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The Secret History of Women at the CIA - Liza Mundy
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
🔍 Join #TheNotOldBetterShow in partnership with #SmithsonianAssociates for an enthralling episode! 🎧 We delve into "The Sisterhood: The Secret Hist...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2023
  • Length: 33:50
Constant Wonder - Our Team
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Cleveland cheered on the Indians as the team integrated and began winning big.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., GCR (Global Community Radio), KNCT FM, RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 166: On Fire
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On November 12th, 2012, the Accomack County volunteer fire departments got a call. An abandoned house had suddenly gone up in flames. And then, jus...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 43:07
Episode 6: Aftershocks with Casondra Brewster, Sam Abel, and Lt. Cmd. Liam Corley
From: Justin Hudnall
Series: Incoming
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On today’s show we’re talking about, “Aftershocks,” both literal and figurative, related to events that came back to shake us after their initial d...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:01
Episode 31: Something Large and Wild
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Our favorite story, for anyone who might be feeling a little lost.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 23:19
A Theft in the New York Public Library Ties Two Generations Together in Fiona Davis's The Lions of Fifth Avenue
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Part mystery and part historical fiction, but the best part?: It’s set in the New York Public Library.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 11:12
Keeping Score with Mark Korven - The Lighthouse
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Sony Soundtracks — Keeping Score
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Mark Korven is the featured guest on this episode of Sony Soundtracks — Keeping Score podcast, produced and hosted by Crossover Media’s Max Horowit...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2020
  • Length: 11:40
Episode 23: Into the Ice
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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The B-15 iceberg in Antarctica was the largest iceberg in recorded history. Explorer Jill Heinerth wanted to see what it looked like from the insid...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 128: Deep Breath
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked her path.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 38:59
National Writers Series: Nelson and Alex DeMille
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Thriller writer Nelson DeMille and his son Alex talk with Ron Jolly.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 123: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that there w...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 27:01
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 113: Hostage
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bej...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 112: The Mail
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Sarah Garone was 13 years old, she received something very strange in the mail. She didn’t know who it was from, or why they would have sent i...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 25:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 106: Linda
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In a suburb outside of Salt Lake City, a 69-year-old woman named Linda Gillman hired a man named Christian Olsen to do some repairs on her condo. A...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:20
S1 E5 I Am Enough
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Stories from the World of Medicine
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Grand Smith, chief resident in internal medicine at UCSF, recounts the story of his first code blue.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 23:16
The Write Question - Susan Purvis - 446
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Susan Purvis discusses her memoir, "Go Find: My Journey to Find the Lost and Myself." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 100: Ten Thousand Feet in the Air
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On the afternoon of June 23rd, 1972, Martin McNally walked into the St. Louis airport with a wig, a sawed-off rifle, and a plan.

Bought by ABC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 88: Cold Case
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1984, Sheila Wysocki found herself helping the police investigate the murder of her college roommate. Detectives asked her to help gather inform...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 34:29
Kati Marton, author of "True Believer"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Marton about her book about Stalin's last American spy.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
The Blizzard by David Ives
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Jesse Eisenberg
THE BLIZZARD, a mystery thriller, features Jesse Eisenberg and Pulitzer-finalist Heidi Schreck. A snowed-in screenwriter surprised by menacing, cre...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 19:27
The Launch of LightSail
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of a LightSail in Earth orbit., Credit: The Planetary Society
This special edition takes you behind the scenes on May 20, 2015 as LightSail is lifted into orbit. You’ll hear the thrilling launch, meet key tea...

Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and KFCF FM


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 5
Red Devil 4
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Eric C. Leuthardt
The year is 2053. Neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Hagan Maerici, is to designing "neuromorphic artificial intelligence." This is the setting for Dr...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Deep Sound
From: Annie McEwen
Caption: Deep Sound being assembled, Credit: David Barclay
David Barclay tells the story of the time he recorded the deepest sounds in the ocean.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Art Forger
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: B.A. Shapiro
The New York Times estimates that nearly forty percent of museum and gallery art is forged. Keep that in mind as you read the new book by B.A. Sha...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 20:24
Culturology: William Kent Kreuger - "Trickster's Point"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Trickster's Point by William Kent Kreuger
William Kent Kreuger lives in St. Paul and is the author of 10 previous novels in the "Cork O'Conner" series including New York Times best sellers ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 16:08
  • Purchases: 1