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A History of Live Radio
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: WBAI Staff, Credit: 1960s
In honor of radio pioneers Larry Josephson, Steve Post and Bob Fass, a look back at the early days of free form radio at Pacifica and WBAI in New Y...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:39
  • Purchases: 1
'The Stone Age' Program 248
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: "The Stone Age" with Dan Wargo
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In this one hour program the electric music of various types is explored...Electric music from the '60's and '70's presented here being one of a se...

Bought by WOUB, GCR (Global Community Radio), GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
The Whistle Behind The Wire
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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The perfectly nice lady behind one of TV's most menacing overdubs

Bought by PRX Remix and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
George Carlin: Class Clown
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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George Carlin’s seminal 1972 album “Class Clown” includes his infamous bit, “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” which still rings true 4...

Bought by KPIK-LP and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Cops of Pop
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Two records from 1983 achieved minor novelty fame, and then faded away, only to emerge 20 years later as the originators of a curious genre of pop ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 44:02
Episode 16: Sheldon Harnick
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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Julian asks "How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?" As usual, the solution here is music.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Douglas Coleman Show w_ Courtney Gains and Jason Klamm
From: Douglas Coleman
Series: The Douglas Coleman Show
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Interviews with Actor and Musician Courtney Gains and Comedy writer Jason Klamm.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
Episode 11: Alan Cumming
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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Julian Fleisher explores The Great American Songbook with one of its proudest immigrants.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 9: Ari Shapiro
From: WQXR
Series: The Naked American Songbook
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You know his show, his name, and his voice. Still there's so much more to learn about this NPR Golden Boy. Listen as Julian gets the scoop on All T...

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


  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 3
Getting Lost with Radiolab
From: Hold That Thought
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Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich on what it means to be curious and what it takes to make Radiolab

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 33:30
"Finders Keepers" & "Wendell and the Lemon"
From: Sara Wagner
Series: Sundance Wrap
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Sundance 2015 feature on two films today, a crude sundance documentary called "Finders Keepers" as well as the slamdance submission, "Wendell and t...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
The Mikie Show #70, Tan Lin
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us for a fascinating conversation with poet, Tan Lin. He expands poetry’s palette to include data, video, films, hashtags; our newest observab...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:02
Episode 1: Odd Jobs
From: Sam Harnett
Series: Driving With Strangers
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Summer jobs, part-time employment, freelance work, gigs. There are all kinds of odd jobs out there, and these passengers have had odder ones than m...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:32
Jazz-O-Rama #13: "Teddy with & without Billie"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Teddy Wilson & Billie Holiday 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
"A Sunbonnet Blue", "Jumpin' On The Blacks And Whites", and "Eeny Meeny Miney Mo" are among the 78 RPM records heard on the 13th edition of Joe Bev...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 3
Protect Your Soda Rights
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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It is our patriotic duty to protect the God-given right to drink a soda of any size of our choosing.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:15
The Final Edition Radio Hour - Episode #21
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: The Final Edition Radio Hour: Full Episodes
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MESL (Michigan English as a Second Language) class, META (Men for the Edible Treatment of Animals), and the latest in what the rich are blowing the...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 28:14
"Sons of Anarchy" to "Prime Suspect"
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Kenny Johnson takes us inside the "Sons of Anarchy" and NBC's "Prime Suspect".

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
2010 Commedia Del Media
From: National Press Club
Series: From the National Press Club
Caption: Commedia del Media
Reporters can be funny. Standup comedy featuring emcee Matt Cooper, along with Doug Hecox, Rich Edson, Jamilla Bay, Walter Shapiro, Melissa Bell, ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
2010 Commedia del Media
From: National Press Club
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Commedia del Media is an opportunity for journalists to show their comedic talents. The event supported the National Press Club, the Committee to ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
Spam: Drugs All Half Price And Legal
From: Van Gunter
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Where does Spam email come from? Why won't it stop? Why does the text read like the author was hit on the head with a baseball bat?

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Apr 30, 2010
  • Length: 12:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #8 Tom
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Our guest is one of the greats in sound, Tom Clack. We talk about early days at BBC, MTV and traveling the world to record sounds. He performs the ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #4 Royal
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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We speak with writer and filmmaker Royal Miller about writing for daytime soaps—Guiding Light, As the World Turns, All My Children to name a few—an...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Beatles One-Hour Radio Special: "Help! Is On The Way..." Narrated by Michael Palin
From: Nicole Haldeman
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Michael Palin presents a radio special about the Beatles? second movie Help!, which was first released in 1965.

Bought by WGDR, WCPN, KGLT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 48:21
  • Purchases: 4
Emoticon Anniversary
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Celebrating the 20th Aniversary of the now ubiquitous computer Emoticon

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
America Junior (aka "McLuhanville")
From: Doug Gordon
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A 10-minute pilot (pilot-ette) for a new kind of comedy/variety series

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 10:36