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What happens when a photographer, a mature woman herself, welcomes older women into her studio to get the full glamour treatment? In this episode o...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Commentary from Martha Burk, who led the women's protest at the Masters Golf Tourney 20 years ago this week. What's changed?

  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
Caption: John Davey on The Red Jacket Jamboree, Credit: Nate Bett
Join the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests: singer-songwriter John Davey and author T.Marie Bertineau for a special that explores the myth...

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Comedian Erin Mohr, Credit: Photo provided by Erin Mohr
With the recent controversy surrounding Dave Chapelle’s Netflix special, The Closer, and his jokes about trans women and their genitalia, freelance...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: Patrick Gallagher, Credit: Provided by Patrick Gallagher
My interview with character actor, Patrick Gallagher. Patrick has appeared in numerous films from "Master And Commander," "Sideways," to playing At...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 13:55
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Legendary singer/songwriter Don McLean is a huge fan of bluegrass folk, music.He joins Steve to share his experience and some of the bluegrass sing...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:41
Caption: John McEuen , the String Wizard
John McEuen ,founding member of The Nitty Gitty Band and a frequent contributor to Unreal Bluegrass, returns to update about new projects of The St...

Bought by Southern Branch Bluegrass


  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: LarryT
At 32, Larry Tazuma embarked on a journey to live a life as somebody much more special than himself — as Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist an...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2018
  • Length: 05:30
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March 14th is Pi Day! The irrational number that is the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Its Pi day! 3.141592.........

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:09
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In this first episode, I talk with tournament officials and competitive gamers about a local gaming regional called All or Nothing Gaming (AON). I ...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 14:40
Caption: Bricktop
"I was always fascinated with saloons. As a kid on State Street in Chicago, I was always running under the swinging doors." - Bricktop

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Rebecca Barry talks about her wonderful memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: John Held, Jr.
In the 1920s, the answer to that question was an important factor in the success of a song. Every few weeks a new dance was introduced, and fans lo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions
Here's Gerald's audio book review of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:13
Caption: The Whoopee Makers
They were best known as The Whoopee Makers, but they had the habit of adopting new names at the drop of a hat. The Lumberjacks, Louisville Rhythm K...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lester Blackiston
Pirates and their deeds become legend. Blackbeard, Lester’s personal favorite, did this thing with canon fuses, or so the legend goes. Just as his...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 26:15
Caption: Ethel Waters
Those beautiful female voicalists who became pioneers in the art of jazz voicing in the early 1920s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A genuine PDX carpet foot selfie, Credit: Julie Sabatier
The first official episode of Rendered (formerly Destination DIY) documents the unprecedented love Portlanders have for their airport carpet.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Adolescent longleaf pines at the Williams'., Credit: Photo by Daniel Ward
Ben and Louann Williams are renovating a forest. On 3,400 acres in northeast Florida, they're taking a holistic approach to forestry management: se...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 11:57
Caption: Terraplane by Steve Earle, Credit: Official Album Cover
Steve Earle's new album, Terraplane, takes the noted singer-songwriter back to his Texas roots.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLPR , WSLR, KRPS and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The aftermath., Credit: Lila Kitaeff
RadioActive's Yafiet Bezabih and Maddie Ewbank challenge our chef-in-residence Sarah Rosenthal to make a Thanksgiving meal out of mac and cheese, O...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
Caption: Maureen and Lucky Cole, Credit: Charles McGuigan
Two of the only human inhabitants of the Everglades live just off Loop Road less than a mile before it links back up with Tamiani Trail. Their comp...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2014
  • Length: 26:16
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Shara Morris went to the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Festival in Rumford, Maine to see if she could cut it…or maybe saw it as a lumberjill.

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: William Joyce
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:44
Caption: Hjalmar Hvam was a champion ski jumper., Credit: courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 16:51
  • Purchases: 2