy Acker talk existentialism, office parties, and the enduring appeal of the Whedon-verse.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 08:14
Caption: Photo by: bucaorg, Flickr
In this episode, youth in and around Santa Fe discuss the world of body modification. From tattoos having symbolic meaning to them being a part of ...

Bought by KUNM, Vocalo.org, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Page Wilson
Page Wilson was a singer and a song writer and host of the most popular music show in Richmond, Virginia. Called the Out of the Blue Radio Revue, i...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:46
Caption: Edna O'Brien
We're succumbing to the enchantments of prose this hour, first with Edna O'Brien, that "scandalous woman" in the James Joyce and Samuel Beckett fam...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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You may not know his name but if you're a fan of HBO's "True Blood" you know Jace Everett's baritone. Each week Jace's song "Bad Things" accompanie...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
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Dozens of Maryland law students come to New Orleans to volunteer and tonight they are all at the infamous bywater bar vaughns to hear stories from ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 06:34
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Profile of Trina Robbins, who literally wrote the book on women in comics.

Bought by WJAB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 4
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2 gay former Mormons talk about their experiences coming out.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and CKMO


  • Added: Dec 22, 2004
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 2
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The late, great monologist in retro-talkfest about his art, life, laughs, and hopes for the future.

Bought by WZBC


  • Added: Jun 03, 2004
  • Length: 50:05
  • Purchases: 1