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173: Mushroom Lightning

From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk

There's a long tradition of Japanese folklore around the possible relationship between large mushroom harvests and lightning. Researchers decided t...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WRFA-LP

Legendary singer/songwriter on Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass

From: Steve Martin
Series: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass

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...

The Importance of Being Funny

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Political humorists are having a feeding frenzy. There seems to be more satire available than they can handle very day then they can handle.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Have You Heard That Cartoon?

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Jazz and cartoons were a perfect match made in ‘toon heaven in the early years of animation.

Bought by KCBX

Bad Poetry (EDITED)

From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music

A set of very bad poetry reflected by some not so bad music.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio

The late Joe Wilson--the great friend of American folk culture

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Joe Wilson at the Henderson Festival, 2014, Credit: Ginger Correll

2001 National Heritage Fellow Joe Wilson weaves his storytelling spell into the history of Blue Ridge Mountain culture.

Bought by WNJR, WABE, WMMT, and KPIP-LP

Bing's Business

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Today’s image of Bing Crosby is that is was a Crooner, possibly one of the finest in American popular music, however, he was much more than that. P...

Bought by KCBX

The Folly of Fats part 2

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Here’s another look at the extraordinary talents of Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller, with more humorous stories from behind the scenes.

Bought by KCBX

Hidden Harlem

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

A six square mile area of New York City became the hotspot for jazz in the late 1920s. Duke Ellington called it, “The world’s most glamorous atmos...

Bought by KCBX

The Porch Swing: Episode 104

From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing

Please don't feed the large reptiles! An American in Vienna finds herself at the bountiful mercy of strangers; A man seeking treatment for depressi...

The Uke

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

The ukulele became as commonplace in the American parlor as the piano in the 1920s. Today we think of the tiny guitar as a Hawaiian instrument, whe...

Bought by KCBX

Laughing in Rhythm

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Laughter is the best medicine. But, it feels that today's musicians may be taking themselves too seriously. Here are selections from the 1920s to t...

Bought by KCBX

Pettis & his Pets

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Saxophonist Jack Pettis was a pioneer in the introduction of the C-Melody in the early 1920s. According to tenor Bud Freeman, he was the king, and ...

Bought by KCBX