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Comet ISON's Spectacular Science Legacy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Karl Battams, Comet ISON Observer
Maybe it wasn’t “the comet of the century,” but ISON has left a scientific legacy that is beyond compare. That’s according to Karl Battams of NASA’...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, WESM 91.3 FM, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire Radio - Episode 236 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comedian April Richardson, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
NPR Correspondent DAVID FOLKENFLIK, Comedian APRIL RICHARDSON, and music by SHELBY EARL.

Bought by KUT, WRIR, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 235 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
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A post-holiday special with a mix of new and old material from the likes of author SIMON SINGH, professional cuddler SAMANTHA HESS, AUGUSTEN BURROU...

Bought by KUT, Spokane Public Radio, KUOW, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 235
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Simon Singh
A post-holiday special with a mix of new and old material from the likes of author SIMON SINGH, professional cuddler SAMANTHA HESS, AUGUSTEN BURROU...

Bought by WCPN, 90.5 WESA, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Alyssa Rhoden and the Rise of the Europa Underground
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Alyssa Rhoden studies Jupiter’s moon Europa…from a distance. She, many other scientists and millions of space exploration fans around the globe wan...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 234 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Portugal. The Man's John Baldwin Gourleyn, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Television writer STEVE YOUNG, writer SARAH MIRK, and music from PORTUGAL. THE MAN.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 234
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Portugal. The Man's John Baldwin Gourley, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Television writer STEVE YOUNG, writer SARAH MIRK, and music from PORTUGAL. THE MAN.

Bought by KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, Oregon Public Broadcasting, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Two Guys on Your Head: Words and The Brain
From: KUT
Series: Two Guys On Your Head
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The saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” is really not as accurate as we would like it to be. Words are a p...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:21
  • Purchases: 1
SpaceUp LA Unconference: What would you do with an extra $13 Billion for space?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 2013 SpaceUp LA, Credit: Mat Kaplan
What would YOU do with $10 Billion for space exploration and development? That’s what Mat Kaplan asked the passionate space enthusiasts at the 201...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Optical SETI: In a Flash--We're Not Alone!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The All-Sky Optical Seti Instrument
A burst of laser light could let humanity know it is not alone in the universe. Harvard’s Paul Horowitz and Curtis Mead will give us an update on t...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Roadies w/ Guest Steve Schepker
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Dr. Joseph Burns and guest Steve Schepker talk about roadies. Steve Schepker talks about past experience of being a roadie himself. The music range...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 229 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Composer, musician and writer Michael Hearst, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author KEVIN BARRY, author A.M. Homes, and music from Michael Hearst.

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, KSRQ, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 229
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Composer, musician and writer Michael Hearst, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author KEVIN BARRY, author A.M. Homes, and music from Michael Hearst.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KWMR, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Rediscover Displaying Your Underthings: Simple Rediscovery #506
From: Teosson Wells
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In the long ago and far away of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, the clothesline was a common feature of the landscape. Sheets, towels, cloth...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:51
Mind Your Manners. Rediscover Civility. Simple Rediscovery #503
From: Teosson Wells
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Although the term civility seems to connote a type of outmoded, formal etiquette not practiced since the turn of the previous century, the use of c...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:13
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 227 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Jonathan Coulton, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author/artist MOLLY CRABAPPLE, Chef CHRISTINA TOSI, musical guest JONATHAN COULTON.

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 227
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Jonathan Coulton, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Author/artist MOLLY CRABAPPLE, Chef CHRISTINA TOSI, musical guest JONATHAN COULTON.

Bought by WCPN, KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 8
Austin City Limits
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Austin City Limits but were afraid to ask. Covers how each show is produced, who gets selected to play, w...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 13, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Riddles from the Border Regions 8/31/13
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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ONE HAS EACH FOOT ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 209 NEWSHOLE VERSION Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Improvisational Comedian Reggie Watts, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Note: we are re-airing one of our favorite shows from a previous era, in which Courtenay Hameister was host, in its entirety this week as we morph ...

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 09, 2013
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 3
Country Fried Rock #1326: Samantha Martin & The Haggard
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Samantha Martin And The Haggard, Credit: Press Photo
Americana music is not the sole purview of the United States, as Canadian, Samantha Martin, the chief songwriter for Samantha Martin & The Haggard,...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, WLPR , WSLR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
History of the Stage - Show #4
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Every item on the concert stage has a history to it, from microphones to fog machines to lasers and the instruments. This series tackles said hist...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, Peggy Shumaker
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Peggy Shumaker
Peggy Shumaker, Alaska's State Writer Laureate, 2010-2012, is adept at capturing the beauty of landscapes, both internal and external. She reads fr...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet and Aphorist James Richardson
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: James Richardson
Poet James Richardson has called himself an "accidental aphorist," but his well-crafted works are no accident. He reads from his 2010 book, BY THE ...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tales from the South 126: Out of the Mouths of Babes
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
Caption: Paul Strack reads "Rainbow Cherrios"
This week: Out of the Mouth of Babes, with stories by Melanie Baden, Carrie Case, and Paul Strack. True stories told by the Southerners who lived t...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:00

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