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What's In A Name
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Jazz songs with names in their titles...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:18
Award-Winning Fiction Writer Antonya Nelson
From: New Letters on the Air
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Antonya Nelson is the author of eleven books of fiction. She talks about her most recent books: the novel BOUND which covers growing up in Wichita,...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Margaret Cho
From: Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Series: The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano
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Outspoken funny girl Margaret Cho dishes with host Elysabeth Alfano at the Sunset Marquis with a Tequila Cocktail. The two talk about everything fr...

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:39
Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel of the Alternative Rock Band, Guster
From: Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Series: The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano
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Over Spicey Chilaquiles in the most recent episode of The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano, Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel of the alternative...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 49:42
Episode 6: Edie Falco
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Edie Falco, Credit: Joe Kohen/Stinger / Getty
Nurse Jackie’s Edie Falco ditches her scrubs and joins Julian Fleisher to explore the music of her past on the Naked American Songbook.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 5: Isaac Mizrahi
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Isaac Mizrahi, Credit: Getty/Mark Sullivan
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi hits the Naked American runway to show his love and knowledge of the songbook.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 4: Rachel Dratch
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Rachel Dratch, Credit: Getty/Brad Barket
Comedian Rachel Dratch revisits her youth, sharing memories of theater camp, Cole Porter, and patriotic Passover Seders on this week’s episode of T...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 3: Mo Rocca
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Mo Rocca, Credit: The Cooking Channel
Humorist, journalist, actor Mo Rocca reflects on the role the Great American Songbook played in his life from Judy Garland, trust falls, and Triple...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, KUER, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 2: Martha Plimpton
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
Caption: Julian Fleisher and Martha Plimpton circa 2004, Credit: Doug Budin
Martha Plimpton shares her devotion to Aretha, what it's like singing for Sondheim, and who she thinks should really get credit for the American So...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KCMJ Community Radio, and WFAE


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Owning The Comedy Cellar
From: Chemda KATG
Series: What's My Name
Caption: Owner of the Comedy Cellar in NYC, Noam Dworman
Noam Dworman, owner of popular club The Comedy Cellar, chats about booking comics, dealing with hecklers, managing pop-ins by renowned comedians, a...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:11:24
The Porch Swing: Episode 104
From: WFHB
Series: The Porch Swing
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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...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:03
Danny Rhodes on "Released"
From: Matt Fagerholm
Series: Indie Outlook
Caption: Host Matt Fagerholm, Credit: Matt Fagerholm
Actor/filmmaker Danny Rhodes joins host Matt Fagerholm to discuss his upcoming directorial debut, "Released."

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 23:33
Live Wire! Radio Episode 162 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jennifer Egan, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Steve Almond, author and journalist, and Portland synth-pop musical guests, Wild Ones

  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
Live! Wire Radio Episode 160 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Chuck Palahniuk, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Famed Novelist Chuck Palahniuk, Author Lidia Yuknavitch, Indie rock band Blouse.

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 159
From: Live Wire! Radio
Caption: Rob Forbes & Tinker Hatfield, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Rob Forbes, founder of Design Within Reach. Tinker Hatfield, creator of the Air Jordan Shoe. Stand-up Comic, Dwight Slade. Musical Guests, On The R...

Bought by WNJR, Rhythm & News Service, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 58:38
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 158
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Curt Ellis, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Filmmaker/Co-Founder of FoodCorps, Curt Ellis, storyteller Katrina Scotto di Carlo, Canadian musician, Dan Mangan.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
Live Wire! Radio Episode 158 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Curt Ellis, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include Filmmaker/Co-Founder of FoodCorps, Curt Ellis, Storyteller Katrina Scotto di Carlo, Canadian musician, Dan Mangan.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 148 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: AGESANDAGES, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include writer and filmmaker Jon Raymond, the Third Angle Ensemble with composer Eve Beglarian and 7 piece band AGESANDAGES.

Bought by KUOW and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 123 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: 3 Leg Torso, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include filmmaker Taggart Siegel w/ beekeeper Jacqueline Freeman, MusicFest NW organizer Trevor Solomon, and musical guest 3 Leg Torso.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 139 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Gus Van Sant, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
Guests include: Filmmaker Gus Van Sant, Carrie Brownstein from the IFC series "Portlandia", world music drummer Obo Addy.

Bought by Jefferson Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Aaron Brown on Courage
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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If courage was common we'd give it an easier, more calming name like "smooth livin'"...Even the courageous among us aren't courageous most of the t...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 02:41
The Last Word on Junk Drawers
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Why did we ever reserve a drawer for the probably-useless, but not quite discarded?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
Commentator Guido on Junk Drawers
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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You want a junk drawer in every room, don't you?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
The Last Word on Pets
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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A walk with Guido's dog, Basil, and a poop accident. Keep your hands clean!

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
ROT: A Gothic Comedy About Love and Monsters
From: Paul Ingles
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A radio adaptation of Juli Hendren's ROT. A one-woman comic performance about a woman who channels the spirit of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley ...

Bought by KUNM, KUNM, WNIJ, KUT-HD, WFUV and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9